Suffolk South is typical rural England, though the largest town, Sudbury, and the neighbouring Great Cornard, are home to large council estates, which were built after the second world war to house the overspill from London.
Sudbury is the industrial centre of the area, including the traditional weaving and textile industry, large engineering facilities such as Delphi Automotive Systems and industrial estates which are home to companies such as British Sugar.
The countryside along the river Stour near East and West Bergholt is commonly known as "Constable country". There are also lots of little attractive villages, which display the thatched roofs and colour washed walls characteristic of the Suffolk area. Sudbury is also the birthplace of the artist Thomas Gainsborough.
The sitting MP Tim Yeo was one of the few "back to basics" Tories to survive the Labour landslide.
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