East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

East Norfolk
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Norfolk
1885–1950
Number of members One
1832–1868
Number of members Two
Replaced by North Norfolk and South Norfolk
Created from Norfolk

East Norfolk was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868. Another Eastern division was created in 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member. That constituency was abolished in 1950.

History

The constituency was first created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1868 general election. In that period the historic county of Norfolk was split into two divisions - this one and West Norfolk. Each division returned two members.

From 1868 to 1885 the Norfolk county divisions were reorganised into North Norfolk, South Norfolk and West Norfolk. Each of these three divisions returned two members.

From the 1885 redistribution the two member county divisions were replaced with single member constituencies. The second version of this constituency was one of the single member seats. It continued to exist until the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Blofield and Walsham, East and West Flegg, Taversham and Tunstead, and Happing, the part of the Municipal Borough of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk, and part of the Sessional Division of South Erpingham.

1918-1950: The Urban District of North Walsham, and the Rural Districts of Blofield, East and West Flegg, Loddon and Clavering, St Faiths, and Smallburgh.

Members of Parliament

1832-1868

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 William Howe Windham Liberal Hon. George Keppel Liberal
1835 Edmond Wodehouse Conservative Lord Walpole Conservative
1837 Henry Burroughes Conservative
1855 Sir Henry Stracey, Bt Conservative
1857 Charles Ash Windham Liberal Sir Edward Buxton, Bt Liberal
1858 Hon. Wenman Coke Liberal
1859 Edward Howes Conservative
1865 Clare Sewell Read Conservative
1868 abolished

1885-1950

YearMemberParty
1885 re-created but reduced to one member
1885 Sir Edward Birkbeck Conservative
1892 Sir Robert John Price Liberal
1918 Michael Falcon Unionist
1923 Hugh Seely Liberal
1924 Reginald Neville Unionist
1929 Viscount Elmley Liberal
1931 Liberal National
1939 Frank Medlicott Liberal National
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

Robert Price
General Election 1900: East Norfolk [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert John Price 4,563 55.0
Conservative W L St J Prioleau 3,733 45.0
Majority 830 10.0
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1906: East Norfolk [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert John Price 5,631 62.1
Conservative Raymond F Prioleau 3,435 37.9
Majority 2,196 24.2
Turnout 80.7
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: East Norfolk [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sir Robert John Price 5,592 56.3
Conservative C E Fitch 4,348 43.7
Majority 1,244 12.6
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: East Norfolk [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sir Robert John Price 5,265 57.7
Conservative Frank Cecil Meyer 3,865 42.3
Majority 1,400 15.4
Turnout 79.0
Liberal hold Swing

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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1918: Norfolk East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 7,030 44.9
Liberal Fred Henderson 6,691 42.8
National Farmers Union William Benjamin Taylor 1,926 12.3
Majority 339 2.1
Turnout 49.6
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Norfolk East [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Michael Falcon 9,270 41.0 -3.9
Liberal Hugh Michael Seely 8,962 39.7
Labour George Edward Hewitt 4,361 19.3
Majority 308 1.3
Turnout 70.2 +20.6
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Norfolk East [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hugh Michael Seely 11,807 49.6 +9.9
Unionist Michael Falcon 8,472 35.6 -5.4
Labour George Edward Hewitt 3,530 14.8 -4.5
Majority 3,335 14.0
Turnout 72.5
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing
General Election 1924: Norfolk East [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Reginald James Neville Neville 11,283 44.6
Liberal Hugh Michael Seely 9,114 36.0
Labour R. B. Bates 4,907 19.4
Majority 2,169 8.6 22.6
Turnout 75.6
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1929: Norfolk East [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Viscount Elmley 13,349 39.6 +3.6
Unionist Sir Reginald James Neville Neville 12,434 37.0 -7.6
Labour William Holmes 7,856 23.4 +4.0
Majority 915 2.6 11.2
Turnout 77.6 +2.0
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing 5.6

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Norfolk East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Viscount Elmley 25,945 79.8
Labour William Holmes 6,562 20.2
Majority 19,383 59.6
Turnout 71.7
Liberal National hold Swing
General Election, 1935: Norfolk East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Viscount Elmley 23,108 68.8 -11.0
Labour Norman Reeve Tillett 10,461 31.2 +11.0
Majority 12,647 37.6 -22.0
Turnout 66.8 -4.9
Liberal National hold Swing -11.0
East Norfolk by-election, 1939[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Frank Medlicott 18,257 62.9 −5.9
Labour Norman Reeve Tillett 10,785 37.1 +5.9
Majority 7,472 25.8 −11.8
Turnout 29,042 53.1 −13.7
Liberal National hold Swing −5.9

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the Autumn of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election, 1945: Norfolk East[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Frank Medlicott 23,307 55.8 −7.1
Labour Norman R. Tillett 18,467 44.2 +7.1
Majority 4,840 11.8 −14.2
Turnout 41,774 68.9 +15.8
Liberal National hold Swing −7.1

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  6. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  7. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  8. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  9. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  10. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  11. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  12. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  13. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference 1939
  14. ↑ Craig, F W S (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). London: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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