{{Short description|UK Parliament constituency (1983–1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox UK constituency main |name = Central Suffolk |parliament = uk |map1 = |map2 = |map_entity = |map_year = |year = 1983 |abolished = 1997 |type = County |previous = Eye, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds<ref name="ElectionWeb83">{{cite web|title='Suffolk Central', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83552.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|accessdate=14 March 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315033843/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83552.htm|archivedate=15 March 2016}}</ref> |next = Central Suffolk & North Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds |region = England |county = Suffolk |elects_howmany= One }} '''Central Suffolk''' was a county constituency in the county of Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
== History == The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, primarily from the abolished county constituency of Eye, including the town of Stowmarket. It also included four wards from the north-western part of the Borough of Ipswich, transferred from the borough constituency thereof, and a small rural area to the west, equivalent to the former Rural District of Thedwastre, transferred from Bury St Edmunds.
It was in turn replaced by the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency for the 1997 general election with a substantial area of the constituency, including Stowmarket, joining a reconfigured Bury St Edmunds constituency.
== Boundaries ==
* The District of Mid Suffolk; and * The Borough of Ipswich wards of Broom Hill, Castle Hill, Whitehouse, and Whitton.<ref>{{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=2019-03-22}}</ref>
== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|s|6|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || 1983 || Michael Lord || Conservative |- | |1997 |colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see Central Suffolk and North Ipswich<br />and Bury St Edmunds'' |}
== Elections == ===Elections in the 1980s=== {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1983: Suffolk Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Lord |votes = 30,096 |percentage = 53.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Nicholas Baldwin |votes = 15,365 |percentage = 27.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Diana Sierakowski |votes = 10,828 |percentage = 19.2 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 14,731 |percentage = 26.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 56,289 |percentage = 74.4 |change = }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=General election 1987: Suffolk Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Lord |votes = 32,422 |percentage = 53.7 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dale |votes = 16,132 |percentage = 26.7 |change = −0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Mark Walker |votes = 11,817 |percentage = 19.6 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,290 |percentage = 27.0 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 60,371 |percentage = 76.2 |change = +1.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +0.4 }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1990s=== {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1992: Suffolk Central<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=28 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdate=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Lord |votes = 32,917 |percentage = 49.6 |change = −4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Lesley Henniker-Major |votes = 16,886 |percentage = 25.4 |change = −1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = John Harris |votes = 15,615 |percentage = 23.5 |change = +3.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = John Matthissen |votes = 800 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Julie Wilmot |votes = 190 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,031 |percentage = 24.1 |change = −2.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 66,408 |percentage = 80.3 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −1.4 }} {{Election box end}}
== Notes and references == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suffolk Central}} Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk (historic) Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997