Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Norfolk
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members one
Replaced by North Norfolk,
South Norfolk

Central Norfolk was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The Rural Districts of Forehoe and Henstead, and St Faiths and Aylsham, and part of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Frank Medlicott National Liberal and Conservative
1959 Richard Collard Conservative and National Liberal Died in office 1962
1962 by-election Ian Gilmour Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Norfolk Central [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Liberal Frank Medlicott 20,407 51.3 n/a
Labour G. W. Holderness 16,516 41.5 n/a
Liberal Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb 2,859 7.2 n/a
Majority 3,891 9.8 n/a
Turnout 84.3 n/a
National Liberal win
General Election 1951: Norfolk Central [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Liberal Frank Medlicott 21,909 55.92
Labour John R Lambley 17,270 44.08
Majority 4,639 11.84
Turnout 81.75
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1955: Norfolk Central [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Liberal Sir Frank Medlicott 21,851 57.29
Labour Miss Elizabeth Littlejohn 16,288 42.71
Majority 5,563 14.59
Turnout 77.41
National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1959: Norfolk Central [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Charles Marler Collard 21,918 50.4
Labour Frank H Stone 15,131 34.8
Liberal Geoffrey Maxwell Goode 6,465 14.8
Majority 6,787 15.6
Turnout 43,514
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Central Norfolk by-election, 1962[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour 13,268 37.7 -12.7
Labour Geoffrey B L Bennett 13,048 37.0 +2.2
Liberal Geoffrey Maxwell Goode 7,915 22.5 +7.7
Independent Liberal
  • Kenneth Coleman
 909 2.6 n/a
Independent J Andrews 79 0.2 n/a
Majority 220 0.7 -14.9
Turnout 35,217 60.2 -19.7
Conservative hold Swing -7.5
General Election 1964: Norfolk Central [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour 24,486 49.0
Labour Geoffrey B L Bennett 18 481 37.0
Liberal Geoffrey Maxwell Goode 6,961 14.0
Majority 6,005 12.0
Turnout 49,928
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: Norfolk Central [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour 27,935 54.3
Labour Bryan Davies 23,529 45.7
Majority 4,406 8.6
Turnout 51,464 79.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Norfolk Central [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour 32,921 56.6
Labour Charles R Coyne 19,030 32.7
Liberal Royle Drew 6,172 10.6
Majority 13,891 23.9
Turnout 58,123
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1951
  3. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1955
  4. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959
  5. ↑ 1962 By Election Results from the British Election Ephemera Archive, accessed via the Wayback machine, accessed on 26 July 2015
  6. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1964
  7. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966
  8. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1970
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