Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Norwich
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Norfolk
Major settlements	Norwich
1298–1950
Seats	Two
Replaced by	Norwich North and Norwich South

Norwich was a borough constituency in Norfolk which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1298 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Consisting of the city of Norwich in Norfolk, it returned two members of parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

It was replaced in 1950 by two new single-member constituencies, Norwich North and Norwich South.

Members of Parliament

1298–1660

Year	First member	Second member
1378	Henry Limner
1386	Walter Niche	Walter Bixton [note 1]
1388 (Feb)	William Appleyard	Walter Bixton [note 1]
1388 (Sep)	John Moulton	Walter Bixton [note 1]
1390 (Jan)	Henry Limner	Walter Bixton [note 1]
1390 (Nov)	William Appleyard	Thomas Gerard [note 1]
1391	Walter Bixton	Thomas Gerard [note 1]
1393	John Moulton	William Everard [note 1]
1394	Henry Limner	William Everard [note 1]
1395	William Appleyard	Thomas Gerard [note 1]
1397 (Jan)	William Appleyard	Henry Limner [note 1]
1397 (Sep)	Walter Bixton	Richard White [note 1]
1399	Henry Limner	Roger Blickling [note 1]
1401	Edmund Warner	Walter Eaton [note 1]
1402	William Appleyard	William Crakeford [note 1]
1404 (Jan)	William Everard	Walter Eaton [note 1]
1404 (Oct)
1406	Walter Eaton	John Alderford [note 1]
1407	Walter Eaton	Robert Dunston [note 1]
1410	Robert Dunston	William Ampulford [note 1]
1411	Bartholomew Appleyard	Thomas Gerard [note 1]
1413 (Feb)	John Alderford	Bartholomew Appleyard [note 1]
1413 (May)	William Sedman	John Bixley [note 1]
1414 (Apr)	Robert Brasier	John Alderford [note 1]
1414 (Nov)	William Sedman	Richard Purdance [note 1]
1415	John Bixley	Robert Dunston [note 1]
1416 (Mar)	Henry Rafman	William Sedman [note 1]
1416 (Oct)	William Appleyard	John Bixley [note 1]
1417	Robert Brasier	Robert Dunston [note 1]
1419	William Appleyard	John Bixley [note 1]
1420	Robert Baxter	Robert Dunston [note 1]
1421 (May)	Robert Baxter	Robert Dunston [note 1]
1421 (Dec)	Henry Piking	Robert Dunston [note 1]
1485	John Paston [1]
1504	Robert Burgh [2]
1510	?
1512	Robert Harydance	John Clerke I [note 2]
1515	?
1523	?
1529	Edward Rede	Reginald Lytilprowe [note 2]
1536	?John Corbet II	? [note 2]
1539	Augustine Steward	John Godsalve [note 2]
1542	William Rogers	?John Godsalve [note 2]
1545	Robert Rugge	Richard Catlin [note 2]
1547	Augustine Steward	Richard Catlin [note 2]
1553 (Mar)	Thomas Marsham	Alexander Mather [note 2]
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Gawdy I	Richard Catlin [note 2]
1554 (Apr)	Henry Ward	John Ball [note 2]
1554 (Nov)	John Corbet II	Alexander Mather [note 2]
1555	John Aldrich	Thomas Grey [note 2]
1558	Sir Thomas Gawdy	Thomas Sotherton [note 2]
1559	Sir William Woodhouse	Thomas Sotherton [note 3]
1562–3	Robert Michell, died and repl. 1566 by John Blennerhassett	Thomas Parker
1571	John Blennerhassett	Robert Suckling [note 3]
1572	John Aldirich	Thomas Beaumont, sick and repl. 1581 by Edward Flowerdew [note 3]
1584	Christopher Layer	Simon Bowde [note 3]
1586	Robert Suckling	Thomas Layer [note 3]
1588	Francis Rugge	Thomas Gleane [note 3]
1593	Robert Houghton	Robert Yarham [note 3]
1597	Christopher Layer	Thomas Sotherton II [note 3]
1601	Alexander Thurston	John Pettus [note 3]
1604–1611	Sir Henry Hobart	John Pettus [note 4]
1614	Sir Thomas Hyrne	Rice Gwyn [note 4]
1621–1622	Richard Rosse	William Denny [note 4]
1624	William Denny	Sir Thomas Hyrne [note 4]
1625	William Denny	Sir Thomas Hyrne [note 4]
1626	Sir John Suckling	Sir Thomas Hyrne [note 4]
1628	Sir Peter Gleane	Robert Debney [note 4]
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640–1950

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
April 1640		Thomas Tooley			Thomas Atkins
November 1640		Richard Harman	Parliamentarian		Richard Catlin [3]	Royalist
January 1644				Catelyn disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645					Erasmus Earle
1646		Thomas Atkins
1653	Norwich was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Bernard Church			John Hobart
1656
January 1659		William Barnham
May 1659		Thomas Atkins		One seat vacant
April 1660		William Barnham			Thomas Rant
1661		Christopher Jay			Francis Corie
Feb 1678		William Paston
May 1678					Augustine Briggs
1685		Robert Paston			Sir Nevill Catlin	Tory
1689		Thomas Blofield	Tory
1690					Hugh Bokenham
1694					John Ward
1695					Francis Gardiner
1698					Robert Davy
1701		Edward Clarke	Country Whig
1702		Thomas Blofield	Tory
1703					Thomas Palgrave
1705		Waller Bacon			John Chambers
1710		Robert Bene			Richard Berney
1715		Waller Bacon			Robert Brightiffe
1734					Horatio Walpole	Whig
1735 by-election		Thomas Vere
1747		John Hobart
June 1756 by-election					Edward Bacon
December 1756 by-election		(Sir) Harbord Harbord	Whig [4]
1784					William Windham	Tory [4]
1786 by-election		Hon. Henry Hobart	Tory [4]
1799 by-election		John Frere	Tory [4]
1802		Robert Fellowes	Whig [4]		William Smith	Radical
1806					John Patteson	Tory [4]
1807		William Smith	Radical
1812					Charles Harvey	Tory [4]
1818					Richard Hanbury Gurney	Whig [4]
1826					Jonathan Peel	Tory [4]
1830		Robert Grant	Whig [4]		Richard Hanbury Gurney	Whig [4]
1832		William Murray	Tory [4]		James Scarlett	Tory [4]
1834			Conservative [4]			Conservative [4]
1835					Robert Scarlett [note 5]	Conservative [4]
1837		Arthur Wellesley	Conservative [4]
1838 [note 5]					Benjamin Smith	Whig [4] [5]
1847					Morton Peto	Whig [6] [7] [8]
1852		Edward Warner	Radical [9] [10]
1854 by-election					Samuel Bignold	Conservative
1857		Henry Schneider	Radical [10] [11] [12]		William Keppel	Whig [10]
1859 [note 6]			Liberal			Liberal
1860 by-election [note 7]		Edward Warner	Liberal		Sir William Russell, Bt	Liberal
1868		Henry Stracey [note 8]	Conservative
1870 by-election		Jacob Henry Tillett [note 9]	Liberal
1871 by-election		Jeremiah Colman	Liberal
1874					John Walter Huddleston	Conservative
1875 by-election					Jacob Henry Tillett [note 10]	Liberal
1885					Harry Bullard [note 11]	Conservative
1886 by-election					Samuel Hoare [note 12]	Conservative
1895		Harry Bullard	Conservative
1904 by-election		Louis Tillett	Liberal
1906					George Henry Roberts	Labour
Jan 1910		Frederick Low	Liberal
1915 by-election		Hilton Young	Liberal
1918						Coalition Labour
1922			Independent			Liberal
1923		Walter Smith	Labour		Dorothy Jewson	Labour
1924		Hilton Young	Liberal		J. Griffyth Fairfax	Conservative
1926			Conservative
1929		Walter Smith	Labour		Geoffrey Shakespeare	Liberal
1931		George Hartland	Conservative			Liberal National
1935		Henry Strauss	Conservative
1945		Lucy Noel-Buxton	Labour		John Paton	Labour
1950	constituency abolished: see Norwich North and Norwich South

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Norwich ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Noel-Buxton	31,553	27.9	+7.9
	Labour	John Paton	31,229	27.7	+9.9
	National Liberal	Geoffrey Shakespeare	25,945	23.0	−6.1
	Conservative	Henry Strauss	24,225	21.4	−6.2
Majority			5,284	4.7	N/A
Turnout			112,952	70.7	−2.7
Registered electors			79,880
	Labour gain from National Liberal
	Labour gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Norwich ^{[15] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Geoffrey Shakespeare	36,039	29.1	−1.3
	Conservative	Henry Strauss	34,182	27.6	−1.3
	Labour	Glenvil Hall	24,670	20.0	−1.0
	Labour	Christopher John Kelly	22,055	17.8	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	Fenner Brockway	6,737	5.5	−14.2
Majority			11,369	9.1	−0.3
Majority			9,512	7.6	−0.3
Turnout			123,683	73.4	−7.0
Registered electors			84,275
	National Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1931: Norwich ^{[15] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Geoffrey Shakespeare	40,925	30.4	+4.2
	Conservative	George Hartland	38,883	28.9	+5.1
	Labour	Walter Smith	28,295	21.0	−5.0
	Ind. Labour Party	Dorothy Jewson	26,537	19.7	−4.3
Majority			12,630	9.4	N/A
Majority			10,588	7.9	N/A
Turnout			132,640	80.4	+1.6
Registered electors			83,755
	National Liberal gain from Liberal
	Conservative gain from Labour

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Norwich ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Shakespeare	33,974	26.2	+1.5
	Labour	Walter Smith	33,690	26.0	+3.1
	Labour	Dorothy Jewson	31,040	24.0	+2.0
	Unionist	J. Griffyth Fairfax	30,793	23.8	−3.6
Majority			2,934	2.2	+0.2
Majority			2,897	2.2	N/A
Turnout			129,497	78.8	−5.2
Registered electors			82,143
	Liberal hold
	Labour gain from Unionist

General election 1924: Norwich ^{[15] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hilton Young	28,842	27.7	+10.8
	Unionist	J. Griffyth Fairfax	28,529	27.4	+12.1
	Labour	Walter Smith	23,808	22.9	+2.0
	Labour	Dorothy Jewson	22,931	22.0	+2.0
Majority			5,034	4.8	N/A
Majority			5,598	5.4	N/A
Turnout			104,110	84.0	+5.3
Registered electors			61,995
	Liberal gain from Labour
	Unionist gain from Labour

General election 1923: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[15] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter Smith	20,077	20.9	+4.0
	Labour	Dorothy Jewson	19,304	20.0	+4.3
	Liberal	Hilton Young	16,222	16.9	−16.8
	Unionist	George Roberts	14,749	15.3	−18.4
	Liberal	Henry John Copeman	13,180	13.7	N/A
	Unionist	Henry Dawes Swan	12,713	13.2	N/A
Majority			3,082	3.1	N/A
Turnout			96,245	78.7	+1.9
Registered electors			61,168
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour gain from National Liberal

Hilton Young

General election 1922: Norwich (2 seats) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Roberts	31,167	33.7	−11.4
	National Liberal	Hilton Young	31,151	33.7	−9.6
	Labour	Herbert Witard	15,609	16.9	New
	Labour	George Johnson	14,490	15.7	New
Majority			15,558	16.8	N/A
Majority			15,542	16.8	N/A
Turnout			92,417	76.8	+27.9
Registered electors			60,159
	Independent gain from Coalition Labour
	National Liberal gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Norwich (2 seats) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Labour	George Roberts [note 13]	26,642	45.1	+9.3
	Liberal	Hilton Young	25,555	43.3	+6.9
	Independent Labour	Herbert Witard	6,856	11.6	New
Majority			19,786	33.5	+25.4
Majority			18,699	31.7	+23.1
Turnout			59,053	48.9	−35.4
Registered electors			60,342
	Coalition Labour gain from Labour
	Liberal hold

By-election, 1917: Norwich (1 seat) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Henry Roberts	Unopposed
	Labour hold

By-election, 1915: Norwich (1 seat) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hilton Young	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election, December 1910: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Low	10,149	36.4	+7.4
	Labour	George Roberts	10,003	35.8	+7.1
	Conservative	W. Dyson	7,758	27.7	+6.1
Majority			2,391	8.6	+1.3
Majority			2,245	8.1	+1.1
Turnout			27,910	84.3	−7.2
Registered electors			21,607
	Liberal hold
	Labour hold

General election, January 1910: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Low	11,257	29.0	−8.2
	Labour	George Roberts	11,119	28.7	−9.2
	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	8,410	21.7	−3.6
	Conservative	H.G. Snowden	7,981	20.6	N/A
Majority			2,847	7.3	−4.6
Majority			2,709	7.0	−5.2
Turnout			38,767	91.5	−0.1
Registered electors			21,607
	Liberal hold
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	George Roberts	11,059	37.5	N/A
	Liberal	Louis Tillett	10,972	37.2	N/A
	Conservative	Ernest Wild	7,460	25.3	N/A
Turnout			29,491	91.6	N/A
Registered electors			20,390
Majority			3,599	12.2	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative
Majority			3,512	11.9	N/A
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative

By-election, 1904: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louis Tillett	8,576	48.3	New
	Conservative	Ernest Wild	6,756	38.0	N/A
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	George Roberts	2,440	13.7	New
Majority			1,820	10.3	N/A
Turnout			17,772	90.1	N/A
Registered electors			19,728
	Liberal gain from Conservative

General election 1900: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	Unopposed
	Conservative	Harry Bullard	Unopposed
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	8,166	26.5	−8.6
	Conservative	Harry Bullard	8,034	26.1	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Terrell	7,330	23.9	−9.9
	Liberal	Frederick Verney	7,210	23.5	−7.6
Majority			704	2.2	N/A
Turnout			15,465 (est)	88.4	+0.4
Registered electors			17,494
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

General election 1892: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	7,718	35.1	+9.6
	Liberal	Jeremiah Colman	7,407	33.8	+7.8
	Liberal	John Bedford [17]	6,811	31.1	+5.7
Majority			907	4.0	+3.9
Turnout			14,628 (est)	88.0	+7.4
Registered electors			16,623
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremiah Colman	6,295	26.0	−7.0
	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	6,156	25.5	−10.5
	Liberal	Jacob Henry Tillett	6,119	25.4	−5.6
	Conservative	Clare Sewell Read	5,564	23.1	N/A
Turnout			12,342	80.6	−8.0
Registered electors			15,323
Majority			731	2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9
Majority			37	0.1	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.4

By-election, 7 Apr 1886: Norwich ^{[16] [note 14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Hoare	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Bullard being unseated on petition.

General election 1885: Norwich (2 seats) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Bullard	7,279	36.0	−8.1
	Liberal	Jeremiah Colman	6,666	33.0	+4.9
	Liberal	Robert Samuel Wright [18]	6,251	31.0	+3.1
Majority			1,028	5.0	N/A
Turnout			13,572	88.6	+12.6 (est)
Registered electors			15,323
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	−3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

General election 1880: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremiah Colman	6,549	28.1	+1.4
	Liberal	Jacob Henry Tillett	6,512	27.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Henry Harben [20]	5,242	22.5	−2.8
	Conservative	William Massey-Mainwaring	5,032	21.6	−1.4
Majority			1,270	5.4	N/A
Turnout			11,668 (est)	76.0 (est)	+0.1
Registered electors			15,349
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 6 Mar 1875: Norwich (1 seat) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Henry Tillett	5,877	53.6	+1.8
	Conservative	Josiah Wilkinson [21]	5,079	46.4	−1.9
Majority			798	7.2	N/A
Turnout			10,956	73.3	−2.6
Registered electors			14,953
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.9

• Caused by Huddleston's appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. This by-election was later declared void on petition, and the writ was suspended, leaving Norwich with one MP until 1880.

General election 1874: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremiah Colman	6,138	26.7	−7.0
	Conservative	John Walter Huddleston	5,823	25.3	+8.4
	Liberal	Jacob Henry Tillett	5,776	25.1	−7.5
	Conservative	Henry Stracey	5,290	23.0	+6.1
Turnout			11,514 (est)	75.9 (est)	+8.5
Registered electors			15,166
Majority			315	1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.1
Majority			47	0.2	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.8

By-election, 22 Feb 1871: Norwich (1 seat) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremiah Colman	4,637	57.8	−8.5
	Conservative	Charles Legard	3,389	42.2	+8.4
Majority			1,248	15.6	N/A
Turnout			8,026	65.1	−2.3
Registered electors			12,338
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	−8.5

• Caused by the previous by-election being declared void on petition.

By-election, 13 Jul 1870: Norwich (1 seat) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Henry Tillett	4,236	52.2	−14.1
	Conservative	John Walter Huddleston	3,874	47.8	+14.0
Majority			362	4.4	N/A
Turnout			8,110	61.0	−6.4
Registered electors			13,296
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	−14.1

• Caused by Stracey's election being declared void on petition.

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Stracey	4,521	33.8	−9.6
	Liberal	William Russell	4,509	33.7	+5.4
	Liberal	Jacob Henry Tillett	4,364	32.6	+4.4
Majority			157	1.2	N/A
Turnout			9,958 (est)	67.4 (est)	−0.2
Registered electors			13,296
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	−9.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

General election 1865: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Russell	1,845	28.3	+1.9
	Liberal	Edward Warner	1,838	28.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Augustus Goldsmid [22]	1,466	22.5	−1.6
	Conservative	Robert Edmond Chester Waters [23]	1,363	20.9	−2.4
Majority			372	5.7	+3.6
Turnout			3,256 (est)	67.6 (est)	−13.0
Registered electors			4,817
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

By-election, 28 March 1860: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[19] [24]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Warner	2,083	28.2	+1.8
	Liberal	William Russell	2,045	27.7	+1.5
	Conservative	William Forlonge	1,636	22.1	−2.0
	Conservative	William David Lewis	1,631	22.1	−1.2
Majority			409	5.6	+3.5
Turnout			3,698 (est)	68.7 (est)	−11.9
Registered electors			5,381
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

• Caused by both the 1859 general election and the June by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery. ^[25]

Elections in the 1850s

By-election, 28 June 1859: Norwich ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Keppel	1,922	54.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Samuel Bignold	1,561	44.3	−3.1
	Conservative	Henry George Boldero [26] [27]	39	1.1	N/A
Majority			361	10.3	+8.2
Turnout			3,522	69.6	−11.0
Registered electors			5,508
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

• Caused by Keppel's appointment as Treasurer of the Household.

General election 1859: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Keppel	2,154	26.4	−10.2
	Liberal	Henry Schneider	2,134	26.2	−10.5
	Conservative	Samuel Bignold	1,966	24.1	+10.7
	Conservative	Charles Manners Lushington [28]	1,900	23.3	+9.9
Majority			168	2.1	−7.8
Turnout			4,077 (est)	80.6 (est)	+17.8
Registered electors			5,058
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.4

General election 1857: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Henry Schneider	2,247	36.7	+7.7
	Whig	William Keppel	2,238	36.6	+7.0
	Conservative	Samuel Bignold	1,636	26.7	−14.6
Turnout			3,879 (est)	62.8 (est)	−5.8
Registered electors			6,175
Majority			9	0.1	−7.4
	Radical hold		Swing	+7.5
Majority			602	9.9	+9.3
	Whig hold		Swing	+7.2

By-election, 29 December 1854: Norwich ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Bignold	1,899	53.8	+12.5
	Whig	Anthony Hamond [29] [30]	1,629	46.2	+16.6
Majority			270	7.6	N/A
Turnout			3,528	59.7	−8.9
Registered electors			5,911
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	−2.1

• Caused by Peto's resignation in order to go to the Crimean War and construct the Grand Crimean Central Railway. ^[31]

General election 1852: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Morton Peto	2,190	29.6	−13.0
	Radical	Edward Warner	2,145	29.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Arthur Wellesley	1,592	21.5	+6.4
	Conservative	Lothian Sheffield Dickson	1,465	19.8	+4.7
Turnout			3,696 (est)	68.6 (est)	+10.9
Registered electors			5,390
Majority			45	0.6	−11.9
	Whig hold		Swing	−9.3
Majority			553	7.5	N/A
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Morton Peto	2,448	42.6	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Wellesley	1,727	30.1	N/A
	Radical	John Humffreys Parry [32]	1,572	27.4	N/A
Turnout			2,874 (est)	57.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,976
Majority			721	12.5	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			155	2.7	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1841: Norwich (2 seats) ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Benjamin Smith	Unopposed
	Conservative	Arthur Wellesley	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,334
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[19] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Scarlett	1,865	25.2	−1.8
	Conservative	Arthur Wellesley	1,863	25.2	−2.0
	Whig	Benjamin Smith	1,843	24.9	+2.0
	Whig	Montford Nurse	1,831	24.7	+1.9
Majority			20	0.3	−3.8
Turnout			3,697	84.2	−0.7
Registered electors			4,390
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0

• On petition, Scarlett was unseated and Smith was declared elected.

General election 1835: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[19] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Murray	1,892	27.2	+0.5
	Conservative	Robert Scarlett	1,878	27.0	+1.0
	Whig	Edward Vernon Harbord, 4th Baron Suffield	1,592	22.9	−1.1
	Whig	Frank Offley Martin [33]	1,582	22.8	−0.6
Majority			286	4.1	+2.1
Turnout			3,483	84.9	−5.2
Registered electors			4,102
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 1832: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[19] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	William Murray	2,016	26.7	+11.1
	Tory	James Scarlett	1,962	26.0	+10.6
	Whig	Richard Hanbury Gurney	1,809	24.0	−10.5
	Whig	Charles Henry Bellenden Ker	1,765	23.4	−11.1
Majority			153	2.0	N/A
Turnout			3,817	90.1	c. +15.6
Registered electors			4,238
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+11.0
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+10.7

General election 1831: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[4] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Grant	2,163	34.5	+7.1
	Whig	Richard Hanbury Gurney	2,158	34.5	+6.1
	Tory	Charles Wetherell	977	15.6	−7.4
	Tory	Michael Thomas Sadler	964	15.4	−5.8
Majority			1,181	18.9	+14.5
Turnout			c. 3,131	c. 74.5
Registered electors			c. 4,200
	Whig hold		Swing	+6.9
	Whig hold		Swing	+6.4

• Wetherell and Sadler were proposed without their knowledge

By-election, 30 November 1830: Norwich ^{[4] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Robert Grant	Unopposed
	Whig hold

• Caused by Grant's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces

General election 1830: Norwich (2 seats) ^{[4] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Richard Hanbury Gurney	2,363	28.4
	Whig	Robert Grant	2,279	27.4
	Tory	Jonathan Peel	1,912	23.0
	Tory	Charles Ogle	1,762	21.2
Majority			367	4.4
Turnout			4,202
	Whig gain from Radical
	Whig gain from Tory

Notes

1. "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
2. "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
3. "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
4. "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
5. Scarlett was initially declared re-elected in 1837, but on petition his election was declared void and his opponent, Smith, was seated in his place after scrutiny of the votes
6. On petition, the result of the 1859 general election was declared void, as was that of a subsequent by-election in which Viscount Bury (who had been found guilty of bribery) had been re-elected, and a writ for a new election was issued. The result had been Lord Bury 2,154; Mr Schneider 2,138; Sir S Bignold 1,966; Mr Lushington 1,900 (Bury and Norwich Post 3 April 1860)
7. The result was Mr Warner 2,083; Sir W Russell 2,045; Mr Lewis 1,636; Mr Forlonge 1,631 (Bury and Norwich Post 3 April 1860)
8. Stracey's election was declared void, the writ for the constituency was suspended and a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption. After its report, a writ for a by-election was issued in 1870.
9. On petition, Tillett's election was declared void and a new election was held.
10. Tillett's election was declared void, the writ for the constituency was suspended and a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption. The seat remained vacant until the next general election, when Tillett was re-elected.
11. On petition, Bullard's election was declared void and a by-election was held
12. Created a baronet, August 1899
13. Roberts was not an official coalition candidate, and did not receive the Coalition Coupon
14. Harry Bullard was unseated on petition

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