Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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| short_title = {{visible anchor|Sudbury Disfranchisement Act 1843}}

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| parliament = Parliament of Great Britain

| long_title = An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal on a Bill to exclude the Borough of Sudbury from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament.

| year = 1843

| citation = 6 & 7 Vict. c. 11

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| royal_assent = 11 April 1843

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A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, the constituency elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election to the House of Commons of England from 1559 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844, after which it was absorbed into the Western Division of Suffolk. It was probably enfranchised through lobbying from Ambrose Cave the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who had interests in the area and could influence the choice of MPs. Sudbury had in the 18th century been seen as a particularly expensive seatPage 50, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957) but not under the influence of any patronPage 105, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957) and in the 1761 general election Horace Walpole the cousin of the outgoing MP, Thomas Walpole, had claimed that Sudbury had openly advertised itself for saleLetter 736, 3rd March 1761, [https://archive.org/stream/lettershoracewal05walpiala/lettershoracewal05walpiala_djvu.txt Full text of "The letters of Horace Walpole, fourth earl of Orford] with the new MP, John Henniker having to spend £5,500 from the Duke of Newcastle's funds.Page 320, Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957) but not under the influence of any patron The Sudbury election of 1835, which Charles Dickens reported for the Morning Chronicle, is thought by many experts to be the inspiration for the famous Eatanswill election in his novel Pickwick Papers.{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction|author=M.C. Rintoul|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1993|isbn=9780415059992|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofreal00rint/page/872 872]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofreal00rint}}

The seat was re-established as one of five single-member county divisions of the Parliamentary County of Suffolk by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, electing one MP by the first past the post voting system. It was abolished for the 1950 general election.

• The part of the Municipal Borough of Sudbury in the county of Suffolk;
• The Sessional Divisions of Boxford, Cosford, Melford, and Risbridge; and
• Parts of the Sessional Divisions of Newmarket, and Thingoe and Thedwestry.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog|title=The public general acts|last=Great Britain|first=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales|publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884|others=unknown library|language=en}}

The county division was formed from part of the abolished Western Division and included the towns of Sudbury, Hadleigh and Haverhill.

• The Municipal Borough of Sudbury;
• The Urban Districts of Glemsford, Hadleigh, and Haverhill;
• The Rural Districts of Clare, Cosford, and Melford; and
• Parts of the Rural Districts of Moulton and Thingoe.{{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}}

Marginal changes to boundaries.

On abolition, western and northern parts, including Haverhill, transferred to Bury St Edmunds.  Central, southern and western parts, including Sudbury and Hadleigh, formed part of the new county constituency of Sudbury and Woodbridge.

{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1830: Sudbury{{HistoryofParliament|1820|author= Margaret Escott|title=Sudbury|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/sudbury|accessdate=26 November 2022}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Bethel Walrond

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Walsh

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box begin no change | title=General election 1831: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Walsh

|votes = 544

|percentage = 46.0

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Digby Cayley Wrangham

|votes = 400

|percentage = 33.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Windham

|votes = 239

|percentage = 20.2

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 161

|percentage = 13.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 656

|percentage = {{circa|65.6}}

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|1,000}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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|winner = Tories (British political party)

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Michael Angelo Taylor

|votes = 263

|percentage = 33.0

|change = +22.9

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Walsh

|votes = 253

|percentage = 31.8

|change = −14.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Digby Cayley Wrangham

|votes = 234

|percentage = 29.4

|change = −4.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Bagshaw

|votes = 46

|percentage = 5.8

|change = −4.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 474

|percentage = 93.1

|change = {{circa|+27.5}}

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 509

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 29

|percentage = 3.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

|swing = +16.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19

|percentage = 2.4

|change = −11.2

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|swing = −12.8

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{{Election box end}}

Taylor's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 25 July 1834: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Edward Barnes

|votes = 264

|percentage = 50.1

|change = −11.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Bagshaw

|votes = 263

|percentage = 49.9

|change = +11.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.2

|change = −2.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 527

|percentage = 96.3

|change = +3.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 547

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −11.1

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{{Election box end}}

• Both candidates received the same number of votes, but the mayor's vote was added in favour of Barnes

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Bagshaw

|votes = 285

|percentage = 28.4

|change = −4.6

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Benjamin Smith

|votes = 251

|percentage = 25.0

|change = +19.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Barnes

|votes = 241

|percentage = 24.0

|change = −7.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephens Lyne-Stephens

|votes = 227

|percentage = 22.6

|change = −6.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10

|percentage = 1.0

|change = −2.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 527

|percentage = 95.1

|change = +2.0

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 554

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +1.4

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +13.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Barnes

|votes = 372

|percentage = 42.1

|change = +18.1

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Woodbrook|James John Hamilton

|votes = 342

|percentage = 38.7

|change = +16.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Abel Smith

|votes = 151

|percentage = 17.1

|change = −11.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Sir Thomas Edward Michell Turton, 2nd Baronet|Thomas Edward Mitchell Turton {{cite news |title=Page 4 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001635/18370801/046/0004 |access-date=26 April 2020 |work=Essex Herald |date=1 August 1837 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 19

|percentage = 2.1

|change = −22.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 191

|percentage = 21.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 502

|percentage = 83.8

|change = −11.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 599

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +17.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +16.6

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{{Election box end}}

Hamilton's resignation caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 12 December 1837: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Bailey

|votes = 303

|percentage = 54.3

|change = −26.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James Morrison

|votes = 255

|percentage = 45.7

|change = +26.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 48

|percentage = 8.6

|change = −13.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 558

|percentage = 92.7

|change = +8.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 602

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −26.5

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{{Election box end}}

Barnes' death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 27 March 1838: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Walsh

|votes = 293

|percentage = 52.4

|change = −28.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Bagshaw

|votes = 266

|percentage = 47.6

|change = +28.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 27

|percentage = 4.8

|change = −16.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 559

|percentage = 92.9

|change = +9.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 602

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −28.4

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{{Election box end}}

Walsh resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds in order to contest a by-election at Radnorshire, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 5 June 1840: Sudbury{{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 |page=294}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Tomline

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Frederick Villiers Meynell

|votes = 284

|percentage = 25.5

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre

|votes = 281

|percentage = 25.2

|change = +23.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Jones

|votes = 274

|percentage = 24.6

|change = −17.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Taylor

|votes = 274

|percentage = 24.6

|change = −14.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 557

|percentage = 92.4

|change = +8.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 603

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +12.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +19.5

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{{Election box end}}

After an election petition was lodged, a Royal Commission found proof of extensive bribery and the writ was suspended in 1844. The constituency was absorbed into West Suffolk.

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: Sudbury{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=394}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

|votes = 4,913

|percentage = 58.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Weller Poley ‘WELLER-POLEY, Thomas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U204486, accessed 22 Sept 2017]

|votes =3,461

|percentage = 41.3

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,452

|percentage = 17.4

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,374

|percentage = 79.6

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,522

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

|votes =5,111

|percentage = 63.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Arthur Graeme Ogilvie

|votes = 2,905

|percentage = 36.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,206

|percentage = 27.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,016

|percentage = 75.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors =10,638

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Heaton-Armstrong.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Heaton-Armstrong

|votes = 4,201

|percentage = 50.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

|votes =4,065

|percentage = 49.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 136

|percentage = 1.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,266

|percentage = 81.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,121

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

|votes =5,026

|percentage = 55.9

|change = +6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Hirst

|votes = 3,958

|percentage = 44.1

|change = −6.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,068

|percentage = 11.8

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,984

|percentage = 89.5

|change = +7.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,036

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +6.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cuthbert Quilter

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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: Cuthbert Quilter
• Liberal: Stephen HowardCambridge Independent Press 16 Jan 1914

File:Stephen_Goodwin_Howard.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: SudburyBritish parliamentary election results, 1918–1949 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephen Howard

|votes = 6,656

|percentage = 52.1

|change =New

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{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard George Proby

|votes = 5,746

|percentage = 44.9

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Joseph Rouse Hicks{{asterisk}}

|votes = 390

|percentage = 3.0

|change =New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 910

|percentage = 7.2

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,792

|percentage = 48.4

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =N/A

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

: {{asterisk}} some records describe Hicks as an 'Agriculture' candidate

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Herbert Mercer

|votes = 7,298

|percentage = 47.0

|change = +2.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

|candidate = Stephen Howard

|votes = 5,410

|percentage = 34.9

|change = -17.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest William Tanner

|votes = 2,813

|percentage = 18.1

|change = -34.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,888

|percentage = 12.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 15,521

|percentage = 59.3

|change = +10.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Loverseed

|votes = 8,813

|percentage = 52.0

|change = {{asterisk}} -1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Herbert Mercer

|votes = 8,148

|percentage = 48.0

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 665

|percentage = 4.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 16,961

|percentage = 63.8

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -1.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{asterisk}} compared to combined 1922 Liberal vote.

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Burton

|votes = 10,579

|percentage = 53.6

|change = +5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick Loverseed

|votes = 9,168

|percentage = 46.4

|change = -5.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,411

|percentage = 7.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 19,747

|percentage = 73.3

|change = +9.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +5.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Sudbury

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Burton

|votes = 9,715

|percentage = 40.2

|change = -13.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Sainsbury

|votes = 8,309

|percentage = 34.4

|change = -12.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = W. Jack Shingfield

|votes = 6,147

|percentage = 25.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,406

|percentage = 5.8

|change = -1.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,171

|percentage = 75.9

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Sudbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Burton

|votes = 13,500

|percentage = 55.3

|change = +15.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Sainsbury

|votes = 10,929

|percentage = 44.7

|change = +10.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,571

|percentage = 10.6

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,429

|percentage = 76.7

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Sudbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Burton

|votes = 11,700

|percentage = 49.3

|change = -6.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Sainsbury

|votes = 8,344

|percentage = 35.2

|change = -9.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Horace Denton

|votes = 3,670

|percentage = 15.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,356

|percentage = 14.1

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 23,714

|percentage = 74.4

|change = -2.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Henry Burton
• Liberal: Frederic Sellers
• Labour: Roland Hamilton

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: Sudbury

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Roland Hamilton

|votes = 9,906

|percentage = 40.3

|change = +24.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Burton

|votes = 9,659

|percentage = 39.2

|change = -10.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Hitchcock

|votes = 5,045

|percentage = 20.5

|change = -14.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 247

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 24,610

|percentage = 69.5

|change = -4.9

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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