Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Suffolk Coastal County constituency
Suffolk Coastal shown within Suffolk, and Suffolk shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	John Gummer
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Suffolk
EP constituency:	East of England

Suffolk Coastal is a county 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

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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:

• Aldeburgh, Farlingaye, Felixstowe East, Felixstowe North, Felixstowe South, Felixstowe South East, Felixstowe West, Hollesley with Eyke, Kyson, Leiston, Martlesham, Melton and Ufford, Nacton, Orford and Tunstall, Peasenhall, Rendlesham, Riverside, Saxmundham, Seckford, Snape, Sutton, Trimleys with Kirton, Walberswick and Wenhaston, and Yoxford from the district of Suffolk Coastal

• Blything, Halesworth, Southwold and Reydon, and Wrentham from the district of Waveney.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – "present": John Gummer, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Suffolk Coastal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gummer	23,415	44.6	+1.3
	Labour	David Rowe	13,730	26.1	−8.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Young	11,637	22.1	+3.9
	UK Independence	Richard Curtis	2,020	3.8	+0.1
	Green	Paul Whitlow	1,755	3.3	N/A
Majority			9,685	18.4
Turnout			52,557	67.9	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

General Election 2001: Suffolk Coastal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gummer	21,847	43.3	+4.8
	Labour	Nigel Gardner	17,521	34.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Schur	9,192	18.2	-3.2
	UK Independence	Michael Burn	1,847	3.7	N/A
Majority			4,326	8.5
Turnout			50,407	65.6	-10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

1997 Election Result Con 21696 Lab 18442 LD 12036 REF 3416 Green 514 N-Law 152

[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)