Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

  which was represented in the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. A parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 consisting of the town of Sudbury

Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...

 in Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, it returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MPs) from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844. The Sudbury election of 1835, which Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...

 reported for the Morning Chronicle

Morning Chronicle

The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in...

, is thought by many experts to be the inspiration for the famous Eatanswill election in his novel Pickwick Papers.

A county constituency of the same name was established by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

 for the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

, electing one MP by the first past the post voting system. It was abolished for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

.

MPs 1559–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1559	Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton Clement Throckmorton was an English landowner and Member of Parliament in the middle years of the 16th century.A member of a distinguished Warwickshire family, son of Sir George Throckmorton and the brother of the influential diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Robert Throckmorton and cousin of...	Henry Fortescue
1563	John Heigham	Thomas Andrews
1571	John Hunt	John Gurdon
1572	Richard Eden	Martin Cole
1584	Edward Waldegrave	Henry Blagge
1586	Henry Blagge	Geoffrey Rusham
1588	Thomas Eden	Thomas Jermin
1593	William Fortescue	Dudley Fortescue
1597	George Waldegrave	John Clapham
1601	Philip Gawdy	Edward Glascock
1604-1611	Sir Thomas Beckingham	Thomas Eden, jnr Thomas Eden Thomas Eden was an English jurist, academic and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1645.-Life:Eden was the youngest son of Richard Eden of South Hanningfield, Essex and his wife Margaret Payton, daughter of Christopher Payton of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and was born in the...
1614	Robert Crane Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1643.Crane was the son of Robert Crane of Suffolk....	Henry Binge
1621	Edward Osburne	Brampton Gurdon Brampton Gurdon (of Assington and Letton) Brampton Gurdon , of Assington in Suffolk and Letton in Norfolk, was an English country gentleman and Member of Parliament .He was the son of John Gurdon , MP for Sudbury and High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1585....
1624	Robert Crane Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1643.Crane was the son of Robert Crane of Suffolk....	Sir William Pooley
1625	Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Nathaniel Barnardiston Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1648.Barnardiston was the son of Sir Thomas Barnardiston of Witham Essex and his wife Mary Knight, daughter of Sir RIchard Knight...	Robert Crane Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1643.Crane was the son of Robert Crane of Suffolk....
1626	Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston Nathaniel Barnardiston Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1628 and 1648.Barnardiston was the son of Sir Thomas Barnardiston of Witham Essex and his wife Mary Knight, daughter of Sir RIchard Knight...	Thomas Smith
1628	Sir Robert Crane Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1643.Crane was the son of Robert Crane of Suffolk....	Sir William Pooley
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1844

Year	|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sir Robert Crane Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1643.Crane was the son of Robert Crane of Suffolk....	Parliamentarian		Richard Pepys Richard Pepys Sir Richard Pepys was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He was a cousin of the father of Samuel Pepys the diarist....
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...					(Sir) Simonds d'Ewes Simonds d'Ewes Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet was an antiquary and politician. He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions. d'Ewes took the Puritan side in the Civil War...	Parliamentarian
February 1643	Crane died - seat left vacant
1645		Brampton Gurdon Brampton Gurdon (of Letton) Brampton Gurdon , of Letton in Norfolk, was an English Member of Parliament , lawyer and a colonel of cavalry during the English Civil War.He was the son of Brampton Gurdon , an MP and High Sheriff of Suffolk, by his second marriage...
December 1648				D'Ewes ceased sitting after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
1653	Sudbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....		John Fothergill		Sudbury had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....   and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...					Samuel Hassel
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		John Gurdon			Joseph Brand Joseph Brand Dr. Joseph G. Brand is a biologist currently at Monell Chemical Senses Center. In 1985, Dr. Brand discovered that the substance amiloride is an inhibitor of sodium when present in the epithelia of rats. Subsequently in 2005, Dr. Brand and Dr. Xia Li discovered that cats did not have a functioning...
1661		Thomas Waldegrave			Isaac Appleton
1662					Sir Robert Cordell
1677		Sir Gervase Elwes
February 1679		Gervase Elwes
September 1679					Sir Gervase Elwes
1685		Sir John Cordell			Sir George Wenyeve
1689		Sir John Poley			Philip Gurdon
February 1690		John Robinson
October 1690					Sir Thomas Barnardiston
1698		Samuel Kekewich
1699					John Gurdon
1700		Sir Gervase Elwes
January 1701					Sir John Cordell
December 1701					Joseph Haskin Stiles
1703					George Dashwood
1705					Philip Skippon
1706		Sir Hervey Elwes
1710		John Mead			Lieutenant-General Robert Echlin
1713		Sir Hervey Elwes
1715					Thomas Western Thomas Western Thomas Western may refer to:*Sir Thomas Western, 1st Baronet , British Liberal politician, Member of Parliament for North Essex 1865–1868*Sir Thomas Western, 3rd Baronet...
1722		John Knight			Colonel William Windham William Windham (of Earsham, senior) William Windham was a British landowner and politician. He was the second son of William Windham, of Felbrigg , member of an old Norfolk family....
1727					Carteret Leathes
January 1734		Richard Jackson
April 1734		Richard Price			Edward Stephenson
1741		Thomas Fonnereau Thomas Fonnereau Thomas Fonnereau was a British businessman and politician, the eldest son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau....			Carteret Leathes
1747					Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Richard Rigby , was an English civil servant and politician. He served as Secretary of Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces...
1754					Thomas Walpole Thomas Walpole Thomas Walpole , styled from 1756 The Hon. Thomas Walpole, was a British MP and banker in Paris.-Life:Thomas Walpole was born into a political family...
1761					John Henniker John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker , known as Sir John Henniker, 2nd Baronet, from 1782 to 1800, was a British merchant and Member of Parliament....
1768		(Sir) Patrick Blake			(Sir) Walden Hanmer
1774		Thomas Fonnereau Thomas Fonnereau Thomas Fonnereau was a British businessman and politician, the eldest son of the merchant Claude Fonnereau....			Philip Champion Crespigny
1775		Sir Patrick Blake			Sir Walden Hanmer
1780					Philip Champion Crespigny
1781					Sir James Marriott James Marriott Sir James Marriott was a prominent British judge, politician and scholar of the late eighteenth century who is best known for his service at the High Court of Admiralty, the highest court in Britain dealing with naval and maritime affairs...
1784		William Smith William Smith (abolitionist) William Smith was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament for more than one constituency. He was an English Dissenter and was instrumental in bringing political rights to that religious minority...			John Langston
1790		John Coxe Hippisley John Coxe Hippisley Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet , was a British diplomat and politician who pursued an ‘unflagging, though wholly unsuccessful, quest for office’ which led King George III of Great Britain to describe him as ‘that busy man’ and ‘the grand intriguer’.-Early life and overseas appointments:Born...			Thomas Champion Crespigny
1796		William Smith William Smith (abolitionist) William Smith was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament for more than one constituency. He was an English Dissenter and was instrumental in bringing political rights to that religious minority...			Sir James Marriott James Marriott Sir James Marriott was a prominent British judge, politician and scholar of the late eighteenth century who is best known for his service at the High Court of Admiralty, the highest court in Britain dealing with naval and maritime affairs...
1802		Sir John Coxe Hippisley John Coxe Hippisley Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet , was a British diplomat and politician who pursued an ‘unflagging, though wholly unsuccessful, quest for office’ which led King George III of Great Britain to describe him as ‘that busy man’ and ‘the grand intriguer’.-Early life and overseas appointments:Born...			John Pytches
1807					Emanuel Felix Agar Emanuel Felix Agar Sir Emanuel Felix Agar was a British politician and former soldier.Agar served in the British Army and took part in the Peninsular War. He retired as major of the Life Guards and worked then in the department of the Treasurer of the Navy...
1812					Charles Wyatt Charles Wyatt For musician and writer see Charles Wyatt .Charles Wyatt was an English architect and Member of Parliament for Sudbury, Suffolk....
1818		William Heygate			John Broadhurst
1820					Charles Augustus Tulk
1826		John Wilks			Bethel Walrond
1828		John Norman Macleod John Norman MacLeod John Norman MacLeod was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1828 to 1830. He was 24th Chief of the Scottish Clan MacLeod.MacLeod was born in India, the son of General Norman MacLeod of MacLeod...
1830		Sir John Benn Walsh John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite John Benn Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite , known as Sir John Walsh, Bt, between 1825 and 1868, was a British politician.-Early life:...	Tory
1831					Digby Cayley Wrangham
1832			Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor was an English politician.He was a son of Sir Robert Taylor , the architect, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, becoming a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1774...	Whig
1834					Sir Edward Barnes Edward Barnes (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Sir Edward Barnes, GCB was a British soldier who became governor of Ceylon.-Military career:Barnes joined the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1792, and quickly rose to field rank. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1807, serving in the Invasion of Martinique in 1809, and colonel...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1835		John Bagshaw John Bagshaw John Bagshaw was a British Whig politician.He was elected at the 1835 general election as Member of Parliament for Sudbury, having unsuccessfully contested the seat at a by-election in July 1834. At the 1837 general election, he did not stand again in Sudbury, but contested Kidderminster...	Whig		Benjamin Smith Benjamin Smith (British Whig politician) Benjamin Leigh Smith was a British Whig politician who represented the constituencies of Sudbury and Norwich.He was one of five sons and five daughters of William Smith, the famous MP and abolitionist...	Whig
July 1837		Sir James John Hamilton	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Sir Edward Barnes Edward Barnes (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Sir Edward Barnes, GCB was a British soldier who became governor of Ceylon.-Military career:Barnes joined the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1792, and quickly rose to field rank. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1807, serving in the Invasion of Martinique in 1809, and colonel...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
December 1837		Joseph Bailey	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1838					Sir John Benn Walsh John Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite John Benn Walsh, 1st Baron Ormathwaite , known as Sir John Walsh, Bt, between 1825 and 1868, was a British politician.-Early life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1840					George Tomline	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1841		Frederick Villiers Meynell Frederick Villiers Meynell Frederick Villiers Meynell , known as Frederick Villiers during his political career, was a British Whig politician....	Whig		David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre , also known as D. O. Dyce Sombre and David Dyce Sombre, was an Anglo-Indian held to be the first person of Asian descent to be elected to the British Parliament...	Whig
29 July 1844	Constituency disfranchised for corruption and incorporated into Western Suffolk West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:- Notes and references :...

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Sir William Quilter Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Baronet was an English stock broker, art collector and Liberal/Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906.... , Bt.	Liberal Unionist
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	William Charles Heaton-Armstrong	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1910 (January)	Sir Cuthbert Quilter Sir Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet Sir Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician.Quilter was the son of the Liberal politician Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet ....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Stephen Goodwin Howard Stephen Goodwin Howard Stephen Goodwin Howard CBE was a British Liberal politician.-Family:Howard was the son of Stephen Howard of Kirtling in Cambridgeshire. His family home was at The Moat, Upend. In 1895 he married Mary Maude Hailey. They a son and two daughters. Their son Stephen Gerald Howard QC was Conservative...	Coalition Liberal
	1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Herbert Mercer	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...	John Frederick Loverseed John Frederick Loverseed John Frederick Loverseed was a British Liberal politician.-Family and Education:Loverseed was the son of a Nottinghamshire builder and contractor. He was educated at Southwell Grammar School and Gosberton Hall. In 1910 he married Katherine Thurman of Grantham, Lincolnshire. They had one son...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Henry Walter Burton	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Roland Hamilton Roland Hamilton Roland Hamilton was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the Sudbury in Suffolk, which had been held by the Conservative Henry Burton since the 1924 election.The Sudbury constituency was...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...		constituency abolished

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