Suffolk and South West Norfolk | |
Map: | Europarl logo.svg |
Mapcaption: | European Parliament logo |
Created: | 1994 |
Dissolved: | 1999 |
Meps: | 1 |
Memberstate: | United Kingdom |
Memberstatelink2: | the United Kingdom |
Sources: | http://www.election.demon.co.uk/ |
Suffolk and South West Norfolk was a constituency of the European Parliament located in the United Kingdom, electing one Member of the European Parliament by the first-past-the-post electoral system. Created in 1994 from parts of Suffolk and Norfolk, it was abolished in 1999 on the adoption of proportional representation for European elections in the United Kingdom. It was succeeded by the East of England region.
It consisted of the parliamentary constituencies of Bury St Edmunds, Central Suffolk, Ipswich, South West Norfolk, Suffolk Coastal and Waveney.[1] South West Norfolk had previously been part of the Norfolk constituency.
The entire area became part of the East of England constituency in 1999.
Election | Member | Party | ||
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part of Suffolk and Norfolk prior to 1994 | ||||
1994 | David Thomas | Labour | ||
constituency abolished, part of East of England from 1999 |