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Eastern
76,243 electors
Active Seat

West Suffolk

Current MP
Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
64.0%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Nick Timothy Hold
Majority 3,247
Turnout 59.8% ↓4.3pp
Total Votes 46,161
Winner Swing ↓31.5pp
✓ Nick Timothy
Conservative
15,814 34.3%
↓30.1pp
Rebecca Denness
Labour
12,567 27.2%
↑5.1pp
David Bull
Reform UK
9,623 20.9%
—
Henry Batchelor
Liberal Democrats
4,284 9.3%
↑0.2pp
Mark Ereira
Green Party
2,910 6.3%
↑1.9pp
Katie Parker
—
485 1.1%
—
Luke O'Brien
—
345 0.8%
—
Ivan Kinsman
Social Democratic Party
133 0.3%
—
Conservative Matthew Hancock Hold
Majority 23,194
Turnout 64.1% ↓2.8pp
Total Votes 51,437
Winner Swing ↑4.6pp
✓ Matthew Hancock
Conservative
33,842 65.8%
↑4.6pp
Claire Unwin
Labour
10,648 20.7%
↓7.5pp
Elfreda Tealby-Watson
Liberal Democrats
4,685 9.1%
↑4.9pp
Donald Allwright
Green Party
2,262 4.4%
↑2.6pp
Conservative Matt Hancock Hold
Majority 17,063
Turnout 66.9% ↑2.3pp
Total Votes 51,746
Winner Swing ↑9.0pp
✓ Matt Hancock
Conservative
31,649 61.2%
↑9.0pp
Michael Jefferys
Labour
14,586 28.2%
↑10.7pp
Julian Flood
—
2,396 4.6%
↓17.1pp
Elfreda Tealby-Watson
Liberal Democrats
2,180 4.2%
↓0.8pp
Donald Allwright
Green Party
935 1.8%
↓1.8pp
Conservative Matthew Hancock Hold
Majority 14,984
Turnout 64.6% ↓0.0pp
Total Votes 49,232
Winner Swing ↑1.6pp
✓ Matthew Hancock
Conservative
25,684 52.2%
↑1.6pp
Julian Flood
—
10,700 21.7%
↑15.3pp
Michael Jefferys
Labour
8,604 17.5%
↑2.7pp
Elfreda Tealby - Watson
Liberal Democrats
2,465 5.0%
↓18.4pp
Niall Pettitt
Green Party
1,779 3.6%
—
Conservative Matthew Hancock Hold
Majority 13,050
Turnout 64.7%
Total Votes 48,089
✓ Matthew Hancock
Conservative
24,312 50.6%
↑1.7pp
Belinda Brooks-Gordon
Liberal Democrats
11,262 23.4%
↑6.2pp
Abul Ahmed
Labour
7,089 14.7%
↓14.2pp
Ian Smith
—
3,085 6.4%
↑1.5pp
Ramon Johns
—
1,428 3.0%
—
Andrew Appleby
—
540 1.1%
—
Colin Young
—
373 0.8%
—

Turnout Trend

64.7%
'10
64.6%
'15
66.9%
'17
64.1%
'19
59.8%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
21.1%
65 and over
19.4% ▲2.5pp
35 to 49
18.9%
50 to 64
18.8%
25 to 34
14.4%
18 to 24
7.4%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
90.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.0%
Asian or Asian British
2.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
2.0%
Other
1.5%
📊 Age
18 to 29
21.8%
Under 18
21.1%
65 and over
19.4%
30 to 44
18.9%
45 to 64
18.8%
⛪ Religion
Christian
48.2%
No religion
42.6%
Not answered
6.4%
Muslim
1.3%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.4%
Hindu
0.4%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
93.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.1%
Asian or Asian British
1.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.7%
Other ethnic group
0.6%
📊 Age
45 to 64
25.0%
Under 18
21.3%
30 to 44
20.5%
65 and over
16.9%
18 to 29
16.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
62.9%
No religion
28.0%
Religion not stated
7.4%
Muslim
0.6%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Matt Hancock Conservative 2010-05-06 2024-05-30