East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

East Norfolk
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Norfolk
1885 (1885)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	One
1832 (1832)–1868 (1868)
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	North Norfolk and South Norfolk
Created from	Norfolk

East Norfolk was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868. Another Eastern division was created in 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member. That constituency was abolished in 1950.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 1832-1868 3.2 1885-1950 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 1930s 4.2 Elections in the 1940s 5 References

History

The constituency was first created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1868 general election. In that period the historic county of Norfolk was split into two divisions - this one and West Norfolk. Each division returned two members.

From 1868 to 1885 the Norfolk county divisions were reorganised into North Norfolk, South Norfolk and West Norfolk. Each of these three divisions returned two members.

From the 1885 redistribution the two member county divisions were replaced with single member constituencies. The second version of this constituency was one of the single member seats. It continued to exist until the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

1832-1868

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		William Howe Windham	Liberal		Hon. George Keppel	Liberal
1835		Edmond Wodehouse	Conservative		Lord Walpole	Conservative
1837					Henry Burroughs	Conservative
1855		Sir Henry Stracey, Bt	Conservative
1857		Charles Ashe Windham	Conservative		Sir Edward Buxton, Bt	Liberal
1858					Hon. Wenman Coke	Liberal
1859		Edward Howes	Conservative
1865					Clare Sewell Read	Conservative
1868	abolished

1885-1950

Election		Member	Party
1885		re-created but reduced to one member
	1885	Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bt	Conservative
	1892	Sir Robert John Price	Liberal
	1918	Michael Falcon	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Hugh Seely	Liberal
	1924	Reginald Neville	Conservative
	1929	Viscount Elmley	Liberal
	1931		National Liberal
	1939 by-election	Frank Medlicott	National Liberal and Conservative
	1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1930s

East Norfolk by-election, 26th January 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Frank Medlicott	18,257	62.9	−5.9
	Labour	N.R. Tillett	10,785	37.1	+5.9
Majority			7,472	25.8	−11.8
Turnout			29,042	53.1	−13.7
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−5.9

Elections in the 1940s

General Election, 1945: Norfolk East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Frank Medlicott	23,307	55.8	−7.1
	Labour	N.R. Tillett	18,467	44.2	+7.1
Majority			4,840	11.8	−14.2
Turnout			41,774	68.9	+15.8
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−7.1

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
• Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)