Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north,the North Sea to the east,Essex to the south,and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town.
Michael Nicholson Lord,Baron Framlingham is a British politician,and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich between 1997 and 2010. He was first elected for the predecessor seat of Central Suffolk in 1983.
Christopher David Mole is a British Labour Party politician,who was the Member of Parliament for Ipswich from a by-election in 2001,after the death of Jamie Cann,and was re-elected in 2005. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport,until his defeat in the 2010 general election by Ben Gummer of the Conservative Party.
Stowmarket is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district,in Suffolk,England,on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town lies on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between Diss and Needham Market,and lies on the River Gipping,which is joined by its tributary,the River Rat,to the south of the town.
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Spencer of the Conservative Party.
Ipswich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Jack Abbott of the Labour Party.
Suffolk Coastal is a parliamentary constituency in the county of Suffolk,England,which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter,a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).
South Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Cartlidge,a Conservative.
West Suffolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Nick Timothy,a Conservative.
The University of Suffolk is a public university situated in Suffolk and Norfolk,England. The university was established in 2007 as University Campus Suffolk (UCS),founded as a collaboration between the University of East Anglia and the University of Essex. The university's current name was adopted after it was granted independence in 2016 by the Privy Council and was awarded university status.
The Ipswich serial murders,commonly known as the work of the Suffolk Strangler,took place between 30 October and 10 December 2006,during which time the bodies of five murdered sex workers were discovered at different locations near Ipswich,Suffolk,England. Their bodies were discovered naked but there were no signs of sexual assault. Two of the victims,Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell,were confirmed to have been killed by asphyxiation. A cause of death for the other victims,Gemma Adams,Tania Nicol and Annette Nicholls,was not established.
Benedict Michael Gummer is a British businessman and former politician. He is a partner of Gummer Leathes,a property developer. He is a senior adviser to McKinsey &Company,the management consultancy,a visiting fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and a member of the advisory board of the Office for Place.
Ipswich Borough Council is the local authority for Ipswich,a non-metropolitan district with borough status in Suffolk,England. It is the second tier of a two-tier system,fulfilling functions such as refuse collection,housing and planning,with Suffolk County Council providing county council services such as transport,education and social services.
Peter James Guy Aldous is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Waveney constituency in Suffolk from the 2010 general election until its abolition in 2024.
Daniel Leonard James Poulter is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024. Poulter is a psychiatrist,and served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health between September 2012 and May 2015. Initially elected as a Conservative,he defected to Labour in April 2024.
James Roger Cartlidge is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Suffolk since 2015. He has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement from 2023 to 2024,Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2022 to 2023 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice between 2021 and 2022.
Alexander Gordon Martin is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,he was elected in the 2017 general election,beating Conservative incumbent Ben Gummer. On 25 October 2018,he became Shadow Minister for Waste and Recycling. He lost his seat at the 2019 general election.
Thomas Patrick Hunt is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich from 2019 to 2024.
Jack Simon Abbott is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich since 2024.
