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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE85,857 voters
AREA12 sq. miles


Ipswich is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Ben Gummer of the Conservative party.

The Ipswich constituency has a total population of 110,162, of which 85,857 are eligible (18+) to vote (77.9%).

Ipswich ranks 477th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 90th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Ben Gummer

Ben Gummer

Benedict Michael Gummer (born 19 February 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gummer

MP DETAILS
AddressBen Gummer MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressben@bengummer.com
ConstituencyIpswich
GenderMale
Date of Birth19/02/1978
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
Wikipedia PageVisit Wiki

2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
44.8%
37.1%
2.9%
3.6 %
11.7%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Ipswich constituency in 2015 was 65.40%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Barry BroomGreenMale01 May 1981 (43)-https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/106015
Ben GummerConservativeMale19 February 1978 (46)--
Chika AkinwaleLiberal DemocratFemale--http://ipswichlibdems.org.uk/en/page/parliamentary-election-candidate
David EllesmereLabourMale--http://www.ipswich-labour.org.uk/
Maria VigneauUK Independence PartyFemale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
39.14%
34.71%
18.23%
%
%
1.65%
2.71%
2.91%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP1,2702.7%
 ChP1490.3%
 Conservative18,37139.1%
 Green7751.7%
 Ind1930.2%
 Ind2700.1%
 Labour16,29234.7%
 Liberal-Democrat8,55618.2%
 UK-Independence-Party1,3652.9%
TOTALS
Electorate75,770
Votes46,941
Turnout59.9%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeGummer, Ben
LabourMole, Chris
Liberal DemocratDyson, Mark
GreenGlover, Tim
BNPBoater, Dennis
UKIPStreatfield, Chris
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Ipswich constituency in 2010 was 59.9%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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