Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
| Central Norfolk | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1950–February 1974 | |
| Number of members | one |
Central Norfolk was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Frank Medlicott | National Liberal and Conservative | |
| 1959 | Richard Collard | Conservative and National Liberal | |
| 1962 by-election | Ian Gilmour | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
| General Election 1950:[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Liberal | Frank Medlicott | 20,407 | 51.3 | ||
| Labour | G. W. Holderness | 16,516 | 41.5 | ||
| Liberal | Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb | 2,859 | 7.2 | ||
| Majority | 3,891 | 9.8 | |||
| Turnout | 84.3 | ||||
| National Liberal win | |||||
| General Election 1951:[2]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1955:[3]
Electorate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | |||||
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| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1959:[4]
Electorate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | |||||
| Labour | |||||
| Liberal | |||||
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| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
| General Election 1964:[5]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | |||||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1966:[6]
Electorate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | |||||
| Labour | |||||
| Liberal | |||||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
| General Election 1970:[7]
Electorate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | |||||
| Labour | |||||
| Liberal | |||||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig