Peninsula Division is an

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Babergh District Babergh District (pronounced , ) is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Suffolk, England. In 2021 it had a population of 92,300. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just two towns, Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury an ...

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

which returns a single

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Geography

It covers the

Shotley Peninsula The Shotley Peninsula is a rural area east of the A137 Ipswich-Colchester road located between the rivers River Stour, Suffolk, Stour and River Orwell, Orwell in Suffolk, England. The peninsula is named after the settlements of Shotley and Sh ...

, comprising the entirety of the Brantham, Ganges and Stour Wards plus parts of Orwell Ward.

History

After being held by the Lib Dems for most of its existence (including by group leader David Wood), it was won by the Greens after the Lib Dems did not contest the seat in

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Boundaries and boundary changes

1985–2005

*Babergh District Wards of Alton, Berners, Holbrook and Shotley.

2005–present

* Babergh District Wards of Alton, Berners and Holbrook.

Members for Peninsula

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peninsula Division, Suffolk Babergh District Electoral Divisions of Suffolk