|
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|
Waveney
|
|
gain
from Conservative
|
|
David Porter
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
19,393 (34.3%)
|
|
31,846 (56.3%)
|
|
5,054 ( 8.9%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
318 ( 0.6%)
|
|
|
|
75,266
|
|
56,611 (75.2%)
|
|
David Porter
|
|
Waveney
|
|
4,376 ( 7.3%)
|
|
28,352 (47.0%)
|
|
23,976 (39.7%)
|
|
7,728 (12.8%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
265 ( 0.4%)
|
|
|
Conservative
|
|
74,320
|
|
60,321 (81.2%)
|
|
|
-12.7%
|
|
+16.5%
|
|
-3.9%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+0.1%
|
|
+1.3%
|
|
-5.9%
|
|
|
|
|
The Suffolk constituency of Waveney is based heavily on the seaside town and port of Lowestoft. Rather like its neighbour over the Norfolk border, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft harbours many Labour local councillors among the gritty working-class wards behind the front. In 1992 David Porter held the seat for the Tories with a majority of 6,700, but in boundary changes the small town of Halesworth and the elegant resort of Southwold have been removed to Suffolk Coastal.
This will make Labour's task of winning Waveney - Lowestoft for the first time since 1955 rather easier. They now need a swing of under 4 per cent to seize this most easterly of all English constituencies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,816
|
4.13
|
9.03
|
46
|
|
|
6,353
|
14.45
|
11.17
|
129
|
|
|
2,809
|
6.39
|
11.25
|
57
|
|
|
3,720
|
8.46
|
14.70
|
58
|
|
|
980
|
2.23
|
10.45
|
21
|
|
|
1,712
|
3.89
|
2.81
|
138
|
|
|
6,646
|
15.11
|
8.01
|
189
|
|
|
14,178
|
32.24
|
15.25
|
211
|
|
|
4,051
|
9.21
|
7.13
|
129
|
|
|
1,505
|
3.42
|
10.17
|
34
|
|
|
