Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Norwich was a borough constituency in Norfolk 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.

Members of Parliament

1298–1660

1640–1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1880s

• Caused by Bullard being unseated on petition.

Elections in the 1870s

• 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.

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

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

Elections in the 1860s

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

Elections in the 1850s

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

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

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1830s

• On petition, Scarlett was unseated and Smith was declared elected.

• Wetherell and Sadler were proposed without their knowledge

• Caused by Grant's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces

Notes

References

Sources

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