Election 97

Bury St Edmunds

Current MP NEW SEAT
Conservative 97 21,290
Labour 97 20,922
LibDem 97 10,102
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 272
Elected party
Bury St Edmunds

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency NEW SEAT
Conservative 92 25,742
Labour 92 14,565
LibDem 92 15,097
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 666
Elected party Conservative

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket are the main towns in this part of rural Suffolk. Both have seen substantial expansion in recent decades, with much recently built private housing. There is Labour support, particularly in Stowmarket, but the comfortable villages, together with the generally genteel aspect of Bury St Edmunds, all go to make up an essentially safe Conservative seat.


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