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    Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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    Great Yarmouth
    County constituency
    for the House of Commons
    Map
    Boundaries since 1983
    Map of constituency
    Boundary of Great Yarmouth in the East of England
    CountyNorfolk
    Electorate70,077 (2023)[1]
    Major settlementsGreat Yarmouth, Caister-on-Sea, Gorleston-on-Sea
    Current constituency
    Created1950
    Member of ParliamentRupert Lowe (Independent)
    SeatsOne
    1885–1950
    SeatsOne
    Type of constituencyBorough constituency
    Created fromEast Suffolk
    North Norfolk
    1295–1868
    SeatsTwo
    Type of constituencyBorough constituency
    Replaced byEast Suffolk
    North Norfolk

    Great Yarmouth is a constituency in Norfolk represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Rupert Lowe. Elected for Reform UK, Lowe had the whip suspended in March 2025 following allegations of bullying and allegations of threats of physical violence against Reform UK party chairman Zia Yusuf. He now sits an Independent.[2]

    History

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    The Parliamentary Borough of Great Yarmouth had been represented by two members of parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of England from 1295 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. The borough was unaffected by the Great Reform Act 1832, but it was disenfranchised for corruption by the Reform Act 1867,[3] when its voters were absorbed into the North Division of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk.

    The seat was re-established as a single-member Borough by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885[4] and remained unchanged until the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election. This abolished the Parliamentary Borough and replaced it with the County Constituency of Yarmouth, which incorporated the County Borough and surrounding rural areas.

    Further to the local government reorganisation of 1974, which was reflected in the redistribution of seats which came into effect for the 1983 general election, the constituency was formally renamed Great Yarmouth and its boundaries coincided with those of the local authority of the Borough of Great Yarmouth. It has remained unchanged since then.

    Boundaries

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    The constituency covers the area in and around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in the constituency.

    1885–1918:

    • The Municipal Borough of Great Yarmouth, including the parish of Gorleston, and part of the parish of Runham.[5]

    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 (later renamed Thorpe St Andrew).[6]
    The parts of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg had previously been included in the abolished Eastern Division of Norfolk.

    1974–1983:

    • The County Borough of Great Yarmouth; and
    • the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.[7]
    The remaining parishes of the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg were transferred from the abolished constituency of Central Norfolk.

    1983–present:

    • The Borough of Great Yarmouth.[8]
    Thorpe St Andrew was transferred to Norwich North and remaining western parts to the new constituency of Mid Norfolk. Gained a small area from the abolished Suffolk constituency of Lowestoft, including Bradwell, which had been transferred to Norfolk as a result of the local government reorganisation of 1974, as laid out in the Local Government Act 1972.

    The boundaries were unchanged by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[9]

    Members of Parliament

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    Great Yarmouth borough

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    Great Yarmouth was a 2-seat constituency until 1868 when it was disenfranchised. It was recreated for the 1885 general election as a single-seat constituency.

    MPs 1295–1640

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    Year First member Second member
    1309 Nicholas Fastolf
    1314 Nicholas Fastolf
    1321 John Perbroun
    1324 John Perbroun
    1361 Hugh Fastolf
    1366 Hugh Fastolf
    1373 Hugh Fastolf
    1377 (Jan) Hugh Fastolf
    1377 (Oct) Hugh Fastolf
    1385 Ralph Ramsey
    1386 Ralph Ramsey John Beketon[10]
    1388 (Feb) Ralph Ramsey John Ellis[10]
    1388 (Sep) Ralph Ramsey John Hacon[10]
    1390 (Jan) Ralph Ramsey John Ellis[10]
    1390 (Nov)
    1391 Ralph Ramsey John Hacon[10]
    1393 John Hacon John Ellis[10]
    1394
    1395 Ralph Ramsey Hugh Fenn[10]
    1397 (Jan) Richard Cley Hugh Fenn[10]
    1397 (Sep) Ralph Ramsey William Oxney[10]
    1399 John Beketon Hugh Fenn[10]
    1401
    1402
    1404 (Jan) Roger Adams Geoffrey Pamping[10]
    1404 (Oct)
    1406 Robert Ellis Henry Rafman[10]
    1407 Robert Clere Peter atte Fenn[10]
    1410 William Parker Alexander atte Gapp[10]
    1411 Nicholas Cates Peter Atte Fenn[10]
    1413 (Feb)
    1413 (May) William Oxney Alexander atte Gapp[10]
    1414 (Apr)
    1414 (Nov) Geoffrey Pamping Robert Ellis[10]
    1415
    1416 (Mar)
    1416 (Oct)
    1417 Henry S[pitling] Richard [?Ellis][10]
    1419 William Colkirk John Cranley[10]
    1420 Thomas Dengaine Robert Ellis[10]
    1421 (May) Thomas Covehithe Robert Ellis[10]
    1421 (Dec) Richard Ellis Robert Cupper[10]
    1455 Richard Southwell[11]
    1478 John Paston[11]
    1491 Robert Crowmer[12]
    1504 Thomas More[13]
    1510–1523 No names known[14]
    1529 Humphrey Wingfield John Ladde, died
    and replaced 1353 or 1354 by     Philip Bernard[14]
    1536 ? ?
    1539 ? ?
    1542 Sir Humphrey Wingfield William Burgh[14]
    1545 Sir William Woodhouse Robert Eyre[14]
    1547 Sir William Woodhouse Robert Eyre[14]
    1553 (Mar) Sir William Woodhouse Nicholas Firmage[14]
    1553 (Oct) Robert Eyre Simon More[14]
    1554 (Apr) William Bishop John Echard[14]
    1554 (Nov) Thomas Hunt William Mayhew[14]
    1555 Nicholas Fen Cornelius Bright[14]
    1558 Sir Thomas Woodhouse William Barker[15]
    1558–9 Sir Thomas Woodhouse William Barker[15]
    1562 William Grice Thomas Timperley[15]
    1571 William Barker William Grice[15]
    1572 William Grice John Bacon, died
    and replaced Feb 1576 by     Edward Bacon[15]
    1584 William Grice Thomas Damet[15]
    1586 William Grice Thomas Damet[15]
    1588 John Stubbe or Stubbs Roger Drury[15]
    1593 Thomas Damet John Felton[15]
    1597 Henry Hobart John Felton[15]
    1601 Henry Hobart Thomas Damet[15]
    1604–1611 Thomas Damet John Wheeler
    1614 Theophilus Finch George Hardware
    1621–1622 Benjamin Cooper Edward Owner
    1624 Benjamin Cooper George Hardware
    1625 Sir John Corbet Edward Owner
    1626 Sir John Corbet Thomas Johnson
    1628 Sir John Corbet Sir John Wentworth
    1629–1640 No Parliaments convened

    MPs 1640–1868

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    Election First member[16] First party Second member[16] Second party
    April 1640 Miles Corbet Parliamentarian Edward Owner Parliamentarian
    November 1640
    December 1648 Owner not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
    1653 Great Yarmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
    1654 Colonel William Goffe Thomas Dunn
    1656 Charles George Cook William Burton
    January 1659
    May 1659 Great Yarmouth was unrepresented in the restored Rump
    April 1660 Sir John Potts Sir William D'Oyly
    1661 Sir William Coventry
    1678 Sir Thomas Medowe
    February 1679 Richard Huntington
    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 Horatio Walpole
    1723 William Townshend
    1734 (Sir) Edward Walpole[17]
    1738 Roger Townshend Patriot Whig
    1747 Hon. Charles Townshend
    1756 Charles Townshend
    1768 Hon. Richard Walpole
    1784 Captain Sir John Jervis[18] Henry Beaufoy
    1790 Charles Townshend
    1795 Brigadier Stephens Howe Tory[19]
    May 1796 Lord Charles Townshend
    killed by brother, 1796     		Tory[19]
    October 1796 Major-General William Loftus Tory[19] Henry Jodrell Tory[19]
    1802 Captain Sir Thomas Troubridge[20] Thomas Jervis
    1806 Hon. Edward Harbord Tory[19] Dr Stephen Lushington Tory[19]
    1808 Giffin Wilson Whig[19]
    1812 William Loftus Tory[19] Edmund Lacon Tory[19]
    1818 Thomas Anson Whig[19] Charles Rumbold Whig[19][21][22][23][24]
    1819 Hon. George Anson Whig[19]
    1835 Thomas Baring Conservative[19] W. Mackworth Praed Conservative[19]
    1837 Charles Rumbold Whig[19][21][22][23][24] William Wilshere Whig[19][22][23]
    1847 [25] Lord Arthur Lennox Conservative Octavius Coope Conservative
    1848 Joseph Sandars Conservative Charles Rumbold Whig[19][21][22][23][24]
    1852 Sir Edmund Lacon Conservative
    March 1857[26] William McCullagh Independent Whig[27][28][29] Edward Watkin Radical[30][31][32]
    August 1857 Adolphus William Young Whig John Mellor Whig[33][34]
    1859 Sir Edmund Lacon, Bt Conservative Sir Henry Stracey, Bt Conservative
    1865 James Goodson Conservative
    1868 Constituency disfranchised for corruption

    MPs 1885–1950

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    • 1885: Constituency revived, electing only a single member
    Election Member[16] Party
    1885 Sir Henry Tyler Conservative
    1892 James Marshall Moorsom Liberal
    1895 Sir John Colomb Conservative
    1906 (Sir) Arthur Fell Conservative
    1922 Arthur Harbord Liberal
    1924 Sir Frank Meyer Conservative
    1929 Sir Arthur Harbord Liberal
    1931 Liberal National
    1941 by-election Percy Jewson Liberal National
    1945 Ernest Kinghorn Labour
    1950 Great Yarmouth borough abolished:
    new county constituency named Yarmouth

    Yarmouth County Constituency

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    MPs 1950–1974

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    Election Member[16] Party
    1950 Ernest Kinghorn Labour
    1951 Anthony Fell Conservative
    1966 Hugh Gray Labour
    1970 Anthony Fell Conservative
    1983 Constituency renamed Great Yarmouth

    Great Yarmouth County Constituency

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    MPs since 1983

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    Election Member[16] Party
    1983 Michael Carttiss Conservative
    1997 Tony Wright Labour
    2010 Sir Brandon Lewis Conservative
    2024 Rupert Lowe Reform UK
    2025 Independent

    Elections

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    Great Yarmouth election results 1983-2024

    Elections in the 2020s

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    General election 2024: Great Yarmouth[35]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Reform UK Rupert Lowe 14,385 35.3 N/A
    Labour Keir Cozens 12,959 31.8 +6.7
    Conservative James Clark 10,034 24.6 −41.2
    Green Trevor Rawson 1,736 4.3 +1.9
    Liberal Democrats Fionna Tod 1,102 2.7 −1.1
    Independent Paul Brown 230 0.6 N/A
    English Democrat Catherine Blaiklock 171 0.4 N/A
    Independent Clare Roullier 131 0.3 N/A
    Majority 1,426 3.5 N/A
    Turnout 40,748 55.6 −4.8
    Registered electors 73,317
    Reform UK gain from Conservative

    Elections in the 2010s

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    General election 2019: Great Yarmouth[36]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Brandon Lewis 28,593 65.8 +11.7
    Labour Co-op Mike Smith-Clare 10,930 25.1 −11.0
    Liberal Democrats James Joyce 1,661 3.8 +1.6
    Green Anne Killett 1,064 2.4 +1.1
    VPP Dave Harding 631 1.5 N/A
    Independent Adrian Myers 429 1.0 N/A
    Independent Margaret McMahon-Morris 154 0.4 N/A
    Majority 17,663 40.7 +22.7
    Turnout 43,462 60.4 −1.4
    Conservative hold Swing +11.3
    General election 2017: Great Yarmouth[37]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Brandon Lewis 23,901 54.1 +11.2
    Labour Mike Smith-Clare 15,928 36.1 +7.0
    UKIP Catherine Blaiklock 2,767 6.3 −16.8
    Liberal Democrats James Joyce 987 2.2 −0.1
    Green Harry Webb 563 1.3 −0.9
    Majority 7,973 18.0 +4.2
    Turnout 44,146 61.8 −1.9
    Conservative hold Swing +1.6
    General election 2015: Great Yarmouth[38]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Brandon Lewis 19,089 42.9 −0.2
    Labour Lara Norris[39] 12,935 29.1 −4.1
    UKIP Alan Grey[40] 10,270 23.1 +18.3
    Liberal Democrats James Joyce 1,030 2.3 −12.1
    Green Harry Webb[41] 978 2.2 +1.2
    CISTA Samuel Townley 167 0.4 N/A
    Majority 6,154 13.8 +3.9
    Turnout 44,469 63.7 +2.5
    Conservative hold Swing +1.95
    General election 2010: Great Yarmouth[42]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Brandon Lewis 18,571 43.1 +4.9
    Labour Tony Wright 14,295 33.2 −12.4
    Liberal Democrats Simon Partridge 6,188 14.4 +3.3
    UKIP Alan Baugh 2,066 4.8 +0.5
    BNP Bosco Tann 1,421 3.3 N/A
    Green Laura Biggart 416 1.0 N/A
    Independent Margaret McMahon-Morris 100 0.2 N/A
    Majority 4,276 9.9 N/A
    Turnout 43,057 61.2 +1.1
    Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.7

    Elections in the 2000s

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    General election 2005: Great Yarmouth[43]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Tony Wright 18,850 45.6 −4.8
    Conservative Mark Fox 15,795 38.2 −0.9
    Liberal Democrats Stephen Newton 4,585 11.1 +2.7
    UKIP Bertie Poole 1,759 4.3 +2.2
    Legalise Cannabis Michael Skipper 389 0.9 N/A
    Majority 3,055 7.4 −3.9
    Turnout 41,378 60.1 +1.8
    Labour hold Swing −2.0
    General election 2001: Great Yarmouth[44]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Tony Wright 20,344 50.4 −3.0
    Conservative Charles Reynolds 15,780 39.1 +3.5
    Liberal Democrats Maurice Leeke 3,392 8.4 −2.6
    UKIP Bertie Poole 850 2.1 N/A
    Majority 4,564 11.3 −6.5
    Turnout 40,366 58.3 −12.9
    Labour hold Swing -3.3

    Elections in the 1990s

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    General election 1997: Great Yarmouth[45]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Tony Wright 26,084 53.4 +15.4
    Conservative Michael Carttiss 17,416 35.6 −12.3
    Liberal Democrats Derek Wood 5,381 11.0 −2.6
    Majority 8,668 17.8 N/A
    Turnout 48,881 71.33 −6.7
    Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.9
    General election 1992: Great Yarmouth[46][47]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Michael Carttiss 25,505 47.9 −3.8
    Labour Barbara Baughan 20,196 38.0 +6.9
    Liberal Democrats Malcolm Scott 7,225 13.6 −3.5
    Natural Law P Larkin 284 0.5 N/A
    Majority 5,309 9.9 −10.7
    Turnout 53,210 77.9 +3.4
    Conservative hold Swing −5.3

    Elections in the 1980s

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    General election 1987: Great Yarmouth[48][49]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Michael Carttiss 25,336 51.7 +1.2
    Labour John Cannell 15,253 31.1 +5.8
    SDP Stuart Maxwell 8,387 17.1 −7.2
    Majority 10,083 20.6 −4.6
    Turnout 48,976 74.5 +3.7
    Conservative hold Swing −2.3
    General election 1983: Great Yarmouth[50][51]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Michael Carttiss 22,423 50.5
    Labour Owen Lloyd 11,223 25.3
    Liberal Eric Minett 10,803 24.3
    Majority 11,200 25.2
    Turnout 44,449 70.8
    Conservative hold Swing

    Elections in the 1970s

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    General election 1979: Great Yarmouth[52]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 28,066 50.4 +7.1
    Labour Patricia Hollis 20,838 37.4 −1.6
    Liberal Eric Minett 6,112 11.0 −6.7
    National Front T Holmes 640 1.1 N/A
    Majority 7,228 13.0 +8.7
    Turnout 55,656 77.1 +3.5
    Conservative hold Swing +4.3
    General election October 1974: Great Yarmouth[53]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 22,573 43.3 −0.1
    Labour Patricia Hollis 20,313 39.0 +4.3
    Liberal PR Coleby 9,250 17.7 −4.3
    Majority 2,260 4.33 −4.4
    Turnout 52,136 73.6 −7.6
    Conservative hold Swing
    General election February 1974: Great Yarmouth[54]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 24,711 43.4 −6.2
    Labour Patricia Hollis 19,774 34.7 −8.1
    Liberal PR Coleby 12,524 22.0 +14.4
    Majority 4,397 8.7 +1.9
    Turnout 57,009 81.2 +3.9
    Conservative hold Swing
    General election 1970: Yarmouth[55]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 23,088 49.6 +0.5
    Labour Hugh Gray 19,931 42.8 −8.1
    Liberal Joan Knott 3,523 7.6 N/A
    Majority 3,157 6.8 N/A
    Turnout 46,542 77.3 −2.5
    Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.3

    Elections in the 1960s

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    General election 1966: Yarmouth[56]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Hugh Gray 22,296 50.9 +8.5
    Conservative Anthony Fell 21,499 49.1 +2.3
    Majority 797 1.8 N/A
    Turnout 43,795 79.8 −0.5
    Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.1
    General election 1964: Yarmouth[57]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 20,310 46.8 −7.5
    Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 18,381 42.4 −3.3
    Liberal David Spreckley 4,680 10.8 N/A
    Majority 1,929 4.4 −4.2
    Turnout 43,371 80.3 +0.7
    Conservative hold Swing −2.0

    Election in the 1950s

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    General election 1959: Yarmouth[57]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 22,827 54.3 +3.2
    Labour Stanley Clinton-Davis 19,248 45.7 −3.2
    Majority 3,579 8.6 +6.4
    Turnout 42,075 79.6 −0.1
    Conservative hold Swing
    General election 1955: Yarmouth[57]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 21,317 51.1 −0.1
    Labour Ernest Kinghorn 20,400 48.9 +0.1
    Majority 917 2.2 −0.2
    Turnout 41,757 79.7 −3.6
    Conservative hold Swing
    General election 1951: Yarmouth[57]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Anthony Fell 22,180 51.2 +9.4
    Labour Ernest Kinghorn 21,165 48.8 +3.3
    Majority 1,015 2.4 N/A
    Turnout 43,345 83.3 −0.8
    Conservative gain from Labour Swing
    General election 1950: Yarmouth[58]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Ernest Kinghorn 19,131 44.5 −11.3
    Conservative Edward Baker 17,969 41.8 −2.4
    Liberal Ronald Thomas Archibald Cornwell 5,854 13.6 N/A
    Majority 1,162 2.7 −8.9
    Turnout 42,954 84.1 +14.3
    Labour hold Swing

    Elections in the 1940s

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    General election 1945: Great Yarmouth[59]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Labour Ernest Kinghorn 10,079 55.8 +15.1
    National Liberal Percy Jewson 7,974 44.2 −15.1
    Majority 2,105 11.6 N/A
    Turnout 18,053 69.8 −6.6
    Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
    1941 Great Yarmouth by-election
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    National Liberal Percy Jewson Unopposed N/A N/A
    National Liberal hold Swing

    Elections in the 1930s

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    General election 1935: Great Yarmouth[57]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    National Liberal Arthur Harbord 16,998 59.3 −19.3
    Labour John Lewis 11,658 40.7 +19.3
    Majority 5,340 18.6 −38.6
    Turnout 28,656 76.4 +4.3
    National Liberal hold Swing
    General election 1931: Great Yarmouth[60]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    National Liberal Arthur Harbord 21,008 78.6 +40.1
    Labour John Hanbury Martin 5,735 21.4 +3.6
    Majority 15,273 57.2 N/A
    Turnout 26,743 72.1 −11.0
    National Liberal gain from Liberal Swing

    Elections in the 1920s

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    General election 1929: Great Yarmouth
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Arthur Harbord 13,147 43.7 +3.2
    Unionist Frank Meyer 11,570 38.5 −6.6
    Labour George Johnson 5,347 17.8 +3.4
    Majority 1,577 5.2 N/A
    Turnout 30,064 83.1 +3.2
    Registered electors 36,170
    Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +4.9
    General election 1924: Great Yarmouth
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Unionist Frank Meyer 10,273 45.1 +6.6
    Liberal Arthur Harbord 9,202 40.5 −11.3
    Labour T G Tyler 3,264 14.4 +4.7
    Majority 1,071 4.6 N/A
    Turnout 22,739 79.9 +0.7
    Registered electors 28,447
    Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.0
    General election 1923: Great Yarmouth
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Arthur Harbord 11,416 51.8 +5.7
    Unionist James Allan Horne 8,492 38.5 −3.3
    Labour Albert Wrigley 2,138 9.7 −2.4
    Majority 2,924 13.3 +9.0
    Turnout 22,046 79.2 +0.2
    Registered electors 27,844
    Liberal hold Swing +4.5
    General election 1922: Great Yarmouth
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal Arthur Harbord 9,836 46.1 +6.4
    Unionist Chichester Crookshank 8,917 41.8 −4.8
    Labour Arthur Whiting 2,574 12.1 −0.7
    Majority 919 4.3 N/A
    Turnout 21,327 79.0 +20.2
    Registered electors 26,985
    Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +5.6

    Elections in the 1910s

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    General election 1918: Great Yarmouth
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    C Unionist Arthur Fell 6,741 46.6 −5.7
    Liberal *J. Havelock Wilson 5,734 39.7 −8.0
    Labour William McConnell 1,845 12.8 N/A
    Independent ** William H Dawson 125 0.9 N/A
    Majority 1,007 6.9 +2.3
    Turnout 14,448 58.8 −25.3
    Registered electors 24,585
    Unionist hold Swing +1.2
    C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

    * Wilson – who stood as a 'Patriotic Trade Unionist's and Seamen's' candidate – supported the Coalition Government and was supported by the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union. He claimed to have been adopted by both the Liberal Party and National Democratic and Labour Party, but only appeared on the former's official list. ** Dawson initially was endorsed by the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers who then repudiated him.

    Election results 1885–1918

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    Elections in the 1880s

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    General election 1885: Great Yarmouth [61][62][63]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Henry Tyler 2,661 51.9
    Liberal Cecil Norton 2,466 48.1
    Majority 195 3.8
    Turnout 5,127 73.8
    Registered electors 6,949
    Conservative win (new seat)
    Norton
    General election 1886: Great Yarmouth [61][62]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Henry Tyler 2,977 59.7 +7.8
    Liberal Cecil Norton 2,011 40.3 −7.8
    Majority 966 19.4 +15.6
    Turnout 4,988 71.8 −2.0
    Registered electors 6,949
    Conservative hold Swing +7.8

    Elections in the 1890s

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    General election 1892: Great Yarmouth [61][62]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Liberal James Marshall Moorsom 2,972 52.4 +12.1
    Conservative Henry Tyler 2,704 47.6 −12.1
    Majority 268 4.8 N/A
    Turnout 5,676 71.4 −0.4
    Registered electors 7,947
    Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.1
    General election 1895: Great Yarmouth [61][62][64]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative John Colomb 3,528 54.9 +7.3
    Liberal James Marshall Moorsom 2,893 45.1 −7.3
    Majority 635 9.8 N/A
    Turnout 6,421 78.9 +7.5
    Registered electors 8,139
    Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.3

    Elections in the 1900s

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    General election 1900: Great Yarmouth [61][62][64]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative John Colomb Unopposed
    Conservative hold
    General election 1906: Great Yarmouth [61][62]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Arthur Fell 4,071 51.5 N/A
    Liberal Martin White 3,835 48.5 New
    Majority 236 3.0 N/A
    Turnout 7,906 86.2 N/A
    Registered electors 9,169
    Conservative hold Swing N/A

    Elections in the 1910s

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    General election January 1910: Great Yarmouth [61][65]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Arthur Fell 4,459 52.7 +1.2
    Liberal James Edward Platt 3,998 47.3 −1.2
    Majority 461 5.4 +2.4
    Turnout 8,457 88.4 +2.2
    Conservative hold Swing +1.2
    General election December 1910: Great Yarmouth [61][65]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Arthur Fell 4,210 52.3 −0.4
    Liberal James Edward Platt 3,837 47.7 +0.4
    Majority 373 4.6 −0.8
    Turnout 8,047 84.1 −4.3
    Conservative hold Swing −0.4

    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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

    • Unionist: Arthur Fell
    • Liberal:

    Election results 1832–1868

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    Elections in the 1830s

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    General election 1832: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig Charles Rumbold 837 34.7 +3.6
    Whig George Anson 828 34.3 +3.1
    Tory Andrew Colvile 750 31.1 −6.5
    Majority 78 3.2 −9.0
    Turnout 1,555 92.4 c. +7.3
    Registered electors 1,683
    Whig hold Swing +3.4
    Whig hold Swing +3.2
    General election 1835: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Thomas Baring 772 26.7 +11.2
    Conservative Winthrop Mackworth Praed 768 26.5 +11.0
    Whig George Anson 680 23.5 −10.8
    Whig Charles Rumbold 675 23.3 −11.4
    Majority 88 3.0 N/A
    Turnout 1,447 89.6 −2.8
    Registered electors 1,615
    Conservative gain from Whig Swing +11.2
    Conservative gain from Whig Swing +11.1
    General election 1837: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig Charles Rumbold 790 26.8 +3.5
    Whig William Wilshere 779 26.4 +2.9
    Conservative Thomas Baring 699 23.7 −3.0
    Conservative Charles Gambier 685 23.2 −3.3
    Majority 80 2.7 N/A
    Turnout 1,474 84.7 −4.9
    Registered electors 1,740
    Whig gain from Conservative Swing +3.3
    Whig gain from Conservative Swing +3.0

    Wilshere resigned, causing a by-election.

    By-election, 23 August 1838: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig William Wilshere 735 51.1 −2.1
    Conservative Thomas Baring 702 48.9 +2.0
    Majority 33 2.2 −0.5
    Turnout 1,437 83.6 −1.1
    Registered electors 1,719
    Whig hold Swing −2.1

    Elections in the 1840s

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    General election 1841: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig William Wilshere 945 32.8 +6.4
    Whig Charles Rumbold 943 32.8 +6.0
    Conservative Thomas Baring 501 17.4 −6.3
    Conservative Joseph Somes 494 17.1 −6.1
    Majority 442 15.4 +12.7
    Turnout 1,445 74.9 −9.8
    Registered electors 1,930
    Whig hold Swing +6.3
    Whig hold Swing +6.1
    General election 1847: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Arthur Lennox 834 27.1 +9.7
    Conservative Octavius Coope 813 26.4 +9.3
    Whig Charles Rumbold 729 23.7 −9.1
    Whig Francis Goldsmid[67][68] 698 22.7 −10.1
    Majority 84 2.7 N/A
    Turnout 1,537 (est) 81.9 (est) +7.0
    Registered electors 1,877
    Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.7
    Conservative gain from Whig Swing +9.5

    The election of Lennox and Coope was declared void on petition on 14 February 1848 due to bribery, causing a by-election.[69]

    By-election, 8 July 1848: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Joseph Sandars 416 37.8 −15.7
    Whig Charles Rumbold 384 34.9 +11.2
    Whig Robert John Bagshaw[70][71] 300 27.3 +4.6
    Majority 32 2.9 +0.2
    Turnout 550 (est) 29.3 (est) −52.6
    Registered electors 1,877
    Conservative hold Swing −15.8
    Whig gain from Conservative Swing +9.5

    Elections in the 1850s

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    General election 1852: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Edmund Lacon 611 28.2 −25.3
    Whig Charles Rumbold 547 25.3 −21.1
    Independent Whig William McCullagh 521 24.1 N/A
    Radical Charles Napier[72][73][74][75] 486 22.4 N/A
    Turnout 1,083 (est) 86.7 (est) +4.8
    Registered electors 1,249
    Majority 64 2.9 +0.2
    Conservative hold Swing −2.1
    Majority 26 1.2 N/A
    Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
    General election 1857: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Independent Whig William McCullagh 609 28.1 +4.0
    Radical Edward Watkin 590 27.2 +4.8
    Conservative Edmund Lacon 521 24.0 +9.9
    Conservative Charles Smyth Vereker[76] 451 20.8 +6.7
    Turnout 1,086 (est) 83.0 (est) −3.7
    Registered electors 1,308
    Majority 88 4.1 N/A
    Ind. Whig gain from Conservative Swing −2.2
    Majority 61 2.8 N/A
    Radical gain from Whig Swing −1.8

    The election was declared void on petition due to bribery by McCullagh and Watkin's agents, causing a by-election.[77]

    By-election, 10 August 1857: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig Adolphus William Young Unopposed
    Whig John Mellor Unopposed
    Whig gain from Ind. Whig
    Whig gain from Radical
    General election 1859: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Edmund Lacon 699 28.4 +4.4
    Conservative Henry Stracey 659 26.8 +6.0
    Liberal Edward Watkin 568 23.1 −4.1
    Liberal Adolphus William Young 536 21.8 −6.3
    Majority 91 3.7 N/A
    Turnout 1,231 (est) 92.8 (est) +9.8
    Registered electors 1,326
    Conservative gain from Ind. Whig Swing N/A
    Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.0

    Elections in the 1860s

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    General election 1865: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[66]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Edmund Lacon 828 29.2 +0.8
    Conservative James Goodson 784 27.7 +0.9
    Liberal Alexander Brogden 634 22.4 −0.7
    Liberal Philip Vanderbyl 589 20.8 −1.0
    Majority 150 5.3 +1.6
    Turnout 1,418 (est) 86.2 (est) −6.6
    Registered electors 1,645
    Conservative hold Swing +0.8
    Conservative hold Swing +0.9

    Extensive bribery was found in the seat and its right to return a member was lost. It was then incorporated into East Suffolk and North Norfolk.

    Elections before 1832

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    General election 1831: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][78]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig George Anson 904 31.2 +3.4
    Whig Charles Rumbold 903 31.1 +3.3
    Tory Andrew Colvile 549 18.9 −3.3
    Tory Henry Bliss 543 18.7 −3.5
    Majority 354 12.2 +6.6
    Turnout 1,702 c. 85.1 c. +1.2
    Registered electors c. 2,000
    Whig hold Swing +3.4
    Whig hold Swing +3.4
    General election 1830: Great Yarmouth (2 seats)[19][78]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Whig George Anson 944 27.8
    Whig Charles Rumbold 944 27.8
    Tory Thomas Edmund Campbell 754 22.2
    Tory Henry Preston 754 22.2
    Majority 190 5.6
    Turnout 1,678 c. 83.9
    Registered electors c. 2,000
    Whig hold Swing
    Whig hold Swing

    See also

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    • List of parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk
    • Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

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