Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Norwich | |
---|---|
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Norfolk |
Major settlements | Norwich |
1298–1950 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Norwich North and Norwich South |
Norwich was a
bloc vote
system.
It was replaced in 1950 by two new single-member constituencies, Norwich North and Norwich South.
Members of Parliament
1298–1660
1640–1950
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucy Noel-Buxton
|
31,553 | 27.9 | +7.9 | |
Labour | John Paton
|
31,229 | 27.7 | +9.9 | |
National Liberal | Geoffrey Shakespeare
|
25,945 | 23.0 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Strauss | 24,225 | 21.4 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 5,284 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 112,952 | 70.7 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 79,880 | ||||
Labour gain from National Liberal | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Geoffrey Shakespeare
|
36,039 | 29.1 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Strauss | 34,182 | 27.6 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Glenvil Hall | 24,670 | 20.0 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Christopher John Kelly | 22,055 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fenner Brockway | 6,737 | 5.5 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 11,369 | 9.1 | −0.3 | ||
Majority | 9,512 | 7.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 123,683 | 73.4 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 84,275 | ||||
National Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Geoffrey Shakespeare
|
40,925 | 30.4 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | George Hartland | 38,883 | 28.9 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Walter Smith
|
28,295 | 21.0 | −5.0 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Dorothy Jewson | 26,537 | 19.7 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 12,630 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 10,588 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 132,640 | 80.4 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 83,755 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoffrey Shakespeare
|
33,974 | 26.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Walter Smith
|
33,690 | 26.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Dorothy Jewson | 31,040 | 24.0 | +2.0 | |
Unionist
|
J. Griffyth Fairfax | 30,793 | 23.8 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 2,934 | 2.2 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 2,897 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 129,497 | 78.8 | −5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 82,143 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Unionist
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hilton Young | 28,842 | 27.7 | +10.8 | |
Unionist
|
J. Griffyth Fairfax | 28,529 | 27.4 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Walter Smith
|
23,808 | 22.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Dorothy Jewson | 22,931 | 22.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 5,034 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 5,598 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 104,110 | 84.0 | +5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 61,995 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | |||||
Unionist gain from Labour
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Walter Smith
|
20,077 | 20.9 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Dorothy Jewson | 19,304 | 20.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Hilton Young | 16,222 | 16.9 | −16.8 | |
Unionist
|
George Roberts
|
14,749 | 15.3 | −18.4 | |
Liberal | Henry John Copeman | 13,180 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Unionist
|
Henry Dawes Swan | 12,713 | 13.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,082 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 96,245 | 78.7 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 61,168 | ||||
Independent
| |||||
Labour gain from National Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent
|
George Roberts
|
31,167 | 33.7 | −11.4 | |
National Liberal | Hilton Young | 31,151 | 33.7 | −9.6 | |
Labour | Herbert Witard | 15,609 | 16.9 | New | |
Labour | George Johnson | 14,490 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | 15,558 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 15,542 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 92,417 | 76.8 | +27.9 | ||
Registered electors | 60,159 | ||||
Independent gain from Coalition Labour
| |||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coalition Labour | George Roberts[note 13]
|
26,642 | 45.1 | +9.3 | |
Liberal | Hilton Young | 25,555 | 43.3 | +6.9 | |
Independent Labour
|
Herbert Witard | 6,856 | 11.6 | New | |
Majority | 19,786 | 33.5 | +25.4 | ||
Majority | 18,699 | 31.7 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 59,053 | 48.9 | −35.4 | ||
Registered electors | 60,342 | ||||
Coalition Labour gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Henry Roberts
|
Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hilton Young | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Low | 10,149 | 36.4 | +7.4 | |
Labour | George Roberts
|
10,003 | 35.8 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | W. Dyson | 7,758 | 27.7 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,391 | 8.6 | +1.3 | ||
Majority | 2,245 | 8.1 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 27,910 | 84.3 | −7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 21,607 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Low | 11,257 | 29.0 | −8.2 | |
Labour | George Roberts
|
11,119 | 28.7 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | 8,410 | 21.7 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | H.G. Snowden | 7,981 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,847 | 7.3 | −4.6 | ||
Majority | 2,709 | 7.0 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,767 | 91.5 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 21,607 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | George Roberts
|
11,059 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Louis Tillett | 10,972 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ernest Wild
|
7,460 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 29,491 | 91.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 20,390 | ||||
Majority | 3,599 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | |||||
Majority | 3,512 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Louis Tillett | 8,576 | 48.3 | New | |
Conservative | Ernest Wild
|
6,756 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | George Roberts
|
2,440 | 13.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,820 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17,772 | 90.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 19,728 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Harry Bullard | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | 8,166 | 26.5 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Harry Bullard | 8,034 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Terrell | 7,330 | 23.9 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | Frederick Verney | 7,210 | 23.5 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 704 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,465 (est) | 88.4 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 17,494 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | 7,718 | 35.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | Jeremiah Colman | 7,407 | 33.8 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | John Bedford[17] | 6,811 | 31.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 907 | 4.0 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 14,628 (est) | 88.0 | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 16,623 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremiah Colman | 6,295 | 26.0 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | 6,156 | 25.5 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | Jacob Henry Tillett | 6,119 | 25.4 | −5.6 | |
Conservative | Clare Sewell Read | 5,564 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 12,342 | 80.6 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 15,323 | ||||
Majority | 731 | 2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
Majority | 37 | 0.1 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Hoare | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Bullard being unseated on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Bullard | 7,279 | 36.0 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Jeremiah Colman | 6,666 | 33.0 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Samuel Wright[18] | 6,251 | 31.0 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 1,028 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,572 | 88.6 | +12.6 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 15,323 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremiah Colman | 6,549 | 28.1 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Jacob Henry Tillett | 6,512 | 27.9 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Harben[20] | 5,242 | 22.5 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | William Massey-Mainwaring | 5,032 | 21.6 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 1,270 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,668 (est) | 76.0 (est) | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,349 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Henry Tillett | 5,877 | 53.6 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Josiah Wilkinson[21] | 5,079 | 46.4 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 798 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,956 | 73.3 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 14,953 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 |
- Caused by Huddleston's appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. This by-election was later declared void on petition, and the writ was suspended, leaving Norwich with one MP until 1880.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremiah Colman | 6,138 | 26.7 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | John Walter Huddleston | 5,823 | 25.3 | +8.4 | |
Liberal | Jacob Henry Tillett | 5,776 | 25.1 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Henry Stracey | 5,290 | 23.0 | +6.1 | |
Turnout | 11,514 (est) | 75.9 (est) | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 15,166 | ||||
Majority | 315 | 1.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
Majority | 47 | 0.2 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremiah Colman | 4,637 | 57.8 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Legard | 3,389 | 42.2 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 1,248 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,026 | 65.1 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,338 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −8.5 |
- Caused by the previous by-election being declared void on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Henry Tillett | 4,236 | 52.2 | −14.1 | |
Conservative | John Walter Huddleston | 3,874 | 47.8 | +14.0 | |
Majority | 362 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,110 | 61.0 | −6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 13,296 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −14.1 |
- Caused by Stracey's election being declared void on petition.
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Stracey | 4,521 | 33.8 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | William Russell | 4,509 | 33.7 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Jacob Henry Tillett | 4,364 | 32.6 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 157 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,958 (est) | 67.4 (est) | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 13,296 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −9.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Russell | 1,845 | 28.3 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Warner | 1,838 | 28.2 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Augustus Goldsmid[22] | 1,466 | 22.5 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Edmond Chester Waters[23] | 1,363 | 20.9 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 372 | 5.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,256 (est) | 67.6 (est) | −13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,817 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Warner | 2,083 | 28.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | William Russell | 2,045 | 27.7 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | William Forlonge | 1,636 | 22.1 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | William David Lewis | 1,631 | 22.1 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 409 | 5.6 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,698 (est) | 68.7 (est) | −11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,381 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.6 |
- Caused by both the 1859 general election and the June by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery.[25]
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Keppel | 1,922 | 54.6 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Samuel Bignold | 1,561 | 44.3 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Henry George Boldero[26][27] | 39 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 361 | 10.3 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,522 | 69.6 | −11.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,508 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
- Caused by Keppel's appointment as Treasurer of the Household.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Keppel | 2,154 | 26.4 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Schneider | 2,134 | 26.2 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Samuel Bignold | 1,966 | 24.1 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Manners Lushington[28] | 1,900 | 23.3 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 168 | 2.1 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,077 (est) | 80.6 (est) | +17.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,058 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Henry Schneider | 2,247 | 36.7 | +7.7 | |
Whig | William Keppel | 2,238 | 36.6 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Samuel Bignold | 1,636 | 26.7 | −14.6 | |
Turnout | 3,879 (est) | 62.8 (est) | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,175 | ||||
Majority | 9 | 0.1 | −7.4 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Majority | 602 | 9.9 | +9.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Bignold | 1,899 | 53.8 | +12.5 | |
Whig | Anthony Hamond[29][30] | 1,629 | 46.2 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 270 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,528 | 59.7 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,911 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −2.1 |
- Caused by Peto's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Morton Peto | 2,190 | 29.6 | −13.0 | |
Radical | Edward Warner | 2,145 | 29.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Arthur Wellesley | 1,592 | 21.5 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Lothian Sheffield Dickson | 1,465 | 19.8 | +4.7 | |
Turnout | 3,696 (est) | 68.6 (est) | +10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,390 | ||||
Majority | 45 | 0.6 | −11.9 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −9.3 | |||
Majority | 553 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | −2.0 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Morton Peto | 2,448 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Wellesley | 1,727 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Radical | John Humffreys Parry[32] | 1,572 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,874 (est) | 57.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,976 | ||||
Majority | 721 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 155 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Benjamin Smith | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Arthur Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,334 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Scarlett | 1,865 | 25.2 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Arthur Wellesley | 1,863 | 25.2 | −2.0 | |
Whig | Benjamin Smith | 1,843 | 24.9 | +2.0 | |
Whig | Montford Nurse | 1,831 | 24.7 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.3 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,697 | 84.2 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,390 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
- On petition, Scarlett was unseated and Smith was declared elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Murray | 1,892 | 27.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Scarlett | 1,878 | 27.0 | +1.0 | |
Whig | Edward Vernon Harbord, 4th Baron Suffield | 1,592 | 22.9 | −1.1 | |
Whig | Frank Offley Martin[33] | 1,582 | 22.8 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 286 | 4.1 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,483 | 84.9 | −5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,102 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Murray | 2,016 | 26.7 | +11.1 | |
Tory | James Scarlett | 1,962 | 26.0 | +10.6 | |
Whig | Richard Hanbury Gurney | 1,809 | 24.0 | −10.5 | |
Whig | Charles Henry Bellenden Ker | 1,765 | 23.4 | −11.1 | |
Majority | 153 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,817 | 90.1 | c. +15.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,238 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +11.0 | |||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grant | 2,163 | 34.5 | +7.1 | |
Whig | Richard Hanbury Gurney | 2,158 | 34.5 | +6.1 | |
Tory | Charles Wetherell | 977 | 15.6 | −7.4 | |
Tory | Michael Thomas Sadler | 964 | 15.4 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 1,181 | 18.9 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | c. 3,131 | c. 74.5 | |||
Registered electors | c. 4,200 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.4 |
- Wetherell and Sadler were proposed without their knowledge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grant | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Grant's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Hanbury Gurney | 2,363 | 28.4 | ||
Whig | Robert Grant | 2,279 | 27.4 | ||
Tory | Jonathan Peel | 1,912 | 23.0 | ||
Tory | Charles Ogle | 1,762 | 21.2 | ||
Majority | 367 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,202 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Notes
- ^ 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. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Houses of Parliament". Houses of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ 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)
- Royal Commissionwas 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.
- Royal Commissionwas 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
- ^ Roberts was not an official coalition candidate, and did not receive the Coalition Coupon
- ^ Harry Bullard was unseated on petition
References
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