Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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Woodbridge
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Suffolk
Major settlements Woodbridge, Felixstowe
1885–1950
SeatsOne
Created from East Suffolk
Replaced by Sudbury and Woodbridge and Eye

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.

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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

1918–1950

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

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Robert Lacey Everett Liberal
1886 Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther Conservative
1892 Robert Lacey Everett Liberal
1895 E. G. Pretyman Conservative
1906 Robert Lacey Everett Liberal
Jan. 1910 Robert Francis Peel Conservative
1920 Sir Arthur Churchman, Bt Conservative
1929 Clavering Fison Conservative
1931 Walter Ross-Taylor Conservative
1945 Hon. John Hare Conservative
1950 constituency abolished: see Sudbury and Woodbridge

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Woodbridge [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Everett 4,978 50.9
Conservative Frederick Thellusson 4,81049.1
Majority1681.8
Turnout 9,78880.7
Registered electors 12,126
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Woodbridge [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Lloyd-Anstruther 4,854 51.7 +2.6
Liberal Robert Everett 4,54148.3−2.6
Majority3133.4N/A
Turnout 9,39577.5−3.2
Registered electors 12,126
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Woodbridge [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Everett 5,223 53.8 +5.5
Conservative Robert Lloyd-Anstruther 4,48546.2−5.5
Majority7387.6N/A
Turnout 9,70882.1+4.6
Registered electors 11,823
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.5
General election 1895: Woodbridge [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. G. Pretyman 5,410 53.1 +6.9
Liberal Robert Everett 4,77846.9−6.9
Majority6326.2N/A
Turnout 10,18884.5+2.4
Registered electors 12,053
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.9

Elections in the 1900s

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E.G. Pretyman
General election 1900: Woodbridge [5] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. G. Pretyman 5,089 53.4 +0.3
Liberal Robert Everett 4,43746.6−0.3
Majority6526.8+0.6
Turnout 9,52678.9−5.6
Registered electors 12,077
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
By-election, 1900: Woodbridge [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. G. Pretyman Unopposed
Conservative hold
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General election 1906: Woodbridge [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Everett 5,527 50.8 +4.2
Conservative E. G. Pretyman 5,34849.2−4.2
Majority1791.6N/A
Turnout 10,87586.8+7.9
Registered electors 12,528
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Woodbridge [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Peel 6,120 53.9 +4.7
Liberal Charles Sydney Buxton5,22646.1−4.7
Majority8947.8N/A
Turnout 11,34688.6+1.8
Registered electors 12,808
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.7
General election December 1910: Woodbridge [6] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Peel 5,704 52.6 −1.3
Liberal William Elliston 5,14447.4+1.3
Majority5605.2−2.6
Turnout 10,84884.7−3.9
Registered electors 12,808
Conservative 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;

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Robert Peel
General election 1918: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert Peel 8,65455.8+3.2
Liberal William Elliston 6,84244.2−3.2
Majority1,81211.6+6.4
Turnout 15,49651.0−33.7
Unionist hold Swing +3.2
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

1920 Woodbridge by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Arthur Churchman 9,89853.2−2.6
Labour Henry Harben 8,70746.8New
Majority1,1916.4−5.2
Turnout 18,60561.4+10.4
Unionist hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Churchman 12,396 56.7 +3.5
Labour E. J. C. Neep 9,47643.3−3.5
Majority2,92013.4+7.0
Turnout 21,87269.1+7.7
Unionist hold Swing +3.4
General election 1923: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Churchman 10,606 46.7 −10.0
Liberal William Elliston 7,32832.2New
Labour E. J. C. Neep 4,81021.1−22.2
Majority3,27814.5+1.1
Turnout 22,74470.9+1.8
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1924: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Churchman 13,419 54.9 +8.2
Liberal William Elliston 7,00828.7−3.5
Labour Sylvain Mayer3,99816.4−4.7
Majority6,41126.2+11.7
Turnout 24,42574.3+3.4
Unionist hold Swing +5.8
General election 1929: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Clavering Fison 15,231 48.1 −6.8
Liberal Roger Fulford 10,90434.5+5.8
Labour Leonard Spero5,50717.4+1.0
Majority4,32713.6−12.6
Turnout 31,64273.3−1.0
Unionist hold Swing -6.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Ross-Taylor 25,654 81.3 +33.2
Labour Ida Mary Nussey Keeble5,88518.7+1.3
Majority19,76962.6+49.0
Turnout 31,53970.6−2.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Ross-Taylor 22,715 72.1 −9.2
Labour A V Smith8,80827.9+9.2
Majority13,90744.2−18.4
Turnout 31,52367.5+4.9
Conservative 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;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Woodbridge [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hare 16,073 47.0 −25.1
Labour John M. Stewart11,38033.3+5.4
Liberal Douglas Burch Law6,74019.7New
Majority4,69313.7−30.5
Turnout 34,19371.4+3.9
Conservative hold Swing

Sources

  1. ↑ Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884.
  2. ↑ S., Craig, Fred W. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   0900178094. OCLC   539011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 3 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  5. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
  9. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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