Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)

Suffolk Coastal
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Suffolk Coastal in Suffolk.
Location of Suffolk within England.
County	Suffolk
Electorate	76,932 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Felixstowe
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Therese Coffey (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Sudbury & Woodbridge, and Eye^[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Suffolk Coastal is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Therese Coffey, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

This East Anglian constituency was created in 1983.

This 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. The current MP is the Conservative Therese Coffey.^[3]

Prominent members

Lord Deben (as John Gummer) 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 was the only member for this seat to have achieved the front bench, until Therese Coffey was made Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in May 2015.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The District of Suffolk Coastal.

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, and Woodbridge Seckford and Yoxford, and the District of Waveney wards of Blything, Halesworth, and Southwold.

2010-present: 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.

Suffolk Coastal was created from parts of the earlier Sudbury and Woodbridge and Lowestoft constituencies. The main town of the constituency is Felixstowe. Woodbridge is considered part of the extended Ipswich urban area.

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

Constituency profile

The seat includes the seaside and folk music destination of Aldeburgh, also noted for artwork and the work of Benjamin Britten. Felixstowe is a commercial port for imports and exports. 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.^[4] Since its inception Suffolk Coastal has been a safe seat for the Conservative Party typical of more rural districts of East Anglia. In the 1997 Labour national landslide the Conservative candidate held on by a margin of a few thousand votes.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[5]	Party
	1983	John Gummer	Conservative
	2010	Therese Coffey	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Suffolk Coastal^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Therese Coffey	28,855	51.9	+5.5
	Labour	Russell Whiting	10,013	18.0	+2.0
	UKIP	Daryll Pitcher	8,655	15.6	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	James Sandbach	4,777	8.6	−21.2
	Green	Rachel Smith-Lyte	3,294	5.9	+3.9
Majority			18,842	33.9	+17.3
Turnout			55,594	70.6	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

General Election 2010: Suffolk Coastal^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Therese Coffey	25,475	46.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Daisy Cooper	16,347	29.8	+7.7
	Labour	Adam Leeder	8,812	16.1	−10.1
	UKIP	Stephen Bush	3,156	5.7	+1.9
	Green	Rachel Fulcher	1,103	2.0	−1.3
Majority			9,128	16.6	−1.8
Turnout			54,893	71.2	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Suffolk Coastal^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Gummer	23,415	44.6	+1.3
	Labour	David John Rowe	13,730	26.1	−8.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Andrew Young	11,637	22.1	+3.9
	UKIP	Richard John Curtis	2,020	3.8	+0.1
	Green	Paul Michael Whitlow	1,755	3.3	N/A
Majority			9,685	18.4	+9.9
Turnout			52,557	67.9	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.0

General Election 2001: Suffolk Coastal^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Gummer	21,847	43.3	+4.8
	Labour	Nigel Robert Gardner	17,521	34.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Schur	9,192	18.2	−3.2
	UKIP	Michael Burn	1,847	3.7	N/A
Majority			4,326	8.5	+2.7
Turnout			50,407	65.6	−10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Suffolk Coastal^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Gummer	21,696	38.6	−15.0
	Labour	Mark Campbell	18,442	32.8	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Alexandra Jones	12,036	21.4	−2.4
	Referendum	Stephen Brian Caulfield	3,416	6.1	N/A
	Green	Anthony Charles Slade	514	0.9	−0.6
	Natural Law	Mrs. Felicity Brigid Kaplan	152	0.3	−0.1
Majority			3,254	5.8	−24.0
Turnout			56,256	75.8	−5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.0

General Election 1992: Suffolk Coastal^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Gummer	34,680	53.6	−2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter David Monk	15,395	23.8	−6.0
	Labour	Terence Edward Hodgson	13,508	20.9	+8.1
	Green	Anthony Charles Slade	943	1.5	−0.3
	Natural Law	Mrs. Felicity Brigid Kaplan	232	0.4	N/A
Majority			19,285	29.8	+3.9
Turnout			64,758	81.6	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Suffolk Coastal^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Gummer	32,834	55.7	−2.5
	Social Democratic	Mrs. Joan Margaret Miller	17,554	29.8	+0.7
	Labour	Mrs. Susan Ann Reeves	7,534	12.8	+0.2
	Green	James William Holloway	1,049	1.8	N/A
Majority			15,280	25.9
Turnout			58,971	77.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Suffolk Coastal^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Gummer	31,240	58.2	N/A
	Social Democratic	David Houseley	15,618	29.1	N/A
	Labour	Denis William George Ballantyne	6,780	12.6	N/A
Majority			15,622	29.1	N/A
Turnout			53,638	75.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "'Suffolk Coastal', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ "Therese Coffey". United Kingdom Parliament. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "2015 Election Results". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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Labour (4)	Cambridge Luton North Luton South Norwich South

Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°09′N 1°30′E / 52.15°N 1.50°E / 52.15; 1.50

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