Central Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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Central Suffolk
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Suffolk
1983–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds
Created from Eye

Central Suffolk was a county constituency in the county of 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 1983 general election, replacing the former Eye constituency. It was in turn replaced by the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency for the 1997 general election with a substantial area of the constituency joining a modified Bury St Edmunds constituency.

History

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Boundaries

The District of Mid Suffolk (the wards of Badwell Ash, Barham, Barking, Bramford, Claydon, Creeting, Debenham, Elmswell, Eye, Fressingfield, Gislingham, Haughley and Wetherden, Helmingham, Hoxne, Mendlesham, Needham Market, Norton, Onehouse, Palgrave, Rattlesden, Rickinghall, Ringshall, Stonham, Stowmarket Central, Stowmarket North, Stowmarket South, Stowupland, Stradbroke, Thurston, Walsham-le-Willows, Wetheringsett, Weybread, Woolpit, and Worlingworth), and the Borough of Ipswich wards of Broom Hill, Castle Hill, Whitehouse, and Whitton.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1983 Michael Lord Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
and Bury St Edmunds

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Suffolk Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Nicholson Lord 30,096 53.47 N/A
Liberal N.D.J. Baldwin 15,365 27.3 N/A
Labour Mrs. D.M. Sierakowski 10,828 19.2 N/A
Majority 14,731 26.2 N/A
Turnout 56,289 74.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1987: Suffolk Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Nicholson Lord 32,422 53.7 +0.2
Liberal Thomas Edward Dale 16,132 26.7 −0.6
Labour Mark Stanley Walker 11,817 19.6 +0.4
Majority 16,290 27.0
Turnout 60,371 76.2 +1.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Suffolk Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Nicholson Lord 32,917 49.6 −4.1
Liberal Democrat Ms. Lesley A. Henniker-Major 16,886 25.4 −1.3
Labour John W. Harris 15,615 23.5 +3.9
Green John E. Matthissen 800 1.2 N/A
Natural Law Ms. Julie C. Wilmot 190 0.3 N/A
Majority 16,031 24.1 −2.8
Turnout 66,408 80.3 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing −1.4

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)[self-published source][better source needed]
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