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.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.

Constituencies

ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.ElectorateMajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.Member of ParliamentNearest oppositionMapBury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC76,6551,452 Peter Prinsley ‡ Will Tanner †Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC71,0204,290 Patrick Spencer † Kevin Craig ‡Ipswich BC75,1177,403 Jack Abbott ‡ Tom Hunt †Lowestoft CC73,9672,016 Jessica Asato ‡ Peter Aldous †South Suffolk CC71,1703,047 James Cartlidge † Emma Bishton ‡Suffolk Coastal CC72,6631,070 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter ‡ Thérèse Coffey †Waveney Valley CC70,5405,593 Adrian Ramsay ¥ Richard Rout †West Suffolk CC76,2433,247 Nick Timothy † Rebecca Denness ‡

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. Former nameBoundaries 2010–2024Current nameBoundaries 2024–presentBury St Edmunds CC Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC Ipswich BC South Suffolk CC Suffolk Coastal CC Waveney CC West Suffolk CCBury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC Ipswich BC Lowestoft CC South Suffolk CC Suffolk Coastal CC Waveney Valley CC West Suffolk CC

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. NameBoundaries 1997–2010Boundaries 2010–2024Bury St Edmunds CC Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC Ipswich BC South Suffolk CC Suffolk Coastal CC Waveney CC West Suffolk CC

Results history Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

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: PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019Conservative115,95330.8%29.3%34Labour107,05728.4%4.5%44Reform69,23018.4%18.0%00Greens49,92513.3%6.9%11Liberal Democrats31,1608.3% -00Others3,3420.9% -00Total376,667100.08

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: PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017Conservative229,82360.1%2.9%71Labour91,33923.9%8.7%01Liberal Democrats31,6338.3%3.8%00Greens24,4906.4%3.6%00Brexit1,4320.4%new00Others3,4320.9%2.0%00Total382,149100.07

Percentage votes Election year1918192219231924192919311935194519501951195519591964196619701974 (Feb)1974 (Oct)197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Conservative148.945.647.654.843.667.062.639.742.149.149.648.445.646.652.544.045.551.452.552.549.937.640.741.746.250.757.260.130.8Labour12.225.823.920.023.325.032.438.239.843.946.641.138.243.238.731.735.133.722.123.228.740.239.731.821.323.532.623.928.4Reform2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0.418.4Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -*****1.94.92.86.413.3Liberal Democrat3#24.511.928.525.233.18.04.922.118.07.03.810.516.09.98.023.719.414.425.323.620.417.616.020.624.15.64.58.38.3 Coalition Liberal14.416.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -***5.315.32.3**Other - - - - - - - -0.1 - - -0.10.30.80.5 -0.50.10.61.14.63.66.01.20.10.50.90.9 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 Election year19501951195519591964196619701974 (Feb)1974 (Oct)197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Labour222111001110122200104Conservative1233444554456555577673Greens000000000000000000001Liberal Democrat2100000000000000000000Total555555555566677777778 1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

Maps 1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Timeline Constituency1295-12981298-15291529-15591559-15711571-16141614-18321832-18441844-18851885-19181918-19501950-19831983-19971997-Aldeburgh1571-1832Bury St Edmunds1614-Central Suffolk1983-1997Central Suffolk and North Ipswich1997-Dunwich1298-1832East Suffolk1832-1885Eye1571-1983Ipswich1295-Lowestoft1885-1983Orford1529-1832South Suffolk1983-Stowmarket1885-1918Sudbury1559-18441885-1950Sudbury and Woodbridge1950-1983Suffolk1295-1832Suffolk Coastal1983-Waveney1983-West Suffolk1832-18851997-Woodbridge1885-1950

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

Constituency1885861886911892921895190019060607Jan 1910Dec 191014Bury St EdmundsF. HerveyCadoganGreeneF. W. HerveyGuinnessEyeStevensonPearsonIpswich (Two members)WestCharterisGoddardCollingsDalrympleCobboldHorneGanzoniLowestoftCrossley→FosterLucasBeauchampFosterBeauchampStowmarketCobboldGreeneSternMalcolmHardyGoldsmithSudburyW. Quilter→Heaton-ArmstrongC. QuilterWoodbridgeEverettLloyd-AnstrutherEverettPretymanEverettPeel

1918 to 1950

Constituency19182019221923192419293119313419353842441945Bury St EdmundsGuinnessHeilgersKeatingeClifton-BrownEyeLyle-Samuel→VanneckGranville→→→IpswichGanzoniJacksonGanzoniStokesLowestoftBeauchampRentoulLoftusEvansSudburyHowardMercerLoverseedBurtonHamiltonWoodbridgePeelChurchmanFisonRoss-TaylorHare

1950 to 1983

Constituency1950195119555719596364196419661970Feb 74Oct 741979Bury St EdmundsAitkenGriffithsEyeGranvilleHarrisonGummerIpswichStokesFootMoneyWeetchLowestoftEvansPriorSudbury & WoodbridgeHareStainton

1983 to present

Constituency19831987199219972001012005201020152017201922242024Bury St Edmunds / & Stowmarket ('24)GriffithsSpringRuffleyChurchill PrinsleySuffolk CoastalGummerCoffey Riddell-CarpenterIpswichWeetchIrvineCannMoleGummerMartinHunt AbbottWaveney / Lowestoft (2024)PriorPorterBlizzardAldous AsatoSouth SuffolkYeoCartlidgeCentral Suffolk / & N Ipswich ('97)LordPoulter→ SpencerWest SuffolkSpringHancock→→ TimothyWaveney Valley1 Ramsay 1parts also in Norfolk

See also Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Suffolk

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