Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Norwich was a borough constituency in Norfolk which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1298 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 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Consisting of the city of Norwich in Norfolk, it returned two members of parliament, elected by the bloc vote system.
It was replaced in 1950 by two new single-member constituencies, Norwich North and Norwich South.
Members of Parliament
1298–1660
| Year | First member | Second member |
| 1378 | Henry Limner | |
| 1386 | Walter Niche | Walter Bixton |
| 1388 | William Appleyard | Walter Bixton |
| 1388 | John Moulton | Walter Bixton |
| 1390 | Henry Limner | Walter Bixton |
| 1390 | William Appleyard | Thomas Gerard |
| 1391 | Walter Bixton | Thomas Gerard |
| 1393 | John Moulton | William Everard |
| 1394 | Henry Limner | William Everard |
| 1395 | William Appleyard | Thomas Gerard |
| 1397 | William Appleyard | Henry Limner |
| 1397 | Walter Bixton | Richard White |
| 1399 | Henry Limner | Roger Blickling |
| 1401 | Edmund Warner | Walter Eaton |
| 1402 | William Appleyard | William Crakeford |
| 1404 | William Everard | Walter Eaton |
| 1404 | - | |
| 1406 | Walter Eaton | John Alderford |
| 1407 | Walter Eaton | Robert Dunston |
| 1410 | Robert Dunston | William Ampulford |
| 1411 | Bartholomew Appleyard | Thomas Gerard |
| 1413 | John Alderford | Bartholomew Appleyard |
| 1413 | William Sedman | John Bixley |
| 1414 | Robert Brasier | John Alderford |
| 1414 | William Sedman | Richard Purdance |
| 1415 | John Bixley | Robert Dunston |
| 1416 | Henry Rafman | William Sedman |
| 1416 | William Appleyard | John Bixley |
| 1417 | Robert Brasier | Robert Dunston |
| 1419 | William Appleyard | John Bixley |
| 1420 | Robert Baxter | Robert Dunston |
| 1421 | Robert Baxter | Robert Dunston |
| 1421 | Henry Piking | Robert Dunston |
| 1485 | John Paston | - |
| 1504 | Robert Burgh | - |
| 1510 | ? | - |
| 1512 | Robert Harydance | John Clerke I |
| 1515 | ? | - |
| 1523 | ? | - |
| 1529 | Edward Rede | Reginald Lytilprowe |
| 1536 | ?John Corbet II | ? |
| 1539 | Augustine Steward | John Godsalve |
| 1542 | William Rogers | ?John Godsalve |
| 1545 | Robert Rugge | Richard Catlin |
| 1547 | Augustine Steward | Richard Catlin |
| 1553 | Thomas Marsham | Alexander Mather |
| 1553 | Thomas Gawdy I | Richard Catlin |
| 1554 | Henry Ward | John Ball |
| 1554 | John Corbet II | Alexander Mather |
| 1555 | John Aldrich | Thomas Grey |
| 1558 | Sir Thomas Gawdy | Thomas Sotherton |
| 1559 | Sir William Woodhouse | Thomas Sotherton |
| 1562/3 | Robert Michell, died and repl. 1566 by John Blennerhassett | Thomas Parker |
| 1571 | John Blennerhassett | Robert Suckling |
| 1572 | John Aldirich | Thomas Beaumont, sick and repl. 1581 by Edward Flowerdew |
| 1584 | Christopher Layer | Simon Bowde |
| 1586 | Robert Suckling | Thomas Layer |
| 1588 | Francis Rugge | Thomas Gleane |
| 1593 | Robert Houghton | Robert Yarham |
| 1597 | Christopher Layer | Thomas Sotherton II |
| 1601 | Alexander Thurston | John Pettus |
| 1604–1611 | Sir Henry Hobart | John Pettus |
| 1614 | Sir Thomas Hyrne | Rice Gwyn |
| 1621–1622 | Richard Rosse | William Denny |
| 1624 | William Denny | Sir Thomas Hyrne |
| 1625 | William Denny | Sir Thomas Hyrne |
| 1626 | Sir John Suckling | Sir Thomas Hyrne |
| 1628 | Sir Peter Gleane | Robert Debney |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |
1640–1950
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
- Caused by Bullard being unseated on petition.
Elections in the 1870s
- 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.
- Caused by the previous by-election being declared void on petition.
- Caused by Stracey's election being declared void on petition.
Elections in the 1860s
- Caused by both the 1859 general election and the June by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery.
Elections in the 1850s
- Caused by Keppel's appointment as Treasurer of the Household.
- Caused by Peto's resignation in order to go to the Crimean War and construct the Grand Crimean Central Railway.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1830s
- On petition, Scarlett was unseated and Smith was declared elected.
- Wetherell and Sadler were proposed without their knowledge
- Caused by Grant's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces