East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
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| East Norfolk County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
| East Norfolk County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1868 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
East Norfolk was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868. Another Eastern division was created in 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member. That constituency was abolished in 1950.
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[edit] History
The constituency was first created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1868 general election. In that period the historic county of Norfolk was split into two divisions - this one and West Norfolk. Each division returned two members.
From 1868 to 1885 the Norfolk county divisions were reorganised into North Norfolk, South Norfolk and West Norfolk. Each of these three divisions returned two members.
From the 1885 redistribution the two member county divisions were replaced with single member constituencies. The second version of this constituency was one of the single member seats. It continued to exist until the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1832-1868
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | William Howe Windham | Liberal | George Keppel | Liberal | ||
| 1835 | Edmond Wodehouse | Conservative | Horatio Walpole | Conservative | ||
| 1837 | Henry Negus Burroughs | Conservative | ||||
| 1855 | Sir Henry Josias Stracey | Conservative | ||||
| 1857 | Charles Ashe Windham | Conservative | Sir Edward North Buxton | Liberal | ||
| 1858 | Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke | Liberal | ||||
| 1859 | Edward Howes | Conservative | ||||
| 1865 | Clare Sewell Read | Conservative | ||||
| 1868 | abolished | |||||
[edit] 1885-1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | re-created but reduced to one member | ||
| 1885 | Sir Edward Birkbeck | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Sir Robert John Price | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Michael Falcon | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1923 | Hugh Seely | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Reginald James Neville Neville | Conservative | |
| 1929 | William Lygon, Viscount Elmley | Liberal | |
| 1931 | National Liberal | ||
| 1939 by-election | Frank Medlicott | National Liberal and Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
| East Norfolk by-election, 26th January 1939 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Frank Medlicott | 18,257 | 62.9 | −5.9 | |
| Labour | N.R. Tillett | 10,785 | 37.1 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 7,472 | 25.8 | −11.8 | ||
| Turnout | 29,042 | 53.1 | −13.7 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | −5.9 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
| General Election, 1945: Norfolk East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Frank Medlicott | 23,307 | 55.8 | −7.1 | |
| Labour | N.R. Tillett | 18,467 | 44.2 | +7.1 | |
| Majority | 4,840 | 11.8 | −14.2 | ||
| Turnout | 41,774 | 68.9 | +15.8 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
[edit] References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
- Craig, F W S [1969] (1983). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
