Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency)
| Stowmarket | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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| County | Suffolk |
| Major settlements | Stowmarket |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Bury St Edmunds |
| Created from | East Suffolk and West Suffolk |
Stowmarket was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
The Municipal Borough of Bury St Edmunds, the Sessional Divisions of Blackbourn, Lackford, and Stowmarket, parts of the Sessional Divisions of Newmarket, Thedwestry, and Thingoe, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Thetford in the county of Suffolk.
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Coordinates: 52°11′N 0°59′E / 52.19°N 0.99°E
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