Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Central Norfolk | |
---|---|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by |
North Norfolk, South Norfolk |
Created from | North Norfolk, East Norfolk and South Norfolk |
Central Norfolk was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The Rural Districts of Forehoe and Henstead, and St Faith's and Aylsham, and in the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg the parishes of Great and Little Plumstead, Postwick, and Thorpe next Norwich.
1955-1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Frank Medlicott | National Liberal and Conservative | ||
1959 | Richard Collard | Conservative and National Liberal | Died August 1962 | |
1962 by-election | Ian Gilmour | Conservative | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Frank Medlicott | 20,407 | 51.3 | n/a | |
Labour | G. W. Holderness | 16,516 | 41.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Philip Jebb | 2,859 | 7.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,891 | 9.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 84.3 | n/a | |||
National Liberal and Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Frank Medlicott | 21,909 | 55.92 | ||
Labour | John R Lambley | 17,270 | 44.08 | ||
Majority | 4,639 | 11.84 | |||
Turnout | 81.75 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal and Conservative | Frank Medlicott | 21,851 | 57.29 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Littlejohn | 16,288 | 42.71 | ||
Majority | 5,563 | 14.59 | |||
Turnout | 77.41 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative and National Liberal | Richard Collard | 21,918 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | Frank H Stone | 15,131 | 34.8 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Maxwell Goode | 6,465 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 6,787 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,514 | ||||
Conservative and National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative and National Liberal | Ian Gilmour | 13,268 | 37.7 | -12.7 | |
Labour | Geoffrey B L Bennett | 13,048 | 37.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Maxwell Goode | 7,915 | 22.5 | +7.7 | |
Independent Liberal |
|
909 | 2.6 | n/a | |
Independent | J Andrews | 79 | 0.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 220 | 0.7 | -14.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,217 | 60.2 | -19.7 | ||
Conservative and National Liberal hold | Swing | -7.5 |
- anti-Common Market
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 24,486 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey B L Bennett | 18 481 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Maxwell Goode | 6,961 | 14.0 | ||
Majority | 6,005 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 49,928 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 27,935 | 54.3 | ||
Labour | Bryan Davies | 23,529 | 45.7 | ||
Majority | 4,406 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 51,464 | 79.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gilmour | 32,921 | 56.6 | ||
Labour | Charles R Coyne | 19,030 | 32.7 | ||
Liberal | Royle Drew | 6,172 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 13,891 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 58,123 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1951
- ↑
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1955
- ↑
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959
- ↑
- ↑ 1962 By Election Results from the British Election Ephemera Archive, accessed via the Wayback machine, accessed on 26 July 2015
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1964
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966
- ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1970
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