Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)
Norwich South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Norwich South in Norfolk | |
![]() Location of Norfolk within England | |
County | Norfolk |
Electorate | 73,569 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Clive Lewis (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Norwich |
Norwich South is a constituency in Norfolk represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[n 1] It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and was created for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
1950–1974: The County Borough of Norwich wards of Ber Street, Conesford, Earlham, Eaton, Lakenham, Nelson, St Stephen, and Town Close.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Norwich wards of Bowthorpe, Earlham, Eaton, Lakenham, Mancroft, Nelson, St Stephen, and Town Close.
1983–1997: The City of Norwich wards of Bowthorpe, Eaton, Heigham, Henderson, Lakenham, Mancroft, Nelson, St Stephen, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close, and University.
1997–2010: The City of Norwich wards of Bowthorpe, Eaton, Heigham, Henderson, Lakenham, Mancroft, Nelson, St Stephen, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close, and University; the District of Broadland ward of Brundall; and the District of South Norfolk wards of Cringleford and Colney, and New Costessey.
2010–present: The City of Norwich wards of Bowthorpe, Eaton, Lakenham, Mancroft, Nelson, Thorpe Hamlet, Town Close, University, and Wensum, and the District of South Norfolk ward of New Costessey.
The constituency is one of two covering the city of Norwich, the other being Norwich North.
- 2010 Changes
Following their review of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk that concluded in 2004, the Boundary Commission for England created a slightly modified Norwich South constituency. The changes took effect at the 2010 general election.
Changes were necessary to re-align the constituency boundaries with the new local government ward boundaries introduced in South Norfolk and Norwich in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Norfolk also received an additional, ninth constituency, by the Boundary Commission. The part of the Crome ward around Morse Road became part of Norwich North, while the area around Mousehold Street in Thorpe Hamlet moved into Norwich South. The villages of Cringleford and Colney were lost to South Norfolk constituency. Brundall ward, which was from 1997 to 2010 within the boundaries of this constituency, went to the new seat of Broadland.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the 2-seat Norwich constituency was divided into Norwich North and Norwich South. The Labour MP for this seat from 1997 to 2010 was Charles Clarke who served in cabinet for five years from 2001 to 2006, first as Minister without Portfolio, then as Secretary of State for Education and Skills and latterly as Home Secretary.
Norwich South was by far Labour's safest seat in Norfolk throughout the Thatcher years and up until 2005. Although it was lost to the Conservatives in 1983, it was regained by Labour in 1987 and was the only Labour seat in Norfolk until 1997. In 2005 the Labour majority was cut by over 5000 leaving Norwich North as the safest Labour seat in the county.
The seat was considered a true three way marginal in the 2010 election between the incumbent Labour party the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The seat was also targeted by the Green Party. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrats with the lowest percentage share of the vote in a constituency in the 2010 election. The loss was considered to be an embarrassment for the Labour Party as it was the seat of a former Home Secretary.
In the 2015 election, Norwich South was the Green Party's number one target seat, and due to the tiny majority of just 310 votes for the Liberal Democrat Simon Wright over Labour in the previous election, was a key Labour target. In the event, Wright came fourth with under half his 2010 vote, behind the Greens, Conservatives and Labour, whose left-wing candidate Clive Lewis won the seat with a 10.6% swing from the Liberal Democrats to Labour. The Green Party share of the vote actually fell by 1% compared to 2010, with the Conservative vote slightly increasing.
In the 2017 election, UKIP did not contest the seat and endorsed the Conservatives.[2] In the event, Clive Lewis increased Labour's vote share by 22 percentage points to win 31,311 votes (61.0%), the most votes any party has ever won in the constituency. The Lib Dems, who had held the seat from 2010 to 2015, fell to 5.5%, while the Greens – who had made the seat a top target in 2015 – dropped to 2.9%, their worst result in Norwich South since 1997.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive Lewis | 31,311 | 61.0 | +21.7 | |
Conservative | Lana Hempsall | 15,715 | 30.6 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Wright | 2,841 | 5.5 | −8.1 | |
Green | Richard Bearman | 1,492 | 2.9 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 15,596 | 30.4 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,359 | 69.2 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Lewis | 19,033 | 39.3 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Lisa Townsend | 11,379 | 23.5 | +0.6 | |
Green | Lesley Grahame | 6,749 | 13.9 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Wright | 6,607 | 13.6 | −15.7 | |
UKIP | Steve Emmens | 4,539 | 9.4 | +7.0 | |
Class War | David Peel | 96 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Cengiz Ceker | 60 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,654 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,463 | 64.7 | +0.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Wright | 13,960 | 29.4 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Charles Clarke | 13,650 | 28.7 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Antony D. Little | 10,902 | 22.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Adrian Ramsay | 7,095 | 14.9 | +7.5 | |
UKIP | Stephen Emmens | 1,145 | 2.4 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Len Heather | 697 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Gabriel Polley | 102 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 310 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 47,551 | 64.6 | +5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.0 |
*NB changes in vote share from 2005 are notional due to boundary changes.
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Clarke | 15,904 | 37.7 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew P. Aalders-Dunthorne | 12,251 | 29.0 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Antony D. Little | 9,567 | 22.7 | −2.1 | |
Green | Adrian Ramsay | 3,101 | 7.4 | +4.0 | |
UKIP | Vandra S. Ahlstrom | 597 | 1.4 | +0.3 | |
English Democrat | Christine Constable | 466 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | Don E. Barnard | 219 | 0.5 | −1.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Roger A. Blackwell | 85 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,653 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,190 | 65.0 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Clarke | 19,367 | 45.5 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew French | 10,551 | 24.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne | 9,640 | 22.6 | +4.0 | |
Green | Adrian St. J. Holmes | 1,434 | 3.4 | +1.9 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Alun Buffrey | 620 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Socialist Alliance | Edward Manningham | 507 | 1.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tarquin Mills | 473 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,816 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,592 | 59.8 | −12.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.65 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Clarke | 26,267 | 51.7 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Bashir Khanbhai | 12,028 | 23.7 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne | 9,457 | 18.6 | +5.7 | |
Referendum | David K. Holdsworth | 1,464 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | Howard Marks | 765 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Green | Adrian St. J. Holmes | 736 | 1.4 | −0.2 | |
Natural Law | Bryan A. Parsons | 84 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 14,239 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,801 | 72.6 | −8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Garrett | 24,965 | 48.7 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | David S. Baxter | 18,784 | 36.6 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Thomas | 6,609 | 12.9 | −12.0 | |
Green | Adrian St. J. Holmes | 803 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Bryan A. Parsons | 104 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,181 | 12.1 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,265 | 80.6 | +0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Garrett | 19,666 | 37.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | John Powley | 19,330 | 37.3 | −1.5 | |
SDP | Charles Hardie | 12,896 | 24.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 336 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,892 | 80.6 | +4.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Powley | 18,998 | 38.8 | −2.8 | |
Labour | John Garrett | 17,286 | 35.3 | −9.6 | |
SDP | Charles Hardie | 11,968 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Ecology | Anthony D. Carter | 468 | 1.0 | N/A | |
National Front | Peter C. Williams | 145 | 0.3 | −0.4 | |
Independent | Jon C. Ward | 91 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,712 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,956 | 76.4 | −3.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Garrett | 16,240 | 44.9 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | I. Coutts | 15,042 | 41.6 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | P. Mackintosh | 4,618 | 12.8 | −2.6 | |
National Front | Andrew Fountaine | 264 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,198 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,164 | 80.2 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Garrett | 16,590 | 47.1 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | M. Tomison | 13,185 | 37.5 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | P.G. Smith | 5,429 | 15.4 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 3,405 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 35,204 | 78.5 | −5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Garrett | 15,393 | 41.3 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Stuttaford | 14,741 | 39.5 | −7.5 | |
Liberal | L. Parker | 7,183 | 19.3 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 652 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 37,317 | 84.0 | +5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Stuttaford | 17,067 | 47.0 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Conrad Ascher | 16,241 | 44.7 | −10.1 | |
Liberal | Lesley Parker | 3,031 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 826 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,339 | 78.2 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Norwood | 19,163 | 54.8 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Anthony Gurney | 15,808 | 45.2 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 3,355 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 34,971 | 83.2 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Norwood | 17,973 | 50.9 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 17,362 | 49.1 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 611 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 35,335 | 82.7 | +3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 19,128 | 53.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | George Wallace | 16,884 | 46.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,244 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 36,012 | 82.2 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Rippon | 18,659 | 52.5 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Mabel Tylecote | 16,901 | 47.5 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,758 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 35,560 | 78.3 | −6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Strauss | 19,082 | 52.5 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Mabel Tylecote | 17,234 | 47.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,848 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 36,316 | 84.3 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Strauss | 18,693 | 53.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Mabel Tylecote | 16,368 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,325 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,061 | 85.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election in individual constituencies
Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
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