South Suffolk | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of South Suffolk in the East of England | |
County | Suffolk |
Electorate | 71,170 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Sudbury, Hadleigh and Great Cornard |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | James Cartlidge (Conservatives) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Sudbury and Woodbridge and Bury St Edmunds[2] |
South Suffolk is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cartlidge, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
[edit]South Suffolk is one of seven constituencies in the county of Suffolk and was created by boundary changes which came into force for the 1983 general election. It was formed primarily from areas to the west of Ipswich and the River Orwell, including the towns of Sudbury and Hadleigh, which had formed the majority of the abolished constituency of Sudbury and Woodbridge. Extended westwards to include Haverhill and surrounding areas, transferred from Bury St Edmunds.
Between 1559 and 1844, the constituency of Sudbury represented the town on the southwestern border with Essex, but this constituency was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844.
In every election, the Conservative candidate has been elected or re-elected; until 2015, said candidate was Tim Yeo, who was deselected prior to the 2015 general election; he was succeeded as Conservative candidate, and subsequently MP, by James Cartlidge.
Constituency profile
[edit]South Suffolk is a large and predominantly rural seat, sharing a long border with the county of Essex but retaining a rather different identity and character - distinctly East Anglian rather than Home Counties.
The largest settlements, Sudbury and Hadleigh, are small, quiet towns, somewhat off the beaten track, and the only other significantly built-up area in the seat is the suburb of Pinewood, just outside the limits of Ipswich, where there are many new developments. There is still some industry in Brantham, close to the Essex border, but most of the seat is traditional agriculture, sitting alongside remote commuter bases for those working in London, Ipswich, Colchester or Chelmsford.
In common with many seats of this type, it is fairly safe for the Conservatives, with the opponents being significantly lower in terms of the vote share.
Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]
Boundaries and boundary changes
[edit]1983–1997
[edit]- The District of Babergh; and
- The Borough of St Edmundsbury wards of Cangle, Castle, Cavendish, Chalkstone, Clare, Clements, Hundon, Kedington, St Mary's and Helions, Wickhambrook, and Withersfield.[4]
1997–2024
[edit]All but two of the Borough of St Edmundsbury wards, including the town of Haverhill, were transferred to the new constituency of West Suffolk.
Current
[edit]Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is now coterminous with the District of Babergh.[7]
The small part previously in the former Borough of St Edmundsbury - now part of the District of West Suffolk - was transferred to the constituency of West Suffolk.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Sudbury & Woodbridge prior to 1983
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Tim Yeo | Conservative | |
2015 | James Cartlidge | Conservative |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cartlidge[9] | 16,082 | 33.0 | −29.2 | |
Labour | Emma Bishton[10] | 13,035 | 26.7 | +7.3 | |
Reform UK | Bev England[11] | 9,252 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Bartleet[12] | 6,424 | 13.2 | +0.7 | |
Green | Jessie Carter[13] | 4,008 | 8.2 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 3,047 | 6.3 | –36.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,801 | 65.7 | –4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 73,385 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –18.3 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[14] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 31,094 | 62.1 | |
Labour | 9,621 | 19.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,360 | 12.7 | |
Green | 3,031 | 6.0 | |
Turnout | 50,106 | 70.5 | |
Electorate | 71,070 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cartlidge | 33,270 | 62.2 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Hughes | 10,373 | 19.4 | −8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Beavan | 6,702 | 12.5 | +6.7 | |
Green | Robert Lindsay | 3,144 | 5.9 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 22,897 | 42.8 | +10.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,489 | 70.2 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cartlidge | 32,829 | 60.5 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Emma Bishton | 15,080 | 27.8 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne | 3,154 | 5.8 | −2.0 | |
Green | Robert Lindsay | 1,723 | 3.2 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | Aidan Powlesland | 1,449 | 2.7 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 17,749 | 32.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,235 | 71.8 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Cartlidge | 27,546 | 53.1 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Jane Basham | 10,001 | 19.3 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Steven Whalley[18] | 7,897 | 15.2 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grace Weaver | 4,044 | 7.8 | −23.0 | |
Green | Robert Lindsay | 2,253 | 4.3 | N/A | |
CPA | Stephen Todd[19] | 166 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,545 | 33.8 | +16.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,907 | 71.0 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 24,550 | 47.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bennett | 15,861 | 30.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Emma Bishton | 7,368 | 14.3 | −10.2 | |
UKIP | David Campbell Bannerman | 3,637 | 7.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 8,689 | 16.9 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,416 | 70.9 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 20,471 | 42.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Pollard | 13,865 | 28.5 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Kevin Craig | 11,917 | 24.5 | −5.7 | |
UKIP | James Carver | 2,454 | 5.0 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 6,606 | 13.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,707 | 71.8 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 18,748 | 41.4 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Marc Young | 13,667 | 30.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tessa Munt | 11,296 | 24.9 | −2.8 | |
UKIP | Derek Allen | 1,582 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,081 | 11.2 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,293 | 66.2 | −11.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 19,402 | 37.3 | −14.0 | |
Labour | Paul Bishop | 15,227 | 29.3 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Pollard | 14,395 | 27.7 | +2.5 | |
Referendum | Somerset Carlo de Chair | 2,740 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Angela Holland | 211 | 0.4 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 4,175 | 8.0 | −25.0 | ||
Turnout | 51,976 | 77.2 | −4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 34,793 | 50.2 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathy Pollard | 17,504 | 25.2 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Hesford | 16,623 | 24.0 | +5.3 | |
Natural Law | T. Aisbitt | 420 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,289 | 25.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 69,340 | 81.7 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 33,972 | 53.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Christopher Bradford | 17,729 | 27.9 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Anthony Bavington | 11,876 | 18.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 16,243 | 25.5 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 81,954 | 77.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Yeo | 29,469 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal | Richard Kemp | 18,200 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | Stephen Billcliffe | 10,516 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | 11,269 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 76,209 | 76.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "'Suffolk South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ^ "South Suffolk". BBC News.
- ^ Labour East [@EofELabour] (10 May 2024). "Congratulations, Emma Bishton, Labour's Parliamentary candidate for South Suffolk!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Find My PPC (Eastern England)" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Tom Bartleet selected as Liberal Democrat PPC for South Suffolk". Shotley Peninsula Nub News. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Full list of all Green Party candidates at the next general election". Bright Green.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Suffolk South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Suffolk South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "CPA Candidates for the General Election". Christian Peoples Alliance. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- South Suffolk UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- South Suffolk UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- South Suffolk UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK