Central Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Suffolk
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Suffolk
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds
Created from	Eye

Central Suffolk was a county constituency in the county of 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 1983 general election, replacing the former Eye constituency. It was in turn replaced by the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency for the 1997 general election with a substantial area of the constituency joining a modified Bury St Edmunds constituency.

Boundaries

The District of Mid Suffolk (the wards of Badwell Ash, Barham, Barking, Bramford, Claydon, Creeting, Debenham, Elmswell, Eye, Fressingfield, Gislingham, Haughley and Wetherden, Helmingham, Hoxne, Mendlesham, Needham Market, Norton, Onehouse, Palgrave, Rattlesden, Rickinghall, Ringshall, Stonham, Stowmarket Central, Stowmarket North, Stowmarket South, Stowupland, Stradbroke, Thurston, Walsham-le-Willows, Wetheringsett, Weybread, Woolpit, and Worlingworth), and the Borough of Ipswich wards of Broom Hill, Castle Hill, Whitehouse, and Whitton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1983	Michael Lord	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Central Suffolk and North Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Suffolk Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Nicholson Lord	30,096	53.47	N/A
	Liberal	N.D.J. Baldwin	15,365	27.3	N/A
	Labour	Mrs. D.M. Sierakowski	10,828	19.2	N/A
Majority			14,731	26.2	N/A
Turnout			56,289	74.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Suffolk Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Nicholson Lord	32,422	53.7	+0.2
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Dale	16,132	26.7	−0.6
	Labour	Mark Stanley Walker	11,817	19.6	+0.4
Majority			16,290	27.0
Turnout			60,371	76.2	+1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Suffolk Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Nicholson Lord	32,917	49.6	−4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Lesley A. Henniker-Major	16,886	25.4	−1.3
	Labour	John W. Harris	15,615	23.5	+3.9
	Green	John E. Matthissen	800	1.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Ms. Julie C. Wilmot	190	0.3	N/A
Majority			16,031	24.1	−2.8
Turnout			66,408	80.3	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

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