The county of Norfolk is divided into 10 parliamentary constituencies: 2 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies.
Constituencies
ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.ElectorateMajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.Member of ParliamentNearest oppositionMapBroadland and Fakenham CC76,863719 Jerome Mayhew † Iain Simpson ‡Great Yarmouth CC73,317 1,426 Rupert Lowe ±(elected from Reform UK) Keir Cozens ‡Mid Norfolk CC75,2383,054 George Freeman † Michael Rosen ‡North Norfolk CC71,4382,585 Steffan Aquarone ¤ Duncan Baker †North West Norfolk CC74,415 4,954 James Wild † Tim Leaver ‡Norwich North BC73,71710,850 Alice Macdonald ‡ Charlotte Salomon †Norwich South BC76,296 13,239 Clive Lewis ‡ Jamie Osborn ¥South Norfolk CC74,006 2,826 Ben Goldsborough ‡ Poppy Simister-Thomas †South West Norfolk CC74,724 630 Terry Jermy ‡ Liz Truss †Waveney Valley CCWaveney Valley is a cross-county boundary constituency with Suffolk73,0565,593 Adrian Ramsay ¥ Richard Rout †
2024 boundary changes For the 2023 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. Former nameBoundaries 2010-2024Current nameBoundaries 2024–presentBroadland 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 CCBroadland 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
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: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.
PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019Conservative132,49428.70%28.9%35Labour132,39828.68%2.8%43Reform86,48218.7%18.0%11Liberal Democrats50,96211.0%1.4%11Greens50,24910.9%8.411Others8,9991.9%1.0%00Total461,584100.010
Percentage votes Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 Election year19501951195519591964196619701974 (Feb)1974 (Oct)197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Conservative144.250.450.550.647.847.751.442.743.350.949.751.049.236.741.639.943.144.952.757.628.7Labour46.949.649.547.346.851.043.635.338.935.722.022.931.239.935.530.019.022.733.425.928.7Reform2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0.718.7Liberal Democrat38.8 - -2.15.31.34.821.717.712.827.925.818.618.219.625.427.810.310.012.411.0Green Party - - - - - - - - - - -*****3.25.11.62.510.9UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - -***4.617.02.3**Other - - - -0.1 -0.20.30.10.60.30.21.05.13.34.72.30.10.10.81.9 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 year19501951195519591964196619701974 (Feb)1974 (Oct)197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Labour523345122201143301114Conservative1365543755587744477783Reform - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1Liberal Democrat2000000000000001121101Greens - - - - - - - - - - -0000000001Total8888888777888888999910 1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
21950-1979 - Liberal; 1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
Maps 1885-1910
1918-1945
1950-1979
1983-2019
2024-present
Timeline Green represents former constituencies, pink represents current ones. Constituency1295-12981298-15291529-15581558-18321832-18671867-18851885-19181918-19501950-19741974-19831983-20102010–presentBroadland2010–presentCastle Rising1558-1832Central Norfolk1950-1974East Norfolk1832-18671885-1950Great Yarmouth1295-18671885–presentKing's Lynn1298-1974Mid Norfolk1885-19181983–presentNorfolk1295-1832North Norfolk1867–presentNorth West Norfolk1885-19181974–presentNorwich1298-1950Norwich North1950–presentNorwich South1950–presentSouth Norfolk1867–presentSouth West Norfolk1885–presentThetford1529-1867West Norfolk1832-1885
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
Constituency1885861886861892939518959899190004190606Jan 1910Dec 1910121518Great YarmouthTylerMoorsomColombFellKing's LynnBourkeJarvisBowlesBellairs→BowlesInglebyNorfolk EastBirkbeckPriceNorfolk MidR. Gurdon→Higgins→R. GurdonWilsonWodehouseBoyle→JodrellNorfolk NorthCozens-HardyW. GurdonBuxtonNorfolk North WestArchCavendish-BentinckArchWhiteHemmerdeNorfolk SouthTaylor→SoamesNorfolk South WestTyssen-AmherstHareWinfreyNorwich (Two members)ColmanBullardTillettLowYoungBullardHoareRoberts
1918 to 1950
Constituency1918201922192319242619293031193119353941431945Great YarmouthFellHarbordMeyerHarbord→JewsonKinghornKing's LynnJodrellWoodwarkRocheMaxwellRocheWiseNorfolk EastFalconSeelyNevilleLygon→MedlicottNorfolk NorthKing→BuxtonNoel-BuxtonCookGoochNorfolk SouthCozens-HardyEdwardsHayEdwardsChristieMayhewNorfolk South WestWinfrey→McLeanTaylorMcLeande ChairDyeNorwich (Two members)Young→JewsonYoung→Shakespeare→PatonRoberts→SmithFairfaxSmithHartlandStraussNoel-Buxton
1950 to 1983
Constituency1950195155195559195962196419661970Feb 1974Oct 1974197981Great YarmouthKinghornFellGrayFellKing's Lynn / North West Norfolk (1974)WiseScott-MillerBullardPageBrocklebank-Fowler→Norfolk CentralMedlicottCollardGilmour→Norfolk NorthGoochHazellHowellNorfolk SouthBakerHillMacGregorNorfolk South WestDyeBullardDyeHiltonHawkinsNorwich NorthPatonWallaceEnnalsNorwich SouthStraussRipponNorwoodStuttafordGarrett
1983 to present
Constituency19831987199219972001200509201020152017201920242526Broadland / Broadland & Fakenham ('24)SimpsonMayhewGreat YarmouthCarttissWrightB. Lewis Lowe → →Mid NorfolkRyderSimpsonFreemanNorth NorfolkHowellPriorLambBaker AquaroneNorth West NorfolkBellinghamTurnerBellinghamWildNorwich NorthThompsonGibsonSmith MacdonaldNorwich SouthPowleyGarrettClarkeWrightC. LewisSouth NorfolkMacGregorBacon GoldsboroughSouth West NorfolkHawkinsShephardFraserTruss Jermy
See also List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region) History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Norfolk
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