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Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Woodbridge
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Suffolk
Major settlements Woodbridge
18851950
Number of members One
Replaced by Sudbury & Woodbridge
Created from East Suffolk

Woodbridge was a county constituency centred on the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Sudbury & Woodbridge constituency.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Woodbridge, the Sessional Divisions of Bosmere and Claydon, Samford, and Woodbridge, and the Corporate Town of Aldeburgh.

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Aldeburgh, the Urban Districts of Felixstowe and Woodbridge, the Rural Districts of Bosrnere and Claydon, Samford, and Woodbridge, and part of the Rural District of Plomesgate.

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;

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;


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