List of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

The county of Norfolk is divided into 9 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 7 county constituencies.

Constituencies[edit]

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
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		Liz Truss †		Emily Blake ‡

2010 boundary changes[edit]

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		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[edit]

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.^[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Norfolk be combined with Suffolk as a sub-region of the Eastern Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Waveney Valley. Broadland would be renamed Broadland and Fakenham.^[4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Breckland

• Mid Norfolk (part)
• South West Norfolk (part)

Containing electoral wards from Broadland

• Broadland and Fakenham (part)
• Norwich North (part)

Containing electoral wards in Great Yarmouth

• Great Yarmouth

Containing electoral wards in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

• North West Norfolk
• South West Norfolk (part)

Containing electoral wards in North Norfolk

• Broadland and Fakenham (part)
• North Norfolk

Containing electoral wards in Norwich

• Norwich North (part)
• Norwich South (part)

Containing electoral wards in South Norfolk

• Mid Norfolk (part)
• Norwich South (part)
• South Norfolk
• Waveney Valley (parts also in East Suffolk and Mid Suffolk)

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

2019[edit]

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[edit]

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

Maps[edit]

1885-1910[edit]

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  1885
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  1886
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  1892
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  1895
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  1900
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  1906
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  Jan 1910
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  Dec 1910

1918-1945[edit]

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950-1979[edit]

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  1950
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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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  1974 Feb
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  1974 Oct
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  1979

1983-present[edit]

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  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2001
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  2005
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  2010
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  2015
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  2017
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  2019

Timeline[edit]

Green represents former constituencies, pink represents current ones.

Historical representation by party[edit]

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[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950[edit]

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

1950 to 1983[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)   Social Democratic

1983 to present[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

See also[edit]

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Norfolk

Notes[edit]

References[edit]