Norwich | |
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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.
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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 | ||
Majority | 7,328 | 6.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 112,952 | 70.7 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 79,880 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Henry Roberts | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hilton Young | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Harry Bullard | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Benjamin Smith | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Arthur Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,334 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grant | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
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 |