Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Waveney Valley
County constituency
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Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
East of England - Waveney Valley constituency.svg
Boundary of Waveney Valley in the East of England
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)
SeatsOne
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.

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Boundaries

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:

Contributions of pre-2024 constituencies to Waveney Valley constituency [4]
Pre-2024 constituencyPre-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%

The notional 2019 result as predicted by British academics Rallings and Thrasher for the revised constituency was calculated to be a Conservative victory. [5] [6]

Constituency profile

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. [7]

The seat was a target seat, in the 2024 general election, for the Green Party [8] who won half of the council wards in the seat in the 2023 local elections.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Adrian Ramsay Green

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Waveney Valley [9] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Adrian Ramsay 20,467 41.7 +32.4
Conservative Richard Rout14,87430.3−31.9
Reform UK Scott Huggins7,74915.8N/A
Labour Gurpreet Padda4,6219.4−9.2
Liberal Democrats John Shreeve1,2142.5−6.7
SDP Maya Severyn1180.2N/A
Majority5,59311.4
Turnout 49,04368.5
Green win (new seat)

Notional 2019 result

Constituency Region Country ChangePartyMajorityTurnoutVotes
Con Lab LD Grn OtherTotal
Waveney Valley EE England115.1 Con 22,36472.731,8989,5344,6964,77537751,280

Constituency level polling

Dates
conducted		PollsterClientSample
size		 Con. Lab. Lib. Dems Green Ref. OthersLead
4 Jul 2024 2024 general election –30.3%9.4%2.5%41.7%15.8%0.2%11.4
6–14 Jun 2024 We Think [10] The Green Party 50024%17%7%37%16%–13


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References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  4. ↑ "Waveney Valley (31 May 2024 - ) - overlaps". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Waveney Valley - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Notional election for the constituency of Waveney Valley on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament election results. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details - Waveney Valley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  8. ↑ Walker, Peter (2023-10-06). "Green party says it plans to focus its effort on four seats at general election". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  9. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll & Situation of Polling Stations - Election of Member of Parliament to serve Waveney Valley constituency". Mid Suffolk District Councils. 2024-06-07.
  10. ↑ Walker, Peter (21 June 2024). "Polling for Greens suggests party could take two rural seats from Tories". The Guardian.

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