Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)

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Suffolk Coastal (sometimes known as Coastal Suffolk) is a parliamentary constituency in the county of Suffolk, England,[n 1] which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).

Constituency profile

The constituency is in the far East of England, and borders the North Sea. The main town is Felixstowe, which is a commercial port for imports and exports. The ONS considers Woodbridge to form part of the extended Ipswich Built-up Area.[1] The seat includes the seaside destinations of Aldeburgh and Southwold.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]

History

This East Anglian constituency was created for the 1983 general election from eastern parts of the abolished county constituencies of Eye, and Sudbury and Woodbridge, including the towns of Felixstowe and Woodbridge. Its initial boundaries were coterminous with the recently created District of Suffolk Coastal.

The current constituency area includes three former borough constituencies which sent their own MPs to Parliament until abolished as 'rotten boroughs' by the Reform Act 1832 – Aldeburgh, Dunwich and Orford.

The seat was held from its creation until the 2010 election by the Conservative John Gummer who had previously represented the former seat of Eye from 1979. He was the Secretary of State for the Environment for four years during the second Major ministry and before that was for four years the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He stood down in 2010 and was elevated to the House of Lords as Lord Deben.

The MP between 2010 and 2024 was Conservative Thérèse Coffey,[3] who served in the Sunak ministry as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She also previously served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions between 2019 and 2022,[4][5] and as the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care[6] during the short-lived Truss ministry from September to October 2022.[7]

However, the Conservatives would lose the seat in the 2024 general election, with Labour's Jenny Riddell-Carpenter being voted in as the MP, with a majority of just over 1,000.[8]

Boundaries and boundary changes

1983–1997

  • The District of Suffolk Coastal.[9]

1997–2010

  • The District of Suffolk Coastal wards of Aldeburgh, Alderton and Sutton, Bramfield and Cratfield, Buxlow, Felixstowe Central, Felixstowe East, Felixstowe North, Felixstowe South, Felixstowe South East, Felixstowe West, Hollesley, Kelsale, Kirton, Leiston, Martlesham, Melton, Nacton, Orford, Saxmundham, Snape, Trimleys, Tunstall, Ufford, Walberswick, Westleton, Woodbridge Centre, Woodbridge Farlingaye, Woodbridge Kyson, Woodbridge Riverside, Woodbridge Seckford, and Yoxford; and
  • The District of Waveney wards of Blything, Halesworth, and Southwold.[10]

Westernmost areas included in the new constituency of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. Extended northwards to include three wards from the District of Waveney, transferred from the constituency of Waveney.Template:Maplink

2010–2024

  • The District of Suffolk Coastal wards of 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; and
  • The District of Waveney wards of Blything, Halesworth, Southwold and Reydon, and Wrentham.[11]

Marginal changes due to revision of local authority wards.

NB on 1 April 2019, the District of Suffolk Coastal was abolished and absorbed into the newly established District of East Suffolk.[12]

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The District of East Suffolk wards of: Aldeburgh & Leiston; Deben; Eastern Felixstowe; Kelsale & Yoxford; Martlesham & Purdis Farm; Melton; Orwell & Villages; Rendlesham & Orford; Saxmundham; Southwold; Western Felixstowe; Woodbridge; Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton.[13]

Largely unchanged, except the inclusion of Halesworth in the newly created constituency of Waveney Valley.

Members of Parliament

Sudbury & Woodbridge and Eye prior to 1983

Election Member[14] Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1983 John Gummer Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2010 Thérèse Coffey Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2024 Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Labour

Elections

File:Suf Cst Election Results.png
Election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Suffolk Coastal
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Template:Replace 31.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thérèse Coffey 14,602 29.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Matthew Jackson 7,850 15.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Julia Ewart 6,947 14.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Julian Cusack 4,380 8.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,070 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 49,451 66.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 74,522 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing +18.7

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Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[15]
Party Vote %
Conservative 29,558 56.4
Labour 11,203 21.4
Liberal Democrats 7,921 15.1
Green 2,308 4.4
Others 1,375 2.6
Turnout 53,365 72.1
Electorate 72,663
General election 2019: Suffolk Coastal[16]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thérèse Coffey Template:Replace 56.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cameron Matthews 12,425 21.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Julia Ewart 8,719 15.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rachel Smith-Lyte 2,713 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tony Love 1,493 2.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 20,533 35.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,308 71.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +3.9

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Tony Love was originally standing as the Brexit Party candidate for this constituency.[17]

General election 2017: Suffolk Coastal[18]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thérèse Coffey Template:Replace 58.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Cameron Matthews 17,701 30.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Sandbach 4,048 7.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Eamonn O'Nolan 1,802 3.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philip Young 810 1.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 16,012 27.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,074 73.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing -3.2

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General election 2015: Suffolk Coastal[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thérèse Coffey Template:Replace 51.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Russell Whiting 10,013 18.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Daryll Pitcher 8,655 15.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Sandbach 4,777 8.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rachel Smith-Lyte 3,294 5.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 18,842 33.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,594 70.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.8

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General election 2010: Suffolk Coastal[21]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thérèse Coffey Template:Replace 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Daisy Cooper 16,347 29.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Adam Leeder 8,812 16.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen Bush 3,156 5.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rachel Fulcher 1,103 2.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,128 16.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 54,893 71.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.9

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Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Suffolk Coastal[22]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Gummer Template:Replace 44.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Rowe 13,730 26.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Young 11,637 22.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard Curtis 2,020 3.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Paul Whitlow 1,755 3.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,685 18.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 52,557 67.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +5.0

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General election 2001: Suffolk Coastal[23]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Gummer Template:Replace 43.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nigel Gardner 17,521 34.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tony Schur 9,192 18.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael Burn 1,847 3.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 4,326 8.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 50,407 65.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.4

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Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Suffolk Coastal[24]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Gummer Template:Replace 38.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mark Campbell 18,442 32.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexandra Jones 12,036 21.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Stephen Caulfield 3,416 6.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony Slade 514 0.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Felicity Kaplan 152 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 3,254 5.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 56,256 75.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −12.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1992: Suffolk Coastal[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Gummer Template:Replace 53.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Monk 15,395 23.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Terence Hodgson 13,508 20.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Anthony Slade 943 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Felicity Kaplan 232 0.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 19,285 29.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 64,758 81.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing +1.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Suffolk Coastal[27]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Gummer Template:Replace 55.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Joan Miller 17,554 29.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Susan Reeves 7,534 12.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Holloway 1,049 1.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 15,280 25.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,971 77.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1983: Suffolk Coastal[28]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Gummer Template:Replace 58.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Houseley 15,618 29.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Denis Ballantyne 6,780 12.6
Majority 15,622 29.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 53,638 75.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

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See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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References

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  2. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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External links

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