Sudbury and Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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.

History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, replacing the majority of both of the abolished county divisions of Sudbury and Woodbridge. It included the towns of Sudbury and Hadleigh, previously in the Sudbury constituency, and Woodbridge and Felixstowe, previously in the Woodbridge constituency.

It was abolished for the 1983 general election, and split between the new county constituencies of Suffolk Coastal (Woodbridge and Felixstowe) and South Suffolk (Sudbury and Hadleigh).

Boundaries

• The Borough of Sudbury;
• The Urban Districts of Felixstowe, Hadleigh, and Woodbridge;
• The Rural Districts of Cosford, Melford, and Samford; and
• Part of the Rural District of Deben.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1950	John Hare	Conservative	Raised to the peerage November 1963
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1963 by-election	Keith Stainton	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hare	Template:Replace	48.3
		Roland Hamilton	19,062	39.0
		Frederick James	6,219	12.7
Majority			4,537	9.3
Turnout			48,880	84.5
	win (new seat)

General election 1951: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hare	Template:Replace	56.1
		Dick Lewis	21,310	43.9
Majority			5,952	12.2
Turnout			48,572	82.1
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hare	Template:Replace	53.7
		Dick Lewis	17,995	38.3
		Agnes H Scott	3,760	8.0
Majority			7,190	15.4
Turnout			46,940	79.7
	hold		Swing

General election 1959: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hare	Template:Replace	53.0
		Robert B. Stirling	16,248	33.0
		Aubrey Herbert	6,914	14.0
Majority			9,882	20.0
Turnout			49,292	81.1
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

1963 Sudbury and Woodbridge by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	49.6
		Frank E Woodbridge	16,416	37.0
		Aubrey Herbert	5,935	13.4
Majority			5,589	12.6
Turnout			44,356	70.5
	hold		Swing

General election 1964: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	50.5
		Frank E Woodbridge	17,778	34.1
		Edwin Michael Wheeler	8,044	15.4
Majority			8,592	16.4
Turnout			52,192
	hold		Swing

General election 1966: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	50.2
		Max Madden	19,680	37.0
		Edwin Michael Wheeler	6,839	12.9
Majority			7,009	13.2
Turnout			53,208	80.2
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	54.6
		Brian Orriss	19,829	33.4
		Edward Michael Wheeler	7,136	12.0
Majority			12,564	21.2
Turnout			59,358	75.9
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	46.7
		Neville S Lewis	18,286	26.7
		Brian Orriss	18,228	26.6
Majority			13,701	20.0
Turnout			68,501	81.9
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	47.5
		RE Russel	17,986	28.4
		Neville S Lewis	15,206	24.0
Majority			12,063	19.1
Turnout			63,241	75.0
	hold		Swing

General election 1979: Sudbury and Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Keith Stainton	Template:Replace	55.0
		JB Hills	18,972	26.4
		J Roderic C Beale	13,435	18.7
Majority			20,572	28.6
Turnout			71,951	78.7
	hold		Swing