Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Norwich South Borough constituency |
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| Norwich South shown within Norfolk, and Norfolk shown within England | |
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| MP: | Charles Clarke |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Norfolk |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Norwich South 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
The constituency is one of two covering the city of Norwich. It covers the central area of the city. The wards of Bowthorpe, Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, Mancroft, Thorpe Hamlet, University and Wensum are within its boundaries.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in the Norwich environ, the Boundary Commission for England has created a modified Norwich South constituency. The previous oddity of having a Crome polling disrict included and a Thorpe Hamlet polling district excluded has been rationalised by having all of Crome in Norwich North and all of Thorpe Hamlet in Norwich South. Cringleford will cease to be part of the constituency but New Costessey will be included. All the Norwich City Council wards referred to above will remain part of Norwich South.
[edit] History
A seat with a high profile Labour MP and minister (Charles Clarke) until he was shamed in a Home Office Immigration/Prisons scandal and resigned from the position of Home Secretary due to the rule of Collective Responsibility, although he remains the MP for the constituency.
Norwich South was by far Labour's safest seat in Norfolk throughout the Thatcher years and up until 2005. Although it was lost to the Conservatives in 1983, it was regained by Labour in 1987 and was the only Labour seat in Norfolk until 1997. In 2005 a shift in the vote to the Liberal Democrats and the Greens saw the Labour majority cut by over 5000 leaving Norwich North as the safest Labour seat in the county.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1950 – 1955: Henry Strauss, Conservative
- 1955 – 1964: Geoffrey Rippon, Conservative
- 1964 – 1970: Christopher Norwood, Labour
- 1970 – 1974: Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Conservative
- 1974 – 1983: John Garrett, Labour
- 1983 – 1987: John Powley, Conservative
- 1987 – 1997: John Garrett, Labour
- 1997 – "present": Charles Clarke, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Norwich South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Charles Clarke | 15,904 | 37.7 | −7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne | 12,251 | 29.0 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | Antony Little | 9,567 | 22.7 | −2.1 | |
| Green | Adrian Ramsay | 3,101 | 7.4 | +4.0 | |
| UK Independence | Vandra Ahlstrom | 597 | 1.4 | +0.3 | |
| English Democrats | Christine Constable | 466 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Don Barnard | 219 | 0.5 | −1.0 | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | Roger Blackwell | 85 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,653 | 8.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42,190 | 65.0 | +5.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Norwich South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Charles Clarke | 19,367 | 45.5 | -6.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew French | 10,551 | 24.8 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne | 9,640 | 22.6 | +4.0 | |
| Green | Adrian Holmes | 1,434 | 3.4 | +1.9 | |
| Others | N/A | 1,600 | 3.7 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | 8,816 | 20.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42,592 | 59.8 | -12.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
