West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Suffolk County constituency
West Suffolk shown within Suffolk, and Suffolk shown within England
Created:	1832, 1997
MP:	Richard Spring
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Suffolk
EP constituency:	East of England

West Suffolk is a parliamentary 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency includes the towns of Newmarket, famous for being the world headquarters of horse-racing, as well as the towns of Haverhill and Mildenhall. It overlaps with Forest Heath district and the southern part of St Edmundsbury borough.

[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 district of Forest Heath
• The St Edmundsbury ward of Bardwell, Barningham, Barrow, Chedburgh, Haverhill East, Haverhill North, Haverhill South, Haverhill West, Hundon, Ixworth, Kedington, Risby, Stanton, Wickhambrook, and Withersfield.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 – "present": Richard Spring, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: West Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Spring	21,682	49.0	+1.4
	Labour	Michael Jeffreys	12,773	28.9	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Graves	7,573	17.1	+5.3
	UK Independence	Ian Smith	2,177	4.9	+1.8
Majority			8,909	20.2
Turnout			44,205	60.7	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

General Election 2001: West Suffolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Spring	20,201	47.6	+6.7
	Labour	Michael Jefferys	15,906	37.5	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Martlew	5,017	11.8	-2.2
	UK Independence	Will Burrows	1,321	3.1	N/A
Majority			4,295	10.1
Turnout			42,445	60.5	-11.0
	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)