The Conservatives are trying to rig Parliamentary boundaries to make it even harder for us to win a seat (and to make it easier for themselves to hold the marginal Norwich North constituency). Now, the LibDems have suddenly started backing their proposals for Suffolk, including the Waveney Valley constituency illustrated.

We really need your help to send a message to the Boundary Commission opposing the boundaries the Conservatives and LibDems are trying to foist on Suffolk and Norfolk. We have a coherent set of alternative proposals for the whole region, but the key thing for now is for as many people as possible to tell the Commission what they don’t like about the Conservative proposals as they affect your local area.

Are you in (or know a lot about places in) Mid/East Suffolk or South Norfolk, or Ipswich?
We could really do with your help by 3 April by sending a message to counter the Conservatives.

Look up your location in the list below for some pointers as to what to say. Then go onto the boundary commission website for the Eastern Region (https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/node/6484) and submit a comment. To see the map properly, click on the 'comments' button top left and uncheck 'Comments received on initial proposals'). They can also be emailed at information@boundarycommissionengland.gov.uk. If you do that, there's no need to fill in this form.

But, if that looks too much, we can do the writing for you. If you sign up by clicking on the "Add Your Name" box on the right hand side of this page, we will get in touch.

List of areas

East Suffolk

Framlingham, emphasising links with Wickham Market, Melton and Woodbridge, emphasising links to East Suffolk more generally and lack of links to Norfolk side of Waveney valley (worth how should be in constit with A12, Saxmundham, Southwold, Leiston, Aldeburgh).

Kelsale and Yoxford, Halesworth and Blything, Bungay and Wainford emphasising lack of links to Norfolk side of Waveney valley, emphasising links to East Suffolk and how should be in constit with A12, Saxmundham, Southwold, Leiston, Aldeburgh

Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew, Carlford and Fynn Valley emphasising links to nearby parts of Ipswich (including hospital), to Martelsham and Purdis Farm, to Trimley and Felixstowe, lack of links to Stowmarket, Needham Market; Whitehouse, Whitton, Westborne, Castle Hill in Ipswich.

Wickham Market, Melton, Woodbridge, Saxmundham, Southwold, Aldeburgh & Leiston, Deben, Rendlesham & Orford, Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton – emphasising links with Framlingham, Kelsale and Yoxford, Halesworth and Blything, Bungay and Wainford

Eastern Felixstowe, Martlesham & Purdis Farm, Orwell & Villages, Western Felixstowe – emphasising links to Ipswich, Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew, how far away and difficult to get to places like Southwold are.

Mid Suffolk

Eye, Debenham, Palgrave, Mendlesham, Gislingham, Ricklinghall, emphasising lack of links to Norfolk side of Waveney valley, links to Mid Suffolk District, Stowmarket, Needham Market, Walsham-le-Willows, Bacton, Haughley, Stowupland and Wetherden, Stonham.

Fressingfield, Stradbroke and Laxfield, Hoxne and Worlingworth emphasising lack of links to Norfolk side of Waveney valley, links with Framlingham, Bungay, Halesworth.

Stowmarket (Chilton, St Peter’s, Combs Ford, Stow Thorney), Needham Market, Onehouse, Battisford and Ringshall, Blakenham, Bramford, Claydon and Barham, Stonham emphasising links to Mid Suffolk District, Eye, Debenham, Palgrave, Mendlesham, Gislingham, Ricklinghall, lack of links to Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew.

Walsham le Willows, Bacton, Thurston, Elmswell and Woolpit, Rattlesden, and Haughley, Stowupland and Wetherden emphasising links to Mid Suffolk District, Mendlesham, Gislingham, Rickinghall, how want to be in a Mid Suffolk constituency centred around Stowmarket.

South Norfolk

Bressingham & Burton, Diss & Roydon, Harleston, Ditchingham and Earsham, and Beck Vale, Dickleburgh and Scole: emphasising you are in Norfolk don’t want to be in a constituency that is mainly in Suffolk, lack of links to places like Framlingham, Debenham, Mendlesham, Kelsale, Yoxford, Halesworth, Stradbroke, Laxfield, Worlingworth, Eye, Gislingham, Rickinghall.

Bunwell, Forncett, Stratton, Hempnall, Newton Flotman, Brooke, Loddon and Chedgrave, Thurlton, Rockland, Mulbarton and Stoke Holy Cross, Hethersett, Cringleford, and Porlingland, Framinghams and Trowse: saying you want Bressingham and Burton, Diss, Harleston, Ditchingham and Earsham, and Beck Vale, Dickleburgh and Scole to be in the same constituency as you, that you oppose South Norfolk being split up into four constituencies.

Ipswich

Whitehouse, Whitton, Castle Hill, emphasising lack of links to Stowmarket, Needham Market, importance of links to central Ipswich.

Priory Heath, Bixley, Rushmere emphasising links to Kesgrave, Martlesham, Felixstowe, Trimley, Rushmere St Andrew (ward in East Suffolk), Purdis Farm, Warren Heath and Murrills Road estate off Felixstowe Road.

St John’s, Gainsborough, Holywells, Alexandra, St Margaret’s, Westgate, Gipping, Sprites, Stoke Park emphasising how Whitehouse, Whitton, Castle Hill are part of Ipswich and deserve to be in the main Ipswich constituency. Emphasising general links between Ipswich (and especially eastern Ipswich, but not so much the part where you are) and Felixstowe, Trimley, Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew (ward in East Suffolk), Purdis Farm, Warren Heath and Murrills Road estate off Felixstowe Road. Comments like 'if there is one other town Ipswich should be linked with it is Felixstowe' are helpful.