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| Established | May 01, 1997 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH April 25, 2021 01:23am |
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This was an old seat with a new name in 1997 which was previously known by various titles - Suffolk Central, South, and Coastal. It is effectively the former Bury St Edmunds seat, minus the town of that name. Suffolk West covers the Forest Heath district towards the north west of the seat, and is home to many armed services personnel - for example the RAF bases in Mildenhall and Lakenheath The home of the Jockey Club, Newmarket is located in the far west of the seat, and it is no surprise that one of the major sources of employment is the race course and the many stud farms located in the area. Newmarket is a Tory power base. The south west of the constituency is mainly rural but contains the town of Haverhill, which doubled in size during the 1950s and 1960s due to the construction of many council estates to cope with the overspill from London. Labour finds some support in the estates of Haverhill, but its strong racing, military and rural demographics combine to make this a formidable base for the Tories.
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