Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

Ipswich
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ipswich in Suffolk.
Location of Suffolk within England.
County	Suffolk
Electorate	75,195 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Ipswich
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of parliament	Ben Gummer (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Ipswich ⁱ/ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Ben Gummer, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

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 at the 1983 general election. 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 three occasions, and have sometimes won with very sparse majorities. From 1997 until a Conservative gain in 2010, Labour won the contests with safer margins.

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 town of Ipswich.

Constituency profile

The constituency includes Ipswich town centre and docks, with its mix of historic buildings and new developments. Ipswich is a bustling town that serves as a centre for the rest of Suffolk which is predominantly rural and remote, and is the only serious concentration of Labour voters in the county, other than in Lowestoft.

Portman Road Football Ground to the West of the centre, and the new University to the East are both in the seat, as is the vast Chantry council estate to the South.

Ipswich's Tory-leaning suburbs, such as Castle Hill, Westerfield and Kesgrave, extend beyond the constituency's boundaries – the northernmost wards are in the Suffolk Central constituency, and several strong Conservative areas are just outside the borough's tightly-drawn limits, making Ipswich a favourable seat for Labour.

For many years a small red island in a sea of blue, Ipswich was lost by Labour in the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

Freemen belonging to the Ipswich Corporation was entitled to elect two burgesses to the Parliament of England from the fourteenth century which continued uninterrupted after the parliament united with Scotland and Ireland. only becoming a single member constituency in 1918.

MPs 1386–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Waleys[2]
1388 (Feb)	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Waleys[2]
1388 (Sep)	John Arnold I	Robert Waleys[2]
1390 (Jan)	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Hethe[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Andrew[2]
1393	?Geoffrey Starling	?Robert Andrew[2]
1394	John Arnold I	Henry Wall[2]
1395	Geoffrey Starling	William Master[2]
1397 (Jan)	John Arnold I	John Bernard[2]
1397 (Sep)	William Debenham	John Bernard[2]
1399	John Arnold I	John Lewe[2]
1401
1402	Richard Church	John Starling[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Robert Lucas	John Starling[2]
1407	John Felbrigg	John Bernard[2]
1410	John Rous	James Andrew[2]
1411	John Bernard	John Starling[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	James Andrew	John Starling[2]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	William Debenham I	John Rous[2]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Debenham II	James Andrew[2]
1419	William Debenham II	James Andrew[2]
1420	John Knepping	John Wood[2]
1421 (May)	William Debenham II	James Andrew[2]
1421 (Dec)	Thomas Kempstone II	William Weatherfeld[2]
1455	Sir Gilbert Debenham
1510	Thomas Hall	William Spencer[3]
1512	Thomas Baldry	Edmund Daundy[3]
1515	Thomas Baldry	Edmund Daundy[3]
1523	Humphrey Wingfield	Thomas Rush[3]
1529	Thomas Rush	Thomas Hayward, died and replaced Nov 1534 by Thomas Alvard[3]
1536	?
1539	Robert Daundy	William Sabine[3]
1542	Ralph Goodwin	John Sparrow[3]
1545	William Reynball	Richard Smart[3]
1547	John Gosnold	John Smith alias Dyer[3]
1553 (Mar)	John Smith alias Dyer	Richard Bryde alias Byrde[3]
1553 (Oct)	John Gosnold	John Sulyard[3]
1554 (Apr)	Clement Heigham	Thomas Poley[3]
1554 (Nov)	Ralph Goodwin	John Smith alias Dyer[3]
1555	John Sulyard	Richard Smart[3]
1558	William Wheatcroft, repl. Nov 1558 by Edmund Withypoll	Philip Williams[3]
1558/9	Thomas Seckford I	Robert Barker[4]
1562/3	Thomas Seckford I	Edward Grimston[4]
1571	Edward Grimston	John More[4]
1572	Thomas Seckford I	Edward Grimston[4]
1584 (Nov)	Sir John Heigham	John Barker[4]
1586 (Oct)	John Barker	John Laney[4]
1588 (Oct)	John Barker	William Smarte[4]
1593	Robert Barker	Zachariah Lok[4]
1597 (Oct)	Michael Stanhope	Francis Bacon[4]
1601 (Oct)	Michael Stanhope	Francis Bacon[4]
1604	Sir Henry Glenham	Sir Francis Bacon
1614	Robert Snelling	William Cage
1621	Robert Snelling	William Cage
1624	Sir Robert Snelling	William Cage
1625	Sir Robert Snelling	William Cage
1628	William Cage	Edmund Day
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr)	John Gurdon	William Cage
1640 (Nov)	John Gurdon	William Cage
1645	John Gurdon	Francis Bacon
1648	John Gurdon	Francis Bacon
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon
1656	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon
1659	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon

MPs 1660–1832

Election	1st Member [5]		1st Party	2nd Member[5]		2nd Party
Apr 1660		Nathaniel Bacon			Francis Bacon
Oct 1660		Sir Frederick Cornwallis, Bt
Apr 1661		John Sicklemore			William Blois
Nov 1670		John Wright
Jan 1674					Gilbert Lindfield
Dec 1680					Sir John Barker, Bt
Mar 1685		Sir Nicholas Bacon
Jan 1689		Sir Peyton Ventris
May 1689		Sir Charles Blois, Bt
Oct 1695		Charles Whitaker
Nov 1696					Richard Phillips
Jul 1698		Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Bt
Jan 1701		Joseph Martin			Sir Charles Duncombe
Dec 1701		Charles Whitaker			Richard Phillips
Jul 1702					John Bence
May 1705		Henry Poley
Nov 1707		William Churchill
May 1708					Sir William Barker, Bt
Sep 1713					William Thompson
Apr 1714		Richard Richardson			Orlando Bridgeman
Jan 1715		William Thompson			William Churchill
Dec 1717					Francis Negus
Jan 1730		Philip Broke
Jan 1733					William Wollaston
Apr 1734		Samuel Kent
May 1741					Edward Vernon
Dec 1757					Thomas Staunton
Nov 1759		George Montgomerie
Mar 1761		Lord Orwell
Mar 1768		William Wollaston
Apr 1784		William Middleton			John Cator declared void
Jun 1784					Charles Alexander Crickitt
Jun 1790		Sir John D'Oyly
May 1796		Sir Andrew Hamond
Feb 1803					William Middleton
Oct 1806		Richard Wilson			Robert Stopford
May 1807		Sir Home Riggs Popham			Robert Alexander Crickett
Oct 1812		John Round
Jul 1818		William Newton
Apr 1820		William Haldimand			Thomas Barrett-Lennard
Jun 1826					Robert Torrens
Feb 1827		Robert Adam Dundas			Charles Mackinnon
May 1831		James Morrison			Rigby Wason

MPs 1832–1918

Election	1st Member[5]		1st Party	2nd Member[5]		2nd Party
1832		James Morrison			Rigby Wason	Whig
1835		Fitzroy Kelly	Tory		Robert Adam Dundas	Conservative
Jun. 1835		James Morrison			Rigby Wason	Whig
Jul 1837		Thomas Milner Gibson	Conservative		Henry Tufnell	Whig
Feb. 1838					Fitzroy Kelly	Tory
Jul. 1839		Sir Thomas John Cochrane
1841		Rigby Wason	Whig		George Rennie	Whig
June 1842		The Earl of Desart	Conservative		Thomas Gladstone	Conservative
Aug 1842		John Neilson Gladstone	Conservative		Sackville Lane-Fox	Conservative
1847		John Cobbold	Conservative		Sir Hugh Adair, Bt	Liberal
1868		Henry Wyndham West	Liberal
1874		John Cobbold	Conservative		James Redfoord Bulwer	Conservative
1876		Thomas Clement Cobbold	Conservative
1880					Jesse Collings	Liberal
Dec. 1883		Henry Wyndham West	Liberal
Apr. 1886		Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bt	Conservative		Lord Elcho	Conservative
1895					Sir Daniel Ford Goddard	Liberal
1906		Felix Thornley Cobbold	Liberal
Jan 1910		Charles Silvester Horne	Liberal
May 1914		John Ganzoni	Conservative

During the period between 1835 and 1842 there were five elections and all were found to have been corrupt. After the 1835 election Dundas and Kelly were unseated on the charge of bribery. After the 1837 election Tufnell was unseated on a scrutiny. Gibson who was elected in 1838 resigned. Cochrane was elected in 1839 after which a petition was presented complaining of gross bribery – it was not progressed because a general election was expected. After the 1841 election Wason and Rennie were unseated, being declared guilty of bribery by their agents.^[6]

MPs 1918–present

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1918	John Ganzoni	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1923	Robert Jackson	Labour
	1924	Sir John Ganzoni, Bt	Conservative
	1938 by-election	Richard Stokes	Labour
	1957 by-election	Dingle Foot	Labour
	1970	Ernle Money	Conservative
	Oct. 1974	Kenneth Weetch	Labour
	1987	Michael Irvine	Conservative
	1992	Jamie Cann	Labour
	2001 by-election	Chris Mole	Labour
	2010	Ben Gummer	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Ipswich[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Gummer[8]	21,794	44.8	+5.6
	Labour	David Ellesmere[9]	18,051	37.1	+2.4
	UKIP	Maria Vigneau[10]	5,703	11.7	+8.8
	Green	Barry Broom[11]	1,736	3.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chika Akinwale[12]	1,400	2.9	-15.4
Majority			3,733	7.7	+3.3
Turnout			48,694	65.4	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

General Election 2010: Ipswich[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Gummer	18,371	39.1	+8.0
	Labour	Chris Mole	16,292	34.7	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Dyson	8,556	18.2	-2.9
	UKIP	Chris Streatfield	1,365	2.9	+0.2
	BNP	Dennis Boater	1,270	2.7	N/A
	Green	Tim Glover	775	1.7	N/A
	Christian	Kim Christofi	149	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Peter Turtill	93	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Sally Wainman	70	0.1
Majority			2,079	4.4
Turnout			46,941	59.9	-0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Ipswich[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Mole	18,336	43.8	0.4
	Conservative	Paul West	13,004	31.1	2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Atkins	8,464	20.2	-2.2
	UKIP	Alison West	1,134	2.7	+1.7
	English Democrats	Jervis Kay	641	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Sally Wainman	299	0.7	N/A
Majority			5,332	12.7	-2.2
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 Democrat	Tessa Munt	6,146	22.4	+7.2
	Christian Peoples	David Coope	581	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	Jonathan Wright	276	1.0
	Green	Tony Slade	255	0.9	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	John Ramirez	236	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Leech	152	0.6
	English Independence Party	Nicolas Winskill	84	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,087	14.9	-5.9
Turnout			27,405	40.2	-16.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9

General Election 2001: Ipswich[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Cann	19,952	51.3	-1.4
	Conservative	Edward Wild	11,871	30.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Gilbert	5,904	15.2	+3.0
	UKIP	William Vinyard	624	1.6	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Leech	305	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Shaun Gratton	217	0.6	N/A
Majority			8,081	20.8	-0.8
Turnout			38,873	57.0	-15.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Ipswich[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Cann	25,484	52.7
	Conservative	Stephen Castle	15,048	31.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Roberts	5,881	12.2
	Referendum	Theodore Agnew	1,637	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	William Vinyard	208	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Eric Kaplan	107	0.2
Majority			10,436	21.6
Turnout			48,365	72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ipswich[17][18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Cann	23,680	43.8	+0.7
	Conservative	Michael Irvine	23,415	43.4	−1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph White	6159	11.4	N/A
	Green	Ms. Jane Scott	591	1.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Eric Kaplan	181	0.3	N/A
Majority			265	0.5	−1.2
Turnout			54,026	80.3	+2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Ipswich[19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Irvine	23,328	44.4
	Labour	Ken Weetch	22,454	42.7
	Social Democratic	Hugh Palmer Nicholson	6,596	12.5	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	David John Lettice	174	0.3	N/A
Majority			874	1.7
Turnout				77.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1983: Ipswich[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Weetch	22,191	43.7
	Conservative	E Cottrell	21,114	41.6
	Liberal	P Miernik	7,220	14.2
	BNP	A Pearson	235	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,077	2.1
Turnout				75.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Weetch	34,444	48.2
	Conservative	R Erith	30,703	42.9
	Liberal	P Keeling	5,772	8.1
	National Front	P Robinson	449	0.6	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	R Hodge	115	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,741	5.2
Turnout				80.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Weetch	31,566	45.3
	Conservative	Ernle David Drummond Money	29,833	42.8
	Liberal	R B Salt	8,295	11.9
Majority			1,733	2.5
Turnout				79.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election February 1974: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernle David Drummond Money	29,893	41.2
	Labour	Ken Weetch	29,634	40.8
	Liberal	Joan Ruby Knott	11,857	16.3
	National Democratic	David Robert Mathew Brown	1,161	1.6
Majority			259	0.4
Turnout				83.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernle David Drummond Money	27,704	44.1
	Labour	Dingle Foot	27,691	44.1
	Liberal	Neville S. Lewis	5,147	8.2
	National Democratic	David Robert Mathew Brown	2,322	3.7
Majority			13	0.0
Turnout				72.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot	30,313	49.9
	Conservative	Trevor A. Hagger	23,440	38.6
	Liberal	Dr. Stanley Rundle	6,200	10.2
	National Democratic	Dr. David R. M. Brown	769	1.3
Majority			6,873	11.3
Turnout				77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dingle Mackintosh Foot	24,648	39.8	-1.3
	Conservative	Trevor A. Hagger	22,216	35.8	-0.2
	Liberal	Manuela Sykes	14,755	23.8	+1.0
	National Democratic	Dr. David R. M. Brown	349	0.6	n/a
Majority			2,432	3.9	-1.2
Turnout				79.0	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Election in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dingle Mackintosh Foot	25,858	41.1	-4.7
	Conservative	John C. Cobbold	22,623	36.0	+3.4
	Liberal	Manuela Sykes	14,359	22.8	+1.4
Majority			3,235	5.1	-8.1
Turnout				80.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

Ipswich by-election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dingle Mackintosh Foot	26,898	45.8	-7.1
	Conservative	John C. Cobbold	19,161	32.6	-14.5
	Liberal	Manuela Sykes	12,587	21.4	n/a
Majority			7,737	13.2	+7.4
Turnout			27,405
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

General Election 1955: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	32,306	52.9
	Conservative	John C Cobbold	28,724	47.1
Majority			3,582	5.8
Turnout				80.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	33,463	53.4
	Conservative	Albert E Holdsworth	29,227	46.6
Majority			4,236	6.8
Turnout				85.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	29,386	46.9
	Conservative	SWL Ripley	24,993	39.8
	Liberal	J Seward	8,340	13.3
Majority			4,393	7.0
Turnout				86.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maj. Richard Rapier Stokes	26,296	49.3
	Conservative	Frank Guy Clavering Fison	18,177	34.1
	Liberal	Maj. Duncan Mackay Mowat	8,819	16.5
Majority			8,119	15.2
Turnout				80.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Ipswich by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	27,604
	Conservative	Harry Willink	24,443
Majority			3,161
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1935: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	28,528	57.3
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	21,278	42.7
Majority			7,250	14.6
Turnout				82.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	29,782	63.0
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	17,490	37.0
Majority			12,292	26.0
Turnout			47,272	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Ipswich[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	18,527	39.7	-15.7
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	17,592	37.7	-6.9
	Liberal	Frank Ongley Darvall	10,559	22.6	n/a
Majority			935	2.0
Turnout				85.7	-2.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.4

General Election 1924: Ipswich[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Francis John Childs Ganzoni	19,621	55.4
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	15,791	44.6
Majority			3,830	10.8
Turnout				87.7
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1923: Ipswich [22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	15,824	50.7	+4.1
	Unionist	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	15,364	49.3	-4.1
Majority			460	1.4
Turnout				78.7	-3.7
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.1

General Election 1922 : Ipswich [22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	17,134	53.4	-0.1
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson		46.6	+14.5
Majority
Turnout				82.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Capt. Francis John Childs Ganzoni	13,553	53.5	+2.9
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	8,143	32.1	+29.0
	Liberal	George Hay Morgan	3,663	14.4	-31.9
Majority			5,410	21.4	+17.1
Turnout				67.9	-23.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

• endorsed by Coalition Government

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Francis John Childs Ganzoni
• Liberal: Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
• Independent Labour: Robert Frederick Jackson (not supported by Labour Party HQ)

John Ganzoni

Ipswich by-election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Francis John Childs Ganzoni	6,406	50.6	+2.6
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman	5,874	46.3	-5.7
	Socialist	John Scurr	395	3.1	+3.1
Majority			532	4.3	n/a
Turnout				91.4	+1.5
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

• Change of vote share and swing calculated from the 1910 party ticket vote.^[23]

Sir Daniel Ford Goddard

General Election December 1910: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Daniel Ford Goddard	5,931	26.2
	Liberal	Rev. Charles Silvester Horne	5,791	25.7
	Conservative	Arthur Charles Churchman	5,447	24.1
	Conservative	Bunnell Henry Burton	5,409	24.0
Majority
Majority
Turnout				89.9
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Liberal Election Postcard

General Election January 1910: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
	Liberal	Rev. Charles Silvester Horne
	Conservative
	Conservative
Majority
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Felix Cobbold

12 January 1906: Ipswich*
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Ford Goddard	6,396
	Liberal	Felix Thornley Cobbold	6,290
	Conservative	Sir Charles Dalrymple	4,591
	Conservative	Samuel John Gurney Hoare	4,232
Majority			2,164
Majority			1,699
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

• Ipswich was the first result in 1906 to be declared.

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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