Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in the East of England | |
County | Suffolk |
Major settlements | Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bury St Edmunds & West Suffolk (part) |
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [1] The constituency name refers to the Suffolk towns of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. [2]
The constituency is composed of the following:
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket contains the majority of the abolished Bury St Edmunds constituency and a small area to the north transferred from the West Suffolk constituency. [4]
Bury St Edmunds and West Suffolk prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | TBC | TBC |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Rejoin EU | Richard Baker-Howard | ||||
Green | Emma Buckmaster | ||||
Reform UK | Scott Hussey | ||||
Independent | Jeremy Lee | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter McDonald | ||||
Labour | Peter Prinsley | ||||
Conservative | Will Tanner | ||||
Communist | Darren Turner | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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