Editing Woodbridge, Suffolk (section)

==Governance== 
[[File:The Shire Hall, Woodbridge Market Hill (geograph 3595539).jpg|thumb|left|[[Shire Hall, Woodbridge|Woodbridge Shire Hall]]]]
Woodbridge lies in the [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]] district of the shire county of Suffolk. It is a [[civil parish]]; the [[town council]], which is based at [[Shire Hall, Woodbridge|Woodbridge Shire Hall]] has a mayor and 16 councillors elected for four wards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WoodbridgeTC/Aboutus/ |title=About Woodbridge Town Council |publisher=Suffolk County Council |access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> The town is currently represented by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Jenny Riddell-Carpenter]] in the [[Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)|Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e56.stm |title=Election 2010: Results:UK>England>Eastern>Suffolk Coastal |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> The county councillor is the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] Caroline Page.

In 1894 Woodbridge became an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]] which became part of the administrative county of [[East Suffolk (county)|East Suffolk]] in 1889, the district contained the parish of Woodbridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10042045|title=Relationships and changes Woodbridge UD through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=18 August 2024}}</ref> On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and became part of [[Suffolk Coastal]] in the [[non-metropolitan county]] of Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/35/made|title=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|publisher=[[legislation.gov.uk]]|accessdate=18 August 2024}}</ref> A [[successor parish]] was formed covering the same area as the former district and its parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1110/made|title=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|publisher=legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=18 August 2024}}</ref> In 2019 Woodbridge became part of East Suffolk district.