Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Yarmouth
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 1983
Boundary of Great Yarmouth in the East of England
County	Norfolk
Electorate	70,077 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Great Yarmouth, Caister-on-Sea, Gorleston-on-Sea
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Rupert Lowe (Independent)
Seats	One
1885–1950
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	East Suffolk North Norfolk
1295–1868
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	East 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

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

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

Great Yarmouth borough

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

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

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

• 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

MPs 1950–1974

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

MPs since 1983

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

Great Yarmouth election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elections in the 1880s

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

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

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

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

Elections in the 1830s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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External links

• Great Yarmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Great Yarmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Great Yarmouth UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK