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| Established | June 09, 1983 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH September 13, 2021 03:47pm |
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Suffolk South is typical rural England. The largest town, Sudbury, and the neighbouring Great Cornard are home to council estates, which were built after World War II to house the overspill from London, and these wards are Labour controlled at local government level. Sudbury is the industrial centre of the area, including the traditional weaving and textile industry, large engineering facilities such as Delphi Automotive Systems and industrial estates which are home to companies such as British Sugar. The town of Hadleigh also has its share of industrial activity, albeit on a smaller scale than Sudbury, which include its Lady Lane Industrial Estate. The countryside along the river Stour near East and West Bergholt is commonly known as "Constable country". The towns of Lavenham and Long Melford used to be wool towns, and both have large churches which have been used as sites for film sets. There are also lots of little attractive villages, which display the thatched roofs and colour washed walls characteristic of the Suffolk area. Sudbury is also the birthplace of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. This is seen as technically the safest of the Conservative seats in Suffolk, held by Tory frontbencher Tim Yeo.
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