Norwich was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 from 1298 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain

House of Commons of Great Britain

The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...

 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

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

. Consisting of the city of Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

 in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, it returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MPs), elected by the bloc vote

Plurality-at-large voting

Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...

 system.

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

MPs 1298–1660

Year	First member	Second member
1386	Walter Niche	Walter Bixton
1388 (Feb)	William Appleyard	Walter Bixton
1388 (Sep)	John Moulton	Walter Bixton
1390 (Jan)	Henry Limner	Walter Bixton
1390 (Nov)	William Appleyard	Thomas Gerard
1391	Walter Bixton	Thomas Gerard
1393	John Moulton	William Everard
1394	Henry Limner	William Everard
1395	William Appleyard	Thomas Gerard
1397 (Jan)	William Appleyard	Henry Limner
1397 (Sep)	Walter Bixton	Richard White I
1399	Henry Limner	Roger Blickling
1401	Edmund Warner	Walter Eaton
1402	William Appleyard	William Crakeford
1404 (Jan)	William Everard	Walter Eaton
1404 (Oct)
1406	Walter Eaton	John Alderford
1407	Walter Eaton	Robert Dunston
1410	Robert Dunston	William Ampulford
1411	Bartholomew Appleyard	Thomas Gerard
1413 (Feb)	John Alderford	Bartholomew Appleyard
1413 (May)	William Sedman	John Bixley
1414 (Apr)	Robert Brasier	John Alderford
1414 (Nov)	William Sedman	Richard Purdance
1415	John Bixley	Robert Dunston
1416 (Mar)	Henry Rafman	William Sedman
1416 (Oct)	William Appleyard	John Bixley
1417	Robert Brasier	Robert Dunston
1419	William Appleyard	John Bixley
1420	Robert Baxter	Robert Dunston
1421 (May)	Robert Baxter	Robert Dunston
1421 (Dec)	Henry Piking	Robert Dunston
1510	?
1512	Robert Harydance	John Clerke I
1515	?
1523	?
1529	Edward Rede	Reginald Lytilprowe
1536	?John Corbet II	?
1539	John Godsalve
1542	William Rogers	?John Godsalve
1545	Robert Rugge	Richard Catlyn
1547	Augustine Steward	Richard Catlyn
1553 (Mar)	Thomas Marsham	Alexander Mather
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Gawdy I	Richard Catlyn
1554 (Apr)	Henry Ward	John Ball
1554 (Nov)	John Corbet II	Alexander Mather
1555	John Aldrich	Thomas Grey
1558	Sir Thomas Gawdy Thomas Gawdy Sir Thomas Gawdy SL was a British justice and Member of Parliament.He was the second of three sons of Thomas Gawdy, all by different wives and all baptised Thomas The mother of this Thomas was Anne Bennett...	Thomas Sotherton
1559	Sir William Woodhouse	Thomas Sotherton I
1562/3	Robert Michell, died and repl. 1566 by John Blennerhassett	Thomas Parker
1571	John Blennerhassett	Robert Suckling
1572	John Aldrich	Thomas Beaumont, sick and repl. 1581 by Edward Flowerdew
1584	Christopher Layer	Simon Bowde
1586	Robert Suckling	Thomas Layer
1588	Francis Rugge	Thomas Gleane
1593	Robert Houghton	Robert Yarham
1597	Christopher Layer	Thomas Sotherton II
1601	Alexander Thurston	John Pettus
1604–1611	Sir Henry Hobart Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL , of Blickling Hall, was an English judge and politician.The son of Thomas Hobart and Audrey Hare, and Great grandson of Sir James Hobart of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, who served as Attorney General during the reign of King Henry VII.Sir Henry would further this lineal...	John Pettus
1614	Thomas Herne	Rice Gwyn
1621–1622	Richard Rosse	William Denny
1624	William Denny	Sir Thomas Hyrne
1625	William Denny	Sir Thomas Hyrne
1626	Sir John Suckling John Suckling (politician) Sir John Suckling was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1626.Suckling was the son of Robert Suckling mayor and MP of Norwich and his wife Elizabeth Barwick, daughter of William Barwick. He entered Gray's Inn on 22 May 1590. He was elected...	Sir Thomas Hyrne
1628	Sir Peter Gleane	Robert Debenham
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1950

Election	|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Thomas Tooley			Thomas Atkins Thomas Atkins (Lord Mayor) Thomas Atkins was Lord Mayor of London and an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1647 to 1653 and was Lord Mayor of London in 1644. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		Richard Harman Richard Harman Richard Harman was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1646.Harman was born at St Andrew's, Norwich, the son of Richard Harman, alderman, of Norwich. He was educated at Norwich School under Mr Briggs and was admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge on 28 March...	Parliamentarian Roundhead "Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...		Richard Catelyn	Royalist Cavalier Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
January 1644				Catelyn disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645					Erasmus Earle Erasmus Earle Erasmus Earle was an English lawyer and politician, who became sergeant-at-law to Oliver Cromwell.-Life:...
1646		Thomas Atkins Thomas Atkins (Lord Mayor) Thomas Atkins was Lord Mayor of London and an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1647 to 1653 and was Lord Mayor of London in 1644. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1653	Norwich was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
1654 First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....		Bernard Church			John Hobart
1656 Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		William Barnham William Barnham William Barnham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Barnham was born in London, the son of Sir Francis Barnham of Hollingbourne and his wife Elizabeth Leonard, daughter of Sampson Lennard and was baptised at St Martin in the Fields on 19 May 1613. He was a...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....		Thomas Atkins Thomas Atkins (Lord Mayor) Thomas Atkins was Lord Mayor of London and an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and from 1647 to 1653 and was Lord Mayor of London in 1644. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....		One seat vacant
April 1660		William Barnham William Barnham William Barnham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Barnham was born in London, the son of Sir Francis Barnham of Hollingbourne and his wife Elizabeth Leonard, daughter of Sampson Lennard and was baptised at St Martin in the Fields on 19 May 1613. He was a...			Thomas Rant Thomas Rant Sir Thomas Rant was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Rant was the son of William Rant MD of Norwich. He was educated at Norwich under Mr Stonham and admitted to Caius College, Cambridge on 1 May 1619 aged 15...
1661		Christopher Jay			Francis Corie
Feb 1678		Lord Paston William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth was a British peer and politician.Born in 1654, he was the son of Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth and his wife, Rebecca, née Clayton. In 1671, he married the widowed Charlotte Howard, née FitzRoy , the illegitimate daughter of Charles II and Elizabeth...
May 1678					Augustine Briggs
1685		Robert Paston			Sir Neville Catelyn	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 British general election, 1715 The British general election of 1715 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Waller Bacon			Robert Britiffe
1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...					Horatio Walpole Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC , English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole....	Whig
1735 by-election		Thomas Vere
1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		Lord Hobart John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire was an English nobleman and politician.The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first marriage, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1747–56, having also been...
June 1756 by-election					Edward Bacon
December 1756 by-election		(Sir) Harbord Harbord
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...					William Windham William Windham William Windham PC, PC was a British Whig statesman.-Early life:Windham was a member of an ancient Norfolk family and a great-great-grandson of Sir John Wyndham. He was the son of William Windham, Sr. of Felbrigg Hall and his second wife, Sarah Lukin...	Whig
1786 by-election		Hon. Henry Hobart
1799 by-election		John Frere John Frere John Frere was an English antiquary and a pioneering discoverer of Old Stone Age or Palaeolithic tools in association with large extinct animals at Hoxne, Suffolk in 1797.-Life:...
1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...		Robert Fellowes			William Smith William Smith (abolitionist) William Smith was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament for more than one constituency. He was an English Dissenter and was instrumental in bringing political rights to that religious minority...	Radical Radicals (UK) The Radicals were a parliamentary political grouping in the United Kingdom in the early to mid 19th century, who drew on earlier ideas of radicalism and helped to transform the Whigs into the Liberal Party.-Background:...
1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....					John Patteson John Patteson (1755–1833) John Patteson was an English Tory politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1812.He was elected at the 1802 general election as a Member of Parliament for Minehead in Somerset....	Tory
1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		William Smith William Smith (abolitionist) William Smith was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament for more than one constituency. He was an English Dissenter and was instrumental in bringing political rights to that religious minority...	Radical Radicals (UK) The Radicals were a parliamentary political grouping in the United Kingdom in the early to mid 19th century, who drew on earlier ideas of radicalism and helped to transform the Whigs into the Liberal Party.-Background:...
1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....					Charles Harvey
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...					Richard Hanbury Gurney
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....					Jonathan Peel Jonathan Peel Jonathan Peel was a British soldier, Conservative politician and racehorse owner.-Background and education:...	Tory
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...		Robert Grant Robert Grant (MP) Sir Robert Grant GCH was a British lawyer and politician.He was born in India, the son of Charles Grant, chairman of the Directors of the Honourable East India Company, and younger brother of Charles Grant, later Lord Glenelg. Returning home with their father in 1790, the two brothers were entered...	Whig		Richard Hanbury Gurney
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....		Viscount Stormont William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield KT DL , was a British Conservative politician....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		Sir James Scarlett James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger was an English lawyer, politician and judge.-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...					Hon. Robert Campbell Scarlett Robert Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger Robert Campbell Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger DL was a British barrister-at-law and politician.Born in London, he was the oldest son of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger and his first wife, third daughter of Peter Campbell. In 1844, he succeeded his father as baron...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....		Marquess of Douro Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG, PC , styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1838					Benjamin Smith Benjamin Smith (British Whig politician) Benjamin Leigh Smith was a British Whig politician who represented the constituencies of Sudbury and Norwich.He was one of five sons and five daughters of William Smith, the famous MP and abolitionist...	Whig
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					Samuel Morton Peto Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet was an English entrepreneur and civil engineer in the 19th century. A partner in Grissell and Peto, he managed construction firms that built many major buildings and monuments in London...	Whig
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...		Edward Warner	Whig
1854 by-election					Sir Samuel Bignold Samuel Bignold Sir Samuel Bignold DL was a British businessman with insurances and Conservative politician.-Background:Born in Norwich, he was the third and youngest son of Thomas Bignold and his wife Sarah, widow of Julius Long and daughter of Samuel Cocksedge...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Henry William Schneider	Whig		Viscount Bury William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle KCMG, PC , styled Viscount Bury between 1851 and 1891, was a British soldier and politician. He served in the British Army before entering parliament in 1857...	Whig
1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...			Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...			Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1860 by-election		Edward Warner	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...		Sir William Russell, Bt Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet Lieutenant-General Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet , was a British Army officer who served in the Crimean War and in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and then became a Liberal Party politician...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...		Sir Henry Stracey	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1870 by-election		Jacob Henry Tillett Jacob Henry Tillett Jacob Henry Tillett was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1870 and 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1871 by-election		Jeremiah James Colman Jeremiah James Colman Jeremiah James Colman was an English mustard manufacturer and the third member of the family in charge of the eponymous company Colman's...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					John Walter Huddleston John Walter Huddleston Sir John Walter Huddleston was an English judge, formerly a criminal lawyer who had established an eminent reputation in various causes célèbres....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1875 by-election					Jacob Henry Tillett Jacob Henry Tillett Jacob Henry Tillett was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1870 and 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...					(Sir) Harry Bullard Harry Bullard Sir Harry Bullard was an English brewer and Conservative politician.Bullard was born at Norwich, the son of Richard Bullard, who had founded the brewery company of Bullard & Watts in 1837. When Richard Bullard died in 1864, his three sons, Harry, Charley and Fred ran the brewery, erecting the new...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1886 by-election					(Sir) Samuel Hoare Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Baronet Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Baronet , was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1906....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...		Sir Harry Bullard Harry Bullard Sir Harry Bullard was an English brewer and Conservative politician.Bullard was born at Norwich, the son of Richard Bullard, who had founded the brewery company of Bullard & Watts in 1837. When Richard Bullard died in 1864, his three sons, Harry, Charley and Fred ran the brewery, erecting the new...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1904 by-election		Louis John Tillett Louis John Tillett Louis John Tillett was a Liberal Party politician. .He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Norwich at a by-election in January 1904.He was re-elected in 1906...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...					George Henry Roberts George Henry Roberts George Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Jan 1910		Sir Frederick Low Frederick Low (British politician) Sir Frederick Low KC was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal Party politician.Low was educated privately and at Westminster School...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1915 by-election		Edward Hilton Young	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...			National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) The National Liberal Party was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. It was led by David Lloyd George and was, at the time, separate to the original Liberal Party.-History:...			Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) The National Liberal Party was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. It was led by David Lloyd George and was, at the time, separate to the original Liberal Party.-History:...
1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...		Walter Robert Smith Walter Robert Smith Walter Robert Smith was a Labour Member of Parliament who represented Wellingborough and Norwich. He was an organiser with the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives.- External links :...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...		Dorothy Jewson Dorothy Jewson Dorothy Jewson was a British teacher, trade union organiser, Labour Party politician, and one of her party's first female Members of Parliament....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...		Edward Hilton Young	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...		James Griffyth Fairfax	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1926			Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...		Walter Robert Smith Walter Robert Smith Walter Robert Smith was a Labour Member of Parliament who represented Wellingborough and Norwich. He was an organiser with the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives.- External links :...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...		Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...		George Albert Hartland George Albert Hartland George Albert Hartland was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1931 to 1935. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool. He served with the Liverpool Scottish during the First World War.- External links :...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...			Liberal National National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968...
1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...		Henry George Strauss	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...		Lucy Edith Pelham Noel-Buxton Lucy Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton Lucy Edith Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton, née Pelham Burn was a British Labour Party politician.She was elected as Member of Parliament for North Norfolk at a by-election in 1930, after her husband, the MP Noel Buxton was elevated to the peerage as Baron Noel-Buxton...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...		John Paton John Paton (UK politician) John Paton was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1964.He was elected at the 1945 general election as MP for the two-seat Norwich constituency...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	constituency abolished: see Norwich North and Norwich South

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