Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Woodbridge was a county constituency centred on the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The South-Eastern or Woodbridge Division was one of five single-member county divisions of the Parliamentary County of Suffolk created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 to replace the existing two 2-member divisions for the 1885 general election. It was formed from parts of the Eastern Division of Suffolk. It was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election when it was largely replaced by the new Sudbury and Woodbridge constituency.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1885–1918

• The Municipal Borough of Woodbridge;
• The Sessional Divisions of Bosmere and Claydon, Samford, and Woodbridge; and
• The Corporate Town of Aldeburgh.

1918–1950

• The Municipal Borough of Aldeburgh;
• The Urban Districts of Felixstowe and Woodbridge:
• The Rural Districts of Bosmere and Claydon, Samford, and Woodbridge; and
• Part of the Rural District of Plomesgate.

Lost areas which had been annexed by the County Borough of Ipswich to the Parliamentary Borough thereof.

On abolition, southern parts, which comprised the majority of the seat, including Felixstowe and Woodbridge, formed part of the new county constituency of Sudbury and Woodbridge. Northern parts, including Aldeburgh, were transferred to Eye.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Robert Lacey Everett	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1886	Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	Robert Lacey Everett	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	E. G. Pretyman	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Robert Lacey Everett	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Jan. 1910	Robert Francis Peel	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1920	Sir Arthur Churchman, Bt	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1929	Clavering Fison	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1931	Walter Ross-Taylor	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Hon. John Hare	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished: see Sudbury and Woodbridge

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Everett	Template:Replace	50.9
		Frederick Thellusson	4,810	49.1
Majority			168	1.8
Turnout			9,788	80.7
Registered electors			12,126
	win (new seat)

General election 1886: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Lloyd-Anstruther	Template:Replace	51.7
		Robert Everett	4,541	48.3
Majority			313	3.4
Turnout			9,395	77.5
Registered electors			12,126
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Everett	Template:Replace	53.8
		Robert Lloyd-Anstruther	4,485	46.2
Majority			738	7.6
Turnout			9,708	82.1
Registered electors			11,823
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+5.5

General election 1895: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E. G. Pretyman	Template:Replace	53.1
		Robert Everett	4,778	46.9
Majority			632	6.2
Turnout			10,188	84.5
Registered electors			12,053
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+6.9

Elections in the 1900s

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E.G. Pretyman

General election 1900: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E. G. Pretyman	Template:Replace	53.4
		Robert Everett	4,437	46.6
Majority			652	6.8
Turnout			9,526	78.9
Registered electors			12,077
	hold		Swing	+0.3

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By-election, 1900: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

File:Robert Lacey Everett.jpg

General election 1906: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Everett	Template:Replace	50.8
		E. G. Pretyman	5,348	49.2
Majority			179	1.6
Turnout			10,875	86.8
Registered electors			12,528
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Peel	Template:Replace	53.9
		Charles Sydney Buxton	5,226	46.1
Majority			894	7.8
Turnout			11,346	88.6
Registered electors			12,808
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.7

General election December 1910: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Peel	Template:Replace	52.6
		William Elliston	5,144	47.4
Majority			560	5.2
Turnout			10,848	84.7
Registered electors			12,808
	hold		Swing	−1.3

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: Robert Peel
• Liberal: William Elliston

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Robert Peel

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Elliston	6,842	44.2
Majority			1,812	11.6
Turnout			15,496	51.0
	hold		Swing	+3.2

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1920 Woodbridge by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Harben	8,707	46.8
Majority			1,191	6.4
Turnout			18,605	61.4
	hold		Swing

General election 1922: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Churchman	Template:Replace	56.7
		E. J. C. Neep	9,476	43.3
Majority			2,920	13.4
Turnout			21,872	69.1
	hold		Swing	+3.4

General election 1923: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Churchman	Template:Replace	46.7
		William Elliston	7,328	32.2
		E. J. C. Neep	4,810	21.1
Majority			3,278	14.5
Turnout			22,744	70.9
	hold		Swing

General election 1924: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Churchman	Template:Replace	54.9
		William Elliston	7,008	28.7
		Sylvain Mayer	3,998	16.4
Majority			6,411	26.2
Turnout			24,425	74.3
	hold		Swing	+5.8

General election 1929: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Clavering Fison	Template:Replace	48.1
		Roger Fulford	10,904	34.5
		Leonard Spero	5,507	17.4
Majority			4,327	13.6
Turnout			31,642	73.3
	hold		Swing	-6.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Ross-Taylor	Template:Replace	81.3
		Ida Mary Nussey Keeble	5,885	18.7
Majority			19,769	62.6
Turnout			31,539	70.6
	hold		Swing

General election 1935: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Ross-Taylor	Template:Replace	72.1
		A V Smith	8,808	27.9
Majority			13,907	44.2
Turnout			31,523	67.5
	hold		Swing	-9.2

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: John Hare
• Liberal: Douglas B Law
• Labour: J M Stewart

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Woodbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hare	Template:Replace	47.0
		John M. Stewart	11,380	33.3
		Douglas Burch Law	6,740	19.7
Majority			4,693	13.7
Turnout			34,193	71.4
	hold		Swing