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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Norfolk with Suffolk as a sub-region of the East of England region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Waveney Valley, which incorporated areas transferred from South ...
The constituency consisted of the historic county of Norfolk in the East of England, excluding the city of Norwich which had the status of a county corporate after 1404. . (Although Norfolk contained four other parliamentary boroughs – Castle Rising, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Thetford – each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Norfolk was a ...
Since 1290, the Parliamentary County of Norfolk along with all other English counties regardless of size or population, had elected two MPs (Knights of the Shire) to the House of Commons. The county also included five Parliamentary Boroughs , namely Castle Rising , Great Yarmouth (partly in Suffolk), King's Lynn , Norwich and Thetford , all ...
The 2010 election saw political party infighting when the Labour candidate for North West Norfolk, Manish Sood [n 4] [2] stated in an interview with the local newspaper Lynn News that Gordon Brown was "the worst prime minister we have had in this country". This gained national attention and resulted in Labour disowning their candidate.
Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit. [7] The seat was a target seat, in the 2024 general election, for the Green Party [8] who won half of the council wards in the seat in the 2023 local elections.
North Norfolk is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Steffan Aquarone, a Liberal Democrat. [ n 2 ] Constituency profile
The exact relationship between the parliamentary party and the party varies between countries, and also from party to party. For example, in some parties, the parliamentary and organisational leadership will be held by the same person or people, whether ex officio or not; other parties maintain a sharp distinction between the two offices.
In parliamentary politics, balance of power is a situation in which one or more members of a parliamentary or similar chamber can by their uncommitted vote enable a party to attain and remain in minority government. The term may also be applied to the members who hold that position.