Election 97

Norfolk North

Current MP Sir Ralph Howell (Retiring)
Conservative 97 21,456
Labour 97 14,736
LibDem 97 20,163
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
Norfolk North

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Norfolk North
Conservative 92 28,810
Labour 92 13,850
LibDem 92 16,365
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 726
Elected party Conservative

Like much of the rest of the county, North Norfolk had for much of this century a tradition of agricultural trade unionism and a rural working-class Labour vote - Labour held this seat from 1945 to 1970, when it finally fell to the Tories. Since then the Labour tradition has continued to decline, and they are now in third place. Conservative Sir Ralph Howell will expect no resurgent threat to his five-figure majority.


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