Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Yarmouth | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 1983 | |
![]() Boundary of Great Yarmouth in the East of England | |
County | Norfolk |
Electorate | 70,077 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Great Yarmouth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Rupert Lowe (Reform UK) |
Seats | One |
1640–1868 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | East Suffolk North Norfolk |
1295–1640 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
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.
History
[edit]The Parliamentary Borough of Great Yarmouth had been represented by two members of parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of England from 1295 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. The borough was unaffected by the Great Reform Act of 1832, but it was disenfranchised for corruption by the Reform Act 1867,[2] when its voters were absorbed into the North Division of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk.
The seat was re-established as a single-member Borough by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885[3] and remained unchanged until the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election. This abolished the Parliamentary Borough and replaced it with the County Constituency of Yarmouth, which incorporated the County Borough and surrounding rural areas.
Further to the local government reorganisation of 1974, which was reflected in the redistribution of seats which came into effect for the 1983 general election, the constituency was formally renamed Great Yarmouth and its boundaries coincided with those of the local authority of the Borough of Great Yarmouth. It has remained unchanged since then.
Boundaries and boundary changes
[edit]1885–1918
[edit]- The Municipal Borough of Great Yarmouth, including the parish of Gorleston, and part of the parish of Runham.[4]
1918–1950
[edit]- The County Borough of Great Yarmouth.
1950–1974
[edit]- The County Borough of Great Yarmouth; and
- The Rural District of Blofield and Flegg except the civil parishes of Great and Little Plumstead, Postwick, and Thorpe-next-Norwich (later renamed Thorpe St Andrew).[5]
The parts of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg had previously been included in the abolished Eastern Division of Norfolk.
1974–1983
[edit]- The County Borough of Great Yarmouth; and
- the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.[6]
The remaining parishes of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg were transferred from the abolished constituency of Central Norfolk.
1983–present
[edit]- The Borough of Great Yarmouth.[7]
Thorpe St Andrew was transferred to Norwich North and remaining western parts to the new constituency of Mid Norfolk. Gained a small area from the abolished Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft, including Bradwell, which had been transferred to Norfolk as a result of the local government reorganisation of 1974, as laid out in the Local Government Act 1972.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is unchanged.[8]
The constituency covers the area in and around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in the constituency.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Great Yarmouth borough
[edit]Great Yarmouth was a 2-seat constituency from 1660 until 1868 when it was disenfranchised. It was recreated for the 1885 general election as a single-seat constituency.
MPs 1295–1640
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MPs 1640–1868
[edit]MPs 1885–1950
[edit]- 1885: Constituency revived, electing only a single member
Election | Member[15] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Sir Henry Tyler | Conservative | |
1892 | James Marshall Moorsom | Liberal | |
1895 | Sir John Colomb | Conservative | |
1906 | (Sir) Arthur Fell | Conservative | |
1922 | Arthur Harbord | Liberal | |
1924 | Sir Frank Meyer | Conservative | |
1929 | Sir Arthur Harbord | Liberal | |
1931 | Liberal National | ||
1941 by-election | Percy Jewson | Liberal National | |
1945 | Ernest Kinghorn | Labour | |
1950 | Great Yarmouth borough abolished: new county constituency named Yarmouth |
Yarmouth County Constituency
[edit]MPs 1950–1974
[edit]Election | Member[15] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Ernest Kinghorn | Labour | |
1951 | Anthony Fell | Conservative | |
1966 | Hugh Gray | Labour | |
1970 | Anthony Fell | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency renamed Great Yarmouth |
Great Yarmouth County Constituency
[edit]MPs since 1983
[edit]Election | Member[15] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Michael Carttiss | Conservative | |
1997 | Tony Wright | Labour | |
2010 | Sir Brandon Lewis | Conservative | |
2024 | Rupert Lowe | Reform UK |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reform UK | Rupert Lowe | 14,385 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Keir Cozens | 12,959 | 31.8 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | James Clark | 10,034 | 24.6 | −41.2 | |
Green | Trevor Rawson | 1,736 | 4.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fionna Tod | 1,102 | 2.7 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Paul Brown | 230 | 0.6 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Catherine Blaiklock | 171 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Clare Roullier | 131 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,426 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,748 | 55.6 | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 73,317 | ||||
Reform UK gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brandon Lewis | 28,593 | 65.8 | +11.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Mike Smith-Clare | 10,930 | 25.1 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Joyce | 1,661 | 3.8 | +1.6 | |
Green | Anne Killett | 1,064 | 2.4 | +1.1 | |
VPP | Dave Harding | 631 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Adrian Myers | 429 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Margaret McMahon-Morris | 154 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,663 | 40.7 | +22.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,462 | 60.4 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brandon Lewis | 23,901 | 54.1 | +11.2 | |
Labour | Mike Smith-Clare | 15,928 | 36.1 | +7.0 | |
UKIP | Catherine Blaiklock | 2,767 | 6.3 | −16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Joyce | 987 | 2.2 | −0.1 | |
Green | Harry Webb | 563 | 1.3 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 7,973 | 18.0 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,146 | 61.8 | −1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brandon Lewis | 19,089 | 42.9 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Lara Norris[38] | 12,935 | 29.1 | −4.1 | |
UKIP | Alan Grey[39] | 10,270 | 23.1 | +18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Joyce | 1,030 | 2.3 | −12.1 | |
Green | Harry Webb[40] | 978 | 2.2 | +1.2 | |
CISTA | Samuel Townley | 167 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,154 | 13.8 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,469 | 63.7 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brandon Lewis | 18,571 | 43.1 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Tony Wright | 14,295 | 33.2 | −12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Partridge | 6,188 | 14.4 | +3.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Baugh | 2,066 | 4.8 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Bosco Tann | 1,421 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Green | Laura Biggart | 416 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Margaret McMahon-Morris | 100 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,276 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,057 | 61.2 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Wright | 18,850 | 45.6 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Mark Fox | 15,795 | 38.2 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Newton | 4,585 | 11.1 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Bertie Poole | 1,759 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Skipper | 389 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,055 | 7.4 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,378 | 60.1 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Wright | 20,344 | 50.4 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Reynolds | 15,780 | 39.1 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maurice Leeke | 3,392 | 8.4 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | Bertie Poole | 850 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,564 | 11.3 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,366 | 58.3 | −12.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Wright | 26,084 | 53.4 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Carttiss | 17,416 | 35.6 | −12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Wood | 5,381 | 11.0 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 8,668 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,651 | 71.2 | −6.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Carttiss | 25,505 | 47.9 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Barbara Baughan | 20,196 | 38.0 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Scott | 7,225 | 13.6 | −3.5 | |
Natural Law | P Larkin | 284 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,309 | 9.9 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,210 | 77.9 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Carttiss | 25,336 | 51.7 | +1.2 | |
Labour | John Cannell | 15,253 | 31.1 | +5.8 | |
SDP | Stuart Maxwell | 8,387 | 17.1 | −7.2 | |
Majority | 10,083 | 20.6 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,976 | 74.5 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Carttiss | 22,423 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Owen Lloyd | 11,223 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal | Eric Minett | 10,803 | 24.3 | ||
Majority | 11,200 | 25.2 | |||
Turnout | 44,449 | 70.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 28,066 | 50.4 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Patricia Hollis | 20,838 | 37.4 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Eric Minett | 6,112 | 11.0 | −6.7 | |
National Front | T Holmes | 640 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,228 | 13.0 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 55,656 | 77.1 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 22,573 | 43.3 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Patricia Hollis | 20,313 | 39.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | PR Coleby | 9,250 | 17.7 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 2,260 | 4.33 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,136 | 73.6 | −7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 24,711 | 43.4 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Patricia Hollis | 19,774 | 34.7 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | PR Coleby | 12,524 | 22.0 | +14.4 | |
Majority | 4,397 | 8.7 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 57,009 | 81.2 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 23,088 | 49.6 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Hugh Gray | 19,931 | 42.8 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Joan Knott | 3,523 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,157 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,542 | 77.3 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Gray | 22,296 | 50.9 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 21,499 | 49.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 797 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,795 | 79.8 | −0.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 20,310 | 46.8 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 18,381 | 42.4 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | David Spreckley | 4,680 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,929 | 4.4 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,371 | 80.3 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Election in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 22,827 | 54.3 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Stanley Clinton-Davis | 19,248 | 45.7 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 3,579 | 8.6 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,075 | 79.6 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 21,317 | 51.1 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Ernest Kinghorn | 20,400 | 48.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 917 | 2.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,757 | 79.7 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Fell | 22,180 | 51.2 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Ernest Kinghorn | 21,165 | 48.8 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,015 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,345 | 83.3 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Kinghorn | 19,131 | 44.5 | −11.3 | |
Conservative | Edward Baker | 17,969 | 41.8 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | Ronald Thomas Archibald Cornwell | 5,854 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,162 | 2.7 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,954 | 84.1 | +14.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Kinghorn | 10,079 | 55.8 | +15.1 | |
National Liberal | Percy Jewson | 7,974 | 44.2 | −15.1 | |
Majority | 2,105 | 11.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,053 | 69.8 | −6.6 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Percy Jewson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Arthur Harbord | 16,998 | 59.3 | −19.3 | |
Labour | John Lewis | 11,658 | 40.7 | +19.3 | |
Majority | 5,340 | 18.6 | −38.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,656 | 76.4 | +4.3 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Arthur Harbord | 21,008 | 78.6 | +40.1 | |
Labour | John Hanbury Martin | 5,735 | 21.4 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 15,273 | 57.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,743 | 72.1 | −11.0 | ||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Harbord | 13,147 | 43.7 | +3.2 | |
Unionist | Frank Meyer | 11,570 | 38.5 | −6.6 | |
Labour | George Johnson | 5,347 | 17.8 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,577 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,064 | 83.1 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,170 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Frank Meyer | 10,273 | 45.1 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Arthur Harbord | 9,202 | 40.5 | −11.3 | |
Labour | T G Tyler | 3,264 | 14.4 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 1,071 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,739 | 79.9 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 28,447 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Harbord | 11,416 | 51.8 | +5.7 | |
Unionist | James Allan Horne | 8,492 | 38.5 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Albert Wrigley | 2,138 | 9.7 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 2,924 | 13.3 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,046 | 79.2 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 27,844 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Harbord | 9,836 | 46.1 | +6.4 | |
Unionist | Chichester Crookshank | 8,917 | 41.8 | −4.8 | |
Labour | Arthur Whiting | 2,574 | 12.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 919 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,327 | 79.0 | +20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 26,985 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.6 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Arthur Fell | 6,741 | 46.6 | −5.7 |
Liberal | *J. Havelock Wilson | 5,734 | 39.7 | −8.0 | |
Labour | William McConnell | 1,845 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Independent | ** William H Dawson | 125 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,007 | 6.9 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 14,448 | 58.8 | −25.3 | ||
Registered electors | 24,585 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
* Wilson - who stood as a 'Patriotic Trade Unionist's and Seamen's' candidate - supported the Coalition Government and was supported by the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union. He claimed to have been adopted by both the Liberal Party and National Democratic and Labour Party, but only appeared on the former's official list. ** Dawson initially was endorsed by the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers who then repudiated him.
Election results 1885-1918
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Tyler | 2,661 | 51.9 | ||
Liberal | Cecil Norton | 2,466 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 195 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,127 | 73.8 | |||
Registered electors | 6,949 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Tyler | 2,977 | 59.7 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | Cecil Norton | 2,011 | 40.3 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 966 | 19.4 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,988 | 71.8 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,949 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Marshall Moorsom | 2,972 | 52.4 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Tyler | 2,704 | 47.6 | −12.1 | |
Majority | 268 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,676 | 71.4 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,947 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Colomb | 3,528 | 54.9 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | James Marshall Moorsom | 2,893 | 45.1 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 635 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,421 | 78.9 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,139 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.3 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Colomb | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Fell | 4,071 | 51.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Martin White | 3,835 | 48.5 | New | |
Majority | 236 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,906 | 86.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,169 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Fell | 4,459 | 52.7 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | James Edward Platt | 3,998 | 47.3 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 461 | 5.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,457 | 88.4 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Fell | 4,210 | 52.3 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | James Edward Platt | 3,837 | 47.7 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 373 | 4.6 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,047 | 84.1 | −4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Arthur Fell
- Liberal:
Election results 1832-1868
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 837 | 34.7 | +3.6 | |
Whig | George Anson | 828 | 34.3 | +3.1 | |
Tory | Andrew Colvile | 750 | 31.1 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 78 | 3.2 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,555 | 92.4 | c. +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,683 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Baring | 772 | 26.7 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Winthrop Mackworth Praed | 768 | 26.5 | +11.0 | |
Whig | George Anson | 680 | 23.5 | −10.8 | |
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 675 | 23.3 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 88 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,447 | 89.6 | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,615 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 790 | 26.8 | +3.5 | |
Whig | William Wilshere | 779 | 26.4 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Thomas Baring | 699 | 23.7 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Gambier | 685 | 23.2 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 80 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,474 | 84.7 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,740 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.0 |
Wilshere resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Wilshere | 735 | 51.1 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas Baring | 702 | 48.9 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,437 | 83.6 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,719 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Wilshere | 945 | 32.8 | +6.4 | |
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 943 | 32.8 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Baring | 501 | 17.4 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Joseph Somes | 494 | 17.1 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 442 | 15.4 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,445 | 74.9 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,930 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Lennox | 834 | 27.1 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Octavius Coope | 813 | 26.4 | +9.3 | |
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 729 | 23.7 | −9.1 | |
Whig | Francis Goldsmid[66][67] | 698 | 22.7 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 84 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,537 (est) | 81.9 (est) | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,877 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +9.5 |
The election of Lennox and Coope was declared void on petition on 14 February 1848 due to bribery, causing a by-election.[68]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Sandars | 416 | 37.8 | −15.7 | |
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 384 | 34.9 | +11.2 | |
Whig | Robert John Bagshaw[69][70] | 300 | 27.3 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 32 | 2.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 550 (est) | 29.3 (est) | −52.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,877 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.8 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.5 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Lacon | 611 | 28.2 | −25.3 | |
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 547 | 25.3 | −21.1 | |
Independent Whig | William McCullagh | 521 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Radical | Charles Napier[71][72][73][74] | 486 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,083 (est) | 86.7 (est) | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Majority | 64 | 2.9 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Majority | 26 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Whig | William McCullagh | 609 | 28.1 | +4.0 | |
Radical | Edward Watkin | 590 | 27.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Edmund Lacon | 521 | 24.0 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Charles Smyth Vereker[75] | 451 | 20.8 | +6.7 | |
Turnout | 1,086 (est) | 83.0 (est) | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,308 | ||||
Majority | 88 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Ind. Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Majority | 61 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | −1.8 |
The election was declared void on petition due to bribery by McCullagh and Watkin's agents, causing a by-election.[76]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Adolphus William Young | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Mellor | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Ind. Whig | |||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Lacon | 699 | 28.4 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Henry Stracey | 659 | 26.8 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Watkin | 568 | 23.1 | −4.1 | |
Liberal | Adolphus William Young | 536 | 21.8 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 91 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,231 (est) | 92.8 (est) | +9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,326 | ||||
Conservative gain from Ind. Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Lacon | 828 | 29.2 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | James Goodson | 784 | 27.7 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Alexander Brogden | 634 | 22.4 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Philip Vanderbyl | 589 | 20.8 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 150 | 5.3 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,418 (est) | 86.2 (est) | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,645 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Extensive bribery was found in the seat and its right to return a member was lost. It was then incorporated into East Suffolk and North Norfolk.
Elections before 1832
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Anson | 904 | 31.2 | +3.4 | |
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 903 | 31.1 | +3.3 | |
Tory | Andrew Colvile | 549 | 18.9 | −3.3 | |
Tory | Henry Bliss | 543 | 18.7 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 354 | 12.2 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,702 | c. 85.1 | c. +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | c. 2,000 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Anson | 944 | 27.8 | ||
Whig | Charles Rumbold | 944 | 27.8 | ||
Tory | Thomas Edmund Campbell | 754 | 22.2 | ||
Tory | Henry Preston | 754 | 22.2 | ||
Majority | 190 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,678 | c. 83.9 | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,000 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
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External links
[edit]- Great Yarmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Great Yarmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Great Yarmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
- Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885