Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Bury St Edmunds
Map1 = BuryStEdmunds
Map2 = Suffolk
Type = County
Year =
Entity = Suffolk
County = Suffolk
EP = East of England
MP = David Ruffley
Party = Conservative

Bury St Edmunds is a constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has elected Conservative MPs for decades, although Labour came close to gaining the seat in 1997.

Boundaries

The constituency contains the towns of Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market. Its boundaries do not match those of St Edmundsbury borough, which includes Haverhill (part of West Suffolk constituency), and excludes Stowmarket and Needham Market.

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 the district of Mid Suffolk:Bacton and Old Newton, Badwell Ash, Elmswell and Norton, Gislingham, Haughley and Wetherden, Needham Market, Onehouse, Rattlesden, Rickinghall and Walsham, Ringshall, Stowmarket Central, Stowmarket North, Stowmarket South, Stowupland, Thurston and Hessett, and Woolpit
*From the district of St Edmundsbury: Abbeygate, Eastgate, Fornham, Great Barton, Horringer and Whelnetham, Minden, Moreton Hall, Northgate, Pakenham, Risbygate, Rougham, St Olaves, Southgate, and Westgate.

Members of Parliament

*1885—1892: Lord Francis Hervey
*1892—1900: Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, Conservative
*1900—1906: Sir Edward Walter Greene
*1906—1907: Frederick William Fane Hervey
*1907—1931: Walter Edward Guinness, later Baron Moyne, Conservative
*1931—1944: Frank Frederick Alexander Heilgers
*1944—1945: Edgar Mayne Keatinge
* 1945—1950: Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown, Conservative
* 1950—1964: William Aitken, Conservative
* 1964—1992: Sir Eldon Griffiths, Conservative
* 1992—1997: Richard Spring, Conservative
* 1997—present: David Ruffley, Conservative

Election results

Election box begin
title=Next United Kingdom general election: Bury St EdmundsElection box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Howlett
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Ruffley
votes = 24,332
percentage = 46.2
change = +2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Monaghan
votes = 14,402
percentage = 27.4
change = −11.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Chappell
votes = 10,423
percentage = 19.8
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Howlett
votes = 1,859
percentage = 3.5
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Graham Manning
votes = 1,603
percentage = 3.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,930
percentage = 18.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 52,619
percentage = 66.1
change = +0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +6.9

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Ruffley
votes = 21,850
percentage = 43.5
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Eriira
votes = 19,347
percentage = 38.5
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Williams
votes = 6,998
percentage = 13.9
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Howlett
votes = 831
percentage = 1.7
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael Brundle
votes = 651
percentage = 1.3
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Benwell
votes = 580
percentage = 1.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 2,503
percentage = 5.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 50,257
percentage = 66
change = -9.0

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk