The constituency straddles the
River Waveney between
Norfolk and
Suffolk and is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020): • The District of East Suffolk wards of: Bungay & Wainford; Halesworth & Blything. • The District of Mid Suffolk wards of: Bacton; Eye; Fressingfield; Gislingham; Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden; Hoxne & Worlingworth; Mendlesham; Palgrave; Rickinghall; Stradbroke & Laxfield; Walsham-le-Willows. • The District of South Norfolk wards of: Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole; Bressingham & Burston; Bunwell; Diss & Roydon; Ditchingham & Earsham; Harleston. It covers the following areas: • Areas to the north of the river, including
Diss and
Harleston, transferred from
South Norfolk •
Bungay, transferred from
Waveney (renamed
Lowestoft) •
Halesworth, transferred from
Suffolk Coastal • Rural areas of north Suffolk, including
Eye, transferred from
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, and
Bury St Edmunds (renamed
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) The seat was created from parts of five pre-2024 constituencies: The
notional 2019 result as predicted by British academics
Rallings and
Thrasher for the revised constituency was calculated to be a Conservative victory. ==Constituency profile==