1885–1918

• The Municipal Borough of Great Yarmouth, including the parish of Gorleston, and part of the parish of Runham.^[4]

1918–1950

• The County Borough of Great Yarmouth.

1950–1974

• The County Borough of Great Yarmouth; and
• The Rural District of Blofield and Flegg except the civil parishes of Great and Little Plumstead, Postwick, and Thorpe-next-Norwich (later renamed Thorpe St Andrew).^[5]

The parts of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg had previously been included in the abolished Eastern Division of Norfolk.

1974–1983

• The County Borough of Great Yarmouth; and
• the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.^[6]

The remaining parishes of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg were transferred from the abolished constituency of Central Norfolk.

1983–present

• The Borough of Great Yarmouth.^[7]

Thorpe St Andrew was transferred to Norwich North and remaining western parts to the new constituency of Mid Norfolk. Gained a small area from the abolished Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft, including Bradwell, which had been transferred to Norfolk as a result of the local government reorganisation of 1974, as laid out in the Local Government Act 1972.

The constituency covers the area in and around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in the constituency.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged.^[8]

Great Yarmouth borough

Great Yarmouth was a 2-seat constituency from 1660 until 1868 when it was disenfranchised. It was recreated for the 1885 general election as a single-seat constituency.

MPs 1295–1640

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Year	First member	Second member
1309	Nicholas Fastolf
1314	Nicholas Fastolf
1321	John Perbroun
1324	John Perbroun
1361	Hugh Fastolf
1366	Hugh Fastolf
1373	Hugh Fastolf
1377 (Jan)	Hugh Fastolf
1377 (Oct)	Hugh Fastolf
1385	Ralph Ramsey
1386	Ralph Ramsey	John Beketon[9]
1388 (Feb)	Ralph Ramsey	John Ellis[9]
1388 (Sep)	Ralph Ramsey	John Hacon[9]
1390 (Jan)	Ralph Ramsey	John Ellis[9]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Ralph Ramsey	John Hacon[9]
1393	John Hacon	John Ellis[9]
1394
1395	Ralph Ramsey	Hugh Fenn[9]
1397 (Jan)	Richard Cley	Hugh Fenn[9]
1397 (Sep)	Ralph Ramsey	William Oxney[9]
1399	John Beketon	Hugh Fenn[9]
1401
1402
1404 (Jan)	Roger Adams	Geoffrey Pamping[9]
1404 (Oct)
1406	Robert Ellis	Henry Rafman[9]
1407	Robert Clere	Peter atte Fenn[9]
1410	William Parker	Alexander atte Gapp[9]
1411	Nicholas Cates	Peter Atte Fenn[9]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	William Oxney	Alexander atte Gapp[9]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Geoffrey Pamping	Robert Ellis[9]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	Henry S[pitling]	Richard [?Ellis][9]
1419	William Colkirk	John Cranley[9]
1420	Thomas Dengaine	Robert Ellis[9]
1421 (May)	Thomas Covehithe	Robert Ellis[9]
1421 (Dec)	Richard Ellis	Robert Cupper[9]
1455	Richard Southwell[10]
1478	John Paston[10]
1491	Robert Crowmer[11]
1504	Thomas More[12]
1510-1523	No names known[13]
1529	Humphrey Wingfield	John Ladde, died and replaced 1353 or 1354 by Philip Bernard[13]
1536	?	?
1539	?	?
1542	Sir Humphrey Wingfield	William Burgh[13]
1545	Sir William Woodhouse	Robert Eyre[13]
1547	Sir William Woodhouse	Robert Eyre[13]
1553 (Mar)	Sir William Woodhouse	Nicholas Firmage[13]
1553 (Oct)	Robert Eyre	Simon More[13]
1554 (Apr)	William Bishop	John Echard[13]
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Hunt	William Mayhew[13]
1555	Nicholas Fen	Cornelius Bright[13]
1558	Sir Thomas Woodhouse	William Barker[14]
1558–9	Sir Thomas Woodhouse	William Barker[14]
1562	William Grice	Thomas Timperley[14]
1571	William Barker	William Grice[14]
1572	William Grice	John Bacon, died and replaced Feb 1576 by Edward Bacon[14]
1584	William Grice	Thomas Damet[14]
1586	William Grice	Thomas Damet[14]
1588	John Stubbe or Stubbs	Roger Drury[14]
1593	Thomas Damet	John Felton[14]
1597	Henry Hobart	John Felton[14]
1601	Henry Hobart	Thomas Damet[14]
1604–1611	Thomas Damet	John Wheeler
1614	Theophilus Finch	George Hardware
1621–1622	Benjamin Cooper	Edward Owner
1624	Benjamin Cooper	George Hardware
1625	Sir John Corbet	Edward Owner
1626	Sir John Corbet	Thomas Johnson
1628	Sir John Corbet	Sir John Wentworth
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

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Yarmouth County Constituency

Great Yarmouth County Constituency

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* Wilson - who stood as a 'Patriotic Trade Unionist's and Seamen's' candidate - supported the Coalition Government and was supported by the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union. He claimed to have been adopted by both the Liberal Party and National Democratic and Labour Party, but only appeared on the former's official list. ** Dawson initially was endorsed by the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers who then repudiated him.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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 and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Arthur Fell
• Liberal:

Elections in the 1830s

Wilshere resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

The election of Lennox and Coope was declared void on petition on 14 February 1848 due to bribery, causing a by-election.^[68]

Elections in the 1850s

The election was declared void on petition due to bribery by McCullagh and Watkin's agents, causing a by-election.^[76]

Elections in the 1860s

Extensive bribery was found in the seat and its right to return a member was lost. It was then incorporated into East Suffolk and North Norfolk.