Sudbury and Woodbridge was a
county constituency
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Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constitue ...
centred on the towns of
Sudbury and
Woodbridge in
Suffolk. It returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
History
The constituency was created by the
Representation of the People Act 1948
The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections. It is noteworthy for abolishing plural voting for parliamentary elections, including ...
for the
1950 general election, replacing the majority of both of the abolished county divisions of
Sudbury and
Woodbridge. It included the towns of
Sudbury and
Hadleigh, previously in the Sudbury constituency, and
Woodbridge and
Felixstowe
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, previously in the Woodbridge constituency.
It was abolished for the
1983 general election, and split between the new county constituencies of
Suffolk Coastal (Woodbridge and Felixstowe) and
South Suffolk (Sudbury and Hadleigh).
Boundaries
* The Borough of Sudbury;
* The Urban Districts of Felixstowe, Hadleigh, and Woodbridge;
* The Rural Districts of Cosford, Melford, and Samford; and
* Part of the Rural District of Deben.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
*
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Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Sudbury, Suffolk