List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

The county of Suffolk, England is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies (1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies). Seven constituencies lie wholely within Suffolk while Waveney Valley straddles the county border between Suffolk and Norfolk.^{[nb 1]}

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¥ Green

Constituency[nb 2]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 3]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket CC	76,655	1,452		Peter Prinsley ‡		Will Tanner †
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC	71,020	4,290		Patrick Spencer †		Kevin Craig ‡
Ipswich BC	75,117	7,403		Jack Abbott ‡		Tom Hunt †
Lowestoft CC	73,967	2,016		Jessica Asato ‡		Peter Aldous †
South Suffolk CC	71,170	3,047		James Cartlidge †		Emma Bishton ‡
Suffolk Coastal CC	72,663	1,070		Jenny Riddell-Carpenter ‡		Thérèse Coffey †
Waveney Valley CC	70,540	5,593		Adrian Ramsay ¥		Richard Rout †
West Suffolk CC	76,243	3,247		Nick Timothy †		Rebecca Denness ‡

Boundary changes

2024

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 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 seat of Waveney reverted to its former name of Lowestoft, and Bury St Edmunds was renamed Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket.^[4][5][6]

The following constituencies were 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

2010

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 2010–2024
Bury St Edmunds CC Central Suffolk and North Ipswich CC Ipswich BC South Suffolk CC Suffolk Coastal CC Waveney CC West Suffolk CC

Results history

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

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Suffolk in the 2024 general election were as follows:^[2]

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	115,953	30.8%	29.3%	3	4
Labour	107,057	28.4%	4.5%	4	4
Reform	69,230	18.4%	18.0%	0	0
Greens	49,925	13.3%	6.9%	1	1
Liberal Democrats	31,160	8.3%	-	0	0
Others	3,342	0.9%	-	0	0
Total	376,667	100.0		8

2019

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

¹Includes National Liberal Party from 1931 - 1966

²As the Brexit Party in 2019

³1918-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

Maps

1885-1910

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  1885
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  1886
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  1892
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  1895
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  1900
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  1906
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  Jan 1910
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  Dec 1910

1918-1945

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950-1979

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  1950
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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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  1974 Feb
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  1974 Oct
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  1979

1983-present

• 
  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2001
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  2005
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  2010
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  2015
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  2017
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  2019
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  2024

Timeline

Historical representation by party

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

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

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

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal

1983 to present

  Conservative   Green   Independent   Labour

¹parts also in Norfolk

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Suffolk

Notes

References