Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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Central Norfolk
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members one

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

The Rural Districts of Forehoe and Henstead, and St Faiths and Aylsham, and in the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg the civil parishes of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead, Postwick, and Thorpe-next-Norwich.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Frank Medlicott National Liberal and Conservative
1959 Richard Collard Conservative and National Liberal
1962 by-election Ian Gilmour Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950:[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Frank Medlicott 20,407 51.3
Labour G. W. Holderness 16,516 41.5
Liberal Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb 2,859 7.2
Majority 3,891 9.8
Turnout 84.3
National Liberal win
General Election 1951:[2] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal
Labour
Majority
Turnout
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1955:[3] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal
Labour
Majority
Turnout
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1959:[4] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Central Norfolk by-election, 1962[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Hedworth John Little 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
  • Kenneth Coleman
 909 n/a
Independent J Andrews 79 n/a
Majority 220 0.7 -14.9
Turnout 35,217 60.2 -19.7
Conservative hold Swing -7.5
  • anti-Common Market
General Election 1964:[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966:[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970:[8] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  5. ↑ 1962 By Election Results from the British Election Ephemera Archive, accessed via the Wayback machine, accessed on 26 July 2015
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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