Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Central Suffolk and North Ipswich County constituency

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich shown within Suffolk, and Suffolk shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Michael Lord
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Suffolk
EP constituency:	East of England

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a reliably Conservative seat.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It comprises the northern part of Ipswich and central Suffolk.

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[edit] 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:

From Ipswich: Castle Hill, Whitehouse, and Whitton
From Mid Suffolk:Barking and Somersham, Bramford and Blakenham, Claydon and Barham, Debenham, Eye, Fressingfield, Helmingham and Coddenham, Hoxne, Mendlesham, Palgrave, Stradbroke and Laxfield, The Stonhams, Wetheringsett, and Worlingworth
From Suffolk Coastal:Earl Soham, Framlingham, Grundisburgh, Hacheston, Kesgrave East, Kesgrave West, Otley, Rushmere St Andrew, Wickham Market, and Witnesham

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – "present": Sir Michael Lord, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lord	22,333	43.9	-0.5
	Labour	Neil Macdonald	14,477	28.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Houseley	10,709	21.1	+5.0
	UK Independence	John West	1,754	3.4	+1.0
	Green	Martin Wolfe	1,593	3.1	+3.1
Majority			7,856	15.4
Turnout			50,866	66.7	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.1

2001 General Election: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lord	20,924	44.4	+1.8
	Labour	Carol Jones	17,455	37.1	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Elvin	7,593	16.1	-4.5
	UK Independence	Jonathan Wright	1,132	2.4
Majority
Turnout

1997 General Election: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lord	22,493	42.6
	Labour	Carol Jones	18,955	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Minone Goldspink	10,886	20.6
	Independent Conservative	S Bennett	489	0.9
Majority
Turnout

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay \| Braintree \| Brentwood and Ongar \| Broxbourne \| Bury St Edmunds \| Castle Point \| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich \| Epping Forest \| Harwich \| Hemel Hempstead \| Hertford and Stortford \| Hertsmere \| Hitchin and Harpenden \| Huntingdon \| Maldon and East Chelmsford \| Mid Bedfordshire \| Mid Norfolk \| North Essex \| North East Bedfordshire \| North East Cambridgeshire \| North East Hertfordshire \| North West Cambridgeshire \| North West Norfolk \| Peterborough \| Rayleigh \| Rochford and Southend East \| Saffron Walden \| Southend West \| South Cambridgeshire \| South East Cambridgeshire \| South Norfolk \| South Suffolk \| South West Bedfordshire \| South West Hertfordshire \| South West Norfolk \| St Albans \| Suffolk Coastal \| Welwyn Hatfield \| West Chelmsford \| West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon \| Bedford \| Great Yarmouth \| Harlow \| Ipswich \| Luton North \| Luton South \| Norwich North \| Norwich South \| Stevenage \| Thurrock \| Watford \| Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge \| Colchester \| North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)