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North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868 onwards


North Norfolk is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Duncan Baker, a Conservative.[n 2]

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The seat covers a long stretch of the Norfolk coast including the seaside towns of Cromer, Wells-next-the-Sea and Sheringham.

History

The North Division of Norfolk was first created by the Reform Act 1867 as one of three two-member divisions of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the three two-member county divisions were replaced with six single-member divisions. The second version of this constituency was one of the single-member seats. It has remained as a single-member seat since then, being designated as a County Constituency from the 1950 general election.

Formerly held by Labour from 1945 to 1970, then the Conservatives from 1970 to 2001, the seat was represented by the Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb from 2001 until he stood down for the 2019 general election, when the Conservatives regained the seat from the Lib Dems with a swing of 17.5%.

The 2001 general election marked the first time that a Liberal aligned candidate had won a seat in Norfolk since 1929. This was to be followed by the election of Simon Wright in Norwich South in 2010. While Wright's success was short-lived (he was defeated in 2015), Lamb retained his seat, which at the 2015 election was one of only two Liberal Democrat seats in southern England, and one of only eight in the whole UK. At the 2017 general election, in which the Liberal Democrats lost five of their nine seats, North Norfolk was one of the four held. Although the seat had been held by Labour for the 25 years following World War II, Labour have slumped to a distant third in recent years, and came fourth in 2015, and last in a narrower field of three candidates in 2017.

North Norfolk was described by the Earl of Leicester as "the one constituency in England where, in 1964, it was so feudal that it had to be explained to the electors that the ballot was secret."[2] Feudal is used as a metaphor, or shorthand, meaning constitutionally backward.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1868–1885

  • The Hundreds of East Flegg, West Flegg, Happing, Tunstead, Erpingham (North), Erpingham (South), Eynsford, Holt and North Greenhoe.[3][4]

The seat was formed largely from northern parts of the abolished Eastern Division, with a small part transferred from the Western Division. It also absorbed the Parliamentary Borough of Great Yarmouth, which had been disenfranchised for corruption under the Act.

1885–1918

  • The Sessional Divisions of Eynsford, Holt, North Erpingham, and North Greenhoe; and
  • Part of the Sessional Division of South Erpingham.[5]

Great Yarmouth re-established as a single-member Parliamentary Borough. Eastern parts were transferred to the re-established Eastern Division.

1918–1950

  • The Urban Districts of Cromer, Sheringham, and Wells-next-the-Sea; and
  • The Rural Districts of Aylsham, Erpingham, and Walsingham.[6]

Gained the area around Fakenham from the abolished North-Western Division, and lost small areas in the south to the Eastern and South-Western Divisions.

1950–1974

  • The Urban Districts of Cromer, North Walsham, Sheringham, and Wells-next-the-Sea; and
  • The Rural Districts of Erpingham, Smallburgh, and Walsingham.[6]

Gained North Walsham and the Rural District of Smallburgh from the abolished Eastern Division. An area comprising the former Rural District of Aylsham (now part of the St Faith's and Aylsham Rural District) was transferred to the new constituency of Central Norfolk.

1974–1983

  • The Urban Districts of Cromer, North Walsham, and Sheringham; and
  • The Rural Districts of Erpingham, St Faith's and Aylsham, and Smallburgh.[6]

Gained the Rural District of St Faiths and Aylsham, including Hellesdon and Sprowston, from the now abolished constituency of Central Norfolk. Wells-next-the-Sea and the Rural District of Walsingham, including Fakenham, were transferred to the re-established constituency of North West Norfolk.

1983–2010

The seat was extended westwards, regaining Wells-next-the-Sea and areas comprising the former Rural District of Walsingham, including Fakenham, from North West Norfolk. Suburbs of Norwich, including Hellesdon and Sprowston, were transferred to Norwich North, and remaining southern areas, including Aylsham, to the new constituency of Mid Norfolk.

Map of current boundaries

2010–present

  • The District of North Norfolk wards of Briston, Chaucer, Corpusty, Cromer Town, Erpingham, Gaunt, Glaven Valley, Happisburgh, High Heath, Holt, Hoveton, Mundesley, North Walsham East, North Walsham North, North Walsham West, Poppyland, Priory, Roughton, St Benet, Scottow, Sheringham North, Sheringham South, Stalham and Sutton, Suffield Park, The Runtons, Waterside, Waxham, and Worstead.[9]

Fakenham and surrounding areas were transferred out once again to the new constituency of Broadland.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the District of North Norfolk (as they existed on 1st December 2020):

Bacton; Beeston Regis & The Runtons; Briston; Coastal; Cromer Town; Erpingham; Gresham; Happisburgh; Hickling; Holt; Hoveton & Tunstead; Mundesley; North Walsham East; North Walsham Market Cross; North Walsham West; Poppyland; Priory; Roughton; St. Benet’s; Sheringham North; Sheringham South; Stalham; Stody; Suffield Park; Trunch; Wells with Holkham; Worstead.[10]

Minor gain following changes to local authority ward boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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Sir Norman Lamb did not stand for re-election. The seat saw the largest decrease in the Liberal Democrat vote share at the 2019 general election,[15] and the third highest increase in vote share for the Conservatives.[16]

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* King was named a Unionist candidate in the official list of Coalition Government endorsements, but he wrote to The Times stating he had left the party before the election and should be classed as an independent. He later rejoined the party.

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Buxton
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  • Caused by Cozens-Hardy's appointment as a judge in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.
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  • Caused by Duff's death.
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  • Caused by Walpole's death.
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See also

Notes

  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. 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

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  2. Dalyell, Tam (21 January 2009). "Bert Hazell: Trade union leader and Labour MP who championed the cause of agricultural workers". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
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  4. Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884.
  5. Craig, F. W. S. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0900178094. OCLC 539011.
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  8. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
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  27. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)-
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  29. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  30. "To the Electors of North Norfolk". Norfolk News. 14 November 1868. p. 8. Retrieved 11 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

  • Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 978-1-84275-033-9.
  • The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
  • The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
  • The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.

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