Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Yarmouth
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Outline map
Location of Norfolk within England.
County Norfolk
Electorate 70,526 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of parliament Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
Number of members One
1640–1868
Number of members Two
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Replaced by East Suffolk
North Norfolk
1295–1640
Number of members One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has had Brandon Lewis, Chairman of the Conservative Party as the MP who has held the seat since the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth.

1950-1955: 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.

1955-1974: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth, and the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.

1983-present: The Borough of Great Yarmouth.

The constituency covers the area around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in Great Yarmouth, making the seat a marginal.

Members of Parliament

Great Yarmouth borough

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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YearFirst memberSecond member
1321John Perburn
1324John Perburn
1361Hugh Fastolf
1366Hugh Fastolf
1373Hugh Fastolf
1377 (Jan)Hugh Fastolf
1377 (Oct)Hugh Fastolf
1385Ralph Ramsey
1386Ralph RamseyJohn Beketon[2]
1388 (Feb)Ralph RamseyJohn Ellis[2]
1388 (Sep)Ralph RamseyJohn Hacon[2]
1390 (Jan)Ralph RamseyJohn Ellis[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391Ralph RamseyJohn Hacon[2]
1393John HaconJohn Ellis[2]
1394
1395Ralph RamseyHugh Fenn[2]
1397 (Jan)Richard CleyHugh Fenn[2]
1397 (Sep)Ralph RamseyWilliam Oxney[2]
1399John BeketonHugh Fenn[2]
1401
1402
1404 (Jan)Roger AdamsGeoffrey Pamping[2]
1404 (Oct)
1406Robert EllisHenry Rafman[2]
1407Robert ClerePeter atte Fenn[2]
1410William ParkerAlexander atte Gapp[2]
1411Nicholas CatesPeter Atte Fenn[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)William OxneyAlexander atte Gapp[2]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)Geoffrey PampingRobert Ellis[2]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417Henry S[pitling]Richard [?Ellis][2]
1419William ColkirkJohn Cranley[2]
1420Thomas DengaineRobert Ellis[2]
1421 (May)Thomas CovehitheRobert Ellis[2]
1421 (Dec)Richard EllisRobert Cupper[2]
1455Richard Southwell[3]
1478John Paston[3]
1491Robert Crowmer[4]
1504Thomas More[5]
1510-1523No names known[6]
1529Humphrey WingfieldJohn Ladde, died
and replaced 1353 or 1354 by Philip Bernard[6]
1536??
1539??
1542Sir Humphrey WingfieldWilliam Burgh[6]
1545Sir William WoodhouseRobert Eyre[6]
1547Sir William WoodhouseRobert Eyre[6]
1553 (Mar)Sir William WoodhouseNicholas Firmage[6]
1553 (Oct)Robert EyreSimon More[6]
1554 (Apr)William BishopJohn Echard[6]
1554 (Nov)Thomas HuntWilliam Mayhew[6]
1555Nicholas FenCornelius Bright[6]
1558Sir Thomas WoodhouseWilliam Barker[7]
1558/9Sir Thomas WoodhouseWilliam Barker[7]
1562William GriceThomas Timperley[7]
1571William BarkerWilliam Grice[7]
1572William GriceJohn Bacon, died
and replaced Feb 1576 by Edward Bacon[7]
1584William GriceThomas Damet[7]
1586William GriceThomas Damet[7]
1588John Stubbe or StubbsRoger Drury[7]
1593Thomas DametJohn Felton[7]
1597Henry HobartJohn Felton[7]
1601Henry HobartThomas Damet[7]
1604–1611Thomas DametJohn Wheeler
1614Theophilus FinchGeorge Hardware
1621–1622Benjamin CooperEdward Owner
1624Benjamin CooperGeorge Hardware
1625Sir John CorbetEdward Owner
1626Sir John CorbetThomas Johnson
1628Sir John CorbetSir John Wentworth
1629–1640No Parliaments convened

MPs 1640–1868

ElectionFirst member[8]First partySecond member[8]Second party
April 1640 Miles CorbetParliamentarian Edward OwnerParliamentarian
November 1640
December 1648 Owner not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653 Great Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Colonel William Goffe Thomas Dunn
1656 Charles George Cook William Burton
January 1659
May 1659 Great Yarmouth was unrepresented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Sir John Potts Sir William D'Oyly
1661 Sir William Coventry
1678 Sir Thomas Medowe
February 1679 Richard Huntingdon
August 1679 George England
1681 Sir James Johnson
1685 Sir William Cook John Friend
1689 George England Samuel Fuller
1698 John Nicholson
January 1701 Samuel Fuller
November 1701 John Burton John Nicholson
1702 Benjamin England
1708 Roger Townshend Richard Ferrier
1709 Nathaniel Symonds
1710 George England
1715 Horatio Townshend
1722 Hon. Charles Townshend Horatio Walpole
1723 William Townshend
1734 (Sir) Edward Walpole[9]
1738 Roger Townshend
1747 Hon. Charles Townshend
1756 Charles Townshend
1768 Hon. Richard Walpole
1784 Captain Sir John Jervis[10] Henry Beaufoy
1790 Charles Townshend
1795 Brigadier Stephens Howe
May 1796 Lord Charles Townshend
killed by brother, 1796
October 1796 Major-General William Loftus Henry Jodrell
1802 Captain Sir Thomas Troubridge[11] Thomas Jervis
1806 Hon. Edward Harbord Dr Stephen Lushington Whig
1808 Giffin Wilson
1812 William Loftus Edmund Knowles Lacon
1818 Thomas Anson Whig Charles Rumbold Whig[12][13][14][15]
1819 Hon. George Anson Whig
1835 Thomas Baring Conservative W. Mackworth Praed Conservative
1837 Charles Rumbold Whig[12][13][14][15] William Wilshere Whig[13]
1847 [16] Lord Arthur Lennox Conservative Octavius Coope Conservative
1848 Joseph Sandars Conservative Charles Rumbold Whig[12][13][14][15]
1852 Sir Edmund Lacon Conservative
March 1857[17] William McCullagh Independent Liberal[18][19][20] Edward Watkin Radical[21][22][23]
August 1857 Adolphus William Young Whig John Mellor Whig[24][25]
1859 Sir Edmund Lacon, Bt Conservative Sir Henry Stracey, Bt Conservative
1865 James Goodson Conservative
1868 Constituency disfranchished for corruption

MPs 1885–1950

  • 1885: Constituency revived, electing only a single member
ElectionMember[8]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 division of Norfolk

MPs 1950–1974

ElectionMember[8]Party
1950 Ernest Kinghorn Labour
1951 Anthony Fell Conservative
1966 Hugh Gray Labour
1970 Anthony Fell Conservative
Feb 1974 Constituency renamed Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth County Constituency

MPs since 1974

ElectionMember[8]Party
Feb 1974 Anthony Fell Conservative
1983 Michael Carttiss Conservative
1997 Tony Wright Labour
2010 Brandon Lewis Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Great Yarmouth[26]
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 Democrat James Joyce 987 2.2 -0.1
Green Harry Webb 563 1.3 -0.9
Majority 7,973 18.0
Turnout 44,349 62.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
General Election 2015: Great Yarmouth[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brandon Lewis[28] 19,089 42.9 -0.2
Labour Lara Norris[29] 12,935 29.1 -4.1
UKIP Alan Grey[30] 10,270 23.1 +18.3
Liberal Democrat James Joyce 1,030 2.3 -12.1
Green Harry Webb[31] 978 2.2 +1.2
CISTA Samuel Townley 167 0.4 +0.4
Majority 6,154 13.8 +3.9
Turnout 44,469 63.7 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.95
General Election 2010: Great Yarmouth[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brandon Lewis 18,571 43.1 +5.0
Labour Tony Wright 14,295 33.2 -12.4
Liberal Democrat 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
Turnout 43,057 61.2 +1.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Great Yarmouth[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tony Wright 18,850 45.6 −4.8
Conservative Mark Fox 15,795 38.2 −0.9
Liberal Democrat 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
Turnout 41,378 60.1 +1.8
Labour hold Swing −2.0
General Election 2001: Great Yarmouth[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tony Wright 20,344 50.4 -3.0
Conservative Charles Reynolds 15,780 39.1 +3.5
Liberal Democrat Maurice Leeke 3,392 8.4 -2.6
UKIP Bertie Poole 850 2.1 N/A
Majority 4,564 11.3
Turnout 40,366 58.3 -13.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Great Yarmouth[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tony Wright 26,084 53.4 +15.4
Conservative Michael Carttiss 17,416 35.6 -12.3
Liberal Democrat 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
General Election 1992: Great Yarmouth[36][37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Carttiss 25,505 47.9 −3.8
Labour Barbara Baughan 20,196 38.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Scott 7,225 13.6 −3.5
Natural Law P Larkin 284 0.5 N/A
Majority 5,309 10.0 −10.6
Turnout 53,210 77.9 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing −5.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Great Yarmouth[38][39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Carttiss 25,336 51.7
Labour John Cannell 15,253 31.1
Social Democratic Stuart Maxwell 8,387 17.1
Majority 10,083 20.6
Turnout 74.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Great Yarmouth[40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Carttiss 22,423 50.5
Labour O Lloyd 11,223 25.3
Liberal E Minett 10,803 24.3
Majority 11,200 25.2
Turnout 70.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Great Yarmouth[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 28,066 50.4
Labour Patricia Hollis 20,838 37.4
Liberal E Minett 6,112 11.0
National Front T Holmes 640 1.1
Majority 7,228 13.0
Turnout 77.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Great Yarmouth[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 22,573 43.3
Labour Patricia Hollis 20,313 39.0
Liberal PR Coleby 9,250 17.7
Majority 2,260 4.33
Turnout 73.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Great Yarmouth[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 24,711 43.4
Labour Patricia Hollis 19,774 34.7
Liberal PR Coleby 12,524 22.0
Majority 4,397 8.7
Turnout 81.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Yarmouth[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 23,088 49.6
Labour Hugh Gray 19,931 42.8
Liberal Joan Knott 3,523 7.6
Majority 3,157 6.8
Turnout 77.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Yarmouth[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hugh Gray 22,296 50.9
Conservative Anthony Fell 21,499 49.1
Majority 797 1.8
Turnout 79.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1964: Yarmouth[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 20,310 46.8
Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 18,381 42.4
Liberal David Spreckley 4,680 10.8
Majority 1,929 4.4
Turnout 80.3
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Yarmouth[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 22,827 54.3
Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 19,248 45.7
Majority 3,579 8.5
Turnout 79.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Yarmouth[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 21,317 51.1
Labour Ernest Kinghorn 20,400 48.9
Majority 917 2.2
Turnout 79.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Yarmouth[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Fell 22,180 51.2
Labour Ernest Kinghorn 21,165 48.8
Majority 1,015 2.3
Turnout 83.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1950: Yarmouth[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ernest Kinghorn 19,131 44.5
Conservative Edward Baker 17,969 41.8
Liberal Ronald Thomas Archibald Cornwell 5,854 13.6
Majority 1,162 2.7
Turnout 84.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Great Yarmouth[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ernest Kinghorn 10,079 55.8
Liberal National Percy Jewson 7,974 44.2
Majority 2,105 11.7
Turnout 69.8
Labour gain from Liberal National Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Great Yarmouth[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Arthur Harbord 16,998 59.3
Labour John Lewis 11,658 40.7
Majority 5,340 18.6
Turnout 76.4
Liberal National hold Swing
General Election 1931: Great Yarmouth[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Arthur Harbord 21,008 78.6
Labour John Hanbury Martin 5,735 21.4
Majority 15,273 57.1
Turnout 72.1

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Great Yarmouth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Arthur Harbord 13,147 43.7 +3.2
Unionist Frank Meyer 11,570 38.5 −6.6
Labour George Francis 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
General Election 1924: Great Yarmouth
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
General Election 1923: Great Yarmouth
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
General Election 1922: Great Yarmouth
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

General Election 1918: Great Yarmouth
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 1,848 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

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Great Yarmouth [51][52][53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Tyler 2,661 51.9 N/A
Liberal Cecil Norton 2,466 48.1 N/A
Majority 195 3.8 N/A
Turnout 5,127 73.8 N/A
Registered electors 6,949
Conservative win (new seat)
Norton
General Election 1886: Great Yarmouth [51][52]
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

General Election 1892: Great Yarmouth [51][52]
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
General Election 1895: Great Yarmouth [51][52][54]
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

General Election 1900: Great Yarmouth [51][52][54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Colomb Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1906: Great Yarmouth [51][52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Fell 4,071 51.5 N/A
Liberal Martin White 3,835 48.5 N/A
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

General Election January 1910: Great Yarmouth [51][55]
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 88.4 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General Election December 1910: Great Yarmouth [51][55]
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 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Election results 1832-1868

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edmund Lacon 611 28.2
Whig Charles Rumbold 547 25.3
Independent Liberal William McCullagh 521 24.1
Radical Charles Napier[57][58][59][60] 486 22.4
Turnout 1,083 (est) 86.7 (est)
Registered electors 1,249
Majority 64 3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Majority 26 1.2 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1857: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Liberal 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[61] 451 20.8 +6.7
Turnout 1,086 (est) 83.0 (est) −3.7
Registered electors 1,308
Majority 19 0.9 N/A
Independent Liberal 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.[62]

By-election, 10 August 1857: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Adolphus William Young Unopposed
Whig John Mellor Unopposed
Whig gain from Independent Liberal
Whig gain from Radical
General Election 1859: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[56]
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 N/A
Majority 91 3.7 N/A
Turnout 1,231 (est) 92.8 (est) +9.8
Registered electors 1,326
Conservative gain from Independent Liberal Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[56]
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.

See also

Notes and references

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  3. 1 2 Davis, Norman. The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ↑ The English Parliaments of Henry VII. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  5. ↑ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  9. ↑ Knighted (KB), 1753
  10. ↑ Rear-Admiral from 1787
  11. ↑ Rear-Admiral from 1804
  12. 1 2 3 Escott, Margaret. "RUMBOLD, Charles Edmund (1778–1857), of Woodhall Park, Watton, Hets". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. pp. 219, 239. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. Scott, Webster and Geary. p. 197.
  15. 1 2 3 "Great Yarmouth". Carlisle Journal. 14 July 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  16. ↑ The result of the 1847 election was declared void on petition, and a by-election was held
  17. ↑ The result of the 1857 election was declared void on petition, and writ for a by-election was issued. No by-election was necessary as only two candidates were nominated, and they were returned unopposed.
  18. ↑ Howe, Anthony; Morgan, Simon; Bannerman, Gordon, eds. (2007). The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume II ~ 1848–1853. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-19-921196-8. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  19. ↑  MacDonagh, Michael (1899). "Torrens, William Torrens McCullagh". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  20. ↑ Eldridge, C. C. (1973). "England's Mission". England's Mission: The Imperial Idea in the Age of Gladstone & Disraeli, 1868–1880. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-349-01879-6. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  21. ↑ Greaves, John (Summer 2007). "Sir Edward Watkin and the Liberal Cause in the Nineteenth Century" (PDF). Journal of Liberal History. 55: 27. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  22. ↑ Speller, John. "Sir Edward Watkin". John Speller's Web Pages. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  23. ↑ Hodgkins, David (2002). The Second Railway King: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Watkin, 1819–1901. Merton Priory Press. ISBN 978-1898937494.
  24. ↑ Coventry Standard. 13 March 1857. p. 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570313/105/0004. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ↑ Coventry Standard. 27 March 1857. p. 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570327/121/0004. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. ↑ "Full list of who is standing in the 2017 general election in Norfolk and Waveney". EDP.
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