South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
South West Norfolk | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of South West Norfolk in Norfolk.
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Location of Norfolk within England.
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County | Norfolk |
Electorate | 75,034 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Downham Market, Swaffham and Thetford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
South West Norfolk is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Elizabeth Truss, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 Boundaries
- 2 History
- 3 Constituency profile
- 4 Members of Parliament
- 5 Elections
- 5.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 5.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 5.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 5.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 5.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 5.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 5.7 Elections in the 1950s
- 5.8 Election in the 1940s
- 5.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 5.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 5.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 5.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes and references
Boundaries
South West Norfolk includes Swaffham, Downham Market, Outwell, Upwell and Feltwell.
The seat has electoral wards:
- Airfield, Denton, Downham Old Town, East Downham, Emneth with Outwell, Hilgay with Denver, Mershe Land, North Downham, St Lawrence, South Downham, Upwell and Delph, Walton, Watlington, Wiggenhall, Winbotsham and Fincham, and Wissey in the Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Confer, East Guiltcross, Harling and Heathlands, Mid Forest, Nar Valley, Swaffham, Thetford: Abbey, Castle, Guildhall and Saxon wards, Wayland, Weeting and, West Guiltcross in the Breckland District.
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
After the Boundary Commission's report for 2010, South West Norfolk gained wards from neighbouring North West Norfolk including Walpole, Tilney St Lawrence, and Wiggenhall villages. It lost to Mid Norfolk the wards of All Saints, Buckenham, Burgh and Haverscroft, Haggard De Toni, Necton, Queen's, Templar and Watton, which included the villages Necton, Great Ellingham and Watton.
History
South West Norfolk has been held solidly by Conservatives since 1964 but for twenty years before then, it had been ultra-marginal: Labour first held it from 1929–31, and Sidney Dye won it for Labour in 1945 with a tiny majority of 53, holding it at the 1950 election by 260. He lost it to Denys Bullard in 1951 by 442 votes and won it back in 1955 with a majority of 193. Dye died at the end of 1958, and in the by-election Albert Hilton retained the seat for Labour by a margin of 1,354 votes. In the 1959 general election that soon followed, his majority was cut to 78.[2]
Although Labour thus had held the seat during two Conservative national election victories, the Conservatives took the seat in the 1964 election, which Labour won nationally. Paul Hawkins and Gillian Shephard held the seat. Shephard's majority was slashed in the 1997 general election before recovering in the 2001 general election.[2]
Shephard decided not to run again in 2005 and was elevated to a peerage. The Conservative Party selected Christopher Fraser, former MP for Mid Dorset and Poole North and he was elected with a majority of over 10,000.
On 28 May 2009, Fraser announced that he would be standing down at the 2010 general election citing family reasons.[3] This was after his expenses claims were highlighted in the Daily Telegraph; according to the newspaper, Fraser claimed £1,800 in public money for buying 215 trees and marking out the boundary of his second home in the constituency.[4]
Constituency profile
Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[5]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elizabeth Truss[8] | 25,515 | 50.9 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Paul Smyth[9] | 11,654 | 23.3 | +17.0 | |
Labour | Peter Smith[8] | 8,649 | 17.3 | -1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rupert Moss-Eccardt[10] | 2,217 | 4.4 | -17.2 | |
Green | Sandra Walmsley[11] | 2,075 | 4.1 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 13,861 | 27.7 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 65.1 | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elizabeth Truss | 23,753 | 48.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Gordon | 10,613 | 21.6 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 9,119 | 18.6 | -11.4 | |
UKIP | Kay Hipsey[13] | 3,061 | 6.2 | +1.5 | |
BNP | Dennis Pearce[14] | 1,774 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Green | Lori Allen | 830 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 13,140 | 26.7 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,150 | 66.2 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Fraser | 25,881 | 46.9 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Charmaine Morgan | 15,795 | 28.7 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | April Pond | 10,207 | 18.5 | +7.8 | |
UKIP | Delia Hall | 2,738 | 5.0 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Kim Hayes | 506 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,086 | 18.3 | |||
Turnout | 55,127 | 62.5 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gillian Shephard | 27,633 | 52.2 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Anne Hanson | 18,267 | 34.5 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Dean | 5,681 | 10.7 | -3.2 | |
UKIP | Ian Smith | 1,368 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,366 | 17.7 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,949 | 63.1 | -10.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gillian Shephard | 24,694 | 42.0 | −12.6 | |
Labour | Adrian Hefferman | 22,230 | 37.8 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Bucton | 8,178 | 13.9 | −6.3 | |
Referendum | R. Hoare | 3,694 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,434 | 4.2 | −23.3 | ||
Turnout | 73.1 | −6.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gillian Shephard | 33,637 | 54.6 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Mary Page | 16,706 | 27.1 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Marsh | 11,237 | 18.2 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 16,931 | 27.5 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 61,580 | 79.3 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gillian Shephard | 32,519 | 57.61 | ||
Liberal | M Scott | 12,083 | 21.41 | ||
Labour | Mary Page | 11,844 | 20.98 | ||
Majority | 20,436 | 36.20 | |||
Turnout | 76.03 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 28,632 | 55.68 | ||
Liberal | B Baxter | 13,722 | 26.68 | ||
Labour | AL Rosenberg | 9,072 | 17.64 | ||
Majority | 14,910 | 28.99 | |||
Turnout | 73.05 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 24,767 | 54.80 | ||
Labour | AL Rosenberg | 14,063 | 21.12 | ||
Liberal | B Baxter | 6,363 | 14.08 | ||
Majority | 10,704 | 23.69 | |||
Turnout | 78.05 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 19,778 | 47.90 | ||
Labour | H Toch | 14,850 | 35.97 | ||
Liberal | B Baxter | 6,658 | 16.13 | ||
Majority | 4,928 | 11.94 | |||
Turnout | 76.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 20,430 | 46.24 | ||
Labour | H Toch | 14,387 | 32.56 | ||
Liberal | KW Nash | 8,986 | 20.34 | ||
Independent Powellite | MM McNee | 380 | 0.86 | ||
Majority | 6,043 | 13.68 | |||
Turnout | 82.94 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 22,220 | 57.28 | ||
Labour | LJ Potter | 16,572 | 42.72 | ||
Majority | 5,648 | 14.56 | |||
Turnout | 80.46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 17,880 | 51.11 | ||
Labour | NJ Insley | 17,105 | 48.89 | ||
Majority | 775 | 2.22 | |||
Turnout | 84.00 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Hawkins | 16,728 | 49.55 | ||
Labour | Albert Hilton | 16,605 | 49.19 | ||
Independent | V Welch | 427 | 1.26 | ||
Majority | 123 | 0.36 | |||
Turnout | 81.96 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Albert Hilton | 16,858 | 50.12 | ||
Conservative | Elaine Kellett | 16,780 | 49.88 | ||
Majority | 78 | 0.23 | |||
Turnout | 83.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Albert Hilton | 15,314 | 50.95 | +0.66 | |
Conservative | Mary Elaine Kellett | 13,960 | 46.4 | -3.27 | |
Independent Nationalist | Andrew Fountaine | 785 | 2.61 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,354 | ||||
Turnout | 30,059 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sidney Dye | 16,781 | 50.29 | ||
Conservative | Denys Gradwell Bullard | 16,588 | 49.71 | ||
Majority | 193 | 0.58 | |||
Turnout | 82.60 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Denys Gradwell Bullard | 16,970 | 50.66 | ||
Labour | Sidney Dye | 16,528 | 49.34 | ||
Majority | 442 | 1.32 | |||
Turnout | 82.61 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sidney Dye | 15,649 | 47.35 | ||
Conservative | Denys Gradwell Bullard | 15,389 | 46.57 | ||
Liberal | George Stephen Dennis | 2,009 | 6.08 | ||
Majority | 260 | 0.79 | |||
Turnout | 83.41 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sidney Dye | 15,091 | 50.09 | ||
Conservative | Somerset de Chair | 15,038 | 49.91 | ||
Majority | 53 | 0.18 | |||
Turnout | 65.92 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Somerset de Chair | 16,060 | 57.35 | ||
Labour | Sidney Dye | 11,943 | 42.65 | ||
Majority | 4,117 | 14.70 | |||
Turnout | 69.50 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maj. Alan McLean | 19,614 | 66.34 | ||
Labour | WB Taylor | 9,952 | 33.66 | ||
Majority | 9,662 | 32.68 | |||
Turnout | 74.54 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Benjamin Taylor | 12,152 | 41.8 | ||
Unionist | Alan McLean | 11,382 | 39.1 | ||
Liberal | Victor Diederichs Duval | 5,556 | 19.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 770 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Alan McLean | 13,838 | |||
Labour | William Benjamin Taylor | 10,004 | |||
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Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Alan McLean | 11,289 | |||
Labour | William Benjamin Taylor | 9,779 | |||
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Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Sir Richard Winfrey | 10,432 | 54.7 | n/a | |
Labour | William Benjamin Taylor | 8,655 | 45.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,777 | 9.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 19,087 | 59.1 | n/a | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | unopposed | n/a | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a |
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 4,176 | 52.7 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Albert Edward Stanley Clarke | 3,745 | 47.3 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 431 | 5.4 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,921 | 87.6 | -3.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 4,239 | 51.5 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Sir Thomas Leigh Hare | 4,000 | 48.5 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 239 | 3.0 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,239 | 91.1 | +2.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 4,416 | 55.7 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Sir Thomas Leigh Hare | 3,513 | 44.3 | -6.1 | |
Majority | 903 | 10.4 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,929 | 88.7 | +4.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Leigh Hare | 3,702 | 50.4 | -0.9 | |
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 3,636 | 49.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 66 | 0.8 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,338 | 84.0 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Leigh Hare | 3,968 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal | Richard Winfrey | 3,762 | 48.7 | ||
Majority | 206 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,730 | 84.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard Kimber's Political science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832
- ↑ BBC News; MP Fraser poised to leave Commons, 28 May 2009
- ↑ Daily Telegraph MPs' expenses: Christopher Fraser says that claim for trees was necessary 26 May 2009
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/norfolk-south-west-2015.html
- ↑ http://www.ukipswnorfolk.org/#!Paul-Smyth-chosen-as-UKIP-PPC-for-South-West-Norfolk/c140y/54fec8ae0cf245859793e648
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#East of England
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- ↑ http://candidates.ukip.org/index.php?pg=show&eid=399
- ↑ http://bnp.org.uk/2010/03/tory-councillors-narrowly-defeated-in-attempt-to-approve-king%E2%80%99s-lynn-mosque-after-bnp-objections-dominate-hearing/
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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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