Boundaries
The constituency includes the town of Newmarket, famous for being the world headquarters of horse-racing, as well as the towns of Haverhill and Mildenhall. It contains the whole of Forest Heath district and part of St Edmundsbury borough.
The seat was represented from 1997 to 2010 by the Conservative Richard Spring, previously MP for the Bury St Edmunds seat, who announced on his blog on 23 November 2009 that he would not be contesting the West Suffolk constituency at the 2010 General Election. It was won in 2010 by Matthew Hancock, who increased the Conservative vote.
Read more about this topic: West Suffolk (UK Parliament Constituency)
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