Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

Ipswich
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ipswich in Suffolk.
Location of Suffolk within England.
County	Suffolk
Electorate	75,195 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Ipswich
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of parliament	Ben Gummer (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Ipswich ⁱ/ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Ben Gummer, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The present-day constituency consists of most of the Borough of Ipswich, although the north-western part was transferred to the Central Suffolk constituency at the 1983 general election. Previous to this, the Parliamentary and Municipal Boroughs were always the same. Before the Reform Act 1832, the franchise in Ipswich was in the hands of the Ipswich Corporation and the Freemen. It has generally been favourable to Labour since World War II, although they have lost the seat on three occasions, and have sometimes won with very sparse majorities. From 1997 until a Conservative gain in 2010, Labour won the contests with safer margins.

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:

Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John’s, St Margaret’s, Sprites, Stoke Park and Westgate from the town of Ipswich.

Constituency profile

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

For many years a small red island in a sea of blue, Ipswich was lost by Labour in the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

Freemen belonging to the Ipswich Corporation was 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

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Waleys^[2]
1388 (Feb)	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Waleys^[2]
1388 (Sep)	John Arnold I	Robert Waleys^[2]
1390 (Jan)	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Hethe^[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Geoffrey Starling	Robert Andrew^[2]
1393	?Geoffrey Starling	?Robert Andrew^[2]
1394	John Arnold I	Henry Wall^[2]
1395	Geoffrey Starling	William Master^[2]
1397 (Jan)	John Arnold I	John Bernard^[2]
1397 (Sep)	William Debenham	John Bernard^[2]
1399	John Arnold I	John Lewe^[2]
1401
1402	Richard Church	John Starling^[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Robert Lucas	John Starling^[2]
1407	John Felbrigg	John Bernard^[2]
1410	John Rous	James Andrew^[2]
1411	John Bernard	John Starling^[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	James Andrew	John Starling^[2]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	William Debenham I	John Rous^[2]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	William Debenham II	James Andrew^[2]
1419	William Debenham II	James Andrew^[2]
1420	John Knepping	John Wood^[2]
1421 (May)	William Debenham II	James Andrew^[2]
1421 (Dec)	Thomas Kempstone II	William Weatherfeld^[2]
1455	Sir Gilbert Debenham
1510	Thomas Hall	William Spencer^[3]
1512	Thomas Baldry	Edmund Daundy^[3]
1515	Thomas Baldry	Edmund Daundy^[3]
1523	Humphrey Wingfield	Thomas Rush^[3]
1529	Thomas Rush	Thomas Hayward, died and replaced Nov 1534 by Thomas Alvard^[3]
1536	?
1539	Robert Daundy	William Sabine^[3]
1542	Ralph Goodwin	John Sparrow^[3]
1545	William Reynball	Richard Smart^[3]
1547	John Gosnold	John Smith alias Dyer^[3]
1553 (Mar)	John Smith alias Dyer	Richard Bryde alias Byrde^[3]
1553 (Oct)	John Gosnold	John Sulyard^[3]
1554 (Apr)	Clement Heigham	Thomas Poley^[3]
1554 (Nov)	Ralph Goodwin	John Smith alias Dyer^[3]
1555	John Sulyard	Richard Smart^[3]
1558	William Wheatcroft, repl. Nov 1558 by Edmund Withypoll	Philip Williams^[3]
1558/9	Thomas Seckford I	Robert Barker^[4]
1562/3	Thomas Seckford I	Edward Grimston^[4]
1571	Edward Grimston	John More^[4]
1572	Thomas Seckford I	Edward Grimston^[4]
1584 (Nov)	Sir John Heigham	John Barker^[4]
1586 (Oct)	John Barker	John Laney^[4]
1588 (Oct)	John Barker	William Smarte^[4]
1593	Robert Barker	Zachariah Lok^[4]
1597 (Oct)	Michael Stanhope	Francis Bacon^[4]
1601 (Oct)	Michael Stanhope	Francis Bacon^[4]
1604	Sir Henry Glenham	Sir Francis Bacon
1614	Robert Snelling	William Cage
1621	Robert Snelling	William Cage
1624	Sir Robert Snelling	William Cage
1625	Sir Robert Snelling	William Cage
1628	William Cage	Edmund Day
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened
1640 (Apr)	John Gurdon	William Cage
1640 (Nov)	John Gurdon	William Cage
1645	John Gurdon	Francis Bacon
1648	John Gurdon	Francis Bacon
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon
1656	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon
1659	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon

MPs 1660–1832

Election
Apr 1660	Nathaniel Bacon	Francis Bacon
Oct 1660	Sir Frederick Cornwallis, Bt	Francis Bacon
Apr 1661	John Sicklemore	William Blois
Nov 1670	John Wright	William Blois
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	Charles Whitaker	Richard Phillips
Jul 1698	Sir Samuel Barnardiston, Bt	Richard Phillips
Jan 1701	Joseph Martin	Sir Charles Duncombe
Dec 1701	Charles Whitaker	Richard Phillips
Jul 1702	Charles Whitaker	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	William Thompson	Francis Negus
Jan 1730	Philip Broke	Francis Negus
Jan 1733	Philip Broke	William Wollaston
Apr 1734	Samuel Kent	William Wollaston
May 1741		Edward Vernon
Dec 1757		Thomas Staunton
Nov 1759	George Montgomerie
Mar 1761	Lord Orwell
Mar 1768	William Wollaston
Apr 1784	William Middleton	John Cator declared void
Jun 1784	William Middleton	Charles Alexander Crickitt
Jun 1790	Sir John D'Oyly
May 1796	Sir Andrew Hamond
Feb 1803	Sir Andrew Hamond	William Middleton
Oct 1806	Richard Wilson	Robert Stopford
May 1807	Sir Home Riggs Popham	Robert Alexander Crickett
Oct 1812	John Round
Jul 1818	William Newton
Apr 1820	William Haldimand	Thomas Barrett-Lennard
Jun 1826	William Haldimand	Robert Torrens
Feb 1827	Robert Adam Dundas	Charles Mackinnon
May 1831	James Morrison	Rigby Wason

MPs 1832–1918

Election		1st party		2nd party
1832	James Morrison		Rigby Wason	Whig
1835	Fitzroy Kelly	Tory	Robert Adam Dundas	Conservative
Jun. 1835	James Morrison		Rigby Wason	Whig
Jul 1837	Thomas Milner Gibson	Conservative	Henry Tufnell	Whig
Feb. 1838	Thomas Milner Gibson	Conservative	Fitzroy Kelly	Tory
Jul. 1839	Sir Thomas John Cochrane		Fitzroy Kelly	Tory
1841	Rigby Wason	Whig	George Rennie	Whig
June 1842	The Earl of Desart	Conservative	Thomas Gladstone	Conservative
Aug 1842	John Neilson Gladstone	Conservative	Sackville Lane-Fox	Conservative
1847	John Cobbold	Conservative	Sir Hugh Adair, Bt	Liberal
1868	Henry Wyndham West	Liberal	Sir Hugh Adair, Bt	Liberal
1874	John Cobbold	Conservative	James Redfoord Bulwer	Conservative
1876	Thomas Clement Cobbold	Conservative	James Redfoord Bulwer	Conservative
1880	Thomas Clement Cobbold	Conservative	Jesse Collings	Liberal
Dec. 1883	Henry Wyndham West	Liberal	Jesse Collings	Liberal
Apr. 1886	Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bt	Conservative	Lord Elcho	Conservative
1895	Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bt	Conservative	Sir Daniel Ford Goddard	Liberal
1906	Felix Thornley Cobbold	Liberal
Jan 1910	Charles 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.^[6]

MPs 1918–present

	Member^[5]	Party
1918	John Ganzoni	Coalition Conservative
1922	John Ganzoni	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
Oct. 1974	Kenneth Weetch	Labour
1987	Michael Irvine	Conservative
1992	Jamie Cann	Labour
2001 by-election	Chris Mole	Labour
2010	Ben Gummer	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2015: Ipswich^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Gummer^[8]	21,794	44.8	+5.6
	Labour	David Ellesmere^[8]	18,051	37.1	+2.4
	UKIP	Maria Vigneau^[9]	5,703	11.7	+8.8
	Green	Barry Broom^[10]	1,736	3.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chika Akinwale^[11]	1,400	2.9	−15.4
Majority			3,733	7.7	+3.3
Turnout			48,694	65.4	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

General election 2010: Ipswich^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Gummer	18,371	39.1	+8.0
	Labour	Chris Mole	16,292	34.7	−8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Dyson	8,556	18.2	−2.9
	UKIP	Chris Streatfield	1,365	2.9	+0.2
	BNP	Dennis Boater	1,270	2.7	N/A
	Green	Tim Glover	775	1.7	N/A
	Christian	Kim Christofi	149	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Peter Turtill	93	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Sally Wainman	70	0.1
Majority			2,079	4.4
Turnout			46,941	59.9	−0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Ipswich^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris Mole	18,336	43.8	0.4
	Conservative	Paul West	13,004	31.1	2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Atkins	8,464	20.2	−2.2
	UKIP	Alison West	1,134	2.7	+1.7
	English Democrat	Jervis Kay	641	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Sally Wainman	299	0.7	N/A
Majority			5,332	12.7	−2.2
Turnout			41,878	60.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

Following the death of Jamie Cann on 21 October 2001 a by-election was held on 22 November 2001.

Ipswich by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris Mole	11,881	43.4	−8.0
	Conservative	Paul West	7,794	28.4	−2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tessa Munt	6,146	22.4	+7.2
	Christian Peoples	David Coope	581	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	Jonathan Wright	276	1.0
	Green	Tony Slade	255	0.9	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	John Ramirez	236	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Leech	152	0.6
	English Independence Party	Nicolas Winskill	84	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,087	14.9	−5.9
Turnout			27,405	40.2	−16.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.9

General election 2001: Ipswich^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jamie Cann	19,952	51.3	−1.4
	Conservative	Edward Wild	11,871	30.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Gilbert	5,904	15.2	+3.0
	UKIP	William Vinyard	624	1.6	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Leech	305	0.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Shaun Gratton	217	0.6	N/A
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^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jamie Cann	25,484	52.7
	Conservative	Stephen Castle	15,048	31.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Roberts	5,881	12.2
	Referendum	Theodore Agnew	1,637	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	William Vinyard	208	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Eric Kaplan	107	0.2
Majority			10,436	21.6
Turnout			48,365	72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Ipswich^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jamie Cann	23,680	43.8	+0.7
	Conservative	Michael Irvine	23,415	43.4	−1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph White	6159	11.4	N/A
	Green	Ms. Jane Scott	591	1.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Eric Kaplan	181	0.3	N/A
Majority			265	0.5	−1.2
Turnout			54,026	80.3	+2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Ipswich^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Irvine	23,328	44.4
	Labour	Ken Weetch	22,454	42.7
	Social Democratic	Hugh Palmer Nicholson	6,596	12.5	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	David John Lettice	174	0.3	N/A
Majority			874	1.7
Turnout				77.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1983: Ipswich^[20]
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	N/A
Majority			1,077	2.1
Turnout				75.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ken Weetch	34,444	48.2
	Conservative	R. Erith	30,703	42.9
	Liberal	P. Keeling	5,772	8.1
	National Front	P. Robinson	449	0.6	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	R. Hodge	115	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,741	5.2
Turnout				80.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ken Weetch	31,566	45.3
	Conservative	Ernle David Drummond Money	29,833	42.8
	Liberal	R. B. Salt	8,295	11.9
Majority			1,733	2.5
Turnout				79.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election February 1974: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernle David Drummond Money	29,893	41.2
	Labour	Ken Weetch	29,634	40.8
	Liberal	Joan Ruby Knott	11,857	16.3
	National Democratic	David Robert Mathew Brown	1,161	1.6
Majority			259	0.4
Turnout				83.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernle David Drummond Money	27,704	44.1
	Labour	Dingle Foot	27,691	44.1
	Liberal	Neville S. Lewis	5,147	8.2
	National Democratic	David Robert Mathew Brown	2,322	3.7
Majority			13	0.0
Turnout				72.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot	30,313	49.9
	Conservative	Trevor A. Hagger	23,440	38.6
	Liberal	Stanley Rundle	6,200	10.2
	National Democratic	Dr. David R. M. Brown	769	1.3
Majority			6,873	11.3
Turnout				77.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dingle Mackintosh 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	Dr. David R. M. Brown	349	0.6	n/a
Majority			2,432	3.9	−1.2
Turnout				79.0	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.5

Election in the 1950s

General election 1959: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dingle Mackintosh 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				80.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

Ipswich by-election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dingle Mackintosh Foot	26,898	45.8	−7.1
	Conservative	John C. Cobbold	19,161	32.6	−14.5
	Liberal	Manuela Sykes	12,587	21.4	n/a
Majority			7,737	13.2	+7.4
Turnout			27,405
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 1955: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	32,306	52.9
	Conservative	John C. Cobbold	28,724	47.1
Majority			3,582	5.8
Turnout				80.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	33,463	53.4
	Conservative	Albert E. Holdsworth	29,227	46.6
Majority			4,236	6.8
Turnout				85.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	29,386	46.9
	Conservative	S. W. L. Ripley	24,993	39.8
	Liberal	J.C. Seward	8,340	13.3
Majority			4,393	7.0
Turnout				86.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maj. Richard Rapier Stokes	26,296	49.3
	Conservative	Frank Guy Clavering Fison	18,177	34.1
	Liberal	Maj. Duncan Mackay Mowat	8,819	16.5
Majority			8,119	15.2
Turnout				80.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Ipswich by-election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Rapier Stokes	27,604
	Conservative	Harry Willink	24,443
Majority			3,161
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1935: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	28,528	57.3
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	21,278	42.7
Majority			7,250	14.6
Turnout				82.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	29,782	63.0
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	17,490	37.0
Majority			12,292	26.0
Turnout			47,272	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Ipswich^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	18,527	39.7	−15.7
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	17,592	37.7	−6.9
	Liberal	Frank Ongley Darvall	10,559	22.6	n/a
Majority			935	2.0
Turnout				85.7	−2.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.4

General election 1924: Ipswich^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Francis John Childs Ganzoni	19,621	55.4
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	15,791	44.6
Majority			3,830	10.8
Turnout				87.7
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1923: Ipswich ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	15,824	50.7	+4.1
	Unionist	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	15,364	49.3	−4.1
Majority			460	1.4
Turnout				78.7	−3.7
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+4.1

General election 1922 : Ipswich ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni	17,134	53.4	−0.1
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson		46.6	+14.5
Majority
Turnout				82.4
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 14 December 1918: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Francis John Childs Ganzoni	13,553	53.5	+2.9
	Labour	Robert Frederick Jackson	8,143	32.1	+29.0
	Liberal	George Hay Morgan	3,663	14.4	−31.9
Majority			5,410	21.4	+17.1
Turnout				67.9	−23.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

endorsed by Coalition Government

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: Francis John Childs Ganzoni
Liberal: Sir Daniel Ford Goddard
Independent Labour: Robert Frederick Jackson (not supported by Labour Party HQ)

John Ganzoni

Ipswich by-election, 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Francis John Childs Ganzoni	6,406	50.6	+2.6
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman	5,874	46.3	−5.7
	Socialist	John Scurr	395	3.1	+3.1
Majority			532	4.3	n/a
Turnout				91.4	+1.5
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Change of vote share and swing calculated from the 1910 party ticket vote.^[22]

Goddard

General election December 1910: Ipswich (2 seats) ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir Daniel Ford Goddard	5,931	26.2
	Liberal	Rev. Charles Silvester Horne	5,791	25.7
	Conservative	Arthur Charles Churchman	5,447	24.1
	Conservative	Bunnell Henry Burton	5,409	24.0
Majority
Turnout				89.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Liberal Election Postcard

General election January 1910: Ipswich (2 seats) ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sir Daniel Ford Goddard	6,125
	Liberal	Rev. Charles Silvester Horne	5,958
	Conservative	Arthur Charles Churchman	5,690
	Conservative	Bunnell Henry Burton	5,645
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Felix Cobbold

12 January 1906: Ipswich*
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Ford Goddard	6,396
	Liberal	Felix Thornley Cobbold	6,290
	Conservative	Sir Charles Dalrymple	4,591
	Conservative	Samuel John Gurney Hoare	4,232
Majority			2,164
Majority			1,699
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Ipswich was the first result in 1906 to be declared.

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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.

References

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Constituencies in the East of England (58)

Conservative (52)	Basildon and Billericay Bedford Braintree Brentwood and Ongar Broadland Broxbourne Bury St Edmunds Castle Point Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Harwich and North Essex Hemel Hempstead Hertford and Stortford Hertsmere Hitchin and Harpenden Huntingdon Ipswich Maldon Mid Bedfordshire Mid Norfolk North East Bedfordshire North East Cambridgeshire North East Hertfordshire North West Cambridgeshire North West Norfolk Norwich North Peterborough Rayleigh and Wickford Rochford and Southend East Saffron Walden St Albans South Basildon and East Thurrock South Cambridgeshire South East Cambridgeshire Southend West South Norfolk South Suffolk South West Bedfordshire South West Hertfordshire South West Norfolk Stevenage Suffolk Coastal Thurrock Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Suffolk Witham

Labour (4)	Cambridge Luton North Luton South Norwich South

Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°04′N 1°10′E / 52.06°N 1.16°E / 52.06; 1.16

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