Sudbury_and_Woodbridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Sudbury and Woodbridge
Sudbury and Woodbridge
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Suffolk
Major settlements	Sudbury and Woodbridge
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Woodbridge and Sudbury
Replaced by	Suffolk Coastal and South Suffolk

Sudbury and Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983

Sudbury and Woodbridge was a county constituency centred on the towns of Sudbury and Woodbridge in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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	Member	Party	Notes
1950	John Hare	Conservative	Raised to the peerage November 1963
1963 by-election	Keith Stainton	Conservative
1983	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hare	23,599	48.3
	Labour	Roland Hamilton	19,062	39.0
	Liberal	Frederick James	6,219	12.7
Majority			4,537	9.3
Turnout			48,880	84.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hare	27,262	56.1	+7.8
	Labour Co-op	Dick Lewis	21,310	43.9	+4.9
Majority			5,952	12.2	+2.9
Turnout			48,572	82.1	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hare	25,185	53.7	-2.4
	Labour Co-op	Dick Lewis	17,995	38.3	-5.6
	Liberal	Agnes H Scott	3,760	8.0	New
Majority			7,190	15.4	+3.2
Turnout			46,940	79.7	-2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hare	26,130	53.0	-0.7
	Labour	Robert B. Stirling	16,248	33.0	-5.3
	Liberal	Aubrey Herbert	6,914	14.0	+6.0
Majority			9,882	20.0	+4.6
Turnout			49,292	81.1	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sudbury and Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Sudbury and Woodbridge
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Suffolk
Major settlements	Sudbury and Woodbridge
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Woodbridge and Sudbury
Replaced by	Suffolk Coastal and South Suffolk^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	22,005	49.6	-3.4
	Labour	Frank E Woodbridge	16,416	37.0	+4.0
	Liberal	Aubrey Herbert	5,935	13.4	-0.6
Majority			5,589	12.6	-7.4
Turnout			44,356	70.5	-10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	26,370	50.5	-2.5
	Labour	Frank E Woodbridge	17,778	34.1	+1.1
	Liberal	Edwin Michael Wheeler	8,044	15.4	+1.4
Majority			8,592	16.4	-3.6
Turnout			52,192
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	26,689	50.2	-0.3
	Labour	Max Madden	19,680	37.0	+2.9
	Liberal	Edwin Michael Wheeler	6,839	12.9	-2.5
Majority			7,009	13.2	-2.2
Turnout			53,208	80.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	32,393	54.6	+4.4
	Labour	Brian Orriss	19,829	33.4	-3.6
	Liberal	Edward Michael Wheeler	7,136	12.0	-0.9
Majority			12,564	21.2	+8.0
Turnout			59,358	75.9	-4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	31,987	46.7	-7.9
	Liberal	Neville S Lewis	18,286	26.7	+14.7
	Labour	Brian Orriss	18,228	26.6	-6.8
Majority			13,701	20.0	-1.2
Turnout			68,501	81.9	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	30,049	47.5	+0.8
	Labour	RE Russel	17,986	28.4	+1.8
	Liberal	Neville S Lewis	15,206	24.0	-2.7
Majority			12,063	19.1	-0.9
Turnout			63,241	75.0	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Stainton	39,544	55.0	+7.5
	Labour	JB Hills	18,972	26.4	-2.0
	Liberal	J Roderic C Beale	13,435	18.7	-5.3
Majority			20,572	28.6	+9.5
Turnout			71,951	78.7	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing