| Waveney Valley | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundaries since 2024
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Boundary of Waveney Valley in the East of England
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| County | Norfolk and Suffolk |
| Electorate | 70,540 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bungay, Diss, Eye, Halesworth, Harleston |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Adrian Ramsay (Green) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Waveney; Central Suffolk and North Ipswich; Bury St. Edmunds; Suffolk Coastal & South Norfolk |
Waveney Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, created following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[2] Since its first election in 2024, it has been represented by Adrian Ramsay of the Green Party and is the first Green seat in the East of England.
The constituency straddles the River Waveney between Norfolk and Suffolk and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It covers the following areas:
The seat was created from parts of five pre-2024 constituencies:
| Pre-2024 constituency | Pre-2024 party | %age area of new constituency | %age population of new constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Norfolk | Conservative | 30.9% | 41.1% | |
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Conservative | 30.8% | 20.5% | |
| Bury St Edmunds | Conservative | 18.6% | 19.6% | |
| Waveney | Conservative | 14.0% | 9.9% | |
| Suffolk Coastal | Conservative | 5.7% | 9.8% | |
Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit.[5] The notional 2019 result was Conservative.[6]
The seat was a target seat, in the 2024 general election, for the Green Party[7] who won half of the council wards in the seat in the 2023 local elections.
East Suffolk, Central Suffolk & North Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Adrian Ramsay | Green | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Adrian Ramsay | 20,467 | 41.7 | +32.4 | |
| Conservative | Richard Rout | 14,874 | 30.3 | −31.9 | |
| Reform UK | Scott Huggins | 7,749 | 15.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Gurpreet Padda | 4,621 | 9.4 | −9.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Shreeve | 1,214 | 2.5 | −6.7 | |
| SDP | Maya Severyn | 118 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,593 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 49,043 | 68.5 | –4.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,629 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | +32.2 | |||
| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 31,898 | 62.2 | |
| Labour | 9,534 | 18.6 | |
| Green | 4,775 | 9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,696 | 9.2 | |
| Others | 377 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | 51,280 | 72.7 | |
| Electorate | 70,540 | ||
| Dates
conducted |
Pollster | Client | Area | Sample
size |
Con | Lab | Lib Dems | Green | Reform | Would not vote | Don't know | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th Jun | We Think[10] | Green Party | Consituency | 500 | 15% | 11% | 4% | 23% | 10% | 2% | 34% | 8 |
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