North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Norfolk County constituency
North Norfolk shown within Norfolk, and Norfolk shown within England
Created:	1868
MP:	Norman Lamb
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Norfolk
EP constituency:	East of England

North Norfolk is a parliamentary 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.

It has been represented by Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb since the 2001 general election and was previously held by a Conservative.

At the May 2005 general election the seat was on of the Conservatives' top targets as Lamb was defending a majority of just 483 against a relatively high-profile Tory, Iain Dale. However, Lamb instead increased his majority to 10,606. Although the seat had been Labour for 25 years since World War II, Labour have slumped to a distant third in recent years.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 1868-1885 2.2 1885-present 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2000s 3.2 Elections in the 1990s 3.3 Elections in the 1980s 3.4 Elections in the 1970s 3.5 Elections in the 1880s 3.6 Elections in the 1860s 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Boundary review

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Norfolk, the Boundary Commission for England has created a new constituency of Broadland based on the local government region of that name. However, the boundaries of the constituency do not match the local authority with six wards (The Raynham, Wemsum, Walsingham, Astley, Fakenham South and North) now removed from the North Norfolk Constituency and placed in to the new Broadland seat, which has also become a top Liberal Democrat target.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1868-1885

• Constituency created (1868)

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1868	constituency created
1868	Frederick Walpole		Conservative	Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon		Conservative
1876	James Duff		Conservative
1879	Edward Birkbeck		Conservative
1885	reduced to one member

[edit] 1885-present

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Herbert Cozens-Hardy	Liberal
	1899	William Bramston Gurdon	Liberal
	1910	Noel Buxton	Liberal
	1918	Douglas King	Conservative
	1922	Noel Buxton	Labour
	1930	Lady Noel-Buxton	Labour
	1931	Thomas Cook	Conservative
	1945	Edwin Gooch	Labour
	1964	Bert Hazell	Labour
	1970	Ralph Howell	Conservative
	1997	David Prior	Conservative
	2001	Norman Lamb	Liberal Democrats

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lamb	31,515	53.4	+10.7
	Conservative	Iain Dale	20,909	35.5	−6.3
	Labour	Phil Harris	5,447	9.2	−4.1
	UKIP	Stuart Agnew	978	1.7	+0.6
	Independent (politician)	Justin Appleyard	116	0.2
Majority			10,606	18.0
Turnout			58,965	73.0	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+8.5

General Election 2001: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lamb	23,978	42.7	+8.4
	Conservative	David Prior	23,495	41.8	+5.3
	Labour	Mike Gates	7,490	13.3	-11.7
	Green	Mike Sheridan	649	1.2
	UKIP	Paul Simison	608	1.1
Majority			483	0.9
Turnout			56,220	70.2	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.5

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Prior	21,456	36.5	-11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lamb	20,163	34.3	+7.0
	Labour	Michael Cullingham	14,736	25.1	+1.9
	Referendum Party	J Allen	2,458	4.2
Majority			1,293	2.2	-18.8
Turnout			58,813	76.0	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.5

General Election 1992: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	28,810	48.3	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lamb	16,265	27.3	+2.3
	Labour	Michael Cullingham	13,850	23.2	+3.3
	Green	Angie Zelter	559	0.9	-0.8
	Natural Law	S Jackson	167	0.3
Majority			12,545	21.0	-7.3
Turnout			59,651	80.8	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	28,822	53.3	-0.7
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Niel Anthony	13,512	25.0	-1.8
	Labour	Anthony Earle	10,765	19.9	+0.7
	Green	Michael Filgate	960	1.8
Majority			15,310	28.3	+1.1
Turnout			54,059	77.5	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

General Election 1983: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	26,230	54.0	-2.9
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	John Elworthy	13,007	26.8	+13.0
	Labour	Edward Barber	9,317	19.2	-9.4
Majority			13,223	27.2	-1.1
Turnout			48,554	74.6	-4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	43,952	56.9	+8.8
	Labour	R S Dimmick	22,126	28.6	-3.4
	Liberal	G R Collings	10,643	13.8	-6.1
	National Front	A C R Sizeland	548	0.7
Majority			21,826	28.3	+12.2
Turnout			72,269	78.7	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	33,312	48.1	+0.5
	Labour	D M Mason	22,191	32.0	+3.4
	Liberal	R G Moore	13,776	19.9	-3.9
Majority			11,121	16.1	-2.9
Turnout			69,279	76.5	-6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	35,684	47.6	-7.7
	Labour	D M Mason	21,394	28.6	-16.1
	Liberal	R G Moore	17,853	23.8
Majority			14,290	19.0	+8.5
Turnout			74,931	83.4	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Howell	24,587	55.3
	Labour	Bert Hazell	19,903	44.7
Majority			4,684	10.5
Turnout			44,490	80.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Cozens-Hardy	4,084	55.1	-5.0
	Conservative	A E Fellowes	3,324	44.9	+5.0
Majority			760	10.2	-10.0
Turnout			7,408	76.0	-9.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: North Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Cozens-Hardy	5,028	60.1
	Conservative	S Hoare	3,342	39.9
Majority			1,686	20.2
Turnout			8,370	85.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1868: North Norfolk (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Walpole	2,630
	Conservative	Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon	2,563
	Liberal	E R Wodehouse	2,235
	Liberal	R T Gurdon	2,078
Majority

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

[edit] References

• (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
• (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 
• (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 
• (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 

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