St Margaret's and Westgate Division, Suffolk

St Margaret's and Westgate Division is an electoral division of Suffolk which returns two county councillors to Suffolk County Council.

St Margaret's and Westgate
County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council
District	Ipswich
Region	East of England
Population	22,325 (2019)
Electorate	15,503 (2021)
Major settlements	Broom Hill, Christchurch
Current constituency
Created	2005
Seats	2
Councillor	Debbie Richards (Conservative) Inga Lockington (Liberal Democrat)
Local council	Ipswich Borough Council
Created from	Broom Hill, Castle Hill, St Margaret's

Geography

It is covers parts of the Central Area of Ipswich and consists of St Margaret's Ward and Westgate Ward of Ipswich Borough Council as well as small part of Castle Hill Ward in the North West Area, Ipswich.

Members for St. Margaret's and Westgate

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Cann	Liberal Democrats	2005–2013		Inga Lockington	Liberal Democrats	2005–present
	Sarah Adams	Labour	2013–2017
	Chris Chambers	Conservative	2017–2021
	Debbie Richards	Conservative	2021–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Suffolk County Council election: St Margaret's & Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Inga Lockington *	2,590	32.8	–2.6
	Conservative	Debbie Richards	2,195	27.8	–2.5
	Labour	Assis Carreiro	1,989	25.2	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Holmes	1,840
	Labour	Stefan Long	1,517
	Green	Kirsty Wilmot	965	12.2	+7.2
	Burning Pink	Tina Smith	168	2.1	N/A
Majority			395	5.0	–0.1
Turnout			6,612	42.6	+2.4
Registered electors			15,503
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing