North West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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North West Norfolk County constituency
North West Norfolk shown within Norfolk, and Norfolk shown within England
Created:	1885, 1974
MP:	Henry Bellingham
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Norfolk
EP constituency:	East of England

North West Norfolk is a county 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 voting system.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 MPs 1885-1918 3.2 MPs 1974-present 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 5 See also

[edit] History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. It was re-established for the February 1974 general election.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1918

• Constituency created (1885)

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Joseph Arch	Liberal
	1886	Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
	1892:	Joseph Arch	Liberal
	1900	Sir George White	Liberal
	1912 by-election	Edward George Hemmerde	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1974-present

Election		Member	Party
	Feb. 1974	Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler	Conservative
	1981		SDP
	1983	Henry Bellingham	Conservative
	1997	George Turner	Labour
	2001	Henry Bellingham	Conservative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North West Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Bellingham	25,471	50.3	+1.8
	Labour	Damien Welfare	16,291	32.2	-9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Higginson	7,026	13.9	+5.5
	UK Independence	Michael Stone	1,861	3.7	+2.3
Majority			9,180	18.1	+11.3
Turnout			50,649	61.6	-3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7

General Election 2001: North West Norfolk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Bellingham	24,846	48.5	+7.0
	Labour	George Turner	21,361	41.7	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Mack	4,292	8.4	-1.2
	UK Independence	Ian Durrant	704	1.4	N/A
Majority			3,485	6.8
Turnout			51,203	65.1	-9.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

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)