The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of the Labour Party in 1945,with a majority of 144 seats and the first of two consecutive landslide victories.
North Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Steffan Aquarone,a Liberal Democrat.
The 1987 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 11 June 1987,to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. The election was the third consecutive general election victory for the Conservative Party,who won a majority of 102 seats and second landslide under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher,who became the first Prime Minister since the Earl of Liverpool in 1820 to lead a party into three successive electoral victories.
The Maastricht Rebels were British Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of Prime Minister John Major in a series of votes in the House of Commons on the issue of the implementation of the Maastricht Treaty in British law.
Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative Party politician who has been serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gainsborough,previously Gainsborough and Horncastle,since 1983. As the longest serving MP in Parliament,since 2024 Leigh is the incumbent Father of the House.
Anthony David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth from 1997 until losing his seat at the 2010 election.
The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk,England. It is named after its main town,Great Yarmouth,and also contains the town of Gorleston-on-Sea and a number of villages and rural areas,including part of The Broads. Other notable settlements include Caister-on-Sea,Hemsby,Hopton-on-Sea and Winterton-on-Sea.
Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since the 2024 general election by Rupert Lowe of Reform UK.
North West Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by James Wild,a Conservative.
Peter William Bone is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough from 2005 until his removal in 2023. A member of the Conservative Party,he had sat as an independent in the House of Commons after the Conservative whip was withdrawn from him in 2023,until he was removed by a recall petition in December of that year. He campaigned for Brexit in the EU referendum and was part of the political advisory board of Leave Means Leave. From July to September 2022,he served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.
The 1990 Conservative Party leadership election was called on 14 November 1990 following the decision of Michael Heseltine,former defence and environment secretary,to challenge Margaret Thatcher,the incumbent Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,for leadership of the Conservative Party.
Vivian Walter Hough Bendall is a British Conservative politician and estate agent. After gaining Ilford North at the 1978 by-election he served as the constituency's Member of Parliament until his defeat in 1997. Bendall is on the centre of the party.
Ronald Richard Thomas was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) who represented Bristol North West from 1974 to 1979. He was also a councillor on Bristol City Council and Avon County Council.
East Norfolk was a constituency in the county of Norfolk that returned two members of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1868. It was re-established in 1885 with representation of one member. That seat was abolished in 1950.
The Norfolk County Council election took place on 4 June 2009,coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England.
The 2011 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. At the same time as the election,the introduction of a directly elected mayor in Great Yarmouth was rejected in a referendum.
The 2007 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The Norfolk County Council election took place across Norfolk on 2 May 2013,coinciding with local elections for all county councils in England. The results were announced the following day,Friday 3 May 2013. The result brought to an end 12 years of Conservative administration,who finished three seats short of a majority after losing 20 seats,leaving the Council in no overall control (NOC). UKIP and the Labour Party both made gains of 14 and 11 seats respectively. The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party both lost three seats each,whilst an independent won a single seat in North Norfolk.
The 2021 Norfolk County Council election took place alongside the other 2021 local elections. 83 of the 84 seats to Norfolk County Council were elected. One seat,Sewell in Norwich,had its election delayed to June 17 after Eve Collishaw,the Conservative candidate,died during the election campaign
