Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Norwich North Borough constituency
Norwich North shown within Norfolk, and Norfolk shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Ian Gibson
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Norfolk
EP constituency:	East of England

Norwich North is a parliamentary 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.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the 2-seat Norwich constituency was divided into Norwich North and Norwich South.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is one of two covering the city of Norwich. The wards of Mile Cross, Sewell, Crome, Thorpe St Andrew, Sprowston, Old Catton, Catton Grove, Hellesdon, Drayton and Taverham fall within its boundaries.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1950	John Paton	Labour
	1964	George Wallace	Labour
	1974	David Ennals	Labour
	1983	Patrick Thompson	Conservative
	1997	Ian Gibson	Labour

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Gibson
	Conservative	Chloe Smith
	UK Independence	Glen Tingle

General Election 2005: Norwich North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Gibson	21,097	44.9	−2.5
	Conservative	James Tumbridge	15,638	33.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Whitmore	7,616	16.2	+1.4
	Green	Adrian Holmes	1,252	2.7	+1.0
	UK Independence	John Youles	1,122	2.4	+1.4
	Independent (politician)	Bill Holden	308	0.7	N/A
Majority			5,459	11.6
Turnout			47,033	61.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.6

General Election 2001: Norwich North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Gibson	21,624	47.4	-2.3
	Conservative	Kay Mason	15,761	34.6	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Moira Toye	6,750	14.8	+2.2
	Green	Rob Tinch	797	1.7	N/A
	UK Independence	Guy Cheyney	471	1.0	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Michael Betts	211	0.5	N/A
Majority			5,863	12.8
Turnout			45,614	59.1	-16.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] References

1. ^ Norwich North, UKPollingReport

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)