Boundary Commission proposals for Suffolk: nothing (much) to see...

Well, as expected, the reduction of seats from 650 to 600 nationally makes little difference to Suffolk, with its growing population. Indeed, we actually have better representation than we did before, assuming that these are accepted. Here's a summary...

• Bury St Edmunds - loses the Mid Suffolk wards of Badwell Ash, Gislingham and Rickinghall and Walsham, and the St Edmundsbury ward of Pakenham to West Suffolk
• Central Suffolk and North Ipswich - no change
• Ipswich - no change
• South Suffolk - no change
• Suffolk Coastal - no change
• Waveney - no change
• West Suffolk - gains four wards from Bury St Edmunds (see above), loses Newmarket to the new cross-border constituency of Newmarket and Ely

So, as you can see, very little change, with Ipswich and Waveney remaining pretty marginal, Bury St Edmunds  becoming slightly more attractive to the Liberal Democrats but still fairly safely Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal and West Suffolk remaining safely Conservative and South Suffolk looking like the best chance for the Liberal Democrats.

It also means that there won't be much work to do regarding Local Party boundaries, which can only be a good thing...