Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bury St Edmunds County constituency |
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| Bury St Edmunds shown within Suffolk, and Suffolk shown within England | |
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| MP: | David Ruffley |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Suffolk |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[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:
- 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 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
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Bury St Edmunds | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Ruffley | 24,332 | 46.2 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | David Monaghan | 14,402 | 27.4 | −11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 10,423 | 19.8 | +5.9 | |
| UK Independence | John Howlett | 1,859 | 3.5 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Graham Manning | 1,603 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,930 | 18.9 | |||
| Turnout | 52,619 | 66.1 | +0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bury St Edmunds | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Ruffley | 21,850 | 43.5 | +5.1 | |
| Labour | Mark Eriira | 19,347 | 38.5 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Williams | 6,998 | 13.9 | -4.3 | |
| UK Independence | John Howlett | 831 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Michael Brundle | 651 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Michael Benwell | 580 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,503 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 50,257 | 66 | -9.0 | ||
