List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

  † Conservative  ‡ Labour

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Bury St Edmunds CC	89,644	24,988		Jo Churchill †		Cliff Waterman ‡
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC	80,037	23,391		Dan Poulter (Lab) (elected as Conservative) †		Emma Bonner-Morgan ‡
Ipswich BC	75,525	5,479		Tom Hunt †		Sandy Martin ‡
South Suffolk CC	76,201	22,897		James Cartlidge †		Elizabeth Hughes ‡
Suffolk Coastal CC	81,910	20,533		Thérèse Coffey †		Cameron Matthews ‡
Waveney CC	82,791	18,002		Peter Aldous †		Sonia Barker ‡
West Suffolk CC	80,193	23,194		Matthew Hancock †		Claire Unwin ‡

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.

Name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Boundaries 2010–present
Bury St Edmunds CC Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC Ipswich BC South Suffolk CC Suffolk Coastal CC Waveney CC West Suffolk CC

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Suffolk be combined with Norfolk as a sub-region of the Eastern Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Waveney Valley. The current seat of Waveney would revert to its former name of Lowestoft, and Bury St Edmunds is to be renamed Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket.^[4][5][6]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Babergh

• South Suffolk

Containing electoral wards from East Suffolk

• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (part)
• Lowestoft
• Suffolk Coastal
• Waveney Valley (parts also in Mid Suffolk and South Norfolk)

Containing electoral wards from Ipswich

• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (part)

• Ipswich

Containing electoral wards from Mid Suffolk

• Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (part)

• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (part)
• Waveney Valley (parts also in East Suffolk and South Norfolk)

Containing electoral wards from West Suffolk

• Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (part)
• West Suffolk

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[7]

2019 edit

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Suffolk in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	229,823	60.1%	2.9%	7	1
Labour	91,339	23.9%	8.7%	0	1
Liberal Democrats	31,633	8.3%	3.8%	0	0
Greens	24,490	6.4%	3.6%	0	0
Brexit	1,432	0.4%	new	0	0
Others	3,432	0.9%	2.0%	0	0
Total	382,149	100.0		7

Percentage votes edit

¹Includes National Liberal Party from 1931 - 1966

²1918-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats edit

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

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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 edit

  Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950 edit

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22)  Conservative  Independent  Independent Liberal  Labour  Liberal  National Liberal (1931-68)

1950 to 1983 edit

  Conservative  Labour  Liberal

1983 to present edit

  Conservative  Labour

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