Election 97

Ipswich

Current MP Jamie Cann
Conservative 97 15,045
Labour 97 25,484
LibDem 97 5,881
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 315
Elected party
Ipswich

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Ipswich
Conservative 92 23,288
Labour 92 23,623
LibDem 92 6,135
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 769
Elected party Labour

The unchanged constituency of Ipswich has seen some of the most closely fought battles between the Conservatives and Labour over recent decades, with small swings one way or the other, which actually went against the national trend in 1974, 1979 and 1987. Labour's Jamie Cann is the current incumbent, having regained the seat from the Tories in 1992 with a majority of just 265. The balanced socio-economic profile of the seat underlines the tight political position. The curious past voting history of Ipswich makes this a hard seat to predict, and one where the result cannot be taken to be indicative of the national position of the main parties.


Super Profiles

1,582 3.87 9.03 43
2,941 7.19 11.17 64
4,671 11.42 11.25 102
8,897 21.76 14.70 148
3,225 7.89 10.45 75
0 0.00 2.81 0
7,413 18.13 8.01 226
7,279 17.80 15.25 117
1,453 3.55 7.13 50
3,170 7.75 10.17 76