Election 97

Bury St Edmunds


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 NEW SEAT
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 21,290 (38.3%)
Labour 97 20,922 (37.7%)
LibDem 97 10,102 (18.2%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 3,211 ( 5.8%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 74,017
Turnout 97 55,525 (75.0%)



1992 MP NEW SEAT
Old constituency name NEW SEAT
Majority 92 10,645 (19.0%)
Conservative 92 25,742 (45.9%)
Labour 92 14,565 (26.0%)
LibDem 92 15,097 (26.9%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 666 ( 1.2%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 70,181
Turnout 92 56,070 (79.9%)
Bury St Edmunds



Tory change -7.6%
Labour change +11.7%
Lib Dem change -8.7%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +4.6%
Electorate change +5.5%
Turnout Change -4.9%
Robert Waller wrote

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.


Super Profiles

3,449 8.41 9.03 93
7,774 18.95 11.17 170
3,426 8.35 11.25 74
7,756 18.91 14.70 129
1,262 3.08 10.45 29
3,078 7.50 2.81 267
6,157 15.01 8.01 187
6,039 14.72 15.25 97
1,054 2.57 7.13 36
311 0.76 10.17 7