Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)
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Norwich North Borough constituency |
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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 | |
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 |