# Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Waveney Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, created following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. Since its first election in 2024, it has been represented by Adrian Ramsay of the Green Party and is the first Green seat in the East of England.

## Boundaries

The constituency straddles the River Waveney between Norfolk and Suffolk and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
* The District of East Suffolk wards of: Bungay & Wainford; Halesworth & Blything.
* The District of Mid Suffolk wards of: Bacton; Eye; Fressingfield; Gislingham; Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden; Hoxne & Worlingworth; Mendlesham; Palgrave; Rickinghall; Stradbroke & Laxfield; Walsham-le-Willows.
* The District of South Norfolk wards of: Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole; Bressingham & Burston; Bunwell; Diss & Roydon; Ditchingham & Earsham; Harleston.
It covers the following areas:
* Areas to the north of the river, including Diss and Harleston, transferred from South Norfolk
* Bungay, transferred from Waveney (renamed Lowestoft)
* Halesworth, transferred from Suffolk Coastal
* Rural areas of north Suffolk, including Eye, transferred from Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, and Bury St Edmunds (renamed Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket)
The seat was created from parts of five pre-2024 constituencies:
Contributions of pre-2024 constituencies to Waveney Valley constituency :
| Pre-2024 constituency | Pre-2024 party | %age area of new constituency | %age population of new constituency |
| South Norfolk | Conservative | 30.9% | 41.1% |
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Conservative | 30.8% | 20.5% |
| Bury St Edmunds | Conservative | 18.6% | 19.6% |
| Waveney | Conservative | 14.0% | 9.9% |
| Suffolk Coastal | Conservative | 5.7% | 9.8% |
The notional 2019 result as predicted by British academics Rallings and Thrasher for the revised constituency was calculated to be a Conservative victory.

## Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit.
The seat was a target seat, in the 2024 general election, for the Green Party who won half of the council wards in the seat in the 2023 local elections.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2024 | Adrian Ramsay | Green |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Waveney Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Adrian Ramsay | 20,467 | 41.7 | +32.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Rout | 14,874 | 30.3 | −31.9 |
| | Reform UK | Scott Huggins | 7,749 | 15.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Gurpreet Padda | 4,621 | 9.4 | −9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Shreeve | 1,214 | 2.5 | −6.7 |
| | SDP | Maya Severyn | 118 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,593 | 11.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,043 | 68.5 | |
| | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) |

### Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result :
| Party | Party | Vote | % |
| | Conservative | 31,898 | 62.2 |
| | Labour | 9,534 | 18.6 |
| | Green | 4,775 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 4,696 | 9.2 |
| | Others | 377 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 51,280 | 72.7 |
| Electorate | Electorate | 70,540 |

## Constituency level polling

| Dates conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | Con. | Lab. | Lib. Dems | Green | Ref. | Others | Lead |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 2024 general election | 2024 general election | – | 30.3% | 9.4% | 2.5% | 41.7% | 15.8% | 0.2% | 11.4 |
| 6–14 Jun 2024 | We Think | The Green Party | 500 | 24% | 17% | 7% | 37% | 16% | – | 13 |