Two Parliamentary constituencies cover the Suffolk Coastal
district - the Suffolk Coastal and Central Suffolk and North
Ipswich constituencies.
A UK parliamentary General Election was held on 6 May 2010 with
five candidates contesting the Suffolk Coastal seat and seven for
the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich seat.
Suffolk Coastal constituency result
Therese Coffey was declared the new Conservative MP for the
Suffolk Coastal constituency at 2.48am on Friday, 7 May. Her
majority was 9,128 and the turn-out was 71.6%.
- Stephen Bush (UKIP) 3,156 (5.7%)
- Therese Coffey (Conservative) 25,475
(46.3%)
- Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat) 16,347 (29.7%)
- Rachel Fulcher (Green Party) 1,103 (2%)
- Adam Leeder (Labour) 8,812 (16%)
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Declaration of poll result (new window PDF
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Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency result
Daniel Poulter was declared the new Conservative MP for the
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency. His majority was
13,786 and the turn-out was 70.4%. The Central Suffolk & North
Ipswich results are as follows:
Results and analysis for both the Suffolk Coastal and
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituencies are published on
the BBC's Election 2010 website:
Suffolk Coastal's Returning Officer was responsible for
administering the election for the Suffolk Coastal constituency.
Mid Suffolk District Council's Returning Officer was responsible
for administering the election for the
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency
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Who were the candidates?
The candidates for the Suffolk Coastal and Central Suffolk and
North Ipswich constituencies are listed in the statement of
candidates below. For the first time in parliamentary elections
candidates were not required to show their home address, but could
just show the constituency in which they live.
Election notices