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North Norfolk (uk Parliament Constituency)




  Map1 NorthNorfolk
  Map2 Norfolk
  Type County
  Entity Norfolk
  County Norfolk
  EP East of England
  MP Norman Lamb
  Party Liberal Democrats


North Norfolk is a 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.

It has been represented by Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb since the 2001 General Election and was previously held by a Conservative .

At the May 2005 General Election the seat was on of the Conservatives' top targets as Lamb was defending a majority of just 483 against a relatively high-profile Tory, Iain Dale . However, Lamb instead increased his majority to 10,606. Although the seat had been Labour for 25 years since World War II , Labour have slumped to a distant third in recent years.


BOUNDARIES



Boundary review

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Norfolk , the Boundary Commission For England has created a new constituency of Broadland based on the local government region of that name.


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT



ELECTION RESULTS

  title General Election 2005 : North Norfolk


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Norman Lamb
  votes 31,515
  percentage 534
  change +107


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Iain Dale
  votes 20,909
  percentage 355
  change &minus63


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Phil Harris
  votes 5,447
  percentage 92
  change &minus41


  party United Kingdom Independence Party
  candidate Stuart Agnew
  votes 978
  percentage 17
  change +06


  party Independent
  candidate Justin Appleyard
  votes 116
  percentage 02
  change ''N/A''


  votes 10,606
  percentage 180


  votes 58,965
  percentage 730
  change +28


  winner Liberal Democrats (UK)
  swing +85



  title General Election 2001 : North Norfolk


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Norman Lamb
  votes 23,978
  percentage 427
  change +84


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate David Prior
  votes 23,495
  percentage 418
  change +53


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Mike Gates
  votes 7,490
  percentage 133
  change -117


  party Green Party of England and Wales
  candidate Mike Sheridan
  votes 649
  percentage 12
  change ''N/A''


  party United Kingdom Independence Party
  candidate Paul Simison
  votes 608
  percentage 11
  change ''N/A''


  votes 483
  percentage 09


  votes 56,220
  percentage 702
  change -58


  winner Liberal Democrats (UK)
  loser Conservative Party (UK)



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