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East Norfolk
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the north-eastern 'doubly' blue land.
County	Norfolk
1885–1950
Seats	One
Created from	North Norfolk and South Norfolk
Replaced by	North Norfolk, South Norfolk, Central Norfolk and Great Yarmouth
1832–1868
Seats	Two
Created from	Norfolk
Replaced by	North Norfolk and South Norfolk

East Norfolk was a constituency in the county of Norfolk that returned two members of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1868. It was re-established in 1885 with representation of one member. That seat was abolished in 1950.

History

The constituency was first created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1868 general election. In that period the Parliamentary County of Norfolk was split into two divisions – Eastern Norfolk and Western Norfolk, each returning two members.

Further to the Reform Act of 1867, Norfolk was reorganised into the North, South and West divisions, with each of the three divisions again returning two members. The Eastern division was replaced by the bulk of the North and South Divisions.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the three two-member county divisions were replaced with six single-member divisions. The second version of this constituency was one of the single-member seats. It was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1832–1868

• The Hundreds of Blofield, Clavering, Depwade, Diss, Earsham, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, Eynesford, East Flegg, West Flegg, Forehoe, Happing, Henstead, Humbleyard, Loddon, Taversham, Tunstead and Walsham.

1885–1918

• The Sessional Divisions of Blofield and Walsham, East and West Flegg, Taversham, and Tunstead and Happing;
• Part of the Sessional Division of South Erpingham; and
• The part of the Borough of Great Yarmouth in the county of Norfolk.

As Great Yarmouth formed a separate Parliamentary Borough, only non-resident freeholders of the Borough were entitled to vote in this constituency.

1918–1950

• The Urban District of North Walsham; and
• The Rural Districts of Blofield, East and West Flegg, Loddon and Clavering, St Faith's, and Smallburgh.

The division was expanded to the south, with the addition of eastern parts of the Southern Division (Loddon and Clavering Rural District). Also gained small area to the west from the Northern Division.

On its abolition, the contents of the seat were distributed as follows:

• North Walsham and the Rural District of Smallburgh to North Norfolk;
• area to the north and east of Norwich, mostly comprising the (former) Rural District of St Faiths, to the new constituency of Central Norfolk;
• most of the (combined) Rural District of Blofield and Flegg to the new county constituency of Yarmouth; and
• the Rural District of Loddon and Clavering (renamed Loddon) back to South Norfolk.

Members of Parliament

1832–1868

1885–1950

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Wodehouse resigned via accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.

Buxton's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Robert Price
• Unionist:

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1939–40

Until the parliament elected in 1935 was extended, another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties made preparations for an election to take place, and by the autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal National: Frank Medlicott
• Labour: Norman Reeve Tillett
• Independent Conservative: James F. Wright (Secretary, Norfolk Farmers Union)

Elections in the 1940s

References

1. "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884.
3. S., Craig, Fred W. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885–1972;. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0900178094. OCLC 539011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 221–222. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
5. "Admiral Lukin". National Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
6. Robbins, Alfred Farthing (1894). The Early Public Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Four Times Prime Minister. London: Methuen & Co. p. 179. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
7. Chichester, Henry Manners (1892). "Keppel, George Thomas" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
8. Gash, Norman (2013). Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850. Faber & Faber. p. 250. ISBN 9780571302901. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
9. "Meetings of Liberal Electors St. Andrew's Hall". Norfolk News. 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Essex (South)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Essex Standard". 13 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. Barrell, Helen (2016). Poison Panic: Arsenic Deaths in 1840s Essex. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-47385-207-5. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via Google Books.
13. "Weston-super-Mare Gazette, and General Advertiser". 3 July 1858. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. "Notes of the Week". Westmorand Gazette. 3 July 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
15. "East Norfolk Election". Dorset County Chronicle. 1 July 1858. p. 11. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
16. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
17. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
18. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
19. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
20. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
21. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
22. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
23. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig (1983). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
24. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
25. Report of the Annual Conference 1939

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950