Constituency Profile
The seat includes the town centre and docks of Ipswich, with its mix of historic buildings and new developments. Ipswich is a bustling town that serves as a centre for the rest of Suffolk which is predominantly rural and remote, and is the only serious concentration of Labour voters in the county, other than in Lowestoft.
Portman Road Football Ground to the West of the centre, and the new University to the East are both in the seat, as is the vast Chantry council estate to the South.
Ipswich's Tory-inclining suburbs extend beyond the seat's boundaries – the northernmost wards are in the Suffolk Central division, and several strong Conservative areas are just outside the borough's tightly-drawn limits, making Ipswich a favourable seat for Labour.
For many years a small red island in a sea of blue, Ipswich was lost by Labour in the 2010 election. However, Labour could well regain the seat at the next general election.
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