| Election Name: | 2008 Ipswich Borough Council election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2007 Ipswich Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Election Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Ipswich Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 of the 48 seats |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,327 |
| Percentage1: | 36.0% |
| Swing1: | 0.4 pp |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 20 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,214 |
| Percentage2: | 41.5% |
| Swing2: | 1.8 pp |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,762 |
| Percentage3: | 16.8% |
| Swing3: | 4.0 pp |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the seats were up for election. The Labour Party won enough seats to become the largest party gaining 3 seats (2 from Con 1 from Lib Dem). The Conservatives had been the largest party since the 2006 Ipswich Council election. The results came as a stark contrast which saw the Conservatives make significant gains from Labour across the country. Particular disappointments for the Conservatives came when they lost Rushmere and Bridge to Labour and narrowly failed to gain St Margaret's from the Liberal Democrats, while narrowly holding onto St John's by a mere 3 votes. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost Whitehouse.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Despite the losses, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition continued to run the Council with a reduced majority of 6 seats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/7373446.stm