Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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Norwich was a borough constituency 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 by two new single-member constituencies, Norwich North and Norwich South.
[edit] Boundaries
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1298–1660
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[edit] MPs 1640–1950
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/norwich. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/norwich. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/norwich. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ a b Scarlett was initially declared re-elected in 1837, but on petition his election was declared void and his opponent, Smith, was seated in his place after scrutiny of the votes
- ^ On petition, the result of the 1859 general election was declared void, as was that of a subsequent by-election in which Viscount Bury (who had been found guilty of bribery) had been re-elected, and a writ for a new election was issued. The result had been Lord Bury 2,154; Mr Schneider 2,138; Sir S Bignold 1,966; Mr Lushington 1,900 (Bury and Norwich Post 3 April 1860)
- ^ The result was Mr Warner 2,083; Sir W Russell 2,045; Mr Lewis 1,636; Mr Forlonge 1,631 (Bury and Norwich Post 3 April 1860)
- ^ Stracey's election was declared void, the writ for the constituency was suspended and a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption. After its report, a writ for a by-election was issued in 1870.
- ^ On petition, Tillett's election was declared void and a new election was held.
- ^ Tillett's election was declared void, the writ for the constituency was suspended and a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate allegations of corruption. The seat remained vacant until the next general election, when Tillett was re-elected.
- ^ On petition, Bullard's election was declared void and a by-election was held
- ^ Created a baronet, August 1899
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1940s
[edit] Elections in the 1930s
[edit] Elections in the 1920s
[edit] References
- ^ UK General Election results: July 1945
- ^ a b c d e The Liberal Year Book (1937)
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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