Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket is a constituency in the East of England region of England. The seat has been held by Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
1,452
Electorate
78,479
Turnout
64.8%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Peter Prinsley
Labour
16,745 32.9% 12.1%
Will Tanner
Conservative
15,293 30.0% -32.9%
Scott Hussey
Reform UK
8,595 16.9% 16.9%
Emma Buckmaster
Green Party
5,761 11.3% -1.1%
Peter McDonald
Liberal Democrat
3,154 6.2% 5.1%
Jeremy Lee
Independent
819 1.6% 1.6%
Richard Baker-Howard
Rejoin EU
350 0.7% 0.7%
Darren Turner
Communist Party of Britain
176 0.3% 0.3%