Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Great Yarmouth County constituency |
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| Great Yarmouth shown within Norfolk, and Norfolk shown within England | |
| Created: | 1295, 1885 |
| MP: | Tony Wright |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Norfolk |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Great Yarmouth 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.
For much of the twentieth century, the constituency was known simply as Yarmouth.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the area around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in Great Yarmouth, making the seat a marginal.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Great Yarmouth was a 2-seat constituency from 1660 until 1868, when it was disenfranchised. It was recreated for the 1885 general election as a single-seat constituency.
- 1885 – 1892: Sir Henry Whatley Tyler
- 1892 – 1895: James Marshall Moorsom
- 1895 – 1906: Sir John Charles Ready Colomb
- 1906 – 1922: Sir Arthur Fell
- 1922 – 1924: Sir Arthur Harbord
- 1924 – 1929: Sir Frank Cecil Meyer
- 1929 – 1941: Sir Arthur Harbord
- 1941 – 1945: Percy William Jewson
- 1945 – 1951: Ernest Kinghorn
- 1951 – 1966: Anthony Fell, Conservative
- 1966 – 1970: Hugh Gray
Constituency renamed "Great Yarmouth"
- 1970 – 1983: Anthony Fell, Conservative
- 1983 – 1997: Michael Carttiss, Conservative
- 1997 – "present": Tony Wright, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Great Yarmouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Wright | 18,850 | 45.6 | −4.8 | |
| Conservative | Mark Fox | 15,795 | 38.2 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Newton | 4,585 | 11.1 | +2.7 | |
| UKIP | Bertie Poole | 1,759 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Michael Skipper | 389 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,055 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 41,378 | 60.1 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Great Yarmouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Wright | 20,344 | 50.4 | -3.0 | |
| Conservative | Charles Reynolds | 15,780 | 39.1 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Leeke | 3,392 | 8.4 | -2.6 | |
| UKIP | Bertie Poole | 850 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,564 | 11.3 | |||
| Turnout | 40,366 | 58.3 | -13.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
