Sudbury and Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Sudbury and Woodbridge
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Suffolk
Major settlements Sudbury and Woodbridge
1950–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Suffolk Coastal, Central Suffolk and South Suffolk
Created from Woodbridge and Sudbury

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 for the 1950 general election, replacing parts of the previous Woodbridge and Sudbury constituencies. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, and split between Suffolk Coastal, Central Suffolk and South Suffolk.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 John Hare Conservative
1963 by-election Keith Stainton Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Sudbury and Woodbridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon. John Hugh Hare 23,599 48.3 N/A
Labour Roland Hamilton 19,062 39.0 N/A
Liberal Sir Frederick Ernest James 6,219 12.7 N/A
Majority 4,537 9.3 N/A
Turnout 84.5 N/A
Conservative win
General Election 1951: Sudbury and Woodbridge[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon. John Hugh Hare 27,262 56.1 +7.8
Labour Richard J Lewis 21,310 43.9 +4.9
Majority 5,952 12.2 +2.9
Turnout 82.1 -2.4
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Sudbury and Woodbridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon. John Hugh Hare 25,185 53.7
Labour Richard J Lewis 17,995 38.3 -5.6
Liberal Mrs. Agnes H Scott 3,760 8.0 N/A
Majority 7,190 15.4
Turnout 46,940 79.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: Sudbury and Woodbridge[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rt Hon. John Hugh Hare 26,130 53.0
Labour Robert B. Stirling 16,248 33.0
Liberal Aubrey Herbert 6,914 14.0
Majority 9,882 20.0
Turnout 49,292 81.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Sudbury and Woodbridge by-election, 1963[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 22,005 49.6
Labour Frank E Woodbridge 16,416 37.0
Liberal Edward Michael Wheeler 5,935 13.4
Majority 5,589 12.6
Turnout 44,356 70.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Sudbury and Woodbridge[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 26,370 50.5
Labour Frank E Woodbridge 17,778 34.1
Liberal Edward Michael Wheeler 8,044 15.4
Majority 8,592 16.5
Turnout 52,192
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: Sudbury and Woodbridge[7]

Electorate 66,329

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 26,689 50.2
Labour Maxwell Francis Madden 19,680 37.0
Liberal Edward Michael Wheeler 6,839 12.9
Majority 7,009 13.2
Turnout 53,208 80.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Sudbury and Woodbridge[8]

Electorate 78,250

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 32,393 54.6
Labour Brian Orriss 19,829 33.4
Liberal Edward Michael Wheeler 7,136 12.0
Majority 12,564 21.2
Turnout 59,358 75.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Sudbury and Woodbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 31,987 46.7
Liberal Neville S Lewis 18,286 26.7
Labour Brian Orriss 18,228 26.6
Majority 13,701 20.0
Turnout 81.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Sudbury and Woodbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 30,049 47.5
Labour RE Russell 17,986 28.4
Liberal Neville S Lewis 15,206 24.0
Majority 12,063 19.1
Turnout 75.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1979: Sudbury and Woodbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Monin Stainton 39,544 55.0
Labour JB Hills 18,972 26.4
Liberal J Roderic C Beale 13,435 18.7
Majority 20,572 28.6
Turnout 78.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  5. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1964
  6. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1964
  7. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1966
  8. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1970