Who is the MP for Suffolk Coastal?

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour) is the MP for Suffolk Coastal. They were first elected in July 2024.

Who won Suffolk Coastal at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Suffolk Coastal was won by Labour with 31.7% of the vote, ahead of Conservative on 29.5%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Suffolk Coastal?

PollCheck's current projection has Reform UK on 35.8% and Conservative on 19.3% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Suffolk Coastal in?

Suffolk Coastal sits within East Suffolk council. Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units, but East Suffolk covers most or all of the Suffolk Coastal area.

What is the demographic profile of Suffolk Coastal?

Suffolk Coastal is in East of England. The seat is Leave-voting (Leave vote estimated at 55.2% in 2016). Around 30.8% of residents have a degree, a median age of 52, and 69.2% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Suffolk Coastal?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Suffolk Coastal, Labour won with 31.7% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Suffolk Coastal in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Suffolk Coastal: 2010 Conservative, 2015 Conservative, 2017 Conservative, 2019 Conservative, 2024 Labour.

Constituency profile

Suffolk Coastal

East of England · County constituency · East Suffolk borough

Sitting MP

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

East of England

County constituency, East Suffolk council

Last 5 GE winners

CCCCL

Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5

EU referendum 2016

55.2% Leave

UK average 51.9%; +3.3pp above mean

Current outlook

Reform UK +16.5pp

Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)

SouthernLeave-leaning

Who lives in Suffolk Coastal? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

55.2%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

30.8%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

17.6%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

69.2%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

30.3%

UK average ~36%

Median age

51.7

UK median ~40

Age 65+

34.5%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

21.3%

UK average ~28%

How did Suffolk Coastal vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 1,070 votes (2.2pp) · turnout 66.4%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Suffolk Coastal

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Suffolk Coastal within East Suffolk

The Westminster constituency of Suffolk Coastal sits entirely within East Suffolk Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - the figures below are from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat
East Suffolk 54 LSOAs	100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Suffolk Coastal at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Suffolk Coastal at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010	Con hold	Therese Coffey	16.1%	46.4%	29.8%	5.7% UKIP	2.0%	-	9,128	71.7%
2015	Con hold	Therese Coffey	18.0%	51.9%	8.6%	15.6% UKIP	5.9%	-	18,842	71.4%
2017	Con hold	Therese Coffey	30.5%	58.1%	7.0%	-	3.1%	1.4%	16,012	73.2%
2019notional	Conservative winner	Thérèse Coffey 2019 MP, pre-review boundary	21.4%	56.4%	15.1%	-	4.4%	2.7%	18,355	72.1%
2024	Lab gain from Con	Jenny Riddell-Carpenter	31.7%	29.5%	14.0%	15.9% Ref	8.9%	-	1,070	66.4%

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Suffolk Coastal

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Suffolk Coastal. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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