Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich in Suffolk.
Location of Suffolk within England.
County	Suffolk
Electorate	76,177 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Daniel Poulter (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich is a county 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.

The Conservative MP for the seat is Daniel Poulter who succeeded Sir Michael Lord in the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

It comprises the northern part of Ipswich and central Suffolk.

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

Constituency Profile

The seat is primarily rural farming territory. The exception to this is the three wards from Ipswich Borough, and Kesgrave, a new satellite town, which are far more suburban in character. Voting behaviour in these areas is mixed, but the rural villages are mainly Conservative. This said, the villages around the northern fringe of Ipswich have been strong bases for the Liberal Democrats recently with considerable support for the Green Party in Mendlesham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Michael Lord	Conservative
	2010	Daniel Poulter	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Poulter	27,125	50.8	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne	13,339	25.0	+4.7
	Labour	Bhavna Joshi	8,636	16.2	-12.3
	UKIP	Roy Philpott	2,361	4.4	+0.9
	Green	Andrew Stringer	1,452	2.7	-0.6
	Independent	Mark Trevitt	389	0.7	N/A
	New Party	Richard Vass	118	0.2	N/A
Majority			13,786	25.8
Turnout			53,420	70.4	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 2000s

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 Democrat	Andrew Houseley	10,709	21.1	+5.0
	UKIP	John West	1,754	3.4	+1.0
	Green	Martin Wolfe	1,593	3.1	N/A
Majority			7,856	15.4	+8.1
Turnout			50,866	66.7	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General Election 2001: 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 Democrat	Ann Elvin	7,593	16.1	-4.5
	UKIP	Jonathan Wright	1,132	2.4	N/A
Majority			3,469	7.3	+0.6
Turnout			47,104
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lord	22,493	42.6	N/A
	Labour	Carol Jones	18,955	35.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Minone Goldspink	10,886	20.6	N/A
	Independent Conservative	S Bennett	489	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,458	6.7
Turnout			52,823

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk