Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ipswich Borough constituency

Ipswich shown within England, and England shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	Chris Mole
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Suffolk
EP constituency:	East of England

Ipswich is a 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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament since 1918
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The present-day constituency consists of most of the Borough of Ipswich, although the north-western part was transferred to the Central Suffolk constituency in 1979. Previous to this, the Parliamentary and Municipal Boroughs were always the same. Before the Reform Act 1832, the franchise in Ipswich was in the hands of the Ipswich Corporation and the Freemen. It has generally been favourable to Labour since World War II, although they have lost the seat on two occasions,and have sometimes won with very sparse majorities. Since 1997, however, they have won the contests with safer margins over the Tories.

[edit] 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:

Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John’s, St Margaret’s, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Westgate from the city of Ipswich

[edit] Members of Parliament since 1918

1918 – 1923: Sir Francis Ganzoni (Conservative)
1923 – 1924: Robert Jackson (Labour)
1924 – 1938: Sir Francis Ganzoni, Bt. (Conservative)
1938 – 1957: Richard Stokes (Labour)
1957 – 1970: Dingle Foot (Labour)
1970 – 1974: Ernle Money (Conservative)
1974 – 1987: Kenneth Weetch (Labour)
1987 – 1992: Michael Irvine (Conservative)
1992 – 2001: Jamie Cann (Labour)
2001 – present: Chris Mole (Labour)

[edit] Election results

The 2005 election results are compared against the General Election 2001 results.

General Election 2005: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Mole	18,336	43.8	-7.5
	Conservative	Paul West	13,004	31.1	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Atkins	8,464	20.2	+5.0
	UK Independence	Alison West	1,134	2.7	+1.1
	English Democrats	Jervis Kay	641	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Sally Wainman	299	0.7	+0.7
Majority			5,332	12.7
Turnout			41,878	60.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

Following the death of Jamie Cann on 21 October 2001 a by-election was held on 22 November 2001.

Ipswich by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Mole	11,881	43.4	-8.0
	Conservative	Paul West	7,794	28.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Munt	6,146	22.4	+7.2
	Christian Peoples	David Coope	581	2.1	n/a
	UK Independence	Jonathan Wright	276	1.0	n/a
	Green	Tony Slade	255	0.9	n/a
	Legalise Cannabis	John Ramirez	236	0.9	n/a
	Socialist Alliance	John Ramirez	152	0.6	n/a
	English Independence	Nicolas Winskill	84	0.3	n/a
Majority			4,087	14.9	-5.9
Turnout			27,405	40.2	-16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Cann	19,952	51.3	-1.4
	Conservative	Edward Wild	11,871	30.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Gilbert	5,904	15.2	+3.0
	UK Independence	William Vinyard	624	1.6	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Leach	305	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Shaun Gratton	217	0.6	N/A
Majority			8,081	20.8
Turnout			38,873	57.0	-15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay \| Braintree \| Brentwood and Ongar \| Broxbourne \| Bury St Edmunds \| Castle Point \| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich \| Epping Forest \| Harwich \| Hemel Hempstead \| Hertford and Stortford \| Hertsmere \| Hitchin and Harpenden \| Huntingdon \| Maldon and East Chelmsford \| Mid Bedfordshire \| Mid Norfolk \| North Essex \| North East Bedfordshire \| North East Cambridgeshire \| North East Hertfordshire \| North West Cambridgeshire \| North West Norfolk \| Peterborough \| Rayleigh \| Rochford and Southend East \| Saffron Walden \| Southend West \| South Cambridgeshire \| South East Cambridgeshire \| South Norfolk \| South Suffolk \| South West Bedfordshire \| South West Hertfordshire \| South West Norfolk \| St Albans \| Suffolk Coastal \| Welwyn Hatfield \| West Chelmsford \| West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon \| Bedford \| Great Yarmouth \| Harlow \| Ipswich \| Luton North \| Luton South \| Norwich North \| Norwich South \| Stevenage \| Thurrock \| Watford \| Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge \| Colchester \| North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)