Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Norwich North
Borough constituency

Norwich North shown within Norfolk, and Norfolk shown within England
Created:
MP: Ian Gibson
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Norfolk
EP constituency: East of England

Norwich North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1950 John Paton Labour
1964 George Wallace Labour
1974 David Ennals Labour
1983 Patrick Thompson Conservative
1997 Ian Gibson Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Norwich North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Gibson 21,097 44.9 −2.5
Conservative James Tumbridge 15,638 33.2 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore 7,616 16.2 +1.4
Green Adrian Holmes 1,252 2.7 +1.0
UK Independence John Youles 1,122 2.4 +1.4
Independent (politician) Bill Holden 308 0.7 N/A
Majority 5,459 11.6
Turnout 47,033 61.1 +2.0
Labour hold Swing −0.6


General Election 2001: Norwich North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Gibson 21,624 47.4 -2.3
Conservative Kay Mason 15,761 34.6 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Moira Toye 6,750 14.8 +2.2
Green Rob Tinch 797 1.7 N/A
UK Independence Guy Cheyney 471 1.0 N/A
Independent (politician) Michael Betts 211 0.5 N/A
Majority 5,863 12.8
Turnout 45,614 59.1 -16.6
Labour hold Swing

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Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative

Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk

Labour

Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney

Liberal Democrat

Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)