Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)



























Norwich
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Norfolk
Major settlements Norwich
1298–1950
Number of members Two
Replaced by
Norwich North and Norwich South

Norwich was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1298 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Consisting of the city of Norwich in Norfolk, it returned two members of parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.


It was replaced in 1950 by two new single-member constituencies, Norwich North and Norwich South.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Members of Parliament


    • 2.1 1298–1660


    • 2.2 1640–1950




  • 3 Election results


    • 3.1 Elections in the 1940s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1930s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1920s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1910s


    • 3.5 Elections in the 1900s


    • 3.6 Elections in the 1890s


    • 3.7 Elections in the 1880s


    • 3.8 Elections in the 1870s


    • 3.9 Elections in the 1860s


    • 3.10 Elections in the 1850s


    • 3.11 Elections in the 1840s




  • 4 References


    • 4.1 Notes







Boundaries



Members of Parliament



1298–1660



























































































































































































































































































































































Year First member Second member
1378 Henry Limner
1386 Walter Niche
Walter Bixton[note 1]
1388 (Feb) William Appleyard
Walter Bixton[note 1]
1388 (Sep) John Moulton
Walter Bixton[note 1]
1390 (Jan) Henry Limner
Walter Bixton[note 1]
1390 (Nov) William Appleyard
Thomas Gerard[note 1]
1391 Walter Bixton
Thomas Gerard[note 1]
1393 John Moulton
William Everard[note 1]
1394 Henry Limner
William Everard[note 1]
1395 William Appleyard
Thomas Gerard[note 1]
1397 (Jan) William Appleyard
Henry Limner[note 1]
1397 (Sep) Walter Bixton
Richard White[note 1]
1399 Henry Limner
Roger Blickling[note 1]
1401 Edmund Warner
Walter Eaton[note 1]
1402 William Appleyard
William Crakeford[note 1]
1404 (Jan) William Everard
Walter Eaton[note 1]
1404 (Oct)
1406 Walter Eaton
John Alderford[note 1]
1407 Walter Eaton
Robert Dunston[note 1]
1410 Robert Dunston
William Ampulford[note 1]
1411 Bartholomew Appleyard
Thomas Gerard[note 1]
1413 (Feb) John Alderford
Bartholomew Appleyard[note 1]
1413 (May) William Sedman
John Bixley[note 1]
1414 (Apr) Robert Brasier
John Alderford[note 1]
1414 (Nov) William Sedman
Richard Purdance[note 1]
1415 John Bixley
Robert Dunston[note 1]
1416 (Mar) Henry Rafman
William Sedman[note 1]
1416 (Oct) William Appleyard
John Bixley[note 1]
1417 Robert Brasier
Robert Dunston[note 1]
1419 William Appleyard
John Bixley[note 1]
1420 Robert Baxter
Robert Dunston[note 1]
1421 (May) Robert Baxter
Robert Dunston[note 1]
1421 (Dec) Henry Piking
Robert Dunston[note 1]
1485
John Paston[1]
1504 Robert Burgh[2]
1510 ?
1512 Robert Harydance
John Clerke I[note 2]
1515 ?
1523 ?
1529 Edward Rede
Reginald Lytilprowe[note 2]
1536 ?John Corbet II
?[note 2]
1539 Augustine Steward
John Godsalve[note 2]
1542 William Rogers ?John Godsalve[note 2]
1545 Robert Rugge
Richard Catlin[note 2]
1547 Augustine Steward
Richard Catlin[note 2]
1553 (Mar) Thomas Marsham
Alexander Mather[note 2]
1553 (Oct) Thomas Gawdy I
Richard Catlin[note 2]
1554 (Apr) Henry Ward
John Ball[note 2]
1554 (Nov) John Corbet II
Alexander Mather[note 2]
1555 John Aldrich
Thomas Grey[note 2]
1558 Sir Thomas Gawdy
Thomas Sotherton[note 2]
1559 Sir William Woodhouse

Thomas Sotherton[note 3]
1562/3
Robert Michell, died
and repl. 1566 by
John Blennerhassett

Thomas Parker
1571 John Blennerhassett
Robert Suckling[note 3]
1572 John Aldirich
Thomas Beaumont, sick
and repl. 1581 by
Edward Flowerdew[note 3]
1584 Christopher Layer
Simon Bowde[note 3]
1586 Robert Suckling
Thomas Layer[note 3]
1588 Francis Rugge
Thomas Gleane[note 3]
1593 Robert Houghton
Robert Yarham[note 3]
1597 Christopher Layer
Thomas Sotherton II[note 3]
1601 Alexander Thurston
John Pettus[note 3]
1604–1611 Sir Henry Hobart
John Pettus[note 4]
1614 Sir Thomas Hyrne

Rice Gwyn[note 4]
1621–1622 Richard Rosse
William Denny[note 4]
1624 William Denny Sir Thomas Hyrne[note 4]
1625 William Denny Sir Thomas Hyrne[note 4]
1626 Sir John Suckling Sir Thomas Hyrne[note 4]
1628 Sir Peter Gleane
Robert Debney[note 4]
1629–1640
No Parliaments summoned


1640–1950
















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party

April 1640

Thomas Tooley

Thomas Atkins

November 1640

Richard Harman
Parliamentarian


Richard Catlin[3]

Royalist
January 1644

Catelyn disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645

Erasmus Earle
1646

Thomas Atkins
1653

Norwich was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament

1654

Bernard Church

John Hobart

1656

January 1659

William Barnham

May 1659

Thomas Atkins

One seat vacant
April 1660


William Barnham



Thomas Rant

1661


Christopher Jay



Francis Corie

Feb 1678


William Paston

May 1678


Augustine Briggs

1685


Robert Paston



Sir Nevill Catlin

Tory
1689


Thomas Blofield

Tory
1690


Hugh Bokenham

1694


John Ward

1695


Francis Gardiner

1698


Robert Davy

1701


Edward Clarke

Country Whig
1702


Thomas Blofield

Tory
1703


Thomas Palgrave

1705


Waller Bacon



John Chambers

1710


Robert Bene



Richard Berney


1715


Waller Bacon



Robert Brightiffe


1734


Horatio Walpole

Whig
1735 by-election


Thomas Vere


1747


John Hobart

June 1756 by-election


Edward Bacon

December 1756 by-election


(Sir) Harbord Harbord

Whig[4]

1784


William Windham

Tory[4]
1786 by-election


Hon. Henry Hobart

Tory[4]
1799 by-election


John Frere

Tory[4]

1802


Robert Fellowes

Whig[4]


William Smith

Radical

1806


John Patteson

Tory[4]

1807


William Smith

Radical

1812


Charles Harvey

Tory[4]

1818


Richard Hanbury Gurney

Whig[4]

1826


Jonathan Peel

Tory[4]

1830


Robert Grant

Whig[4]


Richard Hanbury Gurney

Whig[4]

1832


William Murray

Tory[4]


James Scarlett

Tory[4]

1834


Conservative[4]


Conservative[4]

1835


Robert Scarlett[note 5]

Conservative[4]

1837


Arthur Wellesley

Conservative[4]

1838[note 5]


Benjamin Smith

Whig[4][5]

1847


Morton Peto

Whig[6][7][8]

1852


Edward Warner

Radical[9][10]

1854 by-election


Samuel Bignold

Conservative

1857


Henry Schneider

Radical[10][11][12]


William Keppel

Whig[10]

1859 [note 6]


Liberal


Liberal

1860 by-election[note 7]


Edward Warner

Liberal


Sir William Russell, Bt

Liberal

1868


Henry Stracey [note 8]

Conservative

1870 by-election


Jacob Henry Tillett [note 9]

Liberal

1871 by-election


Jeremiah Colman

Liberal

1874


John Walter Huddleston

Conservative

1875 by-election


Jacob Henry Tillett [note 10]

Liberal

1885


Harry Bullard [note 11]

Conservative

1886 by-election


Samuel Hoare [note 12]

Conservative

1895


Harry Bullard

Conservative

1904 by-election


Louis Tillett

Liberal

1906


George Henry Roberts

Labour

Jan 1910


Frederick Low

Liberal

1915 by-election


Hilton Young

Liberal

1922


National Liberal


Liberal

1923


Walter Smith

Labour


Dorothy Jewson

Labour

1924


Hilton Young

Liberal


J. Griffyth Fairfax

Conservative

1926


Conservative

1929


Walter Smith

Labour


Geoffrey Shakespeare

Liberal

1931


George Hartland

Conservative


Liberal National

1935


Henry Strauss

Conservative

1945


Lucy Noel-Buxton

Labour


John Paton

Labour

1950

constituency abolished: see Norwich North and Norwich South


Election results



Elections in the 1940s








































































General Election 1945: Norwich[13][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Lucy Noel-Buxton
31,553
27.9
+7.9


Labour

John Paton
31,229
27.7
+9.9


Liberal National

Geoffrey Shakespeare
25,945
23.0
−6.1


Conservative

Henry Strauss
24,225
21.4
−6.2
Majority
5,284
4.7

N/A

Turnout

70.7
−2.7

Registered electors
79,880




Labour gain from Liberal National


Labour gain from Conservative


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General Election 1935: Norwich[15][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal National

Geoffrey Shakespeare
36,039
29.1
−1.3


Conservative

Henry Strauss
34,182
27.6
−1.3


Labour

Glenvil Hall
24,670
20.0
−1.0


Labour
C. J. Kelly
22,055
17.8

N/A


Ind. Labour Party

Fenner Brockway
6,737
5.5
−14.2
Majority
11,369
9.1
−0.3
Majority
9,512
7.6
−0.3

Turnout

73.4
−7.1

Registered electors
84,275




Liberal National hold


Conservative hold













































































General Election 1931: Norwich[15][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal National

Geoffrey Shakespeare
40,925
30.4
+4.2


Conservative

George Hartland
38,883
28.9
+5.1


Labour

Walter Smith
28,295
21.0
−5.0


Ind. Labour Party

Dorothy Jewson
26,537
19.7
−4.3
Majority
12,630
9.4

N/A
Majority
10,588
7.9

N/A

Turnout

80.4
+1.6

Registered electors
83,755




Liberal National gain from Liberal


Conservative gain from Labour


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General Election 1929: Norwich[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Geoffrey Shakespeare
33,974
26.2
+1.5


Labour

Walter Smith
33,690
26.0
+3.1


Labour

Dorothy Jewson
31,040
24.0
+2.0


Unionist

J. Griffyth Fairfax
30,793
23.8
−3.6
Majority
2,934
2.2
+0.2
Majority
2,897
2.2

N/A

Turnout

78.8
−5.2

Registered electors
82,143




Liberal hold


Labour gain from Unionist













































































General Election 1924: Norwich[15][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Hilton Young
28,842
27.7
+10.8


Unionist

J. Griffyth Fairfax
28,529
27.4
+12.1


Labour

Walter Smith
23,808
22.9
+2.0


Labour

Dorothy Jewson
22,931
22.0
+2.0
Majority
5,034
4.8

N/A
Majority
4,721
4.5

N/A

Turnout

84.0
+5.3

Registered electors
61,995




Liberal gain from Labour


Unionist gain from Labour























































































General Election 1923: Norwich (2 seats)[15][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Walter Smith
20,077
20.9
+4.0


Labour

Dorothy Jewson
19,304
20.0
+4.3


Liberal

Hilton Young
16,222
16.9
−16.8


Unionist

George Roberts
14,749
15.3
−18.4


Liberal
Henry John Copeman
13,180
13.7

N/A


Unionist
Henry Dawes Swan
12,713
13.2

N/A
Majority
3,082
3.1

N/A

Turnout

78.7
+1.9

Registered electors
61,168




Labour gain from Independent


Labour gain from National Liberal



Hilton Young














































































General Election 1922: Norwich (2 seats)[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Independent

George Roberts
31,167
33.7
−11.4


National Liberal

Hilton Young
31,151
33.7
−9.6


Labour

Herbert Witard
15,609
16.9

N/A


Labour
G F Johnson
14,490
15.7

N/A
Majority
15,558
16.8

N/A
Majority
15,542
16.8

N/A

Turnout

76.8
+27.9

Registered electors
60,159




Independent gain from Labour


National Liberal gain from Liberal


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General Election 1918: Norwich (2 seats)[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Coalition Labour

George Roberts[note 13]
26,642
45.1
+9.3


Liberal

Hilton Young
25,555
43.3
+6.9


Independent Labour

Herbert Witard
6,856
11.6

N/A
Majority
19,786
33.5
+25.5
Majority
18,699
31.7
+23.1

Turnout

48.9
−35.4

Registered electors
60,342




Labour hold


Liberal hold























By-election, 1917: Norwich (1 seat)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

George Henry Roberts

Unopposed


Labour hold























By-election, 1915: Norwich (1 seat)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Hilton Young

Unopposed


Liberal hold





































































General Election, December 1910: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Frederick Low
10,149
36.4
+7.4


Labour

George Roberts
10,003
35.8
+7.1


Conservative
W. Dyson
7,758
21.7
+6.1
Majority
2,391
8.6
+1.3
Majority
2,245
8.0
+1.0

Turnout

84.3
−7.2

Registered electors
21,607




Liberal hold


Labour hold













































































General Election, January 1910: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Frederick Low
11,257
29.0
−8.2


Labour

George Roberts
11,119
28.7
−9.2


Conservative

Samuel Hoare
8,410
21.7
−3.6


Conservative
H.G. Snowden
7,981
20.6

N/A
Majority
2,847
7.3
−4.6
Majority
2,709
7.0
−5.2

Turnout

91.5
−0.1

Registered electors
21,607




Liberal hold


Labour hold


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General Election 1906: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Repr. Cmte.

George Roberts
11,059
37.5

N/A


Liberal

Louis Tillett
10,972
37.2

N/A


Conservative

Ernest Wild
7,460
25.3

N/A

Turnout

91.6

N/A

Registered electors
20,390


Majority
3,599
12.2

N/A


Liberal gain from Conservative
Majority
3,512
11.9

N/A


Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative



























































By-election, 1904: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Louis Tillett
8,576
48.3

N/A


Conservative

Ernest Wild
6,756
38.0

N/A


Labour Repr. Cmte.

George Roberts
2,440
13.7

N/A
Majority
1,820
10.3

N/A

Turnout
17,772
90.1

N/A

Registered electors
19,728




Liberal gain from Conservative

































General Election 1900: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Samuel Hoare

Unopposed


Conservative

Harry Bullard

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Conservative hold


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General Election 1895: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Samuel Hoare
8,166
26.5
−8.6


Conservative

Harry Bullard
8,034
26.1

N/A


Liberal
Thomas Terrell
7,330
23.9
−9.9


Liberal

Frederick Verney
7,210
23.5
−7.6
Majority
704
2.2
−1.8

Turnout
15,465 (est)
88.4
+0.4

Registered electors
17,494




Conservative hold


Conservative gain from Liberal































































General Election 1892: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Samuel Hoare
7,718
35.1
+9.6


Liberal

Jeremiah Colman
7,407
33.8
+7.8


Liberal
John Bedford[17]
6,811
31.1
+5.7
Majority
907
4.0
+3.9

Turnout
14,628 (est)
88.0
+7.4

Registered electors
16,623




Conservative hold


Liberal hold


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General Election 1886: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Jeremiah Colman
6,295
26.0
−7.0


Conservative

Samuel Hoare
6,156
25.5
−10.5


Liberal

Jacob Henry Tillett
6,119
25.4
−5.6


Conservative

Clare Sewell Read
5,564
23.1

N/A

Turnout
12,342
80.6
−8.0

Registered electors
15,323


Majority
731
2.9

N/A


Liberal hold

Swing
−0.9

Majority
37
0.1
−4.9


Conservative hold

Swing
−5.4
























By-election, 7 Apr 1886: Norwich[16][note 14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Samuel Hoare

Unopposed


Conservative hold

  • Caused by Bullard being unseated on petition.





































































General Election 1885: Norwich (2 seats)[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Harry Bullard
7,279
36.0
−8.1


Liberal

Jeremiah Colman
6,666
33.0
+4.9


Liberal

Robert Samuel Wright[18]
6,251
31.0
+3.1
Majority
1,208
5.0

N/A

Turnout
13,572
88.6
+12.6 (est)

Registered electors
15,323




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
−3.6



Liberal hold

Swing
+4.5














































































General Election 1880: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Jeremiah Colman
6,549
28.1
+1.4


Liberal

Jacob Henry Tillett
6,512
27.9
+2.8


Conservative
Henry Harben[20]
5,242
22.5
−2.8


Conservative

William Massey-Mainwaring
5,032
21.6
−1.4
Majority
1,270
5.4
+4.0

Turnout
11,668 (est)
76.0 (est)
+0.1

Registered electors
15,349




Liberal hold

Swing
+1.4



Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+2.8



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By-election, 6 Mar 1875: Norwich (1 seat)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Jacob Henry Tillett
5,877
53.6
+1.8


Conservative
Josiah Wilkinson[21]
5,079
46.4
−1.9
Majority
798
7.3
+5.9

Turnout
10,956
73.3
−2.6

Registered electors
14,953




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+1.9


  • Caused by Huddleston's appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. This by-election was later declared void on petition, and the writ was suspended, leaving Norwich with one MP until 1880.



















































































General Election 1874: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Jeremiah Colman
6,138
26.7
−7.0


Conservative

John Walter Huddleston
5,823
25.3
+8.4


Liberal

Jacob Henry Tillett
5,776
25.1
−7.5


Conservative

Henry Stracey
5,290
23.0
+6.1

Turnout
11,514 (est)
75.9 (est)
+8.5

Registered electors
15,166


Majority
315
1.4

N/A


Liberal hold

Swing
−7.1

Majority
47
0.2
+0.2


Conservative hold

Swing
+7.8























































By-election, 22 Feb 1871: Norwich (1 seat)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Jeremiah Colman
4,637
57.8
−8.5


Conservative

Charles Legard
3,389
42.2
+8.4
Majority
1,248
15.5

N/A

Turnout
8,026
65.1
−2.3

Registered electors
12,338




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
−8.5


  • Caused by the previous by-election being declared void on petition.






















































By-election, 13 Jul 1870: Norwich (1 seat)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Jacob Henry Tillett
4,236
52.2
−14.1


Conservative

John Walter Huddleston
3,874
47.8
+14.0
Majority
362
4.5

N/A

Turnout
8,110
61.0
−6.4

Registered electors
13,296




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
−14.1


  • Caused by Stracey's election being declared void on petition.


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General Election 1868: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Stracey
4,521
33.8
−9.6


Liberal

William Russell
4,509
33.7
+5.4


Liberal

Jacob Henry Tillett
4,364
32.6
+4.4
Majority
12
0.0

N/A

Turnout
9,958 (est)
67.4 (est)
−0.2

Registered electors
13,296




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
−9.7



Liberal hold

Swing
+5.1














































































General Election 1865: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Russell
1,845
28.3
+1.9


Liberal

Edward Warner
1,838
28.2
+2.0


Conservative
Augustus Goldsmid[22]
1,466
22.5
−1.6


Conservative
Robert Edmond Chester Waters[23]
1,363
20.9
−2.4
Majority
372
5.7
+3.6

Turnout
3,256 (est)
67.6 (est)
−13.0

Registered electors
4,817




Liberal hold

Swing
+2.0



Liberal hold

Swing
+2.0














































































By-election, 28 March 1860: Norwich (2 seats)[19][24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Edward Warner
2,083
28.2
+1.8


Liberal

William Russell
2,045
27.7
+1.5


Conservative
William Forlonge
1,636
22.1
−2.0


Conservative
William David Lewis
1,631
22.1
−1.2
Majority
409
5.5
+3.4

Turnout
3,698 (est)
68.7 (est)
−11.9

Registered electors
5,381




Liberal hold

Swing
+1.7



Liberal hold

Swing
+1.6


  • Caused by both the 1859 general election and the June by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery.[25]


Elections in the 1850s































































By-election, 28 June 1859: Norwich[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Keppel
1,922
54.6
+2.0


Conservative

Samuel Bignold
1,561
44.3
−3.1


Conservative

Henry George Boldero[26][27]
39
1.1

N/A
Majority
361
10.2
+8.1

Turnout
3,522
69.6
−11.0

Registered electors
5,508




Liberal hold

Swing
+2.6


  • Caused by Keppel's appointment as Treasurer of the Household.













































































General Election 1859: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Keppel
2,154
26.4
−10.2


Liberal

Henry Schneider
2,134
26.2
−10.5


Conservative

Samuel Bignold
1,966
24.1
+10.7


Conservative

Charles Manners Lushington[28]
1,900
23.3
+9.9
Majority
168
2.1
−7.7

Turnout
4,077 (est)
80.6 (est)
+17.8

Registered electors
5,058




Liberal hold

Swing
−10.3



Liberal hold

Swing
−10.4












































































General Election 1857: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Radical

Henry Schneider
2,247
36.7
+7.7


Whig

William Keppel
2,238
36.6
+7.0


Conservative

Samuel Bignold
1,636
26.7
−14.6

Turnout
3,879 (est)
62.8 (est)
−5.8

Registered electors
6,175


Majority
9
0.1
−7.4


Radical hold

Swing
+7.5

Majority
602
9.8
+9.2


Whig hold

Swing
+7.2























































By-election, 29 December 1854: Norwich[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Samuel Bignold
1,899
53.8
+12.5


Whig
Anthony Hamond[29][30]
1,629
46.2
+16.6
Majority
270
7.7

N/A

Turnout
3,528
59.7
−8.9

Registered electors
5,911




Conservative gain from Whig

Swing
−2.1


  • Caused by Peto's resignation in order to go to the Crimean War and construct the Grand Crimean Central Railway.[31]



















































































General Election 1852: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Morton Peto
2,190
29.6
−13.0


Radical

Edward Warner
2,145
29.0
+1.6


Conservative

Arthur Wellesley
1,592
21.5
+6.4


Conservative

Lothian Sheffield Dickson
1,465
19.8
+4.7

Turnout
3,696 (est)
68.6 (est)
+10.9

Registered electors
5,390


Majority
45
0.6
−11.9


Whig hold

Swing
−9.3

Majority
553
7.5

N/A


Radical gain from Conservative

Swing
−2.0



Elections in the 1840s












































































General Election 1847: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Morton Peto
2,448
42.6

N/A


Conservative

Arthur Wellesley
1,727
30.1

N/A


Radical

John Humffreys Parry[32]
1,572
27.4

N/A

Turnout
2,874 (est)
57.7 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
4,976


Majority
721
12.5

N/A


Whig hold

Swing

N/A

Majority
155
2.7

N/A


Conservative hold

Swing

N/A








































General Election 1841: Norwich (2 seats)[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Benjamin Smith

Unopposed


Conservative

Arthur Wellesley

Unopposed

Registered electors
4,334




Whig hold


Conservative hold


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Notes




  1. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadae "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.


  2. ^ abcdefghijklm "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.


  3. ^ abcdefghi "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.


  4. ^ abcdefg "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 9 August 2016.


  5. ^ ab Scarlett was initially declared re-elected in 1837, but on petition his election was declared void and his opponent, Smith, was seated in his place after scrutiny of the votes


  6. ^ On petition, the result of the 1859 general election was declared void, as was that of a subsequent by-election in which Viscount Bury (who had been found guilty of bribery) had been re-elected, and a writ for a new election was issued. The result had been Lord Bury 2,154; Mr Schneider 2,138; Sir S Bignold 1,966; Mr Lushington 1,900 (Bury and Norwich Post 3 April 1860)


  7. ^ The result was Mr Warner 2,083; Sir W Russell 2,045; Mr Lewis 1,636; Mr Forlonge 1,631 (Bury and Norwich Post 3 April 1860)


  8. ^ Stracey's election was declared void, the writ for the constituency was suspended and a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption. After its report, a writ for a by-election was issued in 1870.


  9. ^ On petition, Tillett's election was declared void and a new election was held.


  10. ^ Tillett's election was declared void, the writ for the constituency was suspended and a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption. The seat remained vacant until the next general election, when Tillett was re-elected.


  11. ^ On petition, Bullard's election was declared void and a by-election was held


  12. ^ Created a baronet, August 1899


  13. ^ Roberts was not an official coalition candidate, and did not receive the Coalition Coupon


  14. ^ Harry Bullard was unseated on petition







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