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Ipswich — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Ipswich was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 7,403 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Ipswich from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 James Morrison (Whig); Peter Rigby Wason (Whig) 593 32.3% (top seat) Edward Goulburn (Conservative) 290 (15.6 pts) 76.1%
1835 Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative); Robert Adam Dundas (Conservative) 555 25.8% (top seat) Peter Rigby Wason (Whig) 24 (1.1 pts) 89.3%
1837 Thomas Milner Gibson (Conservative); Henry Tufnell (Whig) 595 25.2% (top seat) Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative) 2 (0.1 pts) 84.0%
1841 Peter Rigby Wason (Whig); George Rennie (Whig) 657 26.0% (top seat) Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative) 46 (1.8 pts) 79.7%
1847 John Chevallier Cobbold (Conservative); Hugh Edward Adair (Whig) 708 30.2% (top seat) John Neilson Gladstone (Conservative) 47 (1.7 pts) 80.0%
1852 John Chevallier Cobbold (Conservative); Hugh Edward Adair (Whig) 782 26.6% (top seat) Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse (Radical) 57 (1.9 pts) 82.7%
1857 John Chevallier Cobbold (Conservative); Hugh Edward Adair (Whig) 759 26.1% (top seat) John Clark Marshman (Whig) 21 (0.7 pts) 79.0%
1859 John Chevallier Cobbold (Conservative); Hugh Edward Adair (Liberal) 864 30.5% (top seat) Henry John Selwin (Conservative) 22 (0.7 pts) 78.7%
1865 Hugh Edward Adair (Liberal); John Chevallier Cobbold (Conservative) 910 27.7% (top seat) Henry Wyndham West (Liberal) 6 (0.2 pts) 84.5%
1868 Hugh Edward Adair (Liberal); Henry Wyndham West (Liberal) 2,195 35.4% (top seat) John Chevallier Cobbold (Conservative) 151 (2.3 pts) 61.3%
1874 John Patteson Cobbold (Conservative); James Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer (Conservative) 2,827 28.6% (top seat) Hugh Edward Adair (Liberal) 321 (3.0 pts) 80.9%
1880 Thomas Clement Cobbold (Conservative); Jesse Collings (Liberal) 3,074 25.7% (top seat) Henry Wyndham West (Liberal) 49 (0.4 pts) 82.5%
1885 Henry Wyndham West (Liberal); Jesse Collings (Liberal) 3,777 25.4% (top seat) Edward Murray Ind (Conservative) 60 (0.4 pts) 86.0%
1886 Hugo Richard Charteris (Conservative); Charles Dalrymple (Conservative) 3,838 26.7% (top seat) Sydney James Stern (Liberal) 452 (3.1 pts) 81.8%
1892 Charles Dalrymple (Conservative); Hugo Richard Charteris (Conservative) 4,277 26.3% (top seat) Daniel Ford Goddard (Liberal) 223 (1.4 pts) 89.7%
1895 Daniel Ford Goddard (Liberal); Charles Dalrymple (Conservative) 4,293 25.6% (top seat) Arthur Wellesley Soames (Liberal) 43 (0.2 pts) 90.4%
1900 Daniel Ford Goddard (Liberal); Charles Dalrymple (Conservative) 4,527 25.9% (top seat) Noel Edward Buxton (Liberal) 244 (1.4 pts) 83.6%
1906 Daniel Ford Goddard (Liberal); Felix Thornley Cobbold (Liberal) 6,290 29.7% (top seat) Charles Dalrymple (Conservative) 1,699 (7.9 pts) 89.4%
Jan 1910 Daniel Ford Goddard (Liberal); Charles Silvester Horne (Liberal) 5,958 26.1% (top seat) Arthur Charles Churchman (Conservative) 268 (1.1 pts) 93.3%
Dec 1910 Daniel Ford Goddard (Liberal); Charles Silvester Horne (Liberal) 5,791 26.3% (top seat) Arthur Charles Churchman (Conservative) 344 (1.5 pts) 89.9%
1918 Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Unionist) 13,553 53.4% Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 5,410 (21.3 pts) 67.9%
1922 Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Unionist) 17,134 53.4% Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 2,210 (6.9 pts) 82.4%
1923 Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 15,824 50.7% Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Unionist) 460 (1.5 pts) 78.7%
1924 Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Unionist) 19,621 55.4% Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 3,830 (10.8 pts) 87.7%
1929 Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Unionist) 18,527 39.7% Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 935 (2.0 pts) 85.7%
1931 Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Conservative) 29,782 63.0% Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 12,292 (26.0 pts) 78.0%
1935 Francis John Childs Ganzoni (Conservative) 28,528 57.3% Robert Frederick Jackson (Labour) 7,250 (14.6 pts) 82.1%
1945 Richard Rapier Stokes (Labour) 26,296 49.3% Frank Guy Clavering Fison (Conservative) 8,119 (15.2 pts) 79.9%
1950 Richard Rapier Stokes (Labour) 29,386 46.9% Sydney William Leonard Ripley (Conservative) 4,393 (7.0 pts) 86.8%
1951 Richard Rapier Stokes (Labour) 33,463 53.4% Albert Holdsworth (Conservative) 4,236 (6.8 pts) 85.2%
1955 Richard Rapier Stokes (Labour) 32,306 52.9% John Cobbold (Conservative) 3,582 (5.9 pts) 80.5%
1959 Dingle Mackintosh Foot (Labour) 25,858 41.1% John C Cobbold (Conservative) 3,235 (5.1 pts) 80.9%
1964 Dingle Mackintosh Foot (Labour) 24,648 39.8% Trevor A Hagger (Conservative) 2,432 (3.9 pts) 79.0%
1966 Sir Dingle Foot (Labour) 30,313 49.9% Trevor Hagger (Conservative) 6,873 (11.3 pts) 77.5%
1970 Ernle Money (Conservative) 27,704 44.1% Dingle Foot (Labour) 13 (0.0 pts) 72.8%
Feb 1974 Ernle Money (Conservative) 29,893 41.2% Ken Weetch (Labour) 259 (0.4 pts) 83.5%
Oct 1974 Ken Weetch (Labour) 31,566 45.3% Ernle Money (Conservative) 1,733 (2.5 pts) 79.5%
1979 Ken Weetch (Labour) 34,444 48.2% Robert Felix Erith (Conservative) 3,741 (5.2 pts) 80.8%
1983 Ken Weetch (Labour) 22,191 43.7% Elizabeth Delyth Cottrell (Conservative) 1,077 (2.1 pts) 75.4%
1987 Michael Irvine (Conservative) 23,328 44.4% Ken Weetch (Labour) 874 (1.7 pts) 77.6%
1992 Jamie Cann (Labour) 23,680 43.8% Michael Irvine (Conservative) 265 (0.5 pts) 80.3%
1997 Jamie Cann (Labour) 25,484 52.7% Stephen Castle (Conservative) 10,436 (21.6 pts) 72.2%
2001 Jamie Cann (Labour) 19,952 51.3% Edward Wild (Conservative) 8,081 (20.8 pts) 57.0%
2005 Chris Mole (Labour) 18,336 43.8% Paul West (Conservative) 5,332 (12.7 pts) 60.8%
2010 Benedict Gummer (Conservative) 18,371 39.1% Chris Mole (Labour) 2,079 (4.4 pts) 62.1%
2015 Benedict Gummer (Conservative) 21,794 44.8% David Ellesmere (Labour) 3,733 (7.7 pts) 65.5%
2017 Sandy Martin (Labour) 24,224 47.4% Ben Gummer (Conservative) 831 (1.6 pts) 67.7%
2019 Tom Hunt (Conservative) 24,952 50.3% Sandy Martin (Labour) 5,479 (11.1 pts) 65.8%
2024 Jack Abbott (Labour) 19,099 43.3% Thomas Hunt (Conservative) 7,403 (16.8 pts) 58.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Morrison Whig 59932.3% Yes
Peter Rigby Wason Whig 59332.0% Yes
Edward Goulburn Conservative 30316.3% No
Fitzroy Edward Kelly Conservative 26714.4% No
Charles Mackinnon Conservative 945.1% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fitzroy Edward Kelly Conservative 55725.8% Yes
Robert Adam Dundas Conservative 55525.7% Yes
Peter Rigby Wason Whig 53124.6% No
James Morrison Whig 51623.9% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Milner Gibson Conservative 60125.2% Yes
Henry Tufnell Whig 59525.0% Yes
Fitzroy Edward Kelly Conservative 59324.9% No
Peter Rigby Wason Whig 59324.9% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Rigby Wason Whig 65926.0% Yes
George Rennie Whig 65726.0% Yes
Fitzroy Edward Kelly Conservative 61124.1% No
John Charles Herries Conservative 60423.9% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Chevallier Cobbold Conservative 82930.2% Yes
Hugh Edward Adair Whig 70825.8% Yes
John Neilson Gladstone Conservative 66124.1% No
Henry Vincent Chartist 54619.9% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Chevallier Cobbold Conservative 80926.6% Yes
Hugh Edward Adair Whig 78225.7% Yes
Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse Radical 72523.8% No
Samuel Bateson Conservative 72523.8% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Chevallier Cobbold Conservative 78026.1% Yes
Hugh Edward Adair Whig 75925.4% Yes
John Clark Marshman Whig 73824.7% No
Henry John Selwin Conservative 70923.7% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Chevallier Cobbold Conservative 91830.5% Yes
Hugh Edward Adair Liberal 86428.7% Yes
Henry John Selwin Conservative 84228.0% No
John King Liberal 38812.9% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Edward Adair Liberal 99227.7% Yes
John Chevallier Cobbold Conservative 91025.4% Yes
Henry Wyndham West Liberal 90425.3% No
William Tidmas Conservative 77421.6% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Edward Adair Liberal 2,32135.4% Yes
Henry Wyndham West Liberal 2,19533.5% Yes
John Chevallier Cobbold Conservative 2,04431.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Patteson Cobbold Conservative 3,05928.6% Yes
James Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer Conservative 2,82726.4% Yes
Hugh Edward Adair Liberal 2,50623.4% No
Henry Wyndham West Liberal 2,32221.7% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Clement Cobbold Conservative 3,14225.7% Yes
Jesse Collings Liberal 3,07425.2% Yes
Henry Wyndham West Liberal 3,02524.8% No
James Benjamin Redfoord Bulwer Conservative 2,97924.4% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Wyndham West Liberal 3,79525.4% Yes
Jesse Collings Liberal 3,77725.3% Yes
Edward Murray Ind Conservative 3,71724.9% No
William Thomas Charley Conservative 3,64924.4% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugo Richard Charteris Conservative 3,84626.7% Yes
Charles Dalrymple Conservative 3,83826.6% Yes
Sydney James Stern Liberal 3,38623.5% No
Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson Liberal 3,33423.1% No

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Dalrymple Conservative 4,35026.3% Yes
Hugo Richard Charteris Conservative 4,27725.8% Yes
Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal 4,05424.5% No
Arthur Wellesley Soames Liberal 3,88823.5% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal 4,39625.6% Yes
Charles Dalrymple Conservative 4,29325.0% Yes
Arthur Wellesley Soames Liberal 4,25024.8% No
Hugo Richard Charteris Conservative 4,21924.6% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal 4,55725.9% Yes
Charles Dalrymple Conservative 4,52725.8% Yes
Noel Edward Buxton Liberal 4,28324.4% No
John Frederick Peel Rawlinson Conservative 4,20723.9% No

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal 6,39629.7% Yes
Felix Thornley Cobbold Liberal 6,29029.2% Yes
Charles Dalrymple Conservative 4,59121.3% No
Samuel John Gurney Hoare Conservative 4,23219.7% No

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal 6,12026.1% Yes
Charles Silvester Horne Liberal 5,95825.4% Yes
Arthur Charles Churchman Conservative 5,69024.3% No
Bunnell Henry Burton Conservative 5,64524.1% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Ford Goddard Liberal 5,93126.3% Yes
Charles Silvester Horne Liberal 5,79125.6% Yes
Arthur Charles Churchman Conservative 5,44724.1% No
Bunnell Henry Burton Conservative 5,40924.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Unionist 13,55353.4% Yes
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 8,14332.1% No
George Hay Morgan Liberal 3,66314.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Unionist 17,13453.4% Yes
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 14,92446.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 15,82450.7% Yes
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Unionist 15,36449.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Unionist 19,62155.4% Yes
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 15,79144.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Unionist 18,52739.7% Yes
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 17,59237.7% No
Frank Ongley Darvall Liberal 10,55922.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Conservative 29,78263.0% Yes
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 17,49037.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis John Childs Ganzoni Conservative 28,52857.3% Yes
Robert Frederick Jackson Labour 21,27842.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Rapier Stokes Labour 26,29649.3% Yes
Frank Guy Clavering Fison Conservative 18,17734.1% No
Duncan Mackay Mowat Liberal 8,81916.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Rapier Stokes Labour 29,38646.9% Yes
Sydney William Leonard Ripley Conservative 24,99339.8% No
James Cannon Seward Liberal 8,34013.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Rapier Stokes Labour 33,46353.4% Yes
Albert Holdsworth Conservative 29,22746.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Rapier Stokes Labour 32,30652.9% Yes
John Cobbold Conservative 28,72447.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dingle Mackintosh Foot Labour 25,85841.1% Yes
John C Cobbold Conservative 22,62336.0% No
Manuela Sykes Liberal 14,35922.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dingle Mackintosh Foot Labour 24,64839.8% Yes
Trevor A Hagger Conservative 22,21635.9% No
Manuela Sykes Liberal 14,75523.8% No
Dr David RM Brown National Democratic 3490.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Dingle Foot Labour 30,31349.9% Yes
Trevor Hagger Conservative 23,44038.6% No
Dr Stanley Rundle Liberal 6,20010.2% No
Dr David Brown National Democratic 7691.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernle Money Conservative 27,70444.1% Yes
Dingle Foot Labour 27,69144.0% No
Neville Lewis Liberal 5,1478.2% No
David Brown National Democratic 2,3223.7% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernle Money Conservative 29,89341.2% Yes
Ken Weetch Labour 29,63440.8% No
Joan Knott Liberal 11,85716.3% No
David Brown National Democratic 1,1611.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Weetch Labour 31,56645.3% Yes
Ernle Money Conservative 29,83342.8% No
Royce Bernard Salt Liberal 8,29511.9% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Weetch Labour 34,44448.2% Yes
Robert Felix Erith Conservative 30,70343.0% No
Preston Keeling Liberal 5,7728.1% No
Paul Richard Leslie Robinson National Front 4490.6% No
Rudolph Hodge Workers Revolutionary 1150.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ken Weetch Labour 22,19143.7% Yes
Elizabeth Delyth Cottrell Conservative 21,11441.6% No
Patricia Caroline Ann Miernik Liberal 7,22014.2% No
Albert Wallis Thomas Pearson BNP 2350.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Irvine Conservative 23,32844.4% Yes
Ken Weetch Labour 22,45442.7% No
Hugh Nicholson Social Democratic Party 6,59612.6% No
David Lettice Workers Revolutionary 1740.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jamie Cann Labour 23,68043.8% Yes
Michael Irvine Conservative 23,41543.3% No
Joseph White Liberal Democrat 6,15911.4% No
Jane Scott Green 5911.1% No
Eric Kaplan Natural Law 1810.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jamie Cann Labour 25,48452.7% Yes
Stephen Castle Conservative 15,04831.1% No
Nigel Roberts Liberal Democrat 5,88112.2% No
Theodore Agnew Referendum Party 1,6373.4% No
William Vinyard UKIP 2080.4% No
Eric Kaplan Natural Law 1070.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jamie Cann Labour 19,95251.3% Yes
Edward Wild Conservative 11,87130.5% No
Terence Gilbert Liberal Democrat 5,90415.2% No
William Vinyard UKIP 6241.6% No
Peter Leech Socialist Alliance 3050.8% No
Shaun Gratton Socialist Labour 2170.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Chris Mole Labour 18,33643.8% Yes
Paul West Conservative 13,00431.1% No
Richard Atkins Liberal Democrat 8,46420.2% No
Alison West UKIP 1,1342.7% No
Jervis Kay English Democrats 6411.5% No
Sally Wainman Independent 2990.7% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benedict Gummer Conservative 18,37139.1% Yes
Chris Mole Labour 16,29234.7% No
Mark Dyson Liberal Democrat 8,55618.2% No
Christopher Streatfield UKIP 1,3652.9% No
Dennis Boater BNP 1,2702.7% No
Tim Glover Green 7751.7% No
Kim Christofi Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1490.3% No
Peter Turtill Independent 930.2% No
Sally Wainman Independent 700.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benedict Gummer Conservative 21,79444.8% Yes
David Ellesmere Labour 18,06137.1% No
Maria Vigneau UKIP 5,70311.7% No
Barry Broom Green 1,7363.6% No
Chika Akinwale Liberal Democrat 1,4002.9% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sandy Martin Labour 24,22447.4% Yes
Ben Gummer Conservative 23,39345.7% No
Tony Gould UKIP 1,3722.7% No
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett Liberal Democrat 1,1872.3% No
Charlotte Armstrong Green 8401.6% No
David Tabane Independent 1210.2% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Hunt Conservative 24,95250.3% Yes
Sandy Martin Labour 19,47339.3% No
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett Liberal Democrat 2,4394.9% No
Nicola Thomas Brexit Party 1,4322.9% No
Barry Broom Green 1,2832.6% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Abbott Labour 19,09943.3% Yes
Thomas Hunt Conservative 11,69626.5% No
Tony Love Reform UK 7,02715.9% No
Adria Pittock Green 3,6528.3% No
James Sandbach Liberal Democrat 2,2415.1% No
Freddie Sofar Communist 2050.5% No
Terence Charles Heritage Party 1510.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 15.6 pts 1835: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1837: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1841: Whig margin 1.8 pts 1847: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 1852: Conservative margin 1.9 pts 1857: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 1859: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 1865: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1868: Liberal margin 2.3 pts 1874: Conservative margin 3.0 pts 1880: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1885: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1886: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1895: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1900: Liberal margin 1.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 7.9 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 1.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 1.5 pts 1918: Unionist margin 21.3 pts 1922: Unionist margin 6.9 pts 1923: Labour margin 1.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 10.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 2.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 26.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 14.6 pts 1945: Labour margin 15.2 pts 1950: Labour margin 7.0 pts 1951: Labour margin 6.8 pts 1955: Labour margin 5.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 5.1 pts 1964: Labour margin 3.9 pts 1966: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1970: Conservative margin 0.0 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 0.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 2.5 pts 1979: Labour margin 5.2 pts 1983: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1987: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 1992: Labour margin 0.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 21.6 pts 2001: Labour margin 20.8 pts 2005: Labour margin 12.7 pts 2010: Conservative margin 4.4 pts 2015: Conservative margin 7.7 pts 2017: Labour margin 1.6 pts 2019: Conservative margin 11.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 16.8 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Ipswich has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ipswich in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Ipswich in 2024 with 19,099 votes (43.3%), a majority of 7,403 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Ipswich since 1832?

Since 1832, Ipswich has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Ipswich?

The closest result on record for Ipswich was 1970, when Conservative beat Labour by just 13 votes (0.0 percentage points).

Did Ipswich ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Ipswich elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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