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UK Parliament - Bury St Edmunds
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| Office | Parliament |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | April 20, 2010 - 06:00pm |
| Polls Open | May 06, 2010 - 01:00am |
| Polls Close | May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm |
| Term Start | May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modified | Takahe May 07, 2010 11:28pm |
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| Description | BBC Profile:
David Ruffley has held this seat for the Conservatives since 1997, when he secured a majority of just 368 votes. In 2005 he had built this up to just under 10,000.
At the election, boundary changes see the constituency gain the part-ward of Stowupland from Central Suffolk and North Ipswich and lose two part-wards to West Suffolk. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.
Bury St Edmunds encompasses the eponymous town of Bury St Edmunds and a number of rural communities and market towns in northern Suffolk.
The local economy largely revolves around farming and refinement of agricultural produce. The town of Bury St Edmunds has the largest sugar beet factory in the country, run by British Sugar, and is home to the nation's largest malt extract manufacturer. Greene King owns a large brewery in the town.
A number of specialist technology companies have a presence: W Vinten manufactures reconnaissance systems and its sister company makes televisual apparatus, Herga Electric makes fibre-optic sensors, while BT also has its regional office in the area.
Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
C 24,549 (46.35%)
Lab 14,469 (27.32%)
LD 10,461 (19.75%)
UKIP 1,873 (3.54%)
Green 1,607 (3.03%) |
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27,899 (47.51%)