Sudbury and Woodbridge | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Suffolk |
Major settlements | Sudbury and Woodbridge |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Woodbridge and Sudbury |
Replaced by | Suffolk Coastal and South Suffolk[1] |
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 by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, replacing the majority of both of the abolished county divisions of Sudbury and Woodbridge. It included the towns of Sudbury and Hadleigh, previously in the Sudbury constituency, and Woodbridge and Felixstowe, previously in the Woodbridge constituency.
It was abolished for the 1983 general election, and split between the new county constituencies of Suffolk Coastal (Woodbridge and Felixstowe) and South Suffolk (Sudbury and Hadleigh).
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | John Hare | Conservative | Raised to the peerage November 1963 | |
1963 by-election | Keith Stainton | Conservative | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 23,599 | 48.3 | ||
Labour | Roland Hamilton | 19,062 | 39.0 | ||
Liberal | Frederick James | 6,219 | 12.7 | ||
Majority | 4,537 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 48,880 | 84.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 27,262 | 56.1 | +7.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Dick Lewis | 21,310 | 43.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 5,952 | 12.2 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 48,572 | 82.1 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 25,185 | 53.7 | -2.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Dick Lewis | 17,995 | 38.3 | -5.6 | |
Liberal | Agnes H Scott | 3,760 | 8.0 | New | |
Majority | 7,190 | 15.4 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,940 | 79.7 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hare | 26,130 | 53.0 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Robert B. Stirling | 16,248 | 33.0 | -5.3 | |
Liberal | Aubrey Herbert | 6,914 | 14.0 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 9,882 | 20.0 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,292 | 81.1 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Stainton | 22,005 | 49.6 | -3.4 | |
Labour | Frank E Woodbridge | 16,416 | 37.0 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Aubrey Herbert | 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 | -2.5 | |
Labour | Frank E Woodbridge | 17,778 | 34.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Edwin Michael Wheeler | 8,044 | 15.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 8,592 | 16.4 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,192 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 26,689 | 50.2 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Max Madden | 19,680 | 37.0 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Edwin Michael Wheeler | 6,839 | 12.9 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 7,009 | 13.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,208 | 80.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 32,393 | 54.6 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Brian Orriss | 19,829 | 33.4 | -3.6 | |
Liberal | Edward Michael Wheeler | 7,136 | 12.0 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 12,564 | 21.2 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,358 | 75.9 | -4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 31,987 | 46.7 | -7.9 | |
Liberal | Neville S Lewis | 18,286 | 26.7 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Brian Orriss | 18,228 | 26.6 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 13,701 | 20.0 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 68,501 | 81.9 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 30,049 | 47.5 | +0.8 | |
Labour | RE Russel | 17,986 | 28.4 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Neville S Lewis | 15,206 | 24.0 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 12,063 | 19.1 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 63,241 | 75.0 | -5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Stainton | 39,544 | 55.0 | +7.5 | |
Labour | JB Hills | 18,972 | 26.4 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | J Roderic C Beale | 13,435 | 18.7 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 20,572 | 28.6 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 71,951 | 78.7 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |