Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. It elects one Member of Parliament
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
There has been a Great Yarmouth constituency sending MPs every Parliament since the 13th century except between 1868 and 1885; it was a parliamentary borough
until 1950, and has been a county constituency since then. Between 1950 and 1974, the constituency was called simply Yarmouth, and has been known informally by that name at other periods.
Former MP Tony Wright referred to the constituency as a natural Conservative seat due to the affluent Norfolk farms and villages that offset the areas of deprivation and unemployment.
in Norfolk
. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in Great Yarmouth, making the seat a marginal.
as a single-seat constituency.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. It elects one Member 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,...
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
There has been a Great Yarmouth constituency sending MPs every Parliament since the 13th century except between 1868 and 1885; it was a parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
until 1950, and has been a county constituency since then. Between 1950 and 1974, the constituency was called simply Yarmouth, and has been known informally by that name at other periods.
Former MP Tony Wright referred to the constituency as a natural Conservative seat due to the affluent Norfolk farms and villages that offset the areas of deprivation and unemployment.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the area around Great YarmouthGreat Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, east of Norwich.It has been a seaside resort since 1760, and is the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea...
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...
. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in Great Yarmouth, making the seat a marginal.
Great Yarmouth borough
Great Yarmouth was a 2-seat constituency from 1660 until 1868, when it was disenfranchised. It was recreated for the 1885 general electionUnited 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:...
as a single-seat constituency.
MPs 1295–1640
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Ralph Ramsey | John Beketon |
| 1388 (Feb) | Ralph Ramsey | John Ellis |
| 1388 (Sep) | Ralph Ramsey | John Hacon |
| 1390 (Jan) | Ralph Ramsey | John Ellis |
| 1390 (Nov) | ||
| 1391 | Ralph Ramsey | John Hacon |
| 1393 | John Hacon | John Ellis |
| 1394 | ||
| 1395 | Ralph Ramsey | Hugh atte Fenn |
| 1397 (Jan) | Richard Cley | Hugh atte Fenn |
| 1397 (Sep) | Ralph Ramsey | William Oxney I |
| 1399 | John Beketon | Hugh Atte Fenn |
| 1401 | ||
| 1402 | ||
| 1404 (Jan) | Roger Adams | Geoffrey Pamping |
| 1404 (Oct) | ||
| 1406 | Robert Ellis I | Henry Rafman |
| 1407 | Robert Clere | Peter atte Fenn |
| 1410 | William Parker | Alexander atte Gapp |
| 1411 | Nicholas Cates | Peter Atte Fenn |
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | William Oxney II | Alexander atte Gapp |
| 1414 (Apr) | ||
| 1414 (Nov) | Geoffrey Pamping | Robert Ellis II |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | ||
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | Henry S[pitling] | Richard [?Ellis] |
| 1419 | William Colkirk | John Cranley |
| 1420 | Thomas Dengaine | Robert Ellis II |
| 1421 (May) | Thomas Covehithe | Robert Ellis II |
| 1421 (Dec) | Richard Ellis | Robert Cupper |
| 1504 | Thomas More Thomas More Sir Thomas More , also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor... |
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| 1510-1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | Humphrey Wingfield Humphrey Wingfield Humphrey Wingfield was an English lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536.-Early life:He was the twelfth son of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John FitzLewis of West Horndon, Essex; Sir Richard Wingfield and Sir Robert... |
John Ladde, died and replaced 1353 or 1354 by Philip Bernard |
| 1536 | ? | ? |
| 1539 | ? | ? |
| 1542 | Sir Humphrey Wingfield Humphrey Wingfield Humphrey Wingfield was an English lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536.-Early life:He was the twelfth son of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John FitzLewis of West Horndon, Essex; Sir Richard Wingfield and Sir Robert... |
William Burgh |
| 1545 | Sir William Woodhouse | Robert Eyre |
| 1547 | Sir William Woodhouse | Robert Eyre |
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir William Woodhouse | Nicholas Firmage |
| 1553 (Oct) | Robert Eyre | Simon More |
| 1554 (Apr) | William Bishop | John Echard |
| 1554 (Nov) | Thomas Hunt | William Mayhew |
| 1555 | Nicholas Fen | Cornelius Bright |
| 1558 | Sir Thomas Woodhouse | William Barker William Barker (translator) -Life:Barker was born before 1522 and educated in the University of Cambridge at the cost of Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. He appears to have commenced M.A. in 1540 and to have been a member either of Christ's College or of St. John's College.After some years spent... |
| 1558/9 | Sir Thomas Woodhouse | William Barker William Barker (translator) -Life:Barker was born before 1522 and educated in the University of Cambridge at the cost of Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. He appears to have commenced M.A. in 1540 and to have been a member either of Christ's College or of St. John's College.After some years spent... |
| 1562 | William Grice | Thomas Timperley |
| 1571 | William Barker William Barker (translator) -Life:Barker was born before 1522 and educated in the University of Cambridge at the cost of Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. He appears to have commenced M.A. in 1540 and to have been a member either of Christ's College or of St. John's College.After some years spent... |
William Grice |
| 1572 | William Grice | John Bacon, died and replaced Feb 1576 by Edward Bacon |
| 1584 | William Grice | Thomas Damet |
| 1586 | William Grice | Thomas Damet |
| 1588 | John Stubbe | Roger Drury |
| 1593 | Thomas Damet | John Felton |
| 1597 | 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 Felton |
| 1601 | 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... |
Thomas Damet |
| 1604–1611 | Thomas Damet | John Wheeler John Wheeler (commerce) John Wheeler was an English businessman under the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. Between 1601 and 1608 he was secretary of the Merchants Adventurers of England, an international trading company... |
| 1614 | Theophilus Finch | George Hardware |
| 1621–1622 | Benjamin Cooper | Edward Owner Edward Owner Edward Owner was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.... |
| 1624 | Benjamin Cooper | George Hardware |
| 1625 | Sir John Corbet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626.He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder brother of the regicide, Miles Corbet.His spent nearly a year imprisoned in Westminster... |
Edward Owner Edward Owner Edward Owner was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.... |
| 1626 | Sir John Corbet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626.He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder brother of the regicide, Miles Corbet.His spent nearly a year imprisoned in Westminster... |
Thomas Johnson |
| 1628 | Sir John Corbet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626.He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder brother of the regicide, Miles Corbet.His spent nearly a year imprisoned in Westminster... |
Sir John Wentworth |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
MPs 1640–1868
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| 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.... |
Miles Corbet Miles Corbet Miles Corbet was an English politician, recorder of Yarmouth and Regicide.-Life:He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk and the younger brother of Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth from 1625 to 1629... |
Parliamentarian | Edward Owner Edward Owner Edward Owner was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.... |
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| 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... |
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| December 1648 | Owner not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... |
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| 1653 | Great Yarmouth 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... |
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| 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.... |
Colonel William Goffe William Goffe William Goffe was an English Roundhead politician and soldier, perhaps best known for his role in the execution of King Charles I and later flight to America.-Early life:... |
Thomas Dunn | ||||
| 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... |
Charles George Cook | William Burton | ||||
| 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... |
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| 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.... |
Great Yarmouth was unrepresented in the restored Rump 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.... |
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| April 1660 | Sir John Potts Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet Sir John Potts, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648 and in 1660.Potts was the son of John Potts and his wife Ann Dodge, daughter of John Dodge. In November 1640, Potts was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk in the Long Parliament... |
Sir William D'Oyly Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1677.... |
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| 1661 | Sir William Coventry William Coventry -Early life and Civil War:William was the son of the lord keeper Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, by his second wife Elizabeth Aldersley. Coventry matriculated at Queens College, Oxford, at the age of fourteen... |
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| 1678 | Sir Thomas Medowe | |||||
| February 1679 | Richard Huntingdon | |||||
| August 1679 | George England | |||||
| 1681 | Sir James Johnson | |||||
| 1685 | Sir William Cook | John Friend | ||||
| 1689 | George England | Samuel Fuller | ||||
| 1698 | John Nicholson | |||||
| January 1701 | Samuel Fuller | |||||
| November 1701 | John Burton | John Nicholson | ||||
| 1702 | Benjamin England | |||||
| 1708 | Roger Townshend | Richard Ferrier | ||||
| 1709 | Nathaniel Symonds | |||||
| 1710 | George England | |||||
| 1715 | Horatio Townshend | |||||
| 1722 | Hon. Charles Townshend Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend , known as Lord Lynn from 1723 to 1738, was a British politician.... |
Horatio Walpole | ||||
| 1723 | William Townshend William Townshend (MP) The Honourable William Townshend was a British Member of Parliament.Townshend was the third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and his first wife the Hon. Elizabeth Pelham... |
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| 1734 | (Sir) Edward Walpole Edward Walpole Sir Edward Walpole KB PC was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.... |
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| 1738 | Roger Townshend Roger Townshend (MP) The Honourable Roger Townshend was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.Townshend was the youngest son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, from his first marriage to the Hon. Elizabeth Pelham... |
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| 1747 | Hon. Charles Townshend Charles Townshend Charles Townshend was a British politician. He was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey , daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Ball's Park, near Hertford, a lady who rivalled her son in... |
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| 1756 | Charles Townshend Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Bayning was the only son of the Hon. William Townshend, third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Charles Townshend and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount... |
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| 1768 | Hon. Richard Walpole | |||||
| 1784 | Captain Sir John Jervis John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom... |
Henry Beaufoy Henry Beaufoy Henry Beaufoy was a British MP.He was the son of a Quaker wine merchant and educated at the academies at Hoxton and Warrington before studying at Edinburgh University in the early 1770s... |
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| 1790 | Charles Townshend Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Bayning was the only son of the Hon. William Townshend, third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Charles Townshend and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount... |
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| 1795 | Brigadier Stephens Howe | |||||
| May 1796 | Lord Charles Townshend Lord Charles Townshend (1769-1796) Lord Charles Patrick Thomas Townshend was a British Member of Parliament.Townshend was the fourth son of Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, and his first wife Charlotte Compton, 15th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, and Lord John... killed by brother, 1796 |
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| October 1796 | Major-General William Loftus | Henry Jodrell Henry Jodrell Henry Jodrell was an English barrister and Member of Parliament.Henry Jodrell was a son of Paul Jodrell, Solicitor-General to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his wife Elizabeth. Richard Paul Jodrell, , classical scholar and playwright, and Sir Paul Jodrell , Physician to the Nabob of Arcot, were... |
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| 1802 | Captain Sir Thomas Troubridge Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet was a British naval commander and politician.Troubridge was educated at St Paul's School, London. He entered the Royal Navy in 1773 and, together with Nelson, served in the East Indies in the frigate Seahorse. In 1785 he returned to England in the Sultan as... |
Thomas Jervis Thomas Jervis Thomas Jervis was an English judge, the last Puisne Justice of Chester until the abolition of the office in 1830. He was also Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth. With Mary Ann née Dixon Old Swinford, Worcestershire, he had three sons and a daughter. The family name was from a noble ancestor... |
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| 1806 | Hon. Edward Harbord | Dr Stephen Lushington Stephen Lushington (judge) Stephen Lushington was a Doctor of Civil Law, a judge, a Member of Parliament and a radical for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment.-Early life and education:... |
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| 1808 | Giffin Wilson | |||||
| 1812 | William Loftus | Edmund Knowles Lacon | ||||
| 1818 | Thomas Anson Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC , known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as Master of the Buckhounds between 1830 and 1834 and under Melbourne Postmaster General between 1835 and 1841... |
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| 1819 | Hon. George Anson | Whig | ||||
| 1835 | Thomas Baring Thomas Baring (1799–1873) Thomas Baring was a British banker and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:Baring was the second son of Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Ursula, daughter of Charles Sealy. Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, was his elder brother and the Right Reverend Charles Baring... |
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed Winthrop Mackworth Praed Winthrop Mackworth Praed was an English politician and poet.-Early life:He was born in London. The family name of Praed was derived from the marriage of the poet's great-grandfather to a Cornish heiress. Winthrop's father, William Mackworth Praed, was a serjeant-at-law. His mother belonged to the... |
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| 1837 | Charles Edmund Rumbold | Whig | William Wilshere William Wilshere William Wilshere was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1837 to 1847.Wilshire was a landed proprietor and banker of Hertford. He was elected Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth at the 1837 general election... |
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| 1847 | Lord Arthur Lennox Lord Arthur Lennox Lord Arthur Lennox was a British politician. He was the youngest son of the 4th Duke of Richmond and the uncle of Lord Henry Lennox.... |
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| 1848 | Joseph Sandars | 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... |
Charles Edmund Rumbold | Whig | ||
| 1852 | Sir Edmund Lacon Sir Edmund Lacon, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet was an English brewer and banker and liberal Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1885.... |
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| March 1857 | William Torrens McCullagh | Whig | Edward William Watkin Edward Watkin Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet was an English railway chairman and politician.- Biography :Watkin was born in Salford, Lancashire, the son of a wealthy cotton merchant, Absalom Watkin who was noted for his involvement in the Anti-corn Law League.After a private education, he returned to... |
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| August 1857 | Adolphus William Young Adolphus William Young Adolphus William Young was an English solicitor who spent some years in New South Wales and became involved in local politics... |
Whig | John Mellor John Mellor (judge) Sir John Mellor was an English judge and Member of Parliament. He was born in Hollinwood, Oldham and raised in Leicester, where his father was mayor and a Justice of the Peace.... |
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| 1859 | Sir Edmund Lacon, Bt Sir Edmund Lacon, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet was an English brewer and banker and liberal Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1852 and 1885.... |
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| 1865 | James Goodson | 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... |
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| 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... |
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MPs 1885–1950
- 1885: Constituency revived, electing only a single member
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| 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 Henry Whatley Tyler Henry Whatley Tyler Sir Henry Whatley Tyler was a British Inspector of Railways, Railway Company director and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1892.-Early life:... |
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| 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election... |
James Marshall Moorsom James Marshall Moorsom James Marshall Moorsom was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Henry Whatley Tyler.Moorsom served only three years in the House of Commons, until his... |
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| 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 John Colomb John Colomb Sir John Charles Ready Colomb, KCMG was a British naval strategist.He was born in Onchan, Isle of Man, the son of General George Thomas Colomb, and was the younger brother of British Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb.... |
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| 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**... |
(Sir) Arthur Fell Arthur Fell Sir Arthur Fell was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. After a notorious legal case in 1906 where a biased judge dismissed an election petition against him, Fell sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1922 for Great Yarmouth... |
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| 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... |
Arthur Harbord Arthur Harbord Sir Arthur Harbord CBE was a British Liberal, later Liberal National politician.Harbord was educated at the British School and at Winchester House School in Great Yarmouth... |
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| 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *... |
Sir Frank Meyer | 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... |
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| 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***... |
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| 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... |
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| 1941 by-election | Percy William Jewson Percy William Jewson Percy William Jewson was an English businessman and National Liberal politician from Norwich. He sat in the House of Commons from 1941 to 1945.- Career :... |
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... |
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| 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... |
Ernest Kinghorn Ernest Kinghorn Ernest Kinghorn was a British Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1951.Kingjorn was born in Leeds, and became a teacher after studying at the universities of Leeds, Basle and Lille... |
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... |
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| 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... |
Great Yarmouth borough abolished: new county constituency named Yarmouth | ||
MPs 1950–1974
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| 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... |
Ernest Kinghorn Ernest Kinghorn Ernest Kinghorn was a British Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1951.Kingjorn was born in Leeds, and became a teacher after studying at the universities of Leeds, Basle and Lille... |
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... |
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| 1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951 The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats... |
Anthony Fell Anthony Fell (politician) Sir Anthony Fell was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for most the years from 1951 to 1983.... |
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... |
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| 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs... |
Hugh Gray Hugh Gray Hugh Gray was a British Labour Party politician and lecturer at the University of London.He was the Member of Parliament for Yarmouth from 1966 to 1970, when he lost to the Conservative Anthony Fell.- 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... |
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| 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their... |
Anthony Fell Anthony Fell (politician) Sir Anthony Fell was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for most the years from 1951 to 1983.... |
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... |
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| Feb 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
Constituency renamed Great Yarmouth | ||
MPs since 1974
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| February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
Anthony Fell Anthony Fell (politician) Sir Anthony Fell was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for most the years from 1951 to 1983.... |
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... |
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| 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945... |
Michael Carttiss Michael Carttiss Michael Reginald Harry Carttiss is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth from 1983 until his defeat in 1997 by Labour's Anthony Wright.... |
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... |
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| 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Tony Wright Anthony David Wright Anthony David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth from 1997 until losing his seat at the 2010 election.-Early life:... |
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... |
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| 2010 | Brandon Lewis Brandon Lewis Brandon Kenneth Lewis is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth. He was elected at the 2010 general election.-Early life:Brandon Lewis was born on 20 June 1971 in Harold Wood, and educated at Forest School... |
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... |
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Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
- Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
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