East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

East Norfolk
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Norfolk
1885–1950
Number of members	One
1832–1868
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.

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

1832-1868: The Hundreds of Blofield, Clavering, Depwade, Diss, Earsham, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, Eynesford, East Flegg, West Flegg, Forehoe, Happing, Henstead, Humbleyard, Loddon, Taversham, Tunstead, and Walsham.

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Blofield and Walsham, East and West Flegg, Taversham and Tunstead, and Happing, the part of the Municipal Borough of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, and part of the Sessional Division of South Erpingham.

1918-1950: The Urban District of North Walsham, and the Rural Districts of Blofield, East and West Flegg, Loddon and Clavering, St Faiths, and Smallburgh.

Members of Parliament

1832-1868

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

1885-1950

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

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

Robert Price

General Election 1900: East Norfolk ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert John Price	4,563	55.0
	Conservative	W L St J Prioleau	3,733	45.0
Majority			830	10.0
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: East Norfolk ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert John Price	5,631	62.1
	Conservative	Raymond F Prioleau	3,435	37.9
Majority			2,196	24.2
Turnout				80.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: East Norfolk ^[3] Electorate 11,560
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert John Price	5,592	56.3
	Conservative	C E Fitch	4,348	43.7
Majority			1,244	12.6
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: East Norfolk ^[4] Electorate 11,560
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Robert John Price	5,265	57.7
	Conservative	Frank Cecil Meyer	3,865	42.3
Majority			1,400	15.4
Turnout				79.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist:
Liberal:

General Election 1918^[5] Electorate 31,578
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Michael Falcon	7,030	44.9
	Liberal	Fred Henderson	6,691	42.8
	Independent Labour	William Benjamin Taylor	1,926	12.3
Majority			339	2.1
Turnout				49.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Norfolk East ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Michael Falcon	9,270	41.0	-3.9
	Liberal	Hugh Michael Seely	8,962	39.7
	Labour	George Edward Hewitt	4,361	19.3
Majority			308	1.3
Turnout				70.2	+20.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Norfolk East ^[7] Electorate 32,845
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Michael Seely	11,807	49.6	+9.9
	Unionist	Michael Falcon	8,472	35.6	-5.4
	Labour	George Edward Hewitt	3,530	14.8	-4.5
Majority			3,335	14.0
Turnout				72.5
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1924: Norfolk East ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Reginald James Neville Neville	11,283	44.6
	Liberal	Hugh Michael Seely	9,114	36.0
	Labour	R. B. Bates	4,907	19.4
Majority			2,169	8.6	22.6
Turnout				75.6
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1929: Norfolk East ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Viscount Elmley	13,349	39.6	+3.6
	Unionist	Sir Reginald James Neville Neville	12,434	37.0	-7.6
	Labour	William Holmes	7,856	23.4	+4.0
Majority			915	2.6	11.2
Turnout				77.6	+2.0
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	5.6

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931^[10] Electorate 45,366
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Viscount Elmley	25,945	79.8
	Labour	William Holmes	6,562	20.2
Majority			19,383	59.6
Turnout				71.7
	Liberal National hold		Swing

General Election, 1935: Norfolk East^[11] Electorate 50,229
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Viscount Elmley	23,108	68.8	-11.0
	Labour	Norman R. Tillett	10,461	31.2	+11.0
Majority			12,647	37.6	-22.0
Turnout				66.8	-4.9
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-11.0

East Norfolk by-election, 26 January 1939^[12] Electorate 54,719
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Frank Medlicott	18,257	62.9	−5.9
	Labour	Norman 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 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the Autumn of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal National: Frank Medlicott
Labour: Norman Tillett^[13]
Independent Conservative: James F. Wright (Secretary, Norfolk Farmers Union)

General Election, 1945: Norfolk East^[14] Electorate 60,657
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Brig. Frank Medlicott	23,307	55.8	−7.1
	Labour	Norman 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, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Report of the Annual Conference 1939
↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)

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