Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created as Parliamentary Borough in the fourteenth century, returning two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and from 1801 to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The constituency's parliamentary representation was reduced to a single seat with one MP under the Representation of the People Act 1918. Prior to the 1983 general election, when north-western areas were transferred to the Central Suffolk constituency, the Parliamentary and Municipal/County Boroughs were the same

Before the Reform Act 1832, the franchise in Ipswich was in the hands of the Ipswich Corporation and the Freemen. Ipswich was seen as a partisan seat with active Blue (Tory inclined) and Yellow (Whig inclined) factions dominating elections for both Parliament and the corporation and comparatively rare split tickets of one Whig and one Tory being returned to Parliament, although the identification of the local parties with national parties could at times be very blurred.{{HistoryofParliament|1790|author=Winifred Stokes / R. G. Thorne|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/constituencies/ipswich|access-date=25 November 2022}} In the mid eighteenth century the constituency had an electorate of around 700, which was a middle sized borough by the standards of the time – and a reputation of a borough that was likely to offer stiff opposition to government favoured candidates.Page 82,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition – London: St Martin's Press, 1957)

Ipswich is a marginal seat, having changed hands eleven times since its creation as a single-member constituency in 1918. It has generally been favourable to Labour Party candidates, who succeeded at every postwar general election since the end of World War II except 1970, February 1974, 1987, 2010, 2015 and 2019. It was traditionally won by either party by fairly small margins; however, from 1997 until being gained by the Conservative Party in 2010, Labour won the contests with safer margins, and after the Conservatives increased their majority in 2015, Labour regained the seat in 2017 only to lose it again in 2019 when the Conservative candidate got more than half the votes cast when there were more than two candidates for the first time since 1918. This was turned around in 2024 when Labour won the seat once again with a healthy majority of 16.8%

Ipswich was the only seat won by a Labour candidate at the 2017 general election from a total of seven seats in Suffolk, the others being retained by Conservatives and more rural in comparison to Ipswich. Martin's 2017 election victory was one of thirty net gains made by the Labour Party.

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

The present-day constituency consists of most of the Borough of Ipswich, with the exception of the Castle Hill, Whitehouse and Whitton wards.

1918–1983: The County Borough of Ipswich.{{Cite book|title=Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885–1972;|last=S.|first=Craig, Fred W.|date=1972|publisher=Political Reference Publications|isbn=0900178094|location=Chichester|oclc=539011}}

1983–2010: The Borough of Ipswich wards of Bixley, Bridge, Chantry, Gainsborough, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St Clement's, St John's, St Margaret's, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Town.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-03-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}}

2010–present: The Borough of Ipswich wards of Alexandra, Bixley, Bridge, Gainsborough, Gipping, Holywells, Priory Heath, Rushmere, St John's, St Margaret's, Sprites, Stoke Park, and Westgate.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-03-21}}

:Following a revision of the Borough of Ipswich wards, the constituency gained a small area from Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.

The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region}}

Freemen belonging to the Ipswich Corporation were 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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1842/aug/08/ipswich-election-writ|title=IPSWICH ELECTION WRIT.|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|access-date=2010-01-17|date=8 August 1842|quote=During the last seven years, or little more, there had been five elections for the borough of Ipswich, and those five elections had produced five petitions}}

File:Ips. Election Results.png

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Ipswich{{cite news |title=Ipswich Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001302 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=5 July 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour and Co-operative|candidate=Jack Abbott|votes=19,099|percentage=43.3|change =+4.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tom Hunt|votes=11,696|percentage=26.5|change=–23.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Tony Love|votes=7,027|percentage =15.9|change=+13.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Adria Pittock|votes=3,652|percentage=8.3|change=+5.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=James Sandbach|votes=2,241|percentage = 5.1|change=+0.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of Britain|candidate=Freddie Sofar|votes=205|percentage=0.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Heritage Party (UK)|candidate=Terence Charles|votes=151|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=7,403|percentage=16.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=44,071|percentage=57.8|change=–7.8}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=76,319 }}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing={{increase}}13.9}}

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Ipswich{{cite news |title=Ipswich Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000761 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=13 December 2019}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Hunt| (British politician)

|votes = 24,952

|percentage = 50.3

|change = +4.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sandy Martin

|votes = 19,473

|percentage = 39.3

|change = –8.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| candidate = Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett

| votes = 2,439

| percentage = 4.9

| change = +2.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Brexit Party

|candidate = Nicola Thomas

|votes = 1,432

|percentage = 2.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Barry Broom

|votes = 1,283

|percentage = 2.6

|change = +1.0

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{{Election box majority

| votes = 5,479

| percentage = 11.0

| change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

| votes = 49,579

| percentage = 65.6

| change = –2.0

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{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Conservative Party (UK)

| loser = Labour Party (UK)

| swing = +6.3

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{{Election box begin|title= General election 2017: Ipswich{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000761 |title=Election 2017: Ipswich |newspaper=BBC News |date=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170614082513/http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000761 |archive-date=14 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Labour Party (UK)

| candidate = Sandy Martin

| votes = 24,224

| percentage = 47.4

| change = +10.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Conservative Party (UK)

| candidate = Ben Gummer

| votes = 23,393

| percentage = 45.7

| change = +0.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = UK Independence Party

| candidate = Tony Gould

| votes = 1,372

| percentage = 2.7

| change = –9.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| candidate = Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett

| votes = 1,187

| percentage = 2.3

| change = –0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Green Party of England and Wales

| candidate = Charlotte Armstrong

| votes = 840

| percentage = 1.6

| change = –2.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| party = Independent politician

| candidate = David Tabane

| votes = 121

| percentage = 0.2

| change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

| votes = 831

| percentage = 1.7

| change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

| votes = 51,137

| percentage = 67.6

| change = +2.2

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{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Labour Party (UK)

| loser = Conservative Party (UK)

| swing = +4.7

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{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Ipswich}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2015: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ben Gummer

|votes = 21,794

|percentage = 44.8

|change = +5.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Ellesmere

|votes = 18,061

|percentage = 37.1

|change = +2.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Maria Vigneau

|votes = 5,703

|percentage = 11.7

|change = +8.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Barry Broom

|votes = 1,736

|percentage = 3.6

|change = +1.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Chika Akinwale

|votes = 1,400

|percentage = 2.9

|change = −15.3

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,733

|percentage = 7.7

|swing = 1.6

|change = +3.3

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 48,694

|percentage = 65.4

|change = +5.5

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2010: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ben Gummer

|votes = 18,371

|percentage = 39.1

|change = +8.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Mole

|votes = 16,292

|percentage = 34.7

|change = −8.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mark Dyson

|votes = 8,556

|percentage = 18.2

|change = −2.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Chris Streatfield

|votes = 1,365

|percentage = 2.9

|change = +0.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Dennis Boater

|votes = 1,270

|percentage = 2.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Tim Glover

|votes = 775

|percentage = 1.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Party (UK)

|candidate = Kim Christofi

|votes = 149

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Peter Turtill

|votes = 93

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Sally Wainman

|votes = 70

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,079

|percentage = 4.4

|swing = 8.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,941

|percentage = 59.9

|change = −0.2

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +8.1

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2005: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Mole

|votes = 18,336

|percentage = 43.8

|change = −7.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul West

|votes = 13,004

|percentage = 31.1

|change = +0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Richard Atkins

|votes = 8,464

|percentage = 20.2

|change = +5.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Alison West

|votes = 1,134

|percentage = 2.7

|change = +1.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = English Democrats Party

|candidate = Jervis Kay

|votes = 641

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Sally Wainman

|votes = 299

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,332

|percentage = 12.7

|change = −8.1

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 41,878

|percentage = 60.8

|change = +3.8

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −4.0

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{{Election box end}}

Following the death of Jamie Cann on 15 October 2001, a by-election was held on 22 November 2001.

{{Election box begin|title=2001 Ipswich by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Mole

|votes = 11,881

|percentage = 43.4

|change = −7.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul West

|votes = 7,794

|percentage = 28.4

|change = −2.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Tessa Munt

|votes = 6,146

|percentage = 22.4

|change = +7.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

|candidate = David Coope

|votes = 581

|percentage = 2.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Jonathan Wright

|votes = 276

|percentage = 1.0

|change = −0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Tony Slade

|votes = 255

|percentage = 0.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Legalise Cannabis Alliance

|candidate = John Ramirez

|votes = 236

|percentage = 0.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Alliance (England)

|candidate = Peter Leech

|votes = 152

|percentage = 0.6

|change = 0.0

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{{Election box candidate

|party = English Independence Party

|candidate = Nicolas Winskill

|votes = 84

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,087

|percentage = 15.0

|change = −5.8

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 27,405

|percentage = 40.2

|change = −16.8

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −5.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2001: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jamie Cann

|votes = 19,952

|percentage = 51.3

|change = −1.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Wild

|votes = 11,871

|percentage = 30.5

|change = −0.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Terence Gilbert

|votes = 5,904

|percentage = 15.2

|change = +3.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = William Vinyard

|votes = 624

|percentage = 1.6

|change = +1.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Alliance (England)

|candidate = Peter Leech

|votes = 305

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shaun Gratton

|votes = 217

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,081

|percentage = 20.8

|change = −0.8

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 38,873

|percentage = 57.0

|change = −15.2

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −0.8

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1997: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jamie Cann

|votes = 25,484

|percentage = 52.7

|change = +8.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephen Castle

|votes = 15,048

|percentage = 31.1

|change = −12.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Nigel Roberts

|votes = 5,881

|percentage = 12.2

|change = +0.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = Theodore Agnew

|votes = 1,637

|percentage = 3.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = William Vinyard

|votes = 208

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Eric Kaplan

|votes = 107

|percentage = 0.2

|change = −0.1

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,436

|percentage = 21.6

|change = +21.2

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 48,365

|percentage = 72.2

|change = -8.1

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +10.5

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1992: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508153256/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i12.htm|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jamie Cann

|votes = 23,680

|percentage = 43.8

|change = +1.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Irvine

|votes = 23,415

|percentage = 43.4

|change = −1.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Joseph White

|votes = 6159

|percentage = 11.4

|change = -1.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Jane Scott

|votes = 591

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Eric Kaplan

|votes = 181

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 265

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 54,026

|percentage = 80.3

|change = +3.2

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.1

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1987: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results June 1987|date=11 June 1987|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2012-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111539/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i12.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Irvine

|votes = 23,328

|percentage = 44.4

|change = +2.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Weetch

|votes = 22,454

|percentage = 42.7

|change = -1.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Nicholson

|votes = 6,596

|percentage = 12.5

|change = -1.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)

|candidate = David Lettice

|votes = 174

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 874

|percentage = 1.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,552

|percentage = 77.1

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1983: Ipswich{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Weetch

|votes = 22,191

|percentage = 43.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Elizabeth Cottrell

|votes = 21,114

|percentage = 41.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Patricia Miernik

|votes = 7,220

|percentage = 14.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Albert Pearson

|votes = 235

|percentage = 0.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,077

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 50,760

|percentage = 75.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1979: Ipswich}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Weetch

|votes = 34,444

|percentage = 48.2

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = R. Erith

|votes = 30,703

|percentage = 42.9

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = P. Keeling

|votes = 5,772

|percentage = 8.1

|change = -3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = National Front (United Kingdom)

|candidate = P. Robinson

|votes = 449

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)

|candidate = R. Hodge

|votes = 115

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,741

|percentage = 5.3

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 71,483

|percentage = 80.8

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election October 1974: Ipswich}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Weetch

|votes = 31,566

|percentage = 45.3

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernle Money

|votes = 29,833

|percentage = 42.8

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = R. B. Salt

|votes = 8,295

|percentage = 11.9

|change = -4.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,733

|percentage = 2.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 69,694

|percentage = 79.5

|change = -4.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election February 1974: Ipswich}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernle Money

|votes = 29,893

|percentage = 41.2

|change = -2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Weetch

|votes = 29,634

|percentage = 40.8

|change = -3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Joan Ruby Knott

|votes = 11,857

|percentage = 16.3

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = National Democratic Party (UK, 1966)

|candidate = David R. M. Brown

|votes = 1,161

|percentage = 1.6

|change = -2.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 259

|percentage = 0.4

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 72,545

|percentage = 83.6

|change = +10.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1970: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernle Money

|votes = 27,704

|percentage = 44.1

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dingle Foot

|votes = 27,691

|percentage = 44.1

|change = -5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Neville S. Lewis

|votes = 5,147

|percentage = 8.2

|change = -2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = National Democratic Party (UK, 1966)

|candidate = David R. M. Brown

|votes = 2,322

|percentage = 3.7

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 62,864

|percentage = 72.7

|change = -4.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1966: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dingle Foot

|votes = 30,313

|percentage = 49.9

|change = +10.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Trevor A. Hagger

|votes = 23,440

|percentage = 38.6

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Rundle

|votes = 6,200

|percentage = 10.2

|change = -13.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = National Democratic Party (UK, 1966)

|candidate = David R. M. Brown

|votes = 769

|percentage = 1.3

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,873

|percentage = 11.3

|change = +9.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 60,722

|percentage = 77.5

|change = -1.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1964: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dingle Foot

|votes = 24,648

|percentage = 39.8

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Trevor A. Hagger

|votes = 22,216

|percentage = 35.8

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Manuela Sykes

|votes = 14,755

|percentage = 23.8

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = National Democratic Party (UK, 1966)

|candidate = David R. M. Brown

|votes = 349

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,432

|percentage = 3.9

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 61,968

|percentage = 79.0

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −0.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1959: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dingle Foot

|votes = 25,858

|percentage = 41.1

|change = −4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John C. Cobbold

|votes = 22,623

|percentage = 36.0

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Manuela Sykes

|votes = 14,359

|percentage = 22.8

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,235

|percentage = 5.1

|change = −8.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 62,840

|percentage = 80.9

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −4.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1957 Ipswich by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dingle Foot

|votes = 26,898

|percentage = 45.8

|change = −7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John C. Cobbold

|votes = 19,161

|percentage = 32.6

|change = −14.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Manuela Sykes

|votes = 12,587

|percentage = 21.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,737

|percentage = 13.2

|change = +7.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 27,405

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +3.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1955: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Stokes

|votes = 32,306

|percentage = 52.9

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John C. Cobbold

|votes = 28,724

|percentage = 47.1

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,582

|percentage = 5.8

|change = -1.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 61,030

|percentage = 80.5

|change = -4.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1951: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Stokes

|votes = 33,463

|percentage = 53.4

|change = +6.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Albert E. Holdsworth

|votes = 29,227

|percentage = 46.6

|change = +6.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,236

|percentage = 6.8

|change = -0.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 62,690

|percentage = 85.2

|change = -1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1950: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Stokes

|votes = 29,386

|percentage = 46.9

|change = -2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = S. W. L. Ripley

|votes = 24,993

|percentage = 39.8

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = J. C. Seward

|votes = 8,340

|percentage = 13.3

|change = -3.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,393

|percentage = 7.1

|change = -8.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 62,719

|percentage = 86.8

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1945: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Stokes

|votes = 26,296

|percentage = 49.3

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Guy Clavering Fison

|votes = 18,177

|percentage = 34.1

|change = -23.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Duncan Mackay Mowat

|votes = 8,819

|percentage = 16.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,119

|percentage = 15.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 53,292

|percentage = 80.1

|change = -2.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=1938 Ipswich by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Stokes

|votes = 27,604

|percentage = 53.0

|change = +10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Willink

|votes = 24,443

|percentage = 47.0

|change = -10.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,161

|percentage = 6.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 52,047

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1935: Ipswich}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ganzoni

|votes = 28,528

|percentage = 57.3

|change = -5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Jackson

|votes = 21,278

|percentage = 42.7

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,250

|percentage = 14.6

|change = -11.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 49,806

|percentage = 82.1

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1931: Ipswich}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ganzoni

|votes = 29,782

|percentage = 63.0

|change = +23.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Jackson

|votes = 17,490

|percentage = 37.0

|change = -0.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 12,292

|percentage = 26.0

|change = +24.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 47,272

|percentage = 82.9

|change = -2.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1929: IpswichCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ganzoni

|votes = 18,527

|percentage = 39.7

|change = −15.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Jackson

|votes = 17,592

|percentage = 37.7

|change = −6.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Ongley Darvall

|votes = 10,559

|percentage = 22.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 935

|percentage = 2.0

|change = −8.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,678

|percentage = 85.7

|change = −2.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 54,474

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −4.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1924: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ganzoni

|votes = 19,621

|percentage = 55.4

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Jackson

|votes = 15,791

|percentage = 44.6

|change = −6.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,830

|percentage = 10.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 35,412

|percentage = 87.7

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 40,379

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +6.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1923: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Jackson

|votes = 15,824

|percentage = 50.7

|change = +4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ganzoni

|votes = 15,364

|percentage = 49.3

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 460

|percentage = 1.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 31,188

|percentage = 78.7

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 39,606

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1922: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = John Ganzoni

|votes = 17,134

|percentage = 53.4

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Jackson

|votes = 14,924

|percentage = 46.6

|change = +14.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,210

|percentage = 6.8

|change = −14.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 32,058

|percentage = 82.4

|change = +14.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 38,924

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −7.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1918: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =John Ganzoni

|votes =13,553

|percentage =53.5

|change = +5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Robert Jackson

|votes =8,143

|percentage =32.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Hay Morgan

|votes = 3,663

|percentage =14.4

|change = −37.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes =5,410

|percentage =21.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =25,359

|percentage =67.9

|change = −22.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 37,348

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

• Change of vote share and swing calculated from the December 1910 party ticket vote.

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: John Ganzoni
• Liberal: Daniel Ford Goddard
• Independent Labour: Robert Jackson (not supported by Labour Party HQ)

File:1914 FJC Ganzoni.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=1914 Ipswich by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =John Ganzoni

|votes =6,406

|percentage =50.6

|change =+2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Masterman

|votes = 5,874

|percentage =46.3

|change = −5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent Labour

|candidate =John Scurr

|votes =395

|percentage =3.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes =532

|percentage =4.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =12,675

|percentage =91.4

|change =+1.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 13,870

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

Craig, F. W. S., British parliamentary election results 1885–1918

File:Sir Daniel Ford Goddard.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election December 1910: Ipswich (2 seats)Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Ford Goddard

|votes = 5,931

|percentage =26.2

|change =+0.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Silvester Horne

|votes = 5,791

|percentage =25.7

|change =+0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Churchman

|votes =5,447

|percentage =24.1

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Bunnell Henry Burton

|votes =5,409

|percentage =24.0

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 22,578

|percentage =89.9

|change = −3.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,641

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 344

|percentage = 1.6

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1910 Ipswich Liberal postcard.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election January 1910: Ipswich (2 seats) Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Ford Goddard

|votes = 6,120

|percentage = 26.1

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Silvester Horne

|votes = 5,958

|percentage = 25.5

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Churchman

|votes =5,690

|percentage = 24.3

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Bunnell Henry Burton

|votes =5,645

|percentage = 24.1

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 23,413

|percentage = 93.3

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,641

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 268

|percentage = 1.2

|change = −6.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −3.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Ipswich{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Ford Goddard

|votes = 6,396

|percentage = 29.8

|change = +3.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Felix Cobbold

|votes = 6,290

|percentage = 29.2

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Dalrymple

|votes =4,591

|percentage = 21.3

|change = −4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Samuel Hoare

|votes =4,232

|percentage =19.7

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,699

|percentage = 7.9

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 21,509

|percentage = 89.4

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,146

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +4.2

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Ford Goddard

|votes = 4,557

|percentage = 25.9

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Dalrymple

|votes = 4,527

|percentage = 25.8

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Noel Buxton

|votes = 4,283

|percentage = 24.4

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = J. F. P. Rawlinson

|votes = 4,207

|percentage = 23.9

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 17,574

|percentage = 83.6

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,646

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 350

|percentage = 2.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −0.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 244

|percentage = 1.4

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Ford Goddard

|votes = 4,396

|percentage = 25.6

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Dalrymple

|votes = 4,293

|percentage = 25.0

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Soames

|votes = 4,250

|percentage = 24.8

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugo Charteris

|votes = 4,219

|percentage = 24.6

|change = −1.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 8,696 (est.)

|percentage = 90.4

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,619

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 177

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 43

|percentage = 0.2

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate =Charles Dalrymple

|votes = 4,350

|percentage = 26.2

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugo Charteris

|votes = 4,277

|percentage = 25.8

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Daniel Ford Goddard

|votes = 4,054

|percentage = 24.5

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Soames

|votes = 3,888

|percentage = 23.5

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 8,417 (est.)

|percentage = 89.7

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,619

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 223

|percentage = 1.3

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugo Charteris

|votes = 3,846

|percentage = 26.7

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Dalrymple

|votes = 3,838

|percentage = 26.6

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Sydney Stern

|votes = 3,386

|percentage = 23.5

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18860702/037/0006|work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser|date=2 July 1886|pages=5–6|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 3,334

|percentage = 23.2

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 7,252

|percentage = 81.8

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,867

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 452

|percentage = 3.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1886 Ipswich by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Dalrymple

|votes = 3,687

|percentage = 25.2

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugo Charteris

|votes = 3,662

|percentage = 25.1

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Lord John Harvey

|votes = 3,635

|percentage = 24.9

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Horace Davey

|votes = 3,627

|percentage = 24.8

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 7,371

|percentage = 83.1

|change = −2.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,867

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 27

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Caused by the 1885 election being declared void on account of bribery.{{cite news|title=Three Months for Receiving an Election Bribe|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000453/18860510/051/0003|work=Dundee Evening Telegraph|date=10 May 1886|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}; see also [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1886/apr/02/controverted-elections-ipswich report in Hansard]

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Wyndham West

|votes = 3,795

|percentage = 25.4

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jesse Collings

|votes = 3,777

|percentage = 25.3

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Murray Ind{{cite news|title=Adoption of Mr. E. M. Ind As A Candidate for Ipswich|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000225/18840516/186/0005|work=Chelmsford Chronicle|date=16 May 1884|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 3,717

|percentage = 24.9

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Thomas Charley

|votes = 3,649

|percentage = 24.4

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 7,623

|percentage = 86.0

|change = +3.5 (est.)

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,867

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 60

|percentage = 0.4

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +0.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1883 Ipswich by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Wyndham West

|votes = 3,266

|percentage = 53.7

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Thomas Charley

|votes = 2,816

|percentage = 46.3

|change = −3.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 450

|percentage = 7.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 6,082

|percentage = 76.9

|change = −5.6 (est.)

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,914

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Caused by Cobbold's death.

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1880: Ipswich{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Cobbold

|votes = 3,142

|percentage = 25.7

|change = −2.9

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jesse Collings

|votes = 3,074

|percentage = 25.2

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Wyndham West

|votes = 3,025

|percentage = 24.8

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Redfoord Bulwer

|votes = 2,979

|percentage = 24.4

|change = −2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 6,110 (est.)

|percentage = 82.5 (est.)

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,406

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 68

|percentage = 0.5

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −3.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 95

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1876 Ipswich by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Cobbold

|votes = 2,213

|percentage = 57.9

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)

|candidate = William Newton

|votes = 1,607

|percentage = 42.1

|change = −3.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 606

|percentage = 15.8

|change = +12.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 3,820

|percentage = 51.6

|change = −29.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,406

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Caused by Cobbold's death.

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1874: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cobbold

|votes = 3,059

|percentage = 28.6

|change = +13.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Redfoord Bulwer

|votes = 2,827

|percentage = 26.4

|change = +10.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Adair

|votes = 2,506

|percentage = 23.4

|change = −12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Wyndham West

|votes = 2,322

|percentage = 21.7

|change = −11.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 321

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 5,357 (est.)

|percentage = 80.9 (est.)

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,619

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +12.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +11.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1868: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Adair

|votes = 2,321

|percentage = 35.4

|change = +7.7

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Wyndham West

|votes = 2,195

|percentage = 33.5

|change = +8.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cobbold

|votes = 2,044

|percentage = 31.2

|change = −15.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 151

|percentage = 2.3

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,302 (est.)

|percentage = 80.4 (est.)

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,352

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +7.8

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +8.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1865: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Adair

|votes = 992

|percentage = 27.7

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cobbold

|votes = 910

|percentage = 25.4

|change = −5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Wyndham West

|votes = 904

|percentage = 25.3

|change = +12.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Tidmas{{cite news|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000156/18641115/018/0005|work=Bury and Norwich Post|date=15 November 1864|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 774

|percentage = 21.6

|change = −6.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,790 (est.)

|percentage = 84.5 (est.)

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,118

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 82

|percentage = 2.3

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +3.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6

|percentage = 0.1

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −5.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1859: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cobbold

|votes = 918

|percentage = 30.5

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Adair

|votes = 864

|percentage = 28.7

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Selwin

|votes = 842

|percentage = 28.0

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John King{{cite news|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001584/18590505/056/0003|work=Suffolk and Essex Free Press|date=5 May 1859|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 388

|percentage = 12.9

|change = −11.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,506 (est.)

|percentage = 78.7 (est.)

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,914

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 54

|percentage = 1.8

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 22

|percentage = 0.7

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −0.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1857: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cobbold

|votes = 780

|percentage = 26.1

|change = −0.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Hugh Adair

|votes = 759

|percentage = 25.4

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Clark Marshman{{cite news|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001636/18570321/008/0002|work=Cheltenham Mercury|date=21 March 1857|pages=2–3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 738

|percentage = 24.7

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Selwin

|votes = 709

|percentage = 23.7

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,493 (est.)

|percentage = 79.0 (est.)

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,891

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 21

|percentage = 0.7

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 50

|percentage = 1.7

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = 0.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1852: Ipswich

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cobbold

|votes = 809

|percentage = 26.6

|change = −3.6

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Hugh Adair

|votes = 782

|percentage = 25.7

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Hobhouse{{cite news|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000165/18520709/013/0002|work=Essex Standard|date=9 July 1852|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=General Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000358/18370729/001/0001|work=Berkshire Chronicle|date=29 July 1837|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Domestic Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000296/18480321/007/0001|work=Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser|date=21 March 1848|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Ipswich|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000267/18520710/036/0004|work=Exeter and Plymouth Gazette|date=10 July 1852|pages=4, 7|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 725

|percentage = 23.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Samuel Bateson{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000244/18520710/001/0002|work=Norfolk Chronicle|date=10 July 1852|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 725

|percentage = 23.8

|change = −0.3

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,521 (est.)

|percentage = 82.7 (est.)

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 1,838

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 27

|percentage = 0.9

|change = -3.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 57

|percentage = 1.9

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{{Election box begin | title=General election 1847: Ipswich

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|votes = 829

|percentage = 30.2

|change = +6.1

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|percentage = 24.1

|change = +0.2

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|percentage = 19.9

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|percentage = 4.4

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{{Election box begin | title=By-election 17 August 1842: Ipswich

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|votes = 651

|percentage = 28.1

|change = +4.0

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|candidate = Sackville Lane-Fox

|votes = 641

|percentage = 27.7

|change = +3.8

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = David Thornbury

|votes = 548

|percentage = 23.7

|change = −28.3

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|candidate = Henry Vincent

|votes = 473

|percentage = 20.4

|change = N/A

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|candidate = John Nicholson

|votes = 2

|percentage = 0.0

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|percentage = 4.0

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• Caused by the earlier by-election being declared void on petition, due to bribery by Cuffe's and Gladstone's agents, on 30 July 1842.{{cite news |title=Miscellaneous News |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000418/18420806/039/0004|work=Cambridge Independent Press |date=6 August 1842 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election 3 June 1842: Ipswich

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Cuffe

|votes = 680

|percentage = 27.9

|change = +3.8

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Gladstone

|votes = 673

|percentage = 27.6

|change = +3.7

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Gisborne

|votes = 543

|percentage = 22.3

|change = −29.7

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|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = George Moffatt{{cite news |title=The Suffolk Chronicle; or Weekly General Advertiser & County Express |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001325/18420604/040/0004 |date=4 June 1842|pages=3–4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 541

|percentage = 22.2

|change = N/A

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|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = John Nicholson

|votes = 3

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

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|percentage = 5.3

|change = N/A

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|votes = 1,220 (est.)

|percentage = 75.4 (est.)

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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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• Caused by the general election result being declared void on petition, due to bribery by Wason's and Rennie's agents, on 25 April 1842{{cite news |title=Election Committee |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001287/18420427/017/0002|work=Belfast Commercial Chronicle |date=27 April 1842 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1841: Ipswich

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Rigby Wason

|votes = 659

|percentage = 26.0

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Rennie

|votes = 657

|percentage = 26.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Fitzroy Kelly

|votes = 611

|percentage = 24.1

|change = −0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Charles Herries

|votes = 604

|percentage = 23.9

|change = −1.3

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 46

|percentage = 1.9

|change = +1.8

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{{Election box turnout

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|percentage = {{circa|79.7}}

|change = {{circa|−9.3}}

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +1.1

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.0

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 15 July 1839: Ipswich

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas John Cochrane

|votes = 621

|percentage = 50.2

|change = +0.1

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Milner Gibson

|votes = 615

|percentage = 49.8

|change = −0.1

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 6

|percentage = 0.4

|change = +0.2

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,236

|percentage = 87.2

|change = −1.8

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.1

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{{Election box end}}

• Caused by Gibson's defection to the Whigs.

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1837: Ipswich

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Milner Gibson

|votes = 601

|percentage = 25.2

|change = −0.5

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Tufnell

|votes = 595

|percentage = 25.0

|change = +1.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Fitzroy Kelly

|votes = 593

|percentage = 24.9

|change = −0.9

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Rigby Wason

|votes = 593

|percentage = 24.9

|change = +0.3

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,262

|percentage = 89.0

|change = −1.2

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{{Election box majority

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|percentage = 0.2

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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 2

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

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• Tufnell was later unseated on petition, and Kelly was returned in his place

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 19 June 1835: Ipswich

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Morrison

|votes = 542

|percentage = 27.6

|change = +3.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Rigby Wason

|votes = 533

|percentage = 27.2

|change = +2.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Horatio George Broke

|votes = 454

|percentage = 23.1

|change = −2.7

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Holmes

|votes = 434

|percentage = 22.1

|change = −3.6

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|percentage = 4.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 992

|percentage = 82.1

|change = −8.1

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|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box gain with party link

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{{Election box end}}

• Caused by the 1835 election being declared void on petition

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1835: Ipswich

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Fitzroy Kelly

|votes = 557

|percentage = 25.8

|change = +11.4

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|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Dundas

|votes = 555

|percentage = 25.7

|change = +4.3

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Rigby Wason

|votes = 531

|percentage = 24.6

|change = −7.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Morrison

|votes = 516

|percentage = 23.9

|change = −8.4

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|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,090

|percentage = 90.2

|change = +12.0

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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1832: Ipswich

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Morrison

|votes = 599

|percentage = 32.3

|change = +2.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Rigby Wason

|votes = 593

|percentage = 32.0

|change = +2.5

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|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Goulburn

|votes = 303

|percentage = 16.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Fitzroy Kelly

|votes = 267

|percentage = 14.4

|change = N/A

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|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Mackinnon

|votes = 94

|percentage = 5.1

|change = −15.3

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|votes = 290

|percentage = 15.7

|change = +6.6

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|percentage = 78.2

|change = {{circa|+8.8}}

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1831: Ipswich

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Morrison

|votes = 468

|percentage = 29.6

|change = +21.8

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Rigby Wason

|votes = 467

|percentage = 29.5

|change = +21.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Mackinnon

|votes = 323

|percentage = 20.4

|change = −21.8

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|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Robert FitzRoy

|votes = 323

|percentage = 20.4

|change = −21.8

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|votes = 144

|percentage = 9.1

|change = N/A

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|votes = 798

|percentage = {{circa|69.4}}

|change = {{circa|+21.1}}

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|reg. electors = {{circa|1,150}}

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box gain with party link

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{{Election box end}}

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|change =

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|percentage = 15.6

|change =

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|percentage = 26.6

|change =

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|change =

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{{Election box begin | title=1826 General Election: Ipswich

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|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

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|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

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|percentage =

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|percentage =

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|percentage =

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|percentage =

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|percentage =

|change =

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|candidate = Henry Baring

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|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

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{{Election box end}}

• Figures are shown pre and post scrutiny.

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|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Crickitt

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|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

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|party = Tories (British political party)

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|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

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|party = Tories (British political party)

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|votes = 397

|percentage =

|change =

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|candidate = Robert Crickitt

|votes = 388

|percentage =

|change =

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Richard Wilson

|votes = 327

|percentage =

|change =

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|party = Whigs (British political party)

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|votes = 320

|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

|change =

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|votes = 367

|percentage =

|change =

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|votes = 358

|percentage =

|change =

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|votes = 182

|percentage =

|change =

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|percentage =

|change =

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|votes = 176

|percentage =

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|percentage =

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|change = N/A

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• Caused by the death of Charles Crickitt

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|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

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|change = N/A

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

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{{Election box end}}

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|votes = 402

|percentage =

|change =

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• List of parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)

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• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13165.html Ipswich UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65925.html Ipswich UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168437.html Ipswich UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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