Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)

Bury St Edmunds
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
Location of Suffolk within England.
County	Suffolk
Population	113,678 (2011 census)
Electorate	85,933 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Jo Churchill (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1614–1918
Number of members	1614–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Bury St Edmunds is a constituency in Suffolk centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds that elects a Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The has elected Conservative Party candidates at the general elections and two by-elections since the Liberal Party victory of 1880, though the Labour Party candidate came 368 votes, and less than 1% short of winning it in 1997, albeit during Tony Blair's famous landslide.

In terms of election expenses and type of returning officer it has been a county constituency since 1918, before which it was a borough constituency that was created in 1614, returning two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and from 1800 to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Its representation was reduced to one seat under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885; it was extended and its type was switched under the Representation of the People Act 1918.

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Bury St Edmunds, the Urban District of Newmarket, the Rural Districts of Brandon, Mildenhall, and Thedwastre, and parts of the Rural Districts of Moulton and Thingoe.

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Bury St Edmunds, the Urban Districts of Haverhill and Newmarket, and the Rural Districts of Clare, Mildenhall, Thedwastre, and Thingoe.