Waveney (UK Parliament constituency)

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Waveney
County constituency

Waveney shown within Suffolk, and Suffolk shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Bob Blizzard
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Suffolk
EP constituency: East of England

Waveney is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The seat is based on the busy coastal town of Lowestoft, which is generally Labour-voting, with the smaller inland rural villages supporting the Tories. It has been Labour since their landslide win in 1997, but was Tory for generations previously; it was held for many years by the high profile Conservative cabinet minister James Prior, a famous 'wet' in the early years of Margaret Thatcher's government.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Suffolk, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended minor alterations to the existing constituency arrangement. The electoral wards used in the creation of this seat are:

  • Beccles North, Beccles South, Bungay, Carlton, Carlton Colville, Gunton and Corton, Harbour, Kessingland, Kirkley, Lothingland, Normanston, Oulton, Oulton Broad, Pakefield, St Margaret’s, The Saints, Wainford, Whitton, and Worlingham from the district of Waveney.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Waveney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Blizzard 22,505 45.3 −5.4
Conservative Peter Aldous 16,590 33.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Nick Bromley 7,497 15.1 +3.7
UK Independence Brian Aylett 1,861 3.7 +1.4
Green Graham Elliott 1,200 2.4 +0.3
Majority 5,915 11.9
Turnout 49,653 64.4 +3.6
Labour hold Swing −3.1


General Election 2001: Waveney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Blizzard 23,914 50.7 -5.3
Conservative Lee Scott 15,361 32.6 -1.9
Liberal Democrats David Young 5,370 11.4 +2.4
UK Independence Bryan Aylett 1,097 2.3 N/A
Green Graham Elliott 983 2.1 N/A
Socialist Alliance Rupert Mallin 442 0.9 N/A
Majority 8,553 18.1
Turnout 47,167 60.8 -13.8
Labour hold Swing

[edit] See also


Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative

Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk

Labour

Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney

Liberal Democrat

Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)