South Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Suffolk County constituency

South Suffolk shown within Suffolk, and Suffolk shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Tim Yeo
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Suffolk
EP constituency:	East of England

South Suffolk 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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[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:

The entire district of Babergh, and
The Cavendish and Clare wards from the district of St Edmundsbury.

[edit] History

South Suffolk is one of seven constituencies in the county of Suffolk and was created by boundary changes during the early 1980s. It has been a constituency in the general election since 1983. In every election the Conservative candidate, Tim Yeo, has been elected or re-elected. Prior to 1983, at least some of the constituency was represented as Sudbury and Woodbridge. Between 1559 and 1844 the constituency of Sudbury represented at least some of the area, but this constituency was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844.

In 2003 it was proposed by the Boundary Commission for England that the parishes of Clare and Cavendish be moved from South Suffolk into West Suffolk and South Suffolk be renamed Babergh, as the Parliamentary constituency would then concord with the district boundary. However, a general review of borders within Suffolk by Fenners Chambers, Cambridge rejected these change on the basis of the close ties between Clare and Cavendish with Sudbury, the most populous town in the constituency.[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Tim Yeo, Conservative (1983 - present)

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: South Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Yeo	20,471	42.0	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Pollard	13,865	28.5	+3.6
	Labour	Kevin Craig	11,917	24.5	-5.7
	UK Independence	James Carver	2,454	5.0	+1.5
Majority			6,606	13.6	+2.4
Turnout			48,707	71.8	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.7

General Election 2001: South Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Yeo	18,748	41.4	+4.1
	Labour	Marc Young	13,667	30.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tessa Munt	11,296	24.9	-2.8
	UK Independence	Derek Allen	1,582	3.5	N/A
Majority			5,081	11.2	3.2
Turnout			45,293	66.2	-11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 1997: South Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Yeo	19,402	37.3	-12.9
	Labour	P Bishop	15,227	29.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Pollard	14,395	27.7	+2.5
	Referendum Party	S de Chair	2,740	3.5	N/A
	Natural Law	A Holland	211	0.4	-0.2
Majority			4,175	8.0	-25.0
Turnout			51,976	77.2	-4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.1

General Election 1992: South Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Yeo	34,793	50.2	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Pollard	17,504	25.2	-2.7
	Labour	Stephen Hesford	16,623	24.0	+5.3
	Natural Law	James Carver	420	0.6	+0.6
Majority			17,289	25.0	-0.5
Turnout			69,340	81.7	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.3

General Election 1987: South Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Yeo	33,972	53.4	+2.8
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	C. Bradford	17,729	27.9	-3.4
	Labour	A. Bavington	11,876	18.7	-0.6
Majority			16,243	25.5	+6.2
Turnout			81,954	77.6	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

General Election 1983: South Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Yeo	29,469	50.6
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Richard Kemp	18,200	31.3
	Labour	S. Billcliffe	10,516	18.1
Majority			11,269	19.3
Turnout			76,209	76.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

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)