Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Ipswich in Suffolk.
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Location of Suffolk within England.
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County | Suffolk |
Electorate | 75,195 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Ipswich |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of parliament | Ben Gummer (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
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European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Ipswich i/ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Ben Gummer, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 Boundaries
- 2 Constituency profile
- 3 Members of Parliament
- 4 Elections
- 4.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 4.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 4.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 4.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 4.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 4.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 4.7 Election in the 1950s
- 4.8 Election in the 1940s
- 4.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 4.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 4.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 4.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 5 See also
- 6 Notes and references
Boundaries
The present-day constituency consists of most of the Borough of Ipswich, although the north-western part was transferred to the Central Suffolk constituency at the 1983 general election. Previous to this, the Parliamentary and Municipal Boroughs were always the same. Before the Reform Act 1832, the franchise in Ipswich was in the hands of the Ipswich Corporation and the Freemen. It has generally been favourable to Labour since World War II, although they have lost the seat on three occasions, and have sometimes won with very sparse majorities. From 1997 until a Conservative gain in 2010, Labour won the contests with safer margins.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Suffolk the Boundary Commission for England has recommended minor alterations to the existing constituency arrangement. The electoral wards used in the creation of this seat are:
- Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John’s, St Margaret’s, Sprites, Stoke Park and Westgate from the town of Ipswich.
Constituency profile
The constituency includes Ipswich town centre and docks, with its mix of historic buildings and new developments. Ipswich is a bustling town that serves as a centre for the rest of Suffolk which is predominantly rural and remote, and is the only serious concentration of Labour voters in the county, other than in Lowestoft.
Portman Road Football Ground to the West of the centre, and the new University to the East are both in the seat, as is the vast Chantry council estate to the South.
Ipswich's Tory-leaning suburbs, such as Castle Hill, Westerfield and Kesgrave, extend beyond the constituency's boundaries – the northernmost wards are in the Suffolk Central constituency, and several strong Conservative areas are just outside the borough's tightly-drawn limits, making Ipswich a favourable seat for Labour.
For many years a small red island in a sea of blue, Ipswich was lost by Labour in the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
Ipswich was entitled to elect two burgesses to the Parliament of England from the fourteenth century. This continued after the 1707 Act of Union with Ipswich sending two burgesses to the Parliament of Great Britain and after 1801 to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, only becoming a single member constituency in 1918.
MPs 1386–1660
MPs 1660–1832
MPs 1832–1918
During the period between 1835 and 1842 there were five elections and all were found to have been corrupt. After the 1835 election Dundas and Kelly were unseated on the charge of bribery. After the 1837 election Tufnell was unseated on a scrutiny. Gibson who was elected in 1838 resigned. Cochrane was elected in 1839 after which a petition was presented complaining of gross bribery – it was not progressed because a general election was expected. After the 1841 election Wason and Rennie were unseated, being declared guilty of bribery by their agents.[6]
MPs 1918–present
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Gummer[8] | 21,794 | 44.8 | +5.6 | |
Labour | David Ellesmere[9] | 18,051 | 37.1 | +2.4 | |
UKIP | Maria Vigneau[10] | 5,703 | 11.7 | +8.8 | |
Green | Barry Broom[11] | 1,736 | 3.6 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chika Akinwale[12] | 1,400 | 2.9 | -15.4 | |
Majority | 3,733 | 7.7 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,694 | 65.4 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Gummer | 18,371 | 39.1 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Chris Mole | 16,292 | 34.7 | -8.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Dyson | 8,556 | 18.2 | -2.9 | |
UKIP | Chris Streatfield | 1,365 | 2.9 | +0.2 | |
BNP | Dennis Boater | 1,270 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Green | Tim Glover | 775 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Christian | Kim Christofi | 149 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Turtill | 93 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Sally Wainman | 70 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 2,079 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,941 | 59.9 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Mole | 18,336 | 43.8 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | Paul West | 13,004 | 31.1 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Atkins | 8,464 | 20.2 | -2.2 | |
UKIP | Alison West | 1,134 | 2.7 | +1.7 | |
English Democrats | Jervis Kay | 641 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sally Wainman | 299 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,332 | 12.7 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,878 | 60.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Following the death of Jamie Cann on 21 October 2001 a by-election was held on 22 November 2001.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Mole | 11,881 | 43.4 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | Paul West | 7,794 | 28.4 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tessa Munt | 6,146 | 22.4 | +7.2 | |
Christian Peoples | David Coope | 581 | 2.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jonathan Wright | 276 | 1.0 | ||
Green | Tony Slade | 255 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | John Ramirez | 236 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Peter Leech | 152 | 0.6 | ||
English Independence Party | Nicolas Winskill | 84 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,087 | 14.9 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 27,405 | 40.2 | -16.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jamie Cann | 19,952 | 51.3 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Wild | 11,871 | 30.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Terence Gilbert | 5,904 | 15.2 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | William Vinyard | 624 | 1.6 | +1.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Peter Leech | 305 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Shaun Gratton | 217 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,081 | 20.8 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 38,873 | 57.0 | -15.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jamie Cann | 25,484 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Castle | 15,048 | 31.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Roberts | 5,881 | 12.2 | ||
Referendum | Theodore Agnew | 1,637 | 3.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | William Vinyard | 208 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Eric Kaplan | 107 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 10,436 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 48,365 | 72.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jamie Cann | 23,680 | 43.8 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Irvine | 23,415 | 43.4 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joseph White | 6159 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Green | Ms. Jane Scott | 591 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Eric Kaplan | 181 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 265 | 0.5 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,026 | 80.3 | +2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Irvine | 23,328 | 44.4 | ||
Labour | Ken Weetch | 22,454 | 42.7 | ||
Social Democratic | Hugh Palmer Nicholson | 6,596 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | David John Lettice | 174 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 874 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 77.1 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Weetch | 22,191 | 43.7 | ||
Conservative | E Cottrell | 21,114 | 41.6 | ||
Liberal | P Miernik | 7,220 | 14.2 | ||
BNP | A Pearson | 235 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,077 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 75.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Weetch | 34,444 | 48.2 | ||
Conservative | R Erith | 30,703 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal | P Keeling | 5,772 | 8.1 | ||
National Front | P Robinson | 449 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | R Hodge | 115 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,741 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 80.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Weetch | 31,566 | 45.3 | ||
Conservative | Ernle David Drummond Money | 29,833 | 42.8 | ||
Liberal | R B Salt | 8,295 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 1,733 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 79.5 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernle David Drummond Money | 29,893 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Ken Weetch | 29,634 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal | Joan Ruby Knott | 11,857 | 16.3 | ||
National Democratic | David Robert Mathew Brown | 1,161 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 259 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 83.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernle David Drummond Money | 27,704 | 44.1 | ||
Labour | Dingle Foot | 27,691 | 44.1 | ||
Liberal | Neville S. Lewis | 5,147 | 8.2 | ||
National Democratic | David Robert Mathew Brown | 2,322 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 13 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 72.7 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rt Hon. Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot | 30,313 | 49.9 | ||
Conservative | Trevor A. Hagger | 23,440 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal | Dr. Stanley Rundle | 6,200 | 10.2 | ||
National Democratic | Dr. David R. M. Brown | 769 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 6,873 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 77.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dingle Mackintosh Foot | 24,648 | 39.8 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Trevor A. Hagger | 22,216 | 35.8 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 14,755 | 23.8 | +1.0 | |
National Democratic | Dr. David R. M. Brown | 349 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,432 | 3.9 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 79.0 | -1.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Election in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dingle Mackintosh Foot | 25,858 | 41.1 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | John C. Cobbold | 22,623 | 36.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 14,359 | 22.8 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 3,235 | 5.1 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 80.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dingle Mackintosh Foot | 26,898 | 45.8 | -7.1 | |
Conservative | John C. Cobbold | 19,161 | 32.6 | -14.5 | |
Liberal | Manuela Sykes | 12,587 | 21.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,737 | 13.2 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,405 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Rapier Stokes | 32,306 | 52.9 | ||
Conservative | John C Cobbold | 28,724 | 47.1 | ||
Majority | 3,582 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 80.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Rapier Stokes | 33,463 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | Albert E Holdsworth | 29,227 | 46.6 | ||
Majority | 4,236 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 85.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Rapier Stokes | 29,386 | 46.9 | ||
Conservative | SWL Ripley | 24,993 | 39.8 | ||
Liberal | J Seward | 8,340 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 4,393 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 86.8 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maj. Richard Rapier Stokes | 26,296 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | Frank Guy Clavering Fison | 18,177 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Maj. Duncan Mackay Mowat | 8,819 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | 8,119 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 80.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Stokes | 27,604 | |||
Conservative | Harry Willink | 24,443 | |||
Majority | 3,161 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Ganzoni, Bt. | 28,528 | 57.3 | ||
Labour | RF Jackson | 21,278 | 42.7 | ||
Majority | 7,250 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 82.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir John Ganzoni, Bt. | 29,782 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | RF Jackson | 17,490 | 37.0 | ||
Majority | 12,292 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 47,272 | 82.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 18,527 | 39.7 | -15.7 | |
Labour | Robert Frederick Jackson | 17,592 | 37.7 | -6.9 | |
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 10,559 | 22.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 935 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 85.7 | -2.0 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 19,621 | 55.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Frederick Jackson | 15,791 | 44.6 | ||
Majority | 3,830 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 87.7 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Frederick Jackson | 15,824 | 50.7 | +4.1 | |
Unionist | Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 15,364 | 49.3 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 460 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 78.7 | -3.7 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 17,134 | 53.4 | -0.1 | |
Labour | Robert Frederick Jackson | 46.6 | +14.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Capt. Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 13,553 | 53.5 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Robert Frederick Jackson | 8,143 | 32.1 | +29.0 | |
Liberal | George Hay Morgan | 3,663 | 14.4 | -31.9 | |
Majority | 5,410 | 21.4 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 67.9 | -23.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
- Ganzoni was the endorsed candidate of the Coalition Government.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Francis John Childs Ganzoni | ||||
Liberal | Sir Daniel Ford Goddard |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 6,406 | 50.6 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman | 5,874 | 46.3 | -5.7 | |
Socialist | John Scurr | 395 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 532 | 4.3 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 91.4 | +1.5 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
- Change of vote share and swing calculated from the 1910 party ticket vote.[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Daniel Ford Goddard | 5,931 | 26.2 | ||
Liberal | Rev. Charles Silvester Horne | 5,791 | 25.7 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Charles Churchman | 5,447 | 24.1 | ||
Conservative | Bunnell Henry Burton | 5,409 | 24.0 | ||
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Turnout | 89.9 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir Daniel Ford Goddard | ||||
Liberal | Rev. Charles Silvester Horne | ||||
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Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Daniel Ford Goddard | 6,396 | |||
Liberal | Felix Thornley Cobbold | 6,290 | |||
Conservative | Sir Charles Dalrymple | 4,591 | |||
Conservative | Samuel John Gurney Hoare | 4,232 | |||
Majority | 2,164 | ||||
Majority | 1,699 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
- Ipswich was the first result in 1906 to be declared.
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough 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
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- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ipswich-2015.html
- ↑ http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ukip_selects_candidate_to_fight_ipswich_at_election_1_3911196
- ↑ http://midsuffolk.greenparty.org.uk/news/parliamentary-candidates-for-suffolk.html
- ↑ http://ipswichlibdems.org.uk/en/page/parliamentary-election-candidate
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