West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
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| West Norfolk County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
West Norfolk or Norfolk Western (formally the "Western division of Norfolk") was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | Sir William John Henry Browne Ffolkes | Sir Jacob Astley | ||||
| 1837 | William Bagge | Conservative | William Lyde Wiggett Chute | |||
| 1847 | Edward Keppel Wentworth Coke | |||||
| 1852 | George William Pierrepont Bentinck | Conservative | ||||
| 1857 | John Brampton Gurdon | |||||
| 1865 | Sir William Bagge, Bt. | Conservative | Thomas de Grey | Conservative | ||
| 1871 by-election | George William Pierrepont Bentinck | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | William Tyssen-Amherst | Conservative | ||||
| 1884 by-election | Clare Sewell Read | |||||
| 1885 | representation reduced to one member | |||||
[edit] Election results
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