Sudbury and Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Sudbury and Woodbridge | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Suffolk |
Major settlements | Sudbury and Woodbridge |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Suffolk Coastal and South Suffolk[1] |
Created from | Woodbridge and Sudbury |
Sudbury and Woodbridge was a county constituency centred on the towns of Sudbury and Woodbridge in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, replacing parts of the previous Woodbridge and Sudbury constituencies. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, and split between Suffolk Coastal, Central Suffolk and South Suffolk.
Boundaries
The Municipal Borough of Sudbury, the Urban Districts of Felixstowe, Hadleigh, and Woodbridge, the Rural Districts of Cosford, Melford, and Samford, and part of the Rural District of Deben.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | John Hare | Conservative | Resigned November 1963 on being raised to the peerage | |
1963 by-election | Keith Stainton | Conservative | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 23,599 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Roland Hamilton | 19,062 | 39.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Frederick James | 6,219 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,537 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 84.5 | N/A | |||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 27,262 | 56.1 | +7.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Richard J Lewis | 21,310 | 43.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 5,952 | 12.2 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 82.1 | -2.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 25,185 | 53.7 | -2.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Richard J Lewis | 17,995 | 38.3 | -5.6 | |
Liberal | Agnes H Scott | 3,760 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,190 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,940 | 79.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 26,130 | 53.0 | ||
Labour | Robert B. Stirling | 16,248 | 33.0 | ||
Liberal | Aubrey Herbert | 6,914 | 14.0 | ||
Majority | 9,882 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 49,292 | 81.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 22,005 | 49.6 | -3.4 | |
Labour | Frank E Woodbridge | 16,416 | 37.0 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Michael Wheeler | 5,935 | 13.4 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 5,589 | 12.6 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,356 | 70.5 | -10.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 26,370 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Frank E Woodbridge | 17,778 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Edward Michael Wheeler | 8,044 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 8,592 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 52,192 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 26,689 | 50.2 | ||
Labour | Max Madden | 19,680 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal | Edward Michael Wheeler | 6,839 | 12.9 | ||
Majority | 7,009 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,208 | 80.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 32,393 | 54.6 | ||
Labour | Brian Orriss | 19,829 | 33.4 | ||
Liberal | Edward Michael Wheeler | 7,136 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | 12,564 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 59,358 | 75.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 31,987 | 46.7 | ||
Liberal | Neville S Lewis | 18,286 | 26.7 | ||
Labour | Brian Orriss | 18,228 | 26.6 | ||
Majority | 13,701 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 81.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 30,049 | 47.5 | ||
Labour | RE Russell | 17,986 | 28.4 | ||
Liberal | Neville S Lewis | 15,206 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | 12,063 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 75.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 39,544 | 55.0 | ||
Labour | JB Hills | 18,972 | 26.4 | ||
Liberal | J Roderic C Beale | 13,435 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 20,572 | 28.6 | |||
Turnout | 78.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ "'Sudbury and Woodbridge', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1964
- ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1964
- ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1966
- ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1970
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