Boundaries
The seat is based on the busy coastal town of Lowestoft, which today is generally Labour-voting, because of its recent history as a declining seaside resort, fishing and industrial town. However, the constituency also takes in the small towns of Beccles and Bungay and the smaller inland rural villages supporting the Tories. It was held by Labour from their landslide win in 1997 until the 2010 General Election, when it returned to Tory control with a small majority. It had been held for many years by the high profile Conservative cabinet minister James Prior, a famous 'wet' in the early years of Margaret Thatcher's government.
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