List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
The county of Norfolk is divided into 9 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 7 County constituencies.
Constituencies[]
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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Broadland CC | 78,151 | 21,861 | Jerome Mayhew † | Jess Barnard ‡ | |||
Great Yarmouth CC | 71,957 | 17,663 | Brandon Lewis † | Mike Smith-Clare ‡ | |||
Mid Norfolk CC | 82,203 | 22,594 | George Freeman † | Adrian Heald ‡ | |||
North Norfolk CC | 70,729 | 14,395 | Duncan Baker † | Karen Ward ¤ | |||
North West Norfolk CC | 72,080 | 19,922 | James Wild † | Jo Rust ‡ | |||
Norwich North BC | 67,172 | 4,738 | Chloe Smith † | Karen Davis ‡ | |||
Norwich South BC | 77,845 | 12,760 | Clive Lewis ‡ | Mike Spencer † | |||
South Norfolk CC | 86,214 | 21,275 | Richard Bacon † | Beth Jones ‡ | |||
South West Norfolk CC | 78,455 | 26,195 | Elizabeth Truss † | Emily Blake ‡ |
2010 boundary changes[]
In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Norfolk's representation be increased to 9 MPs, with the creation of the constituency of Broadland, based on the District of Broadland wards which had previously comprised a majority of Mid Norfolk, as well as Drayton and Taversham, transferred back from Norwich North. It also included Fakenham and surrounding areas, transferred once again from North Norfolk. Mid Norfolk now comprised the District of Breckland wards in the previous version of the constituency with additional wards, including Watton and Attleborough, transferred from South West Norfolk. Six District of South Norfolk wards, including Wymondham, were transferred from the constituency of South Norfolk. Cringleford and Colney (but not New Costessey) were transferred back from Norwich South to South Norfolk and a small area in the south-west of the constituency of North West Norfolk was transferred to South West Norfolk.
Former name | Boundaries 1997–2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes[]
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.[3]
The Commission has proposed retaining the current constituencies in Norfolk, with boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range.[4]
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history[]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2019[]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Norfolk in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 268,165 | 57.6% | 4.9% | 8 | 1 |
Labour | 120,780 | 25.9% | 7.5% | 1 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 57,966 | 12.4% | 2.4% | 0 | 1 |
Greens | 11,812 | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 3,395 | 0.7% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 3,840 | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 465,958 | 100.0 | 9 |
Percentage votes[]
Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative1 | 44.2 | 50.4 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 47.8 | 47.7 | 51.4 | 42.7 | 43.3 | 50.9 | 49.7 | 51.0 | 49.2 | 36.7 | 41.6 | 39.9 | 43.1 | 44.9 | 52.7 | 57.6 |
Labour | 46.9 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 47.3 | 46.8 | 51.0 | 43.6 | 35.3 | 38.9 | 35.7 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 31.2 | 39.9 | 35.5 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 22.7 | 33.4 | 25.9 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 8.8 | - | - | 2.1 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 21.7 | 17.7 | 12.8 | 27.9 | 25.8 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 25.4 | 27.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 12.4 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 3.2 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.6 | 17.0 | 2.3 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.7 |
Other | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | - | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
21950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats[]
Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Labour | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
21950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps[]
1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
Timeline[]
Green represents former constituencies, pink represents current ones.
Constituency | 1295-1298 | 1298-1529 | 1529-1558 | 1558-1832 | 1832-1867 | 1867-1885 | 1885-1918 | 1918-1950 | 1950-1974 | 1974-1983 | 1983-2010 | 2010–present |
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Broadland | 2010–present | |||||||||||
Castle Rising | 1558-1832 | |||||||||||
Central Norfolk | 1950-1974 | |||||||||||
East Norfolk | 1832-1867 | 1885-1950 | ||||||||||
Great Yarmouth | 1295-1867 | 1885–present | ||||||||||
King's Lynn | 1298-1974 | |||||||||||
Mid Norfolk | 1885-1918 | 1983–present | ||||||||||
Norfolk | 1295-1832 | |||||||||||
North Norfolk | 1867–present | |||||||||||
North West Norfolk | 1885-1918 | 1974–present | ||||||||||
Norwich | 1298-1950 | |||||||||||
Norwich North | 1950–present | |||||||||||
Norwich South | 1950–present | |||||||||||
South Norfolk | 1867–present | |||||||||||
South West Norfolk | 1885–present | |||||||||||
Thetford | 1529-1867 | |||||||||||
West Norfolk | 1832-1885 |
Historical representation by party[]
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918[]
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 86 | 1892 | 93 | 95 | 1895 | 98 | 99 | 1900 | 04 | 1906 | 06 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
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Great Yarmouth | Tyler | Moorsom | Colomb | Fell | |||||||||||||||
King's Lynn | Bourke | Jarvis | Bowles | Bellairs | → | Bowles | Ingleby | ||||||||||||
Norfolk East | Birkbeck | Price | |||||||||||||||||
Norfolk Mid | R. Gurdon | → | Higgins | → | R. Gurdon | Wilson | Wodehouse | Boyle | → | Jodrell | |||||||||
Norfolk North | Cozens-Hardy | W. Gurdon | Buxton | ||||||||||||||||
Norfolk North West | Arch | Cavendish-Bentinck | Arch | White | Hemmerde | ||||||||||||||
Norfolk South | Taylor | → | Soames | ||||||||||||||||
Norfolk South West | Tyssen-Amherst | Hare | Winfrey | ||||||||||||||||
Norwich (Two members) | Colman | Bullard | Tillett | Low | Young | ||||||||||||||
Bullard | Hoare | Roberts |
1918 to 1950[]
Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Independent Labour Liberal
Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 26 | 1929 | 30 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 1945 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Yarmouth | Fell | Harbord | Meyer | Harbord | → | Jewson | Kinghorn | ||||||||
King's Lynn | Jodrell | Woodwark | Roche | Maxwell | Roche | Wise | |||||||||
Norfolk East | Falcon | Seely | Neville | Lygon | → | Medlicott | |||||||||
Norfolk North | King | → | Buxton | Noel-Buxton | Cook | Gooch | |||||||||
Norfolk South | Cozens-Hardy | Edwards | Hay | Edwards | Christie | Mayhew | |||||||||
Norfolk South West | Winfrey | → | McLean | Taylor | McLean | de Chair | Dye | ||||||||
Norwich (Two members) | Young | → | Jewson | Young | → | Shakespeare | → | Paton | |||||||
Roberts | → | Smith | Fairfax | Smith | Hartland | Strauss | Noel-Buxton |
1950 to 1983[]
Conservative Labour National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 55 | 1955 | 59 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 81 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Yarmouth | Kinghorn | Fell | Gray | Fell | ||||||||||
King's Lynn / North West Norfolk (1974) | Wise | Scott-Miller | Bullard | Page | Brocklebank-Fowler | → | ||||||||
Norfolk Central | Medlicott | Collard | Gilmour | → | ||||||||||
Norfolk North | Gooch | Hazell | Howell | |||||||||||
Norfolk South | Baker | Hill | MacGregor | |||||||||||
Norfolk South West | Dye | Bullard | Dye | Hilton | Hawkins | |||||||||
Norwich North | Paton | Wallace | Ennals | |||||||||||
Norwich South | Strauss | Rippon | Norwood | Stuttaford | Garrett |
1983 to present[]
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 09 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Broadland | Simpson | Mayhew | |||||||||
Mid Norfolk | Ryder | Simpson | Freeman | ||||||||
South Norfolk | MacGregor | Bacon | |||||||||
South West Norfolk | Hawkins | Shephard | Fraser | Truss | |||||||
North Norfolk | Howell | Prior | Lamb | Baker | |||||||
North West Norfolk | Bellingham | Turner | Bellingham | Wild | |||||||
Great Yarmouth | Carttiss | Wright | B. Lewis | ||||||||
Norwich North | Thompson | Gibson | Smith | ||||||||
Norwich South | Powley | Garrett | Clarke | Wright | C. Lewis |
See also[]
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
- History of Parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Norfolk
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ "Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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- Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England
- Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England
- Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- Norfolk-related lists