Castle Hill Ward, Ipswich

Castle Hill Ward is a ward in the North West Area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council and its designated Middle Layer Super Output Area Ipswich 002 by the Office for National Statistics. It is composed of 5 Lower Layer Super Output Areas.

Castle Hill
ward
for Ipswich Council
Boundary of Castle Hill in Ipswich from 2019.
Local government in East of EnglandSuffolk
Current ward
Created2002 (2002)
CouncillorIan Fisher (Conservative)
CouncillorSam Murray (Conservative)
CouncillorErion Xhaferaj (Conservative)

Robin Vickery, one of the Conservative Borough Councillors resigned on 8 June 2020 following over 20 complaints made concerning racist posts he had shared on Facebook. He resigned before a Council investigation could be put in place, also resigning as Suffolk County councillor for Carlford Division, Suffolk and from the Conservative Party. Ipswich Borough Council stated that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the seat would not be contested until May 2021.

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