County Norfolk Created 1295, 1885 European Parliament constituency East of England | Electorate 70,526 (December 2010) Number of members One | |
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Member of parliament Brandon Lewis (Conservative) | ||
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.
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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.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth.
1950-1974: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth, and the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg except the civil parishes of Great and Little Plumstead, Postwick, and Thorpe-next-Norwich.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth, and the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.
1983-present: The Borough of Great Yarmouth.
The constituency covers the area around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. 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 election as a single-seat constituency.
MPs 1885–1950
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;