West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Western Division of Suffolk.
West Suffolk is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Matt Hancock, originally elected as a Conservative but who sits as an Independent following his suspension in November 2022.[n 2]
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West Suffolk | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Suffolk |
Electorate | 76,158 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Newmarket, Haverhill and Mildenhall |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Matt Hancock (Independent) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bury St Edmunds South Suffolk |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Suffolk |
Replaced by | Bury St Edmunds (also succeeded itself) North-Western or 'Stowmarket' Division South or 'Sudbury' Division |
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Between 1832 and 1885 there had also been a constituency, the Western Division of Suffolk, also known as West Suffolk, although on different boundaries.