Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)
Norwich South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Norwich South in Norfolk. | |
Location of Norfolk within England. | |
County | Norfolk |
Electorate | 73,569 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | Simon Wright (Liberal Democrat) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Norwich |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Norwich South is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Simon Wright, a Liberal Democrat.[n 2]
Boundaries
The constituency is one of two covering the city of Norwich. Prior to the 2010 election, it included the Norwich City wards of Bowthorpe, Crome (part) Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, Mancroft, Thorpe Hamlet (part), Town Close, University and Wensum. In addition the South Norfolk district wards of New Costessey and Cringleford (part) were within the constituency.
- 2010 Changes
Following their review of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk that concluded in 2004, the Boundary Commission for England created a slightly modified Norwich South constituency. The changes took effect at the 2010 general election.
Changes were necessary in order to re-align the constituency boundaries with the new local government ward boundaries introduced in South Norfolk and Norwich in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Norfolk also received an additional, ninth constituency, by the Boundary Commission. The part of the Crome ward around Morse Road became part of Norwich North, while the area around Mousehold Street in Thorpe Hamlet moved into Norwich South. The villages of Cringleford and Colney were lost to South Norfolk constituency.
The composition of the new Norwich South is:
- Bowthorpe, Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, Mancroft, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close, University and Wensum Norwich
- New Costessey in the district of South Norfolk.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the 2-seat Norwich constituency was divided into Norwich North and Norwich South. The Labour MP for this seat from 1997 to 2010 was Charles Clarke who served in cabinet for five years from 2001 to 2006, first as Minister without Portfolio, then as Secretary of State for Education and Skills and latterly as Home Secretary.
Norwich South was by far Labour's safest seat in Norfolk throughout the Thatcher years and up until 2005. Although it was lost to the Conservatives in 1983, it was regained by Labour in 1987 and was the only Labour seat in Norfolk until 1997. In 2005 the Labour majority was cut by over 5000 leaving Norwich North as the safest Labour seat in the county.
The seat was considered a true three way marginal in the 2010 election between the incumbent Labour party the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The seat was also targeted by the Green Party. The seat was won with the lowest percentage share of the vote in a constituency in the 2010 election. The loss was considered to be an embarrassment for the Labour Party as it was the seat of a former Home Secretary.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Henry Strauss | Conservative | |
1955 | Geoffrey Rippon | Conservative | |
1964 | Christopher Norwood | Labour | |
1970 | Thomas Stuttaford | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | John Garrett | Labour | |
1983 | John Powley | Conservative | |
1987 | John Garrett | Labour | |
1997 | Charles Clarke | Labour | |
2010 | Simon Wright | Liberal Democrats | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Norwich South[3] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Independent | Cengiz Ceker | ||||
UKIP | Steve Emmens[4] | ||||
Green | Lesley Grahame | ||||
Labour | Clive Lewis | ||||
Class War | David Peel | ||||
Conservative | Lisa Townsend | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Wright | ||||
General Election 2010: Norwich South[3] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon Wright | 13,960 | 29.4 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Charles Clarke | 13,650 | 28.7 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Antony D. Little | 10,902 | 22.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Adrian Ramsay | 7,095 | 14.9 | +7.5 | |
UKIP | Stephen Emmens | 1,145 | 2.4 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Len Heather | 697 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Gabriel Polley | 102 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 310 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 47,551 | 64.6 | +5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | 4.0 | |||
*NB changes in vote share from 2005 are notional due to boundary changes.
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Norwich South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Clarke | 15,904 | 37.7 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew P. Aalders-Dunthorne | 12,251 | 29.0 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Antony D. Little | 9,567 | 22.7 | −2.1 | |
Green | Adrian Ramsay | 3,101 | 7.4 | +4.0 | |
UKIP | Miss Vandra S. Ahlstrom | 597 | 1.4 | +0.3 | |
English Democrats | Mrs. Christine Constable | 466 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | Don E. Barnard | 219 | 0.5 | −1.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Roger A. Blackwell | 85 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,653 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,190 | 65.0 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
General Election 2001: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Clarke | 19,367 | 45.5 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew John French | 10,551 | 24.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Paul Aalders-Dunthorne | 9,640 | 22.6 | +4.0 | |
Green | Adrian St. J. Holmes | 1,434 | 3.4 | +1.9 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Alun Buffrey | 620 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Socialist Alliance | Edward David Manningham | 507 | 1.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tarquin Alexander Graham Mills | 473 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,816 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,592 | 59.8 | −12.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Norwich South[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Clarke | 26,267 | 51.7 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Bashir Khanbhai | 12,028 | 23.7 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew P. Aalders-Dunthorne | 9,457 | 18.6 | +5.7 | |
Referendum Party | David K. Holdsworth | 1,464 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | Howard Marks | 765 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Green | Adrian St. J. Holmes | 736 | 1.4 | −0.2 | |
Natural Law | Bryan A. Parsons | 84 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 14,239 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,801 | 72.6 | −8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
General Election 1992: Norwich South[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Garrett | 24,965 | 48.7 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | David S. Baxter | 18,784 | 36.6 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Thomas | 6,609 | 12.9 | −12.0 | |
Green | Adrian St. J. Holmes | 803 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Bryan A. Parsons | 104 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,181 | 12.1 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,265 | 80.6 | +0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Garrett | 19,666 | 37.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | John Powley | 19,330 | 37.3 | −1.5 | |
Social Democratic | Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie | 12,896 | 24.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 336 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,892 | 80.6 | +4.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |||
General Election 1983: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Powley | 18,998 | 38.8 | −2.8 | |
Labour | John Garrett | 17,286 | 35.3 | −9.6 | |
Social Democratic | Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie | 11,968 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Ecology | Antony D. Carter | 468 | 1.0 | N/A | |
National Front | Peter C. Williams | 145 | 0.3 | −0.4 | |
Independent | Jon C. Ward | 91 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,712 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,956 | 76.4 | −3.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Garrett | 16,240 | 44.9 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | I. Coutts | 15,042 | 41.6 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | P. Mackintosh | 4,618 | 12.8 | −2.6 | |
National Front | Andrew Fountaine | 264 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,198 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,164 | 80.2 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.2 | |||
General Election October 1974: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Garrett | 16,590 | 47.1 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | M. Tomison | 13,185 | 37.5 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | P.G. Smith | 5,429 | 15.4 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 3,405 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 35,204 | 78.5 | −5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
General Election February 1974: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Garrett | 15,393 | 41.3 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Stuttaford | 14,741 | 39.5 | −7.5 | |
Liberal | L. Parker | 7,183 | 19.3 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 652 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 37,317 | 84.0 | +5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |||
General Election 1970: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Thomas Stuttaford | 17,067 | 47.0 | +1.8 | |
Labour | C.F. Ascher | 16,241 | 44.7 | −10.1 | |
Liberal | L. Parker | 3,031 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 826 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,339 | 78.2 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christopher Norwood | 19,163 | 54.8 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | A.R. Gurney | 15,808 | 45.2 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 3,355 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 34,971 | 83.2 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
General Election 1964: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christopher Norwood | 17,973 | 50.9 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 17,362 | 49.1 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 611 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 35,335 | 82.7 | +3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 19,128 | 53.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 16,884 | 46.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,244 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 36,012 | 82.2 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
General Election 1955: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 18,659 | 52.5 | +0.0 | |
Labour | M.P. Tylecote | 16,901 | 47.5 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,758 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 35,560 | 78.3 | −6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
General Election 1951: Norwich South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Henry Strauss | 19,082 | 52.5 | −0.8 | |
Labour | M.P. Tylecote | 17,234 | 47.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,848 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 36,316 | 84.3 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
General Election 1950: Norwich South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Henry Strauss | 18,693 | 53.3 | N/A | |
Labour | M.P. Tylecote | 16,368 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,325 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,061 | 85.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election in individual constituencies
Notes
References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Norwich South, UKPollingReport.
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/norwichsouth/
- ↑ "Norwich South". guardian.co.uk.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.