Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

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The county of Suffolk is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies: 1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies. Seven constituencies lie wholly within Suffolk while Waveney Valley straddles the county border between Suffolk and Norfolk.[nb 1]

A medium county in the very east of the country.
The county of Suffolk in relation to England

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¥ Green

More information Constituency, Electorate ...
Constituency[nb 2] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 3] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC 76,655 1,452   Peter Prinsley ‡   Will Tanner †
Location of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC 71,020 4,290   Patrick Spencer †   Kevin Craig ‡
Location of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
Ipswich BC 75,117 7,403   Jack Abbott ‡   Tom Hunt †
Location of Ipswich Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
Lowestoft CC 73,967 2,016   Jessica Asato ‡   Peter Aldous †
Location of Lowestoft Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
South Suffolk CC 71,170 3,047   James Cartlidge †   Emma Bishton ‡
Location of South Suffolk Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
Suffolk Coastal CC 72,663 1,070   Jenny Riddell-Carpenter ‡   Thérèse Coffey †
Location of Suffolk Coastal Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
Waveney Valley CC 70,540 5,593   Adrian Ramsay ¥   Richard Rout †
Location of Waveney Valley Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
West Suffolk CC 76,243 3,247   Nick Timothy †   Rebecca Denness ‡
Location of West Suffolk Constituency in Suffolk following the 2023 Boundary Review
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Boundary changes

2024

For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Suffolk with Norfolk as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Waveney Valley. The seat of Waveney reverted to its former name of Lowestoft, and Bury St Edmunds was renamed Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket.[3][4][5]

More information Former name, Boundaries 2010–2024 ...
Former nameBoundaries 2010–2024Current nameBoundaries 2024–present
  1. Bury St Edmunds CC
  2. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC
  3. Ipswich BC
  4. South Suffolk CC
  5. Suffolk Coastal CC
  6. Waveney CC
  7. West Suffolk CC
  1. Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC
  2. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC
  3. Ipswich BC
  4. Lowestoft CC
  5. South Suffolk CC
  6. Suffolk Coastal CC
  7. Waveney Valley CC
  8. West Suffolk CC
Numbered map of the parliamentary constituencies of Suffolk created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 UK general election.
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2010

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.

More information Name, Boundaries 1997–2010 ...
NameBoundaries 1997–2010Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Bury St Edmunds CC
  2. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC
  3. Ipswich BC
  4. South Suffolk CC
  5. Suffolk Coastal CC
  6. Waveney CC
  7. West Suffolk CC
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Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Suffolk in the 2024 general election were as follows:[2]

More information Party, Votes ...
Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 115,953 30.8% Decrease29.3% 3 Decrease4
Labour 107,057 28.4% Increase4.5% 4 Increase4
Reform 69,230 18.4% Increase18.0% 0 0
Greens 49,925 13.3% Increase6.9% 1 Increase1
Liberal Democrats 31,160 8.3% - 0 0
Others 3,342 0.9% - 0 0
Total 376,667 100.0 8
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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:

More information Party, Votes ...
Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 229,823 60.1% Increase2.9% 7 Increase1
Labour 91,339 23.9% Decrease8.7% 0 Decrease1
Liberal Democrats 31,633 8.3% Increase3.8% 0 0
Greens 24,490 6.4% Increase3.6% 0 0
Brexit 1,432 0.4% new 0 0
Others 3,432 0.9% Decrease2.0% 0 0
Total 382,149 100.0 7
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Percentage votes

More information Election year, 1974 (Feb) ...
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 2024
Conservative1 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 30.8
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 28.4
Reform2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 18.4
Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * * * 1.9 4.9 2.8 6.4 13.3
Liberal Democrat3# 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 8.3
Coalition Liberal 14.4 16.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * 5.3 15.3 2.3 * *
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 0.9
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1Includes National Liberal Party from 1931 - 1966

2As the Brexit Party in 2019

31918-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

More information Election year, 1974 (Feb) ...
Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

 1974

(Oct)

 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 4
Conservative1 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 6 7 3
Greens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a]
Liberal Democrat2 1 0 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 8[a]
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1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

  1. [a]
    Includes the constituency of Waveney Valley, which also lies partly in Norfolk.

Maps

1885-1910

  • 1885
    1885
  • 1886
    1886
  • 1892
    1892
  • 1895
    1895
  • 1900
    1900
  • 1906
    1906
  • Jan 1910
    Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910
    Dec 1910

1918-1945

  • 1918
    1918
  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1924
    1924
  • 1929
    1929
  • 1931
    1931
  • 1935
    1935
  • 1945
    1945

1950-1979

  • 1950
    1950
  • 1951
    1951
  • 1955
    1955
  • 1959
    1959
  • 1964
    1964
  • 1966
    1966
  • 1970
    1970
  • 1974 Feb
    1974 Feb
  • 1974 Oct
    1974 Oct
  • 1979
    1979

1983-present

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019
  • 2024
    2024

Timeline

More information Constituency, 1295-1298 ...
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
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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

More information Constituency, Jan 1910 ...
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
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1918 to 1950

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

More information Constituency ...
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
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1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal

More information Constituency, Feb 74 ...
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
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1983 to present

  Conservative   Green   Independent   Labour

More information Constituency ...
Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 01 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 22 24 2024
Bury St Edmunds / & Stowmarket ('24) Griffiths Spring Ruffley Churchill Prinsley
Suffolk Coastal Gummer Coffey Riddell-Carpenter
Ipswich Weetch Irvine Cann Mole Gummer Martin Hunt Abbott
Waveney / Lowestoft (2024) Prior Porter Blizzard Aldous Asato
South Suffolk Yeo Cartlidge
Central Suffolk / & N Ipswich ('97) Lord Poulter → Spencer
West Suffolk Spring Hancock → → Timothy
Waveney Valley1 Ramsay
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1parts also in Norfolk

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Waveney Valley CC is a cross-county constituency between Suffolk and Norfolk, covering areas of East and Mid Suffolk, as well as electoral wards of South Norfolk.
  2. [2]
    BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  3. [3]
    The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

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