Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

Ipswich /ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ (listen) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Tom Hunt of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Ipswich
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ipswich in Suffolk
Location of Suffolk within England
CountySuffolk
Electorate75,195 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsIpswich
Current constituency
Created1295
Member of ParliamentTom Hunt (Conservative)
Number of membersOne

History

The constituency was created as Parliamentary Borough in the fourteenth century, returning two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and from 1800 to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Before the Reform Act 1832, the franchise in Ipswich was in the hands of the Ipswich Corporation and the Freemen. The constituency's parliamentary representation was reduced to a single seat with one MP under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Prior to the 1983 general election, when north-western areas were transferred to the Central Suffolk constituency, the Parliamentary and Municipal/County Boroughs were the same.

Ipswich was the only seat won by a Labour candidate at the 2017 general election from a total of seven seats in Suffolk, the others being retained by Conservatives and more rural in comparison to Ipswich. Martin's 2017 election victory was one of thirty net gains made by the Labour Party. Ipswich is a marginal seat, having changed hands nine times since its creation as a single-member constituency in 1918.

Constituency profile

The constituency includes Ipswich town centre and docks, with its mix of historic buildings and modern developments. Ipswich is a bustling town that serves as a centre for the rest of Suffolk which is predominantly rural and remote, and has 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 Conservative-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 target seat for Labour.

The Ipswich constituency has generally been favourable to candidates from the Labour Party, being won by Labour at every postwar general election since the end of World War II; except 1970, February 1974, 1987, 2010 and 2015. Despite this, it was traditionally won by the party by fairly small margins; however, from 1997 until being gained by the Conservative Party in 2010, Labour won the contests with safer margins, and after the Conservatives increased their majority in 2015, Labour regained the seat in 2017.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1918–1983: The County Borough of Ipswich.[2]

1983–2010: The Borough of Ipswich wards of Bixley, Bridge, Chantry, Gainsborough, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St Clement's, St John's, St Margaret's, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Town.[3][4]

The Broomhill, Castle Hill, White House and Whitton wards were transferred to the new county constituency of Central Suffolk (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 1997).

2010–present: The Borough of Ipswich wards of Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John's, St Margaret's, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Westgate.[5]

Following a revision of the Borough of Ipswich wards, the constituency gained a small area from Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.

The present-day constituency consists of most of the Borough of Ipswich, with the exception of the Castle Hill, Whitehouse and Whitton wards.

Members of Parliament

Freemen belonging to the Ipswich Corporation were 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
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386Geoffrey StarlingRobert Waleys[6]
1388 (Feb)Geoffrey StarlingRobert Waleys[6]
1388 (Sep)John Arnold IRobert Waleys[6]
1390 (Jan)Geoffrey StarlingRobert Hethe[6]
1390 (Nov)
1391Geoffrey StarlingRobert Andrew[6]
1393?Geoffrey Starling?Robert Andrew[6]
1394John Arnold IHenry Wall[6]
1395Geoffrey StarlingWilliam Master[6]
1397 (Jan)John Arnold IJohn Bernard[6]
1397 (Sep)William DebenhamJohn Bernard[6]
1399John Arnold IJohn Lewe[6]
1401
1402Richard ChurchJohn Starling[6]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406Robert LucasJohn Starling[6]
1407John FelbriggJohn Bernard[6]
1410John RousJames Andrew[6]
1411John BernardJohn Starling[6]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)James AndrewJohn Starling[6]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)William Debenham IJohn Rous[6]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417William Debenham IIJames Andrew[6]
1419William Debenham IIJames Andrew[6]
1420John KneppingJohn Wood[6]
1421 (May)William Debenham IIJames Andrew[6]
1421 (Dec)Thomas Kempstone IIWilliam Weatherfeld[6]
1455Sir Gilbert Debenham
1510Thomas HallWilliam Spencer[7]
1512Thomas BaldryEdmund Daundy[7]
1515Thomas BaldryEdmund Daundy[7]
1523Humphrey WingfieldThomas Rush[7]
1529Thomas RushThomas Hayward, died
and replaced Nov 1534 by Thomas Alvard (1493-1535)[7]
1536?
1539Robert DaundyWilliam Sabine[7]
1542Ralph GoodwinJohn Sparrow[7]
1545William ReynballRichard Smart[7]
1547John GosnoldJohn Smith alias Dyer[7]
1553 (Mar)John Smith alias DyerRichard Bryde alias Byrde[7]
1553 (Oct)John GosnoldJohn Sulyard[7]
1554 (Apr)Clement HeighamThomas Poley[7]
1554 (Nov)Ralph GoodwinJohn Smith alias Dyer[7]
1555John SulyardRichard Smart[7]
1558William Wheatcroft,
repl. Nov 1558 by Edmund Withypoll		Philip Williams[7]
1558/9Thomas Seckford IRobert Barker[8]
1562/3Thomas Seckford IEdward Grimston[8]
1571Edward GrimstonJohn More[8]
1572Thomas Seckford IEdward Grimston[8]
1584 (Nov)Sir John HeighamJohn Barker[8]
1586 (Oct)John BarkerJohn Laney[8]
1588 (Oct)John BarkerWilliam Smarte[8]
1593Robert BarkerZachariah Lok[8]
1597 (Oct)Michael StanhopeFrancis Bacon[8]
1601 (Oct)Michael StanhopeFrancis Bacon[8]
1604Sir Henry GlenhamSir Francis Bacon
1614Robert SnellingWilliam Cage
1621Robert SnellingWilliam Cage
1624Sir Robert SnellingWilliam Cage
1625Sir Robert SnellingWilliam Cage
1628William CageEdmund Day
1629–1640No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr)John GurdonWilliam Cage
1640 (Nov)John GurdonWilliam Cage
1645John GurdonFrancis Bacon
1648John GurdonFrancis Bacon
1653Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654Nathaniel BaconFrancis Bacon
1656Nathaniel BaconFrancis Bacon
1659Nathaniel BaconFrancis Bacon

MPs 1660–1832
Election1st member[9] 1st party2nd member[9]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 Whig[10] Whig[10]
Apr 1784 William Middleton Tory John Cator
declared void		 Whig[10]
Jun 1784 Charles Crickitt Tory[10]
Jun 1790 Sir John D'Oyly Whig[10]
May 1796 Sir Andrew Hamond Tory[10]
Feb 1803 William Middleton
Oct 1806 Richard Wilson Whig[10] Robert Stopford Whig[10]
May 1807 Sir Home Riggs Popham Tory[10] Robert Alexander Crickett Tory[10]
Oct 1812 John Round Tory[10]
Jul 1818 William Newton Tory[10]
Apr 1820 William Haldimand Whig[10] Thomas Barrett-Lennard Whig[11][12][13][14][15][10]
Jun 1826 Robert Torrens Whig[10]
Feb 1827 Robert Dundas Tory[10] Charles Mackinnon Tory[10]
May 1831 James Morrison Whig[10] Rigby Wason Whig[10]

MPs 1832–1918
Election1st member[9] 1st party2nd member[9]2nd party
1832 James Morrison Whig[10] Rigby Wason Whig[10][16][17]
1835 Fitzroy Kelly Conservative[10] Robert Christopher Conservative[10]
June 1835 James Morrison Whig[10] Rigby Wason Whig[10][16][17]
1837 Thomas Milner Gibson Conservative[10] Henry Tufnell Whig[10][18][19][20]
Feb. 1838 Fitzroy Kelly Conservative[10]
July 1839 Sir Thomas John Cochrane Conservative[10]
1841 Rigby Wason Whig[10][16][17] George Rennie Whig[10][16][17]
June 1842 John Cuffe Conservative[10] Thomas Gladstone Conservative[10]
August 1842 John Neilson Gladstone Conservative[10] Sackville Lane-Fox Conservative[10]
1847 John Cobbold Conservative Sir Hugh Adair, Bt Whig[21][22][23]
1859 Liberal
1868 Henry Wyndham West Liberal
1874 John Cobbold Conservative James Redfoord Bulwer Conservative
1876 Thomas Cobbold Conservative
1880 Jesse Collings Liberal
December 1883 Henry Wyndham West Liberal
April 1886 Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bt Conservative Hugo Chatteris Conservative
1895 Sir Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal
1906 Felix Cobbold Liberal
January 1910 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.[24]

MPs 1918–present
ElectionMember[9] 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
October 1974 Kenneth Weetch Labour
1987 Michael Irvine Conservative
1992 Jamie Cann Labour
2001 by-election Chris Mole Labour
2010 Ben Gummer Conservative
2017 Sandy Martin Labour
2019 Tom Hunt Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Ipswich[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Hunt 24,952 50.3 4.6
Labour Sandy Martin 19,473 39.3 8.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett 2,439 4.9 2.6
Brexit Party Nicola Thomas 1,432 2.9 New
Green Barry Broom 1,283 2.6 1.0
Majority 5,479 11.0 N/A
Turnout 49,579 65.6 2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 6.3
General election 2017: Ipswich[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandy Martin 24,224 47.4 10.3
Conservative Ben Gummer 23,393 45.7 0.9
UKIP Tony Gould 1,372 2.7 9.0
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett 1,187 2.3 0.6
Green Charlotte Armstrong 840 1.6 2.0
Independent David Tabane 121 0.2 New
Majority 831 1.7 N/A
Turnout 51,137 67.6 2.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 4.7
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Ipswich
General election 2015: Ipswich[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Gummer 21,794 44.8 +5.7
Labour David Ellesmere 18,051 37.1 +2.4
UKIP Maria Vigneau 5,703 11.7 +8.8
Green Barry Broom 1,736 3.6 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Chika Akinwale 1,400 2.9 −15.3
Majority 3,733 7.7 +3.3
Turnout 48,694 65.4 +5.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
General election 2010: Ipswich[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Gummer 18,371 39.1 +8.0
Labour Chris Mole 16,292 34.7 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Dyson 8,556 18.2 −2.9
UKIP Chris Streatfield 1,365 2.9 +0.2
BNP Dennis Boater 1,270 2.7 New
Green Tim Glover 775 1.7 New
Christian Kim Christofi 149 0.3 New
Independent Peter Turtill 93 0.2 New
Independent Sally Wainman 70 0.1 New
Majority 2,079 4.4 N/A
Turnout 46,941 59.9 −0.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: Ipswich[29]
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
UKIP Alison West 1,134 2.7 +1.1
English Democrat Jervis Kay 641 1.5 New
Independent Sally Wainman 299 0.7 New
Majority 5,332 12.7 −8.1
Turnout 41,878 60.8 +3.8
Labour hold Swing −4.0

Following the death of Jamie Cann on 15 October 2001, a by-election was held on 22 November 2001.

2001 Ipswich by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Mole 11,881 43.4 −7.9
Conservative Paul West 7,794 28.4 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt 6,146 22.4 +7.2
CPA David Coope 581 2.1 New
UKIP Jonathan Wright 276 1.0 −0.6
Green Tony Slade 255 0.9 New
Legalise Cannabis John Ramirez 236 0.9 New
Socialist Alliance Peter Leech 152 0.6 0.0
English Independence Party Nicolas Winskill 84 0.3 New
Majority 4,087 15.0 −5.8
Turnout 27,405 40.2 −16.8
Labour hold Swing −5.9
General election 2001: Ipswich[30]
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
UKIP William Vinyard 624 1.6 +1.2
Socialist Alliance Peter Leech 305 0.8 New
Socialist Labour Shaun Gratton 217 0.6 New
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[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jamie Cann 25,484 52.7 +8.9
Conservative Stephen Castle 15,048 31.1 −12.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Roberts 5,881 12.2 +0.76
Referendum Theodore Agnew 1,637 3.4 New
UKIP William Vinyard 208 0.4 New
Natural Law Eric Kaplan 107 0.2 −0.11
Majority 10,436 21.6 +21.2
Turnout 48,365 72.2 -8.1
Labour hold Swing +10.54
General election 1992: Ipswich[32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jamie Cann 23,680 43.8 +1.1
Conservative Michael Irvine 23,415 43.4 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Joseph White 6159 11.4 -1.1
Green Jane Scott 591 1.1 New
Natural Law Eric Kaplan 181 0.3 New
Majority 265 0.4 N/A
Turnout 54,026 80.3 +3.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1980s
General election 1987: Ipswich[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Irvine 23,328 44.4 +2.8
Labour Ken Weetch 22,454 42.7 -1.0
SDP Hugh Nicholson 6,596 12.5 -1.7
Workers Revolutionary David Lettice 174 0.3 New
Majority 874 1.7 N/A
Turnout 52,552 77.1 +1.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1983: Ipswich[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Weetch 22,191 43.7
Conservative Elizabeth Cottrell 21,114 41.6
Liberal Patricia Miernik 7,220 14.2
BNP Albert Pearson 235 0.5 New
Majority 1,077 2.1
Turnout 50,760 75.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Weetch 34,444 48.2 +2.9
Conservative R. Erith 30,703 42.9 +0.1
Liberal P. Keeling 5,772 8.1 -3.8
National Front P. Robinson 449 0.6 New
Workers Revolutionary R. Hodge 115 0.2 New
Majority 3,741 5.3 +2.8
Turnout 71,483 80.8 +1.3
Labour hold Swing +1.3
General election October 1974: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Weetch 31,566 45.3 +4.5
Conservative Ernle Money 29,833 42.8 +1.6
Liberal R. B. Salt 8,295 11.9 -4.4
Majority 1,733 2.5 N/A
Turnout 69,694 79.5 -4.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election February 1974: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernle Money 29,893 41.2 -2.9
Labour Ken Weetch 29,634 40.8 -3.3
Liberal Joan Ruby Knott 11,857 16.3 +8.1
National Democratic David R. M. Brown 1,161 1.6 -2.1
Majority 259 0.4 +0.4
Turnout 72,545 83.6 +10.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ernle Money 27,704 44.1 +5.5
Labour Dingle Foot 27,691 44.1 -5.8
Liberal Neville S. Lewis 5,147 8.2 -2.0
National Democratic David R. M. Brown 2,322 3.7 +2.4
Majority 13 0.0 N/A
Turnout 62,864 72.7 -4.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1966: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dingle Foot 30,313 49.9 +10.1
Conservative Trevor A. Hagger 23,440 38.6 +2.8
Liberal Stanley Rundle 6,200 10.2 -13.6
National Democratic David R. M. Brown 769 1.3 +0.7
Majority 6,873 11.3 +9.4
Turnout 60,722 77.5 -1.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dingle 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 David R. M. Brown 349 0.6 New
Majority 2,432 3.9 −1.2
Turnout 61,968 79.0 −1.9
Labour hold Swing −0.5

Election in the 1950s
General election 1959: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dingle 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 62,840 80.9 +0.4
Labour hold Swing −4.0
1957 Ipswich by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dingle Foot 26,898 45.8 −7.1
Conservative John C. Cobbold 19,161 32.6 −14.5
Liberal Manuela Sykes 12,587 21.4 New
Majority 7,737 13.2 +7.4
Turnout 27,405
Labour hold Swing +3.7
General election 1955: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Stokes 32,306 52.9 -0.5
Conservative John C. Cobbold 28,724 47.1 +0.5
Majority 3,582 5.8 -1.0
Turnout 61,030 80.5 -4.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Stokes 33,463 53.4 +6.5
Conservative Albert E. Holdsworth 29,227 46.6 +6.8
Majority 4,236 6.8 -0.3
Turnout 62,690 85.2 -1.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Stokes 29,386 46.9 -2.4
Conservative S. W. L. Ripley 24,993 39.8 +5.7
Liberal J. C. Seward 8,340 13.3 -3.2
Majority 4,393 7.1 -8.1
Turnout 62,719 86.8 +6.7
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1940s
General election 1945: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Stokes 26,296 49.3 +6.6
Conservative Frank Guy Clavering Fison 18,177 34.1 -23.2
Liberal Duncan Mackay Mowat 8,819 16.5 New
Majority 8,119 15.2 N/A
Turnout 53,292 80.1 -2.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s
1938 Ipswich by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Stokes 27,604 53.0 +10.3
Conservative Harry Willink 24,443 47.0 -10.3
Majority 3,161 6.0 N/A
Turnout 52,047
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1935: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ganzoni 28,528 57.3 -5.7
Labour Robert Jackson 21,278 42.7 +5.7
Majority 7,250 14.6 -11.4
Turnout 49,806 82.1 -0.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ganzoni 29,782 63.0 +23.7
Labour Robert Jackson 17,490 37.0 -0.7
Majority 12,292 26.0 +24.0
Turnout 47,272 82.9 -2.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s
General election 1929: Ipswich[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Ganzoni 18,527 39.7 −15.7
Labour Robert Jackson 17,592 37.7 −6.9
Liberal Frank Ongley Darvall 10,559 22.6 New
Majority 935 2.0 −8.8
Turnout 46,678 85.7 −2.0
Registered electors 54,474
Unionist hold Swing −4.4
General election 1924: Ipswich[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Ganzoni 19,621 55.4 +6.1
Labour Robert Jackson 15,791 44.6 −6.1
Majority 3,830 10.8 N/A
Turnout 35,412 87.7 +9.0
Registered electors 40,379
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +6.1
General election 1923: Ipswich [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Jackson 15,824 50.7 +4.1
Unionist John Ganzoni 15,364 49.3 −4.1
Majority 460 1.4 N/A
Turnout 31,188 78.7 −3.7
Registered electors 39,606
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.1
General election 1922 : Ipswich [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Ganzoni 17,134 53.4 −0.1
Labour Robert Jackson 14,924 46.6 +14.5
Majority 2,210 6.8 −14.6
Turnout 32,058 82.4 +14.5
Registered electors 38,924
Unionist hold Swing −7.3

Elections in the 1910s
General election 1918: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist John Ganzoni 13,553 53.5 +5.4
Labour Robert Jackson 8,143 32.1 New
Liberal George Hay Morgan 3,663 14.4 −37.5
Majority 5,410 21.4 N/A
Turnout 25,359 67.9 −22.0
Registered electors 37,348
Unionist hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
  • Change of vote share and swing calculated from the December 1910 party ticket vote.

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

John Ganzoni
1914 Ipswich by-election[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Ganzoni 6,406 50.6 +2.5
Liberal Charles Masterman 5,874 46.3 −5.6
Independent Labour John Scurr 395 3.1 New'
Majority 532 4.3 N/A
Turnout 12,675 91.4 +1.5
Registered electors 13,870
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +4.1

[39]

Goddard
General election December 1910: Ipswich (2 seats)[40][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Ford Goddard 5,931 26.2 +0.1
Liberal Silvester Horne 5,791 25.7 +0.2
Conservative Arthur Churchman 5,447 24.1 −0.2
Conservative Bunnell Henry Burton 5,409 24.0 −0.1
Turnout 22,578 89.9 −3.4
Registered electors 12,641
Majority 344 1.6 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
Liberal Election Postcard
General election January 1910: Ipswich (2 seats) [40][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Ford Goddard 6,120 26.1 −3.7
Liberal Silvester Horne 5,958 25.5 −3.7
Conservative Arthur Churchman 5,690 24.3 +3.0
Conservative Bunnell Henry Burton 5,645 24.1 +4.4
Turnout 23,413 93.3 +3.9
Registered electors 12,641
Majority 268 1.2 −6.7
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
Liberal hold Swing −4.1

Elections in the 1900s
Felix Cobbold
General election 1906: Ipswich[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Ford Goddard 6,396 29.8 +3.9
Liberal Felix Cobbold 6,290 29.2 +3.8
Conservative Charles Dalrymple 4,591 21.3 −4.5
Conservative Samuel Hoare 4,232 19.7 −4.2
Majority 1,699 7.9 +5.9
Turnout 21,509 89.4 +5.8
Registered electors 12,146
Liberal hold Swing +4.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.2
General election 1900: Ipswich[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Ford Goddard 4,557 25.9 +0.3
Conservative Charles Dalrymple 4,527 25.8 +0.8
Liberal Noel Buxton 4,283 24.4 −0.4
Conservative J. F. P. Rawlinson 4,207 23.9 −0.7
Turnout 17,574 83.6 −6.8
Registered electors 10,646
Majority 350 2.0 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing −0.5
Majority 244 1.4 +1.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1890s
General election 1895: Ipswich[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Ford Goddard 4,396 25.6 +1.1
Conservative Charles Dalrymple 4,293 25.0 −1.2
Liberal Arthur Soames 4,250 24.8 +1.3
Conservative Hugo Charteris 4,219 24.6 −1.2
Turnout 8,696 (est.) 90.4 +0.7
Registered electors 9,619
Majority 177 1.0 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.2
Majority 43 0.2 −1.1
Conservative hold Swing −1.3
General election 1892: Ipswich[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Dalrymple 4,350 26.2 −0.4
Conservative Hugo Charteris 4,277 25.8 −0.9
Liberal Daniel Ford Goddard 4,054 24.5 +1.0
Liberal Arthur Soames 3,888 23.5 +0.3
Turnout 8,417 (est.) 89.7 +7.9
Registered electors 9,619
Majority 223 1.3 −1.8
Conservative hold Swing −0.7
Conservative hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1886: Ipswich[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugo Charteris, Lord Elcho 3,846 26.7 +1.8
Conservative Charles Dalrymple 3,838 26.6 +2.2
Liberal Sydney Stern 3,386 23.5 −1.9
Liberal Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson[41] 3,334 23.2 −2.1
Turnout 7,252 81.8 −4.2
Registered electors 8,867
Majority 452 3.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.2
1886 Ipswich by-election[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Dalrymple 3,687 25.2 +0.3
Conservative Hugo Charteris 3,662 25.1 +0.7
Liberal John Harvey 3,635 24.9 −0.5
Liberal Horace Davey 3,627 24.8 −0.5
Turnout 7,371 83.1 −2.9
Registered electors 8,867
Majority 27 0.2 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +0.6
  • Caused by the 1885 election being declared void on account of bribery.[42]
General election 1885: Ipswich[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Wyndham West 3,795 25.4 +0.6
Liberal Jesse Collings 3,777 25.3 +0.1
Conservative Edward Murray Ind[43] 3,717 24.9 −0.8
Conservative William Thomas Charley 3,649 24.4 0.0
Turnout 7,623 86.0 +3.5 (est.)
Registered electors 8,867
Majority 60 0.4 −0.4
Liberal hold Swing +0.7
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.1
1883 Ipswich by-election[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Wyndham West 3,266 53.7 +3.7
Conservative William Thomas Charley 2,816 46.3 −3.8
Majority 450 7.4 N/A
Turnout 6,082 76.9 −5.6 (est.)
Registered electors 7,914
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.8
  • Caused by Cobbold's death.
General election 1880: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Cobbold 3,142 25.7 −2.9
Liberal Jesse Collings 3,074 25.2 +1.8
Liberal Henry Wyndham West 3,025 24.8 +3.1
Conservative James Redfoord Bulwer 2,979 24.4 −2.0
Turnout 6,110 (est.) 82.5 (est.) +1.6
Registered electors 7,406
Majority 68 0.5 −2.5
Conservative hold Swing −3.0
Majority 95 0.8 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1870s
1876 Ipswich by-election[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Cobbold 2,213 57.9 +2.9
Lib-Lab William Newton 1,607 42.1 −3.0
Majority 606 15.9 +12.9
Turnout 3,820 51.6 −29.3
Registered electors 7,406
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
  • Caused by Cobbold's death.
General election 1874: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cobbold 3,059 28.6 +13.0
Conservative James Redfoord Bulwer 2,827 26.4 +10.8
Liberal Hugh Adair 2,506 23.4 −12.0
Liberal Henry Wyndham West 2,322 21.7 −11.8
Majority 321 3.0 N/A
Turnout 5,357 (est.) 80.9 (est.) +0.5
Registered electors 6,619
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +11.3

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1868: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Adair 2,321 35.4 +7.7
Liberal Henry Wyndham West 2,195 33.5 +8.2
Conservative John Cobbold 2,044 31.2 −15.8
Majority 151 2.3 0.0
Turnout 4,302 (est.) 80.4 (est.) −4.1
Registered electors 5,352
Liberal hold Swing +7.8
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.1
General election 1865: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Adair 992 27.7 −1.0
Conservative John Cobbold 910 25.4 −5.1
Liberal Henry Wyndham West 904 25.3 +12.4
Conservative William Tidmas[45] 774 21.6 −6.4
Turnout 1,790 (est.) 84.5 (est.) +5.8
Registered electors 2,118
Majority 82 2.3 +1.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.4
Majority 6 0.1 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing −5.4

Elections in the 1850s
General election 1859: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cobbold 918 30.5 +4.4
Liberal Hugh Adair 864 28.7 +3.3
Conservative Henry Selwin 842 28.0 +4.3
Liberal John King[46] 388 12.9 −11.8
Turnout 1,506 (est.) 78.7 (est.) −0.3
Registered electors 1,914
Majority 54 1.8 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.3
Majority 22 0.7 −1.0
Liberal hold Swing −0.5
General election 1857: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cobbold 780 26.1 −0.5
Whig Hugh Adair 759 25.4 −0.3
Whig John Clark Marshman[47] 738 24.7 +0.9
Conservative Henry Selwin 709 23.7 −0.1
Turnout 1,493 (est.) 79.0 (est.) −3.7
Registered electors 1,891
Majority 21 0.7 −0.2
Conservative hold Swing −0.4
Majority 50 1.7 −0.2
Whig hold Swing 0.0
General election 1852: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cobbold 809 26.6 −3.6
Whig Hugh Adair 782 25.7 −0.1
Radical Thomas Hobhouse[48][49][50][51] 725 23.8 N/A
Conservative Samuel Bateson[52] 725 23.8 −0.3
Turnout 1,521 (est.) 82.7 (est.) +2.7
Registered electors 1,838
Majority 27 0.9 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing −1.8
Majority 57 1.9 +0.2
Whig hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1840s
General election 1847: Ipswich[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cobbold 829 30.2 +6.1
Whig Hugh Adair 708 25.8 −26.2
Conservative John Neilson Gladstone 661 24.1 +0.2
Chartist Henry Vincent 546 19.9 N/A
Turnout 1,372 (est.) 80.0 (est.) +0.3
Registered electors 1,714
Majority 121 4.4 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.6
Majority 47 1.7 −0.2
Whig hold Swing −16.3
By-election 17 August 1842: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Neilson Gladstone 651 28.1 +4.0
Conservative Sackville Lane-Fox 641 27.7 +3.8
Whig David Thornbury 548 23.7 −28.3
Chartist Henry Vincent 473 20.4 New
Radical John Nicholson 2 0.0 N/A
Majority 93 4.0 N/A
Turnout 1,158 (est.) 71.5 (est.) −8.2
Registered electors 1,704
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.0
  • Caused by the earlier by-election being declared void on petition, due to bribery by Cuffe's and Gladstone's agents, on 30 July 1842.[53]
By-election 3 June 1842: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cuffe 680 27.9 +3.8
Conservative Thomas Gladstone 673 27.6 +3.7
Whig Thomas Gisborne 543 22.3 −29.7
Radical George Moffatt[54] 541 22.2 N/A
Radical John Nicholson 3 0.1 N/A
Majority 130 5.3 N/A
Turnout 1,220 (est.) 75.4 (est.) −4.3
Registered electors 1,619
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.3
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.3
  • Caused by the general election result being declared void on petition, due to bribery by Wason's and Ronnie's agents, on 25 April 1842[55]
General election 1841: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Rigby Wason 659 26.0 +1.1
Whig George Rennie 657 26.0 +1.0
Conservative Fitzroy Kelly 611 24.1 −0.8
Conservative John Charles Herries 604 23.9 −1.3
Majority 46 1.9 +1.8
Turnout c. 1,266 c. 79.7 c. −9.3
Registered electors 1,587
Whig hold Swing +1.1
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1830s
By-election, 15 July 1839: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas John Cochrane 621 50.2 +0.1
Whig Thomas Milner Gibson 615 49.8 −0.1
Majority 6 0.4 +0.2
Turnout 1,236 87.2 −1.8
Registered electors 1,418
Conservative hold Swing +0.1
  • Caused by Gibson's defection to the Whigs.
General election 1837: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Milner Gibson 601 25.2 −0.5
Whig Henry Tufnell 595 25.0 +1.1
Conservative Fitzroy Kelly 593 24.9 −0.9
Whig Rigby Wason 593 24.9 +0.3
Turnout 1,262 89.0 −1.2
Registered electors 1,418
Majority 6 0.2 −0.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.6
Majority 2 0.1 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +0.9
  • Tufnell was later unseated on petition, and Kelly was returned in his place
By-election, 19 June 1835: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Morrison 542 27.6 +3.7
Whig Rigby Wason 533 27.2 +2.6
Conservative Horatio George Broke 454 23.1 −2.7
Conservative William Holmes 434 22.1 −3.6
Majority 79 4.1 N/A
Turnout 992 82.1 −8.1
Registered electors 1,209
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +3.4
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.9
  • Caused by the 1835 election being declared void on petition
General election 1835: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fitzroy Kelly 557 25.8 +11.4
Conservative Robert Dundas 555 25.7 +4.3
Whig Rigby Wason 531 24.6 −7.4
Whig James Morrison 516 23.9 −8.4
Majority 24 1.1 N/A
Turnout 1,090 90.2 +12.0
Registered electors 1,209
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.7
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +6.1
General election 1832: Ipswich[44][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Morrison 599 32.3 +2.7
Whig Rigby Wason 593 32.0 +2.5
Tory Edward Goulburn 303 16.3 N/A
Tory Fitzroy Kelly 267 14.4 N/A
Tory Charles Mackinnon 94 5.1 −15.3
Majority 290 15.6 +6.5
Turnout 953 78.2 c. +8.8
Registered electors 1,219
Whig hold Swing +5.2
Whig hold Swing +5.1
General election 1831: Ipswich[10][56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Morrison 468 29.6 +21.8
Whig Rigby Wason 467 29.5 +21.7
Tory Charles Mackinnon 323 20.4 −21.8
Tory Robert FitzRoy 323 20.4 −21.8
Majority 144 9.1 N/A
Turnout 798 c. 69.4 c. +21.1
Registered electors c. 1,150
Whig gain from Tory Swing +21.8
Whig gain from Tory Swing +21.8
General election 1830: Ipswich[10][56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Robert Dundas 406 42.2
Tory Charles Mackinnon 406 42.2
Whig John Disney 150 15.6
Majority 256 26.6
Turnout 556 c. 48.3
Registered electors c. 1,150
Tory gain from Whig Swing
Tory gain from Whig Swing

See also

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.
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