Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

The county of Norfolk is divided into 10 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies.^{[nb 1]}

The county of Norfolk in relation to England

Constituencies

Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤   Reform UK ±   Green ¥

Constituency[nb 2]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 3]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Broadland and Fakenham CC	76,863	719		Jerome Mayhew †		Iain Simpson ‡
Great Yarmouth CC	73,317	1,426		Rupert Lowe ±		Keir Cozens ‡
Mid Norfolk CC	75,238	3,054		George Freeman †		Michael Rosen ‡
North Norfolk CC	71,438	2,585		Steffan Aquarone ¤		Duncan Baker †
North West Norfolk CC	74,415	4,954		James Wild †		Tim Leaver ‡
Norwich North BC	73,717	10,850		Alice Macdonald ‡		Charlotte Salomon †
Norwich South BC	76,296	13,239		Clive Lewis ‡		Jamie Osborn ¥
South Norfolk CC	74,006	2,826		Ben Goldsborough ‡		Poppy Simister-Thomas †
South West Norfolk CC	74,724	630		Terry Jermy ‡		Liz Truss †
Waveney Valley CC[nb 1]	73,056	5,593		Adrian Ramsay ¥		Richard Rout †

2024 boundary changes

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Norfolk with Suffolk as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Waveney Valley, which incorporated areas transferred from South Norfolk to the north of the River Waveney, including the towns of Diss and Harleston. To compensate South Norfolk, Wymondham was transferred in from Mid Norfolk.

Apart from changes to align with new ward boundaries, the only other adjustment was to move Drayton from Broadland (renamed Broadland and Fakenham) to Norwich North.^[3][4]

Former name	Boundaries 2010-2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
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		Broadland and Fakenham 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 Waveney Valley CC[nb 1]

Results history

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Norfolk in the 2024 general election were as follows:^{[nb 4][2]}

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	132,494	28.70%	28.9%	3	5
Labour	132,398	28.68%	2.8%	4	3
Reform	86,482	18.7%	18.0%	1	1
Liberal Democrats	50,962	11.0%	1.4%	1	1
Greens	50,249	10.9%	8.4	1	1
Others	8,999	1.9%	1.0%	0	0
Total	461,584	100.0		10

Percentage votes

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Conservative1	44.2	50.4	50.5	50.6	47.8	47.7	51.4	42.7	43.3	50.9	49.7	51.0	49.2	36.7	41.6	39.9	43.1	44.9	52.7	57.6	28.7
Labour	46.9	49.6	49.5	47.3	46.8	51.0	43.6	35.3	38.9	35.7	22.0	22.9	31.2	39.9	35.5	30.0	19.0	22.7	33.4	25.9	28.7
Reform2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7	18.7
Liberal Democrat3	8.8	-	-	2.1	5.3	1.3	4.8	21.7	17.7	12.8	27.9	25.8	18.6	18.2	19.6	25.4	27.8	10.3	10.0	12.4	11.0
Green Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	3.2	5.1	1.6	2.5	10.9
UKIP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	4.6	17.0	2.3	*	*
Other	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.0	5.1	3.3	4.7	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.9

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

²As the Brexit Party in 2019

³1950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974 (Feb)	1974 (Oct)	1979	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	5	2	3	3	4	5	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	4	3	3	0	1	1	1	4
Conservative1	3	6	5	5	4	3	7	5	5	5	8	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7	8	3
Reform	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Liberal Democrat2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1
Greens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10

¹Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

Maps

1885-1910

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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

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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

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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

1983-2019

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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

2024-present

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  2024

Timeline

Green represents former constituencies, pink represents current ones.

Constituency	1295-1298	1298-1529	1529-1558	1558-1832	1832-1867	1867-1885	1885-1918	1918-1950	1950-1974	1974-1983	1983-2010	2010–present
Broadland												2010–present
Castle Rising				1558-1832
Central Norfolk									1950-1974
East Norfolk					1832-1867		1885-1950
Great Yarmouth	1295-1867						1885–present
King's Lynn		1298-1974
Mid Norfolk							1885-1918				1983–present
Norfolk	1295-1832
North Norfolk						1867–present
North West Norfolk							1885-1918			1974–present
Norwich		1298-1950
Norwich North									1950–present
Norwich South									1950–present
South Norfolk						1867–present
South West Norfolk							1885–present
Thetford			1529-1867
West Norfolk					1832-1885

Historical representation by party

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

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	86	1886	86	1892	93	95	1895	98	99	1900	04	1906	06	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	12	15	18
Great Yarmouth	Tyler				Moorsom			Colomb					Fell
King's Lynn	Bourke			Jarvis	Bowles								Bellairs	→	Bowles	Ingleby
Norfolk East	Birkbeck				Price
Norfolk Mid	R. Gurdon		→		Higgins	→	R. Gurdon	Wilson					Wodehouse		Boyle		→		Jodrell
Norfolk North	Cozens-Hardy									W. Gurdon					Buxton
Norfolk North West	Arch		Cavendish-Bentinck		Arch						White						Hemmerde
Norfolk South	Taylor		→						Soames
Norfolk South West	Tyssen-Amherst				Hare								Winfrey
Norwich (Two members)	Colman							Bullard				Tillett			Low			Young
	Bullard	Hoare											Roberts

1918 to 1950

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

Constituency	1918	20	1922	1923	1924	26	1929	30	31	1931	1935	39	41	43	1945
Great Yarmouth	Fell		Harbord		Meyer		Harbord		→				Jewson		Kinghorn
King's Lynn	Jodrell			Woodwark	Roche						Maxwell			Roche	Wise
Norfolk East	Falcon			Seely	Neville		Lygon		→			Medlicott
Norfolk North	King	→	Buxton					Noel-Buxton		Cook					Gooch
Norfolk South	Cozens-Hardy	Edwards	Hay	Edwards	Christie										Mayhew
Norfolk South West	Winfrey		→	McLean			Taylor			McLean	de Chair				Dye
Norwich (Two members)	Young		→	Jewson	Young	→	Shakespeare		→						Paton
	Roberts		→	Smith	Fairfax		Smith			Hartland	Strauss				Noel-Buxton

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)   Social Democratic

Constituency	1950	1951	55	1955	59	1959	62	1964	1966	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979	81
Great Yarmouth	Kinghorn	Fell							Gray	Fell
King's Lynn / North West Norfolk (1974)	Wise	Scott-Miller				Bullard		Page		Brocklebank-Fowler				→
Norfolk Central	Medlicott					Collard	Gilmour	→
Norfolk North	Gooch							Hazell		Howell
Norfolk South	Baker		Hill								MacGregor
Norfolk South West	Dye	Bullard		Dye	Hilton			Hawkins
Norwich North	Paton							Wallace			Ennals
Norwich South	Strauss			Rippon				Norwood		Stuttaford	Garrett

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Reform

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	09	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Broadland / Broadland & Fakenham ('24)								Simpson			Mayhew
Great Yarmouth	Carttiss			Wright				B. Lewis				Lowe
Mid Norfolk	Ryder			Simpson				Freeman
North Norfolk	Howell			Prior	Lamb						Baker	Aquarone
North West Norfolk	Bellingham			Turner	Bellingham						Wild
Norwich North	Thompson			Gibson			Smith					Macdonald
Norwich South	Powley	Garrett		Clarke				Wright	C. Lewis
South Norfolk	MacGregor				Bacon							Goldsborough
South West Norfolk	Hawkins	Shephard				Fraser		Truss				Jermy

See also

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

Notes

1. Waveney Valley is a cross-county boundary constituency with Suffolk
2. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
3. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
4. It should be acknowledged that as Waveney Valley is a cross-county constituency between Norfolk and Suffolk, and the results of UK elections on sub-constituency levels are not disclosed, the following vote shares include parts of the Waveney Valley constituency located in Suffolk.

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
3. "Parliamentary constituency changes affect Norfolk/Suffolk border". BBC News. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 263-293. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)