Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Norfolk
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mid Norfolk in Norfolk for the 2010 general election.
Location of Norfolk within England.
County	Norfolk
Electorate	75,080 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Dereham and Wymondham
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	George Freeman (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Mid Norfolk is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by George Freeman, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Forehoes, Guiltcross and Shropham, and Mitford and Launditch.

1983-1997: The District of Breckland wards of Beetley and Gressenhall, East Dereham Neatherd, East Dereham St Withburga, East Dereham Toftwood, East Dereham Town, Eynsford, Hermitage, Launditch, Mattishall, Shipworth, Springvale, Swanton Morley, Taverner, Two Rivers, Upper Wensum, and Upper Yare, and the District of Broadland wards of Acle, Aylsham, Blofield, Brundall, Burlingham, Buxton, Cawston, Coltishall, Drayton, Foulsham, Freethorpe, Great Witchingham, Hainford, Hevingham, Horsford, Plumstead, Rackheath, Reedham, Reepham, South Walsham, Spixworth, St Faiths, Taverham, and Wroxham.

1997-2010: The District of Breckland wards of Beetley and Gressenhall, East Dereham Neatherd, East Dereham St Withburga, East Dereham Toftwood, East Dereham Town, Eynsford, Hermitage, Launditch, Mattishall, Shipworth, Springvale, Swanton Morley, Taverner, Two Rivers, Upper Wensum, and Upper Yare, and the District of Broadland wards of Acle, Aylsham, Blofield, Brundall, Burlingham, Buxton, Cawston, Coltishall, Foulsham, Freethorpe, Great Witchingham, Hainford, Hevingham, Horsford, Plumstead, Rackheath, Reedham, Reepham, South Walsham, Spixworth, St Faiths, and Wroxham.

2010-present: The District of Breckland wards of All Saints, Buckenham, Burgh and Haverscroft, Dereham Central, Dereham Humbletoft, Dereham Neatherd, Dereham Toftwood, Eynsford, Haggard De Toni, Hermitage, Launditch, Necton, Queen’s, Shipdham, Springvale and Scarning, Swanton Morley, Taverner, Templar, Two Rivers, Upper Wensum, Upper Yare, Watton, and Wissey, and the District of South Norfolk wards of Abbey, Cromwells, Hingham and Deopham, Northfields, Rustens, Town, and Wicklewood.

Latest boundary review

The Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2010 election created a new constituency, Broadland, based on the local government district of the same name, which took electoral wards from the existing North Norfolk and Mid Norfolk seats, with consequential compensatory additions to both from neighbouring constituencies.

The former MP for Mid Norfolk, Keith Simpson, was selected to contest the newly created Broadland constituency.^[2]

History

Parliament first created the constituency in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, however this did not last beyond 1918 when it was absorbed by neighbouring constituencies in a redistribution.

The present creation of the constituency is the second creation, dating to 1983, since which the area has only elected and been served by a Conservative MP.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member^[3]	Party	Notes
1885	Robert Gurdon	Liberal	Gurdon was elected as a Liberal, but joined the Liberal Unionists when the party split
1886	Robert Gurdon	Liberal Unionist
1892	Clement Higgins	Liberal	Higgins was elected as a Liberal, but later joined the Liberal Unionists. He resigned his seat in 1895
???	Clement Higgins	Liberal Unionist
1895 by-election	Robert Gurdon	Liberal Unionist	later Baron Cranworth
1895	Frederick Wilson	Liberal
1906	John Wodehouse, Lord Wodehouse	Liberal	later 3rd Earl of Kimberley
1910 (Jan)	William Boyle	Liberal Unionist
1918 by-election	Neville Jodrell	Conservative	Later MP for King's Lynn
1918	Constituency abolished, but re-established 1983

MPs since 1983

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Richard Ryder	Conservative
1997	Keith Simpson	Conservative
2010	George Freeman	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Mid Norfolk^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Freeman^[5]	27,206	52.1	+2.6
	UKIP	Anna Coke^[6]	9,930	19.0	+13.5
	Labour	Harry Clarke	9,585	18.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Speed^[7]	3,300	6.3	-15.9
	Green	Simeon Jackson^[8]	2,191	4.2	+1.3
Majority			17,276	33.1	+5.8
Turnout			52,212	67.8	-0.6

General Election 2010: Mid Norfolk^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Freeman	25,123	49.5	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Newman	11,267	22.2	+3.0
	Labour	Elizabeth Hughes	8,857	17.4	-12.8
	UKIP	Richard 'Toby' Coke	2,800	5.5	+1.5
	Green	Tim Birt	1,457	2.9	+2.9
	BNP	Christene Kelly^[10]	1,261	2.5	+2.5
Majority			13,856	27.3
Turnout			50,765	68.4	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Mid Norfolk^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Simpson	23,564	43.1	−1.7
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	16,004	29.2	−6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Vivienne Clifford-Jackson	12,988	23.7	+9.2
	UKIP	Simon Fletcher	2,178	4.0	+1.5
Majority			7,560	13.8
Turnout			54,734	67.0	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

General Election 2001: Mid Norfolk^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Simpson	23,519	44.8	+5.2
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	18,957	36.1	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Vivienne Clifford-Jackson	7,621	14.5	-0.5
	UKIP	Stuart Agnew	1,333	2.5	N/A
	Green	Peter Reeve	1,118	2.1	-0.1
Majority			4,562	8.7
Turnout			52,548	68.1	-8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Mid Norfolk^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Simpson	22,739	39.6	-14.7
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	21,403	37.3	+11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Frary	8,617	15.0	-4.9
	Referendum	Nigel Holder	3,229	5.6	N/A
	Green	Tony Park	1,254	2.1	N/A
	Natural Law	Bruce Parker	215	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,336	2.3	-26.6
Turnout			57,457	76.3	-5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.3

General Election 1992: Mid Norfolk^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ryder	35,620	54.3	−2.4
	Labour	MV Castle	16,672	25.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat	MJ Gleed	13,072	19.9	−5.6
	Natural Law	Mrs CR Waite	226	0.3	N/A
Majority			18,948	28.9	−2.3
Turnout			65,590	81.5	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Mid Norfolk^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ryder	32,758	56.69
	Social Democratic	GJE Graham	14,750	25.53
	Labour	K Luckey	10,272	17.78
Majority			18,008	31.17
Turnout				78.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Mid Norfolk^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ryder	29,032	55.93
	Social Democratic	D Cargill	13,517	26.04
	Labour	LJ Potter	8,950	17.24
	Independent	M McNee	405	0.78
Majority			15,515	29.89
Turnout				75.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2006/07/broadland_selec.html
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/norfolk-mid-2015.html
↑ "Why Anna?". Mid Norfolk UKIP. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#East of England
↑ "Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk". YourNextMP. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://bnp.org.uk/2010/03/tory-councillors-narrowly-defeated-in-attempt-to-approve-king%E2%80%99s-lynn-mosque-after-bnp-objections-dominate-hearing/
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Constituencies in the East of England (58)

Conservative (52)	Basildon and Billericay Bedford Braintree Brentwood and Ongar Broadland Broxbourne Bury St Edmunds Castle Point Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Harwich and North Essex Hemel Hempstead Hertford and Stortford Hertsmere Hitchin and Harpenden Huntingdon Ipswich Maldon Mid Bedfordshire Mid Norfolk North East Bedfordshire North East Cambridgeshire North East Hertfordshire North West Cambridgeshire North West Norfolk Norwich North Peterborough Rayleigh and Wickford Rochford and Southend East Saffron Walden St Albans South Basildon and East Thurrock South Cambridgeshire South East Cambridgeshire Southend West South Norfolk South Suffolk South West Bedfordshire South West Hertfordshire South West Norfolk Stevenage Suffolk Coastal Thurrock Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Suffolk Witham

Labour (4)	Cambridge Luton North Luton South Norwich South

Liberal Democrats (1)	North Norfolk

UK Independence Party (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

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