Bury St Edmunds is a constituency located in Suffolk and centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has elected Conservative MPs for decades, although Labour came close to gaining the seat in 1997.

Boundaries

The constituency contains the towns of Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market. Its boundaries do not match those of St Edmundsbury borough, which includes Haverhill (part of West Suffolk constituency), and excludes Stowmarket and Needham Market.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Suffolk the Boundary Commission for England has recommended minor alterations to the existing constituency arrangement. The electoral wards used in the creation of this seat are:

• From the district of Mid Suffolk:Bacton and Old Newton, Badwell Ash, Elmswell and Norton, Gislingham, Haughley and Wetherden, Needham Market, Onehouse, Rattlesden, Rickinghall and Walsham, Ringshall, Stowmarket Central, Stowmarket North, Stowmarket South, Stowupland, Thurston and Hessett, and Woolpit
• From the district of St Edmundsbury: Abbeygate, Eastgate, Fornham, Great Barton, Horringer and Whelnetham, Minden, Moreton Hall, Northgate, Pakenham, Risbygate, Rougham, St Olaves, Southgate, and Westgate.

Members of Parliament

• 1885—1892: Lord Francis Hervey
• 1892—1900: Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea, Conservative
• 1900—1906: Sir Edward Walter Greene
• 1906—1907: Frederick William Fane Hervey
• 1907—1931: Walter Edward Guinness, later Baron Moyne, Conservative
• 1931—1944: Frank Frederick Alexander Heilgers
• 1944—1945: Edgar Mayne Keatinge
• 1945—1950: Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown, Conservative
• 1950—1964: William Aitken, Conservative
• 1964—1992: Sir Eldon Griffiths, Conservative
• 1992—1997: Richard Spring, Conservative
• 1997—present: David Ruffley, Conservative

Election results

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk