List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

The county of Suffolk, England is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

Constituency^[nb 1]	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[2]^[nb 2]	Member of Parliament^[2]		Nearest opposition^[2]		Map
Bury St Edmunds CC	89,644	24,988		Jo Churchill †		Cliff Waterman ‡
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC	80,037	23,391		Dan Poulter †		Emma Bonner-Morgan ‡
Ipswich BC	75,525	5,479		Tom Hunt †		Sandy Martin ‡
South Suffolk CC	76,201	22,897		James Cartlidge †		Elizabeth Hughes ‡
Suffolk Coastal CC	81,910	20,533		Thérèse Coffey †		Cameron Matthews ‡
Waveney CC	82,791	18,002		Peter Aldous †		Sonia Barker ‡
West Suffolk CC	80,193	23,194		Matthew Hancock †		Claire Unwin ‡

2010 boundary changes

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Suffolk retained its current constituencies, with changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The largest of these changes resulted in the effective transfer of one Borough of Ipswich ward from Central Suffolk and North Ipswich to the constituency of Ipswich.

Name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
Bury St Edmunds CC Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC Ipswich BC South Suffolk CC Suffolk Coastal CC Waveney CC West Suffolk CC

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. Final proposals will be published by 1 July 2023.

The commission has proposed that Suffolk be combined with Norfolk as a sub-region of the Eastern Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Waveney Valley. The current seat of Waveney would revert to its former name of Lowestoft.^[4][5][6] The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Babergh

• South Suffolk

Containing electoral wards from East Suffolk

• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (part)
• Lowestoft
• Suffolk Coastal
• Waveney Valley (parts also in Mid Suffolk and South Norfolk)

Containing electoral wards from Ipswich

• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (part)

• Ipswich

Containing electoral wards from Mid Suffolk

• Bury St Edmunds (part)

• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (part)
• Waveney Valley (parts also in East Suffolk and South Norfolk)

Containing electoral wards from West Suffolk

• Bury St Edmunds (part)
• West Suffolk

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[7]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Suffolk in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	229,823	60.1%	2.9%	7	1
Labour	91,339	23.9%	8.7%	0	1
Liberal Democrats	31,633	8.3%	3.8%	0	0
Greens	24,490	6.4%	3.6%	0	0
Brexit	1,432	0.4%	new	0	0
Others	3,432	0.9%	2.0%	0	0
Total	382,149	100.0		7

Percentage votes

Election year	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative^1	48.9	45.6	47.6	54.8	43.6	67.0	62.6	39.7	42.1	49.1	49.6	48.4	45.6	46.6	52.5	44.0	45.5	51.4	52.5	52.5	49.9	37.6	40.7	41.7	46.2	50.7	57.2	60.1
Labour	12.2	25.8	23.9	20.0	23.3	25.0	32.4	38.2	39.8	43.9	46.6	41.1	38.2	43.2	38.7	31.7	35.1	33.7	22.1	23.2	28.7	40.2	39.7	31.8	21.3	23.5	32.6	23.9
Liberal Democrat^2#	24.5	11.9	28.5	25.2	33.1	8.0	4.9	22.1	18.0	7.0	3.8	10.5	16.0	9.9	8.0	23.7	19.4	14.4	25.3	23.6	20.4	17.6	16.0	20.6	24.1	5.6	4.5	8.3
Coalition Liberal	14.4	16.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.9	4.9	2.8	6.4
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	5.3	15.3	2.3	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4
Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.5	-	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	4.6	3.6	6.0	1.2	0.1	0.5	0.9

¹Includes National Liberal Party from 1931 - 1966

²1918-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative^1	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	7
Labour	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0
Liberal Democrat^2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

²1950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

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Timeline

Constituency	1295-1298	1298-1529	1529-1559	1559-1571	1571-1614	1614-1832	1832-1844	1844-1885	1885-1918	1918-1950	1950-1983	1983-1997	1997-
Aldeburgh					1571-1832
Bury St Edmunds						1614-
Central Suffolk												1983-1997
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich													1997-
Dunwich		1298-1832
East Suffolk							1832-1885
Eye					1571-1983
Ipswich	1295-
Lowestoft									1885-1983
Orford			1529-1832
South Suffolk												1983-
Stowmarket									1885-1918
Sudbury				1559-1844					1885-1950
Sudbury and Woodbridge											1950-1983
Suffolk	1295-1832
Suffolk Coastal												1983-
Waveney												1983-
West Suffolk							1832-1885						1997-
Woodbridge									1885-1950

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	86	1886	91	1892	92	1895	1900	1906	06	07	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	14
Bury St Edmunds	F. Hervey					Cadogan		Greene	F. W. Hervey		Guinness
Eye	Stevenson									Pearson
Ipswich (Two members)	West	Charteris					Goddard
	Collings	Dalrymple							Cobbold			Horne		Ganzoni
Lowestoft	Crossley		→		Foster			Lucas	Beauchamp			Foster	Beauchamp
Stowmarket	Cobbold		Greene	Stern			Malcolm		Hardy			Goldsmith
Sudbury	W. Quilter		→						Heaton-Armstrong			C. Quilter
Woodbridge	Everett		Lloyd-Anstruther		Everett		Pretyman		Everett			Peel

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22)   Conservative   Independent   Independent Liberal   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency	1918	20	1922	1923	1924	1929	31	1931	34	1935	38	42	44	1945
Bury St Edmunds	Guinness							Heilgers					Keatinge	Clifton-Brown
Eye	Lyle-Samuel		→	Vanneck		Granville	→					→		→
Ipswich	Ganzoni			Jackson	Ganzoni						Stokes
Lowestoft	Beauchamp		Rentoul						Loftus					Evans
Sudbury	Howard		Mercer	Loverseed	Burton									Hamilton
Woodbridge	Peel	Churchman				Fison		Ross-Taylor						Hare

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	57	1959	63	64	1964	1966	1970	Feb 74	Oct 74	1979
Bury St Edmunds	Aitken						Griffiths
Eye	Granville	Harrison											Gummer
Ipswich	Stokes			Foot						Money		Weetch
Lowestoft	Evans				Prior
Sudbury & Woodbridge	Hare					Stainton

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	01	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Bury St Edmunds	Griffiths		Spring	Ruffley					Churchill
Suffolk Coastal	Gummer							Coffey
Ipswich	Weetch	Irvine	Cann			Mole		Gummer		Martin	Hunt
Waveney	Prior	Porter		Blizzard				Aldous
South Suffolk	Yeo								Cartlidge
Central Suffolk / C Suffolk & N Ipswich (1997)	Lord							Poulter
West Suffolk				Spring				Hancock

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Suffolk

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
4. "Parliamentary constituency changes affect Norfolk/Suffolk border". BBC News. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
5. "Here's how political boundaries could change if new plans approved". Suffolk News. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
6. 2023 review Eastern Boundary Commission for England
7. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)