Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Norwich Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1298 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Norwich was a borough constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. Centred on the city of Norwich in Norfolk, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1298 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
It was replaced by two new single-member constituencies, Norwich North and Norwich South.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1660-1832
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1660 | Thomas Rant | William Barnham | ||||
| 1661 | Christopher Jay | Francis Corie | ||||
| Feb 1678 | Lord Paston | |||||
| May 1678 | Augustine Briggs | |||||
| 1685 | Robert Paston | Sir Neville Catelyn | ||||
| 1689 | Thomas Blofield | |||||
| 1690 | Hugh Bokenham | |||||
| 1694 | John Ward | |||||
| 1695 | Francis Gardiner | |||||
| 1698 | Robert Davy | |||||
| 1701 | Edward Clarke | |||||
| 1702 | Thomas Blofield | |||||
| 1703 | Thomas Palgrave | |||||
| 1705 | Waller Bacon | John Chambers | ||||
| 1710 | Robert Bene | Richard Berney | ||||
| 1715 | Waller Bacon | Robert Britiffe | ||||
| 1734 | Horatio Walpole | |||||
| 1735 | Thomas Vere | |||||
| 1747 | John Hobart, later Earl of Buckinghamshire | |||||
| Jun 1756 | Edward Bacon | |||||
| Dec 1756 | Harbord Harbord, later Baron Suffield | |||||
| 1784 | William Windham | |||||
| 1786 | Henry Hobart | |||||
| 1799 | John Frere | |||||
| 1802 | Robert Fellowes | William Smith | ||||
| 1806 | John Patteson | |||||
| 1807 | William Smith | |||||
| 1812 | Charles Harvey | |||||
| 1818 | Richard Hanbury Gurney | |||||
| 1826 | Jonathan Peel | |||||
| 1830 | Richard Hanbury Gurney | Robert Grant | ||||
[edit] MPs 1832-1950
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
