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Eastern
75,117 electors
Active Seat

Ipswich

Current MP
Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
63.8%
Avg Turnout
3
Times Changed
2017
Current Party Since
Labour Jack Abbott Gain from Conservative
Majority 7,403
Turnout 58.5% ↓7.2pp
Total Votes 44,071
Winner Swing ↓7.0pp
✓ Jack Abbott
Labour
19,099 43.3%
↑4.1pp
Thomas Hunt
Conservative
11,696 26.5%
↓23.8pp
Tony Love
Reform UK
7,027 15.9%
↑13.1pp
Adria Pittock
Green Party
3,652 8.3%
↑5.7pp
James Sandbach
Liberal Democrats
2,241 5.1%
↑0.2pp
Freddie Sofar
—
205 0.5%
—
Terence Charles
—
151 0.3%
—
Conservative Tom Hunt Gain from Labour
Majority 5,479
Turnout 65.7% ↓1.9pp
Total Votes 49,579
Winner Swing ↑3.0pp
✓ Tom Hunt
Conservative
24,952 50.3%
↑4.6pp
Sandy Martin
Labour
19,473 39.3%
↓8.1pp
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
Liberal Democrats
2,439 4.9%
↑2.6pp
Nicola Thomas
—
1,432 2.9%
—
Barry Broom
Green Party
1,283 2.6%
↑1.0pp
Labour Sandy Martin Gain from Conservative
Majority 831
Turnout 67.6% ↑2.2pp
Total Votes 51,137
Winner Swing ↑2.6pp
✓ Sandy Martin
Labour
24,224 47.4%
↑10.3pp
Ben Gummer
Conservative
23,393 45.8%
↑1.0pp
Tony Gould
—
1,372 2.7%
↓9.0pp
Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett
Liberal Democrats
1,187 2.3%
↓0.6pp
Charlotte Armstrong
Green Party
840 1.6%
↓1.9pp
David Tabane
—
121 0.2%
—
Conservative Benedict Gummer Hold
Majority 3,733
Turnout 65.4% ↑3.4pp
Total Votes 48,694
Winner Swing ↑5.6pp
✓ Benedict Gummer
Conservative
21,794 44.8%
↑5.6pp
David Ellesmere
Labour
18,061 37.1%
↑2.4pp
Maria Vigneau
—
5,703 11.7%
↑8.8pp
Barry Broom
Green Party
1,736 3.6%
↑1.9pp
Chika Akinwale
Liberal Democrats
1,400 2.9%
↓15.4pp
Conservative Benedict Gummer Hold
Majority 2,079
Turnout 62.0%
Total Votes 46,941
✓ Benedict Gummer
Conservative
18,371 39.1%
↑8.0pp
Chris Mole
Labour
16,292 34.7%
↓8.2pp
Mark Dyson
Liberal Democrats
8,556 18.2%
↓2.9pp
Christopher Streatfield
—
1,365 2.9%
↑0.2pp
Dennis Boater
—
1,270 2.7%
—
Tim Glover
Green Party
775 1.7%
—
Kim Christofi
—
149 0.3%
—
Peter Turtill
—
93 0.2%
—
Sally Wainman
—
70 0.2%
—

Turnout Trend

62.0%
'10
65.4%
'15
67.6%
'17
65.7%
'19
58.5%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
22.9%
35 to 49
21.1%
50 to 64
17.8%
65 and over
16.5% ▲2.2pp
25 to 34
14.2%
18 to 24
7.5%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
83.4%
Asian or Asian British
5.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
4.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
3.7%
Other
2.2%
📊 Age
Under 18
22.9%
18 to 29
21.7%
30 to 44
21.1%
45 to 64
17.8%
65 and over
16.5%
⛪ Religion
No religion
44.9%
Christian
42.2%
Not answered
6.4%
Muslim
4.0%
Hindu
1.1%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.5%
Sikh
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
88.3%
Asian or Asian British
4.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
2.4%
Other ethnic group
0.9%
📊 Age
45 to 64
23.4%
Under 18
22.0%
30 to 44
21.8%
18 to 29
18.6%
65 and over
14.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
52.5%
No religion
35.1%
Religion not stated
7.3%
Muslim
2.9%
Hindu
1.0%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.4%
Sikh
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Tom Hunt Conservative 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Sandy Martin Labour 2017-06-08 2019-11-06
Ben Gummer Conservative 2010-05-06 2017-05-03
Chris Mole Labour 2001-11-22 2010-05-06
Mr Jamie Cann Labour 1992-04-09 2001-10-15
Michael Irvine Conservative 1987-06-11 1992-04-09
Ken Weetch Labour 1974-10-10 1987-06-11
Ernle Money Conservative 1970-06-18 1974-10-10