Following extensive representation to the PBC, by members attending and speaking at the public hearings across the region, the initial proposal to split CS&NI 60/40 was discarded. Instead, the constituency will remain largely the same and with the same name. Wickham Market ward will not longer be split. All, including Campsie Ashe, Pettistree, Farnham St Andrew and Ufford parishes will now be included in CS&NI.
Needham Market will now also be included which combines well Debenham which is well connected here. We lose the Mid Suffolk Wards of Eye, Fressingfield, Hoxne & Worlingworth, Mendlesham, Palgrave, Rickinghall and Stradbrook & Laxfield.
The former Waveney constituency is now renamed Lowestoft and is largely unchanged. As is Suffolk Coastal which name remains the same.
The new constituency is Waveney Valley and is cross border with Norfolk.
Our letter to the Boundary Commission, thanking them for listening to and making revisions to address our concerns is attached.