Suffolk Central and Ipswich North
2010 Results:
Conservative: 27125 (50.78%)
Labour: 8636 (16.17%)
Liberal Democrat: 13339 (24.97%)
UKIP: 2361 (4.42%)
Green: 1452 (2.72%)
Independent: 389 (0.73%)
Others: 118 (0.22%)
Majority: 13786 (25.81%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 21574 (44.3%)
Labour: 13765 (28.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 10168 (20.9%)
Other: 3165 (6.5%)
Majority: 7809 (16%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 22333 (43.9%)
Labour: 14477 (28.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 10709 (21.1%)
Green: 1593 (3.1%)
UKIP: 1754 (3.4%)
Majority: 7856 (15.4%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 20924 (44.4%)
Labour: 17455 (37.1%)
Liberal Democrat: 7593 (16.1%)
UKIP: 1132 (2.4%)
Majority: 3469 (7.4%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 22493 (42.6%)
Labour: 18955 (35.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 10886 (20.6%)
Other: 489 (0.9%)
Majority: 3538 (6.7%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Daniel Poulter (Conservative) Educated at Bristol university. Doctor. Former Hastings councillor. Former Reigate and Banstead councillor.
Daniel Poulter (Conservative) Educated at Bristol university. Doctor. Former Hastings councillor. Former Reigate and Banstead councillor.
Bhavna Joshi (Labour) Born Huddersfield. Educated at Kings College London. Solicitor. Former Wandsworth councillor.
Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne (Liberal Democrat) born 1969, Norwich. Educated at Bowthorpe High School and University of East Anglia. Teacher. Former Norwich councillor. Contested Norwich South 1997, 2001, 2005.
Andrew Stringer (Green) Mid Suffolk councillor.
Roy Philpot (UKIP)Richard Vass (New Party)Mark Trevitt (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 88970
Male: 49.1%
Female: 50.9%
Under 18: 22.8%
Over 60: 24%
Born outside UK: 4%
White: 97.6%
Black: 0.6%
Asian: 0.5%
Mixed: 1%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 75.8%
Full time students: 1.8%
Graduates 16-74: 18.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 29.4%
Owner-Occupied: 76.8%
Social Housing: 13.1% (Council: 8.6%, Housing Ass.: 4.5%)
Privately Rented: 6.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.6%