Norwich North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Norfolk |
Electorate | 64,982 (December 2010) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Chloe Smith (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Norwich |
Norwich North is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2009 by Conservative Chloe Smith. [n 2]
The constituency includes parts of two local government areas, Norwich and Broadland with the majority of the electorate in Broadland.
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 for the 1950 general election, when the former two-seat constituency of Norwich was divided into two single-member seats, Norwich North and Norwich South.
It was initially a safe seat for the Labour Party, held continuously by the party until 1983, when major boundary changes made the seat much more favourable to the Conservatives, [2] who then held the seat from 1983 to 1997. The Labour member from 1997 to 2009 was Ian Gibson, who resigned as an MP with immediate effect on 5 June 2009 after being implicated in the expenses scandal. A by-election was held to replace him on 23 July 2009, [3] which was won by the Conservative Chloe Smith. Chloe Smith has retained the seat in the 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections, achieving over 50% of the vote for the first time in 2019. Smith has announced her intention to stand down from Parliament at the 2024 general election. [4]
Minor expansion of boundaries under the provisions of Statutory Instrument 1951/325. [7]
Further to the Second Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies a redistribution of seats was enacted in 1970. However, in the case of the two Norwich constituencies, this was superseded before the February 1974 general election by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Norwich) Order 1973 which followed on from a revision of the County Borough of Norwich wards in 1971, resulting in a realignment of the boundary with Norwich South.
Gained suburban areas now part of the District of Broadland, including Thorpe St Andrew from Yarmouth and Hellesdon and Sprowston from North Norfolk. Southern areas transferred to Norwich South.
District of Broadland wards of Drayton and Taverham transferred from Mid Norfolk.
Drayton and Taverham were transferred back out, to the new constituency of Broadland. In Norwich, the part of the Crome ward around Morse Road moved to Norwich North, while the area around Mousehold Street in Thorpe Hamlet became part of Norwich South.
Following their review of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk that concluded in 2007 and came into effect for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England created a slightly modified Norwich North constituency. The changes were necessary to re-align the constituency boundaries with the new local government ward boundaries introduced in Broadland and Norwich and to take account of Norfolk being awarded an additional, ninth constituency by the Boundary Commission.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be expanded slightly to regain Drayton (but not Taverham) from Broadland and the area around Mousehold Street from Norwich South. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charlotte Salomon [14] | ||||
Green | Ben Price [15] | ||||
Labour | Alice Macdonald [16] | ||||
Reform UK | Nick Taylor [17] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Nick Rose was selected as the Conservative candidate, but later resigned due to "controversial language" used. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chloe Smith | 23,397 | 50.5 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Karen Davis | 18,659 | 40.3 | -6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Thomas | 2,663 | 5.8 | +2.6 | |
Green | Adrian Holmes | 1,078 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | David Moreland | 488 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,738 | 10.2 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,285 | 68.9 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chloe Smith | 21,900 | 47.7 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Christopher Jones | 21,393 | 46.6 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Lanham | 1,480 | 3.2 | -1.1 | |
Green | Adrian Holmes [20] | 782 | 1.7 | -2.7 | |
Pirate | Liam Matthews | 340 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 507 | 1.1 | -9.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,977 | 68.7 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chloe Smith | 19,052 | 43.7 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Jessica Asato | 14,589 | 33.5 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Glenn Tingle | 5,986 | 13.7 | +9.3 | |
Green | Adrian Holmes | 1,939 | 4.4 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Wright | 1,894 | 4.3 | -14.0 | |
Independent | Mick Hardy [22] | 132 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,463 | 10.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,592 | 66.9 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chloe Smith | 17,280 | 40.6 | +10.1 | |
Labour Co-op | John Cook | 13,379 | 31.4 | +15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Stephen | 7,783 | 18.3 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Glenn Tingle | 1,878 | 4.4 | +2.1 | |
Green | Jess Goldfinch | 1,245 | 2.9 | −0.3 | |
BNP | Thomas Richardson | 747 | 1.8 | New | |
Independent | Bill Holden | 143 | 0.3 | New | |
Christian | Andrew Holland | 118 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,901 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,573 | 65.2 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chloe Smith | 13,591 | 39.5 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Chris Ostrowski | 6,243 | 18.2 | −26.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | April Pond | 4,803 | 14.0 | −2.2 | |
UKIP | Glenn Tingle | 4,068 | 11.8 | +9.4 | |
Green | Rupert Read | 3,350 | 9.7 | +7.0 | |
Put an Honest Man into Parliament | Craig Murray | 953 | 2.8 | New | |
BNP | Robert West | 941 | 2.7 | New | |
Independent | Bill Holden | 166 | 0.5 | −0.2 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 144 | 0.4 | New | |
NOTA | Anne Fryatt | 59 | 0.2 | New | |
Libertarian | Thomas Burridge | 36 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | Peter Baggs | 23 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,348 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,377 | 45.9 [24] | −15.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +16.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Gibson | 21,097 | 44.9 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | James Tumbridge | 15,638 | 33.2 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Whitmore | 7,616 | 16.2 | +1.4 | |
Green | Adrian Holmes | 1,252 | 2.7 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | John Youles | 1,122 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Bill Holden | 308 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,459 | 11.7 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,033 | 61.1 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Gibson | 21,624 | 47.4 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Kay Mason | 15,761 | 34.6 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Moira Toye | 6,750 | 14.8 | +2.2 | |
Green | Rob Tinch | 797 | 1.7 | New | |
UKIP | Guy Cheyney | 471 | 1.0 | New | |
Independent | Michael Betts | 211 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,863 | 12.8 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,614 | 59.1 | −16.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Gibson | 27,346 | 49.7 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Kinghorn | 17,876 | 32.5 | −10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Young | 6,951 | 12.6 | −0.3 | |
Referendum | Tony Bailey-Smith | 1,777 | 3.2 | New | |
Legalise Cannabis | Howard Marks | 512 | 0.9 | New | |
Socialist Labour | James Hood | 495 | 0.9 | New | |
Natural Law | Diana Mills | 100 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 9,470 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,057 | 75.9 | −5.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Thompson | 22,419 | 43.3 | −2.5 | |
Labour | Ian Gibson | 22,153 | 42.8 | +12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Harrison | 6,706 | 12.9 | −11.1 | |
Green | Lou Betts | 433 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | R. Arnold | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 266 | 0.5 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,804 | 81.8 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Thompson | 22,772 | 45.8 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Mary Honeyball | 14,996 | 30.2 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Paul Nicholls | 11,922 | 24.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 7,776 | 15.6 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,690 | 79.2 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Thompson | 21,355 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | David Ennals | 15,476 | 32.4 | ||
Liberal | Graham Jones | 10,796 | 22.6 | ||
Workers Revolutionary | F. Cairns | 194 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 5,879 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,821 | 76.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Note: This constituency underwent boundary changes after the 1979 election, so was notionally a Conservative-held seat. [35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Ennals | 17,927 | 50.8 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | P. H. Rippon | 12,336 | 35.0 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | P. Moore | 4,253 | 12.1 | −4.7 | |
Ecology | G. Hannah | 334 | 1.0 | New | |
National Front | L. Goold | 250 | 0.7 | New | |
Communist | A. Panes | 106 | 0.3 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | S. Colling | 92 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,591 | 15.8 | −12.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,298 | 75.6 | +4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ennals | 17,958 | 56.0 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | T. P. Doe | 8,754 | 27.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | E. M. Wheeler | 5,378 | 16.8 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 9,204 | 28.7 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,090 | 71.2 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ennals | 17,111 | 48.6 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | T. P. Doe | 9,817 | 27.9 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | E. M. Wheeler | 7,773 | 22.1 | New | |
National Front | G. Goold | 544 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 7,294 | 20.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,245 | 78.9 | +7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Wallace | 18,564 | 59.7 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Amédée Turner | 11,868 | 38.2 | +3.8 | |
Independent Progressive | C. C. Fairhead | 658 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,696 | 21.5 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,090 | 71.3 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Wallace | 18,777 | 65.6 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Amédée Turner | 9,851 | 34.4 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 8,926 | 31.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,628 | 74.2 | −0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Wallace | 18,111 | 60.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Amédée Turner | 11,620 | 39.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 6,491 | 21.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 29,731 | 74.5 | −2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Paton | 19,092 | 60.2 | −0.5 | |
Conservative | Dudley R Chance | 12,609 | 39.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 6,483 | 20.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,701 | 76.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Paton | 18,682 | 60.7 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Eaton | 12,087 | 39.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 6,595 | 21.4 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 30,769 | 75.3 | −8.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Paton | 22,880 | 62.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Thomas Eaton | 13,587 | 37.3 | +13.8 | |
Majority | 9,293 | 25.4 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,467 | 84.1 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Paton | 21,898 | 59.2 | ||
Conservative | V. R. Rees | 8,704 | 23.5 | ||
Liberal | Don Bennett | 6,376 | 17.2 | ||
Majority | 13,194 | 35.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,978 | 86.2 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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