Central Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
| Central Suffolk | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Suffolk |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Eye, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds[1] |
| Replaced by | Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds |
Central Suffolk was a county constituency in the county of Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
[edit | edit source]The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, primarily from the abolished county constituency of Eye, including the town of Stowmarket. It also included four wards from the north-western part of the Borough of Ipswich, transferred from the borough constituency thereof, and a small rural area to the west, equivalent to the former Rural District of Thedwastre, transferred from Bury St Edmunds.
It was in turn replaced by the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency for the 1997 general election with a substantial area of the constituency, including Stowmarket, joining a reconfigured Bury St Edmunds constituency.
Boundaries
[edit | edit source]- The District of Mid Suffolk; and
- The Borough of Ipswich wards of Broom Hill, Castle Hill, Whitehouse, and Whitton.[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit | edit source]| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Lord | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Central Suffolk and North Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds | ||
Elections
[edit | edit source]Elections in the 1980s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Lord | 30,096 | 53.5 | ||
| Liberal | Nicholas Baldwin | 15,365 | 27.3 | ||
| Labour | Diana Sierakowski | 10,828 | 19.2 | ||
| Majority | 14,731 | 26.2 | |||
| Turnout | 56,289 | 74.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Lord | 32,422 | 53.7 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Dale | 16,132 | 26.7 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | Mark Walker | 11,817 | 19.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 16,290 | 27.0 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 60,371 | 76.2 | +1.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Lord | 32,917 | 49.6 | −4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Henniker-Major | 16,886 | 25.4 | −1.3 | |
| Labour | John Harris | 15,615 | 23.5 | +3.9 | |
| Green | John Matthissen | 800 | 1.2 | New | |
| Natural Law | Julie Wilmot | 190 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 16,031 | 24.1 | −2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 66,408 | 80.3 | +4.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
Notes and references
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