List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

Last updated March 30, 2022

The county of Norfolk is divided into 9 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 7 County constituencies.

Constituencies

Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency^{[nb 1]}	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[2]^{[nb 2]}
Broadland CC	78,151	21,861	Jerome Mayhew †	Jess Barnard ‡
Great Yarmouth CC	71,957	17,663	Brandon Lewis †	Mike Smith-Clare ‡
Mid Norfolk CC	82,203	22,594	George Freeman †	Adrian Heald ‡
North Norfolk CC	70,729	14,395	Duncan Baker †	Karen Ward ¤
North West Norfolk CC	72,080	19,922	James Wild †	Jo Rust ‡
Norwich North BC	67,172	4,738	Chloe Smith †	Karen Davis ‡
Norwich South BC	77,845	12,760	Clive Lewis ‡	Mike Spencer †
South Norfolk CC	86,214	21,275	Richard Bacon †	Beth Jones ‡
South West Norfolk CC	78,455	26,195	Elizabeth Truss †	Emily Blake ‡

2010 boundary changes

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Norfolk's representation be increased to 9 MPs, with the creation of the constituency of Broadland, based on the District of Broadland wards which had previously comprised a majority of Mid Norfolk, as well as Drayton and Taversham, transferred back from Norwich North. It also included Fakenham and surrounding areas, transferred once again from North Norfolk. Mid Norfolk now comprised the District of Breckland wards in the previous version of the constituency with additional wards, including Watton and Attleborough, transferred from South West Norfolk. Six District of South Norfolk wards, including Wymondham, were transferred from the constituency of South Norfolk. Cringleford and Colney (but not New Costessey) were transferred back from Norwich South to South Norfolk and a small area in the south-west of the constituency of North West Norfolk was transferred to South West Norfolk.

Former name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
Great Yarmouth CC Mid Norfolk CC North Norfolk CC North West Norfolk CC Norwich North BC Norwich South BC South Norfolk CC South West Norfolk CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk	Broadland CC Great Yarmouth CC Mid Norfolk CC North Norfolk CC North West Norfolk CC Norwich North BC Norwich South BC South Norfolk CC South West Norfolk CC

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.^[3]

The commission has proposed retaining the current constituencies in Norfolk, with boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range.^[4]

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Norfolk in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	268,165	57.6%	4.9%	8	1
Labour	120,780	25.9%	7.5%	1	0
Liberal Democrats	57,966	12.4%	2.4%	0	1
Greens	11,812	2.5%	0.9%	0	0
Brexit	3,395	0.7%	new	0	0
Others	3,840	0.9%	1.4%	0	0
Total	465,958	100.0		9

Percentage votes

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative ¹	44.2	50.4	50.5	50.6	47.8	47.7	51.4	42.7	43.3	50.9	49.7	51.0	49.2	36.7	41.6	39.9	43.1	44.9	52.7	57.6
Labour	46.9	49.6	49.5	47.3	46.8	51.0	43.6	35.3	38.9	35.7	22.0	22.9	31.2	39.9	35.5	30.0	19.0	22.7	33.4	25.9
Liberal Democrat ²	8.8	-	-	2.1	5.3	1.3	4.8	21.7	17.7	12.8	27.9	25.8	18.6	18.2	19.6	25.4	27.8	10.3	10.0	12.4
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	3.2	5.1	1.6	2.5
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	4.6	17.0	2.3	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7
Other	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.0	5.1	3.3	4.7	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.8

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

²1950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative ¹	3	6	5	5	4	3	7	5	5	5	8	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7	8
Labour	5	2	3	3	4	5	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	4	3	3	0	1	1	1
Liberal Democrat ²	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

²1950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974 Feb
1974 Oct
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019

Timeline

Green represents former constituencies, pink represents current ones.

Constituency	1295-1298	1298-1529	1529-1558	1558-1832	1832-1867	1867-1885	1885-1918	1950-1974	1974-1983	1983-2010	2010–present
Broadland											2010–present
Castle Rising				1558-1832
Central Norfolk								1950-1974
East Norfolk					1832-1867		1885-1950
Great Yarmouth	1295-1867						1885–present
King's Lynn		1298-1974
Mid Norfolk							1885-1918			1983–present
Norfolk	1295-1832
North Norfolk						1867–present
North West Norfolk							1885-1918		1974–present
Norwich		1298-1950
Norwich North								1950–present
Norwich South								1950–present
South Norfolk						1867–present
South West Norfolk							1885–present
Thetford			1529-1867
West Norfolk					1832-1885

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	86	1886	86	1892	93	95	1895	98	99	1900	04	1906	06	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	12	15	18
Great Yarmouth	Tyler				Moorsom			Colomb					Fell
King's Lynn	Bourke			Jarvis	Bowles								Bellairs	→	Bowles	Ingleby
Norfolk East	Birkbeck				Price
Norfolk Mid	R. Gurdon		→		Higgins	→	R. Gurdon	Wilson					Wodehouse		Boyle		→		Jodrell
Norfolk North	Cozens-Hardy									W. Gurdon					Buxton
Norfolk North West	Arch		Cavendish-Bentinck		Arch						White						Hemmerde
Norfolk South	Taylor		→						Soames
Norfolk South West	Tyssen-Amherst				Hare								Winfrey
Norwich (Two members)	Colman							Bullard				Tillett			Low			Young
Norwich (Two members)	Bullard	Hoare											Roberts

1918 to 1950

Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Independent Labour Liberal

Constituency	1918	20	1922	1923	1924	26	1929	30	31	1931	1935	39	41	43	1945
Great Yarmouth	Fell		Harbord		Meyer		Harbord		→				Jewson		Kinghorn
King's Lynn	Jodrell			Woodwark	Roche						Maxwell			Roche	Wise
Norfolk East	Falcon			Seely	Neville		Lygon		→			Medlicott
Norfolk North	King	→	Buxton					Noel-Buxton		Cook					Gooch
Norfolk South	Cozens-Hardy	Edwards	Hay	Edwards	Christie										Mayhew
Norfolk South West	Winfrey		→	McLean			Taylor			McLean	de Chair				Dye
Norwich (Two members)	Young		→	Jewson	Young	→	Shakespeare		→						Paton
Norwich (Two members)	Roberts		→	Smith	Fairfax		Smith			Hartland	Strauss				Noel-Buxton

1950 to 1983

Conservative Labour National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic

Constituency	1950	1951	55	1955	59	1959	62	1964	1966	1970	Feb 1974	81
Great Yarmouth	Kinghorn	Fell							Gray	Fell
King's Lynn / North West Norfolk (1974)	Wise	Scott-Miller				Bullard		Page		Brocklebank-Fowler		→
Norfolk Central	Medlicott					Collard	Gilmour	→
Norfolk North	Gooch							Hazell		Howell
Norfolk South	Baker		Hill								MacGregor
Norfolk South West	Dye	Bullard		Dye	Hilton			Hawkins
Norwich North	Paton							Wallace			Ennals
Norwich South	Strauss			Rippon				Norwood		Stuttaford	Garrett

1983 to present

Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	1987	1997	2001	2005	09	2010	2015	2019
Broadland							Simpson		Mayhew
Mid Norfolk	Ryder		Simpson				Freeman
South Norfolk	MacGregor			Bacon
South West Norfolk	Hawkins	Shephard			Fraser		Truss
North Norfolk	Howell		Prior	Lamb					Baker
North West Norfolk	Bellingham		Turner	Bellingham					Wild
Great Yarmouth	Carttiss		Wright				B. Lewis
Norwich North	Thompson		Gibson			Smith
Norwich South	Powley	Garrett	Clarke				Wright	C. Lewis

Notes

↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

↑ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
↑ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
↑ "Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

[4] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

[2] Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[:0-3] 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

[5] "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.

[6] "Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-09.

[7] Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[nb 1]

[1]

[2]

[nb 2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
UK regions and nations	East (58) East Midlands (46) London (73) North East (29) North West (75) South East (84) South West (55) West Midlands (59) Yorkshire and the Humber (54) Northern Ireland (18) Scotland (59) Wales (40)
English counties	Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire and Worcestershire Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire and Rutland Lincolnshire London Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey East Sussex West Sussex Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire North Yorkshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire
Historic counties	Huntingdonshire Middlesex Westmorland
History of constituency boundaries in	Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Berkshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Oxfordshire Suffolk
By years	(1801–1832) (1832–1868) (1868–1885) (1885–1918) (1918–1945) (1950–1974) (1974–1983) (1983–1997) (1997 to present)