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.
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich,Suffolk,England. The club competes in the Premier League,the top tier of English football,following back to back promotions from the 2022–23 EFL League One and 2023–24 EFL Championship.
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.
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk,England. The district is primarily a rural area,containing just three towns,being Stowmarket,Needham Market and Eye. Its council was based in Needham Market until 2017 when it moved to shared offices with neighbouring Babergh District Council in Ipswich,outside either district. In 2021 it had a population of 103,417.
BBC Radio Suffolk is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Suffolk.
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.
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich,Suffolk,England,which has been the home ground of the recently promoted Premier League club Ipswich Town since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches,and one senior England friendly international match,against Croatia in 2003. It staged several other sporting events,including athletics meetings and international hockey matches,musical concerts and Christian events.
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.
Suffolk County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the county of Suffolk,England. It is run by 75 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.
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.
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.
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.
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.
