West_Norfolk_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

West Norfolk
West Norfolk
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the northern 'doubly' blue land by the great bay (bight), the Wash.
1832–1885
Seats	two
Replaced by	Mid Norfolk; North West Norfolk; South West Norfolk

West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

West Norfolk or Norfolk Western (formally the "Western division of Norfolk") was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

Quick Facts 1832–1885, Seats ...

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, alongside Eastern Norfolk, as one of two Divisions of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk, each returning 2 MPs. It was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

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Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Sir William Ffolkes, Bt	Whig^[3]^[4]	Sir Jacob Astley, Bt	Whig^[3]
1837		William Bagge	Conservative	William Chute	Conservative
1847				Hon. Edward Coke	Whig^[5]^[6]^[7]
1852				George Bentinck	Conservative
1857		Brampton Gurdon	Whig^[8]^[9]
1859		Brampton Gurdon	Liberal
1865		Sir William Bagge, Bt	Conservative	Hon. Thomas de Grey	Conservative
1871 by-election		Sir William Bagge, Bt	Conservative	George Bentinck	Conservative
1880 by-election		William Tyssen-Amherst	Conservative	George Bentinck	Conservative
1884 by-election		William Tyssen-Amherst	Conservative	Clare Sewell Read	Conservative
1885	representation reduced to one member and constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bagge	3,178	27.4	+12.5
	Conservative	William Lyde Wiggett Chute	2,877	24.8	+9.9
	Whig	William ffolkes	2,838	24.5	−11.9
	Whig	Jacob Astley	2,713	23.4	−10.4
Majority			465	4.0	N/A
Majority			39	0.3	N/A
Turnout			5,898	81.3	−3.9
Registered electors			7,258
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+11.8
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+10.5

West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

West Norfolk
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the northern 'doubly' blue land by the great bay (bight), the Wash.
1832–1885
Seats	two
Replaced by	Mid Norfolk North West Norfolk South West Norfolk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bagge	3,113	26.4	*N/A*
	Whig	Edward Coke	3,052	25.9	*New*
	Whig	Anthony Hamond, Sr.	2,935	24.9	New
	Conservative	Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange	2,676	22.7	N/A
Turnout			5,888 (est)	78.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			7,516
Majority			61	0.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			376	3.2	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bagge	3,421	40.1	+13.7
	Conservative	George Bentinck	3,143	36.8	+14.1
	Whig	Anthony Hamond, Sr.^[11]	1,973	23.1	−27.7
Majority			1,170	13.7	N/A
Turnout			5,255 (est)	67.1 (est)	−11.2
Registered electors			7,827
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.8
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+14.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bagge	2,710	28.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Thomas de Grey	2,611	27.4	*N/A*
	Liberal	Willoughby Jones	2,133	22.4	N/A
	Liberal	Brampton Gurdon	2,088	21.9	N/A
Majority			622	6.5	N/A
Majority			478	5.0	N/A
Turnout			4,771 (est)	73.0 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,534
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Tyssen-Amherst	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Tyssen-Amherst	2,671	38.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Bentinck	2,233	31.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	Anthony Hamond (jun)^[12]	2,104	30.0	New
Majority			129	1.9	N/A
Turnout			4,556 (est)	70.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,471
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Sewell Read	Unopposed
	Conservative hold