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King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)

King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk which was represented continuously 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 February 1974 general election.

King's Lynn
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–February 1974
Seatsone
Replaced byNorth West Norfolk
1298–1918
Seatstwo (1298–1885), one (1885–1918)
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

History edit

The Parliamentary Borough of King's Lynn, which was known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, returned two Members of Parliament until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was abolished as a Borough under the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was reconstituted as a Division of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk (from 1950, a County Constituency), absorbing the bulk of the abolished North Western Division. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, being replaced by the re-established constituency of North West Norfolk.

Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister, was an MP for the constituency for almost the entirety of his parliamentary career, from 1702 to 1742.

Boundaries and boundary changes edit

1885–1918

  • The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of King's Lynn as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.[1]

1918–1950

  • The Borough of King's Lynn;
  • The Urban Districts of New Hunstanton and Walsoken;
  • The Rural Districts of Docking, Freebridge Lynn, King's Lynn, and Marshland (except the parishes of Outwell and Upwell); and
  • The Rural District of Downham parishes of Wiggenhall St Germans, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, and Wiggenhall St Peter.[2]

1950–1974

  • The Municipal Borough of King's Lynn;
  • The Urban District of New Hunstanton; and
  • The Rural Districts of Docking, Freebridge Lynn, and Marshland.[3]

Minor changes to the boundary with South West Norfolk to align with boundaries of local authorities, which had been rationalised.  Also marginal changes to county boundaries with Isle of Ely and Parts of Holland.

Members of Parliament edit

MPs before 1640 edit

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1328John de SwerdestonRoger de Buttele[4]
1335William de Brinton[4]
1337John de SwerdestonWilliam de Secheford[4]
1338Roger de ButteleGeoffrey Drewe[4]
1339Thomas de Melcheburne[4]
1375Robert BatheJohn Waryn[4]
1377John DockynggThomas ...[4]
1378Nicholas de SwerdestonHugh de Ellyngham[4]
1379John BrunhamThomas de Morton[4]
1380Richard de HontonHenry de Betele[4]
1381Thomas DreweThomas de Morton[4]
1382John BrunhamJohn Waryn[4]
1385John de BrandonThomas de Morton[4]
1386Edmund BeleyeterThomas Morton[5]
1388 (Feb)Henry BetleyThomas Morton[5]
1388 (Sep)Edmund BeleyeterThomas Drew[5]
1390 (Jan)Robert WaterdenJohn Wace[5]
1390 (Nov)John WentworthThomas Waterden[5]
1391Robert BotkeshamJohn Kepe[5]
1393Thomas MortonThomas Brigge[5]
1394Thomas MortonThomas Drew[5]
1395Thomas WaterdenJohn Brandon[5]
1397 (Jan)Thomas DrewJohn Brandon[5]
1397 (Sep)John WentworthRoger Rawlin[5]
1399Robert BotkeshamThomas Waterden[5]
1401Robert BotkeshamThomas Waterden[5]
1402Thomas FawkesRobert Brunham[5]
1404 (Jan)Thomas DrewJohn Wentworth[5]
1404 (Oct)John BrandonThomas Drew[5]
1406Thomas BriggeThomas Derham[5]
1407William LokJohn Wesenham[5]
1410John SpicerJohn Brown[5]
1411Bartholomew SisternPhilip Frank[5]
1413 (Feb)William HalyateJohn Tilney[5]
1413 (May)William HalyateJohn Tilney[5]
1414 (Apr)John BilneyJohn Tilney[5]
1414 (Nov)John SpicerAndrew Swanton[5]
1415Thomas BriggeJohn Tilney[5]
1416 (Mar)John SpicerThomas Brigge[5]
1416 (Oct)William HerfordJohn Warner[5]
1417Robert BrunhamThomas Hunt[5]
1419Philip FrankWalter Curson[5]
1420Thomas BriggeAndrew Swanton[5]
1421 (May)Bartholomew SisternJohn Parmenter[5]
1421 (Dec)John WaterdenRobert Brandon [5]
1510Thomas GibbonFrancis Monford[6]
1512Francis MonfordThomas Wythe[6]
1515Robert SoomeThomas Wythe[6]
1523Thomas MillerRichard Bewcher[6]
1529Thomas MillerRichard Bewcher
replaced Oct 1535 by Robert Southwell[6]
1536Robert SouthwellWilliam Coningsby[6]
1539Thomas WatersRobert Southwell[6]
1542Thomas WatersThomas Miller[6]
1545Edmund GreyThomas Miller[6]
1547Thomas GawdyWilliam Overend
replaced Jan 1549 by George Amyas[6]
1553 (Mar)Sir Richard CorbetJohn Walpole[6]
1553 (Oct)John WalpoleThomas Waters[6]
1554 (Apr)Thomas WatersWilliam Overend[6]
1554 (Nov)Sir Thomas MoyleThomas Waters[6]
1555Sir Nicholas L'EstrangeThomas Waters[6]
1558Ambrose Gilberd, died
and replaced Sep 1558 by William Telverton		Thomas Waters[6]
1558/9Thomas HoganThomas Waters[7]
1562/3(Sir) Robert BellRichard L'Estrange[7]
1571(Sir) Robert BellJohn Kynne[7]
1572(Sir) Robert Bell, died
and replaced Jan 1580 by John Peyton		John Pell[7]
1584 (Mar)John PeytonRichard Clarke[7]
1586 (Oct)Richard ClarkeThomas Oxborough[7]
1588/9Richard ClarkeThomas Boston[7]
1593Sir John PeytonWilliam Lewis[7]
1597 (Sep)Thomas OxboroughNathaniel Bacon[7]
1601Sir Robert MansellThomas Oxborough[7]
1604Thomas OxboroughRobert Hitcham
1614Matthew ClerkeThomas Oxborough
1621–1622Matthew ClerkeJohn Wallis
1624John WallisWilliam Doughty
1625Thomas GurlingJohn Cooke
1626Thomas GurlingJohn Cooke
1628William DoughtySir John Hare
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885 edit

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1640 (Apr)William DoughtyThomas Gurling
1640 (Nov)John PercevalParliamentarianThomas TollParliamentarian
1644Perceval died – seat vacant
1646Edmund Hudson
July 1647Hudson expelled – seat vacant
1649William Cecil (The Earl of Salisbury)[8]
1653King's Lynn was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654Major-General Philip SkipponGuybon Goddard
1656Major-General John Desborough[9]
January 1659Griffith LloydThomas Toll
May 1659William Cecil (The Earl of Salisbury)One seat vacant
April 1660Sir Ralph HareEdward Walpole
1661Sir William Hovell
1668Robert Wright
1670John Coke
1673Sir Francis North
1675Robert Coke
1679John TurnerSir Simon Taylor
1681Sir Henry HobartWhig
1685Sir John Turner
1689Sigismund Trafford
1690Daniel Bedingfeld
1695Sir Charles Turner
1702Sir Robert Walpole[10]Whig
1712John Turner
1713Sir Robert WalpoleWhig
1738Sir John Turner
1742Edward Bacon
1747Horatio Walpole, juniorWhig
1757Hon. Horace WalpoleWhig
1768Hon. Thomas Walpole
1774Crisp Molineux
1784Hon. Horatio Walpole[11]
1790Sir Martin ffolkesWhig[12]
1809Horatio WalpoleTory[12]
January 1822William Cavendish-Scott-BentinckTory[12]
June 1822John WalpoleTory[12]
1824William Cavendish-Scott-BentinckTory[12]
1826Lord William BentinckTory[12]
1828Lord George BentinckWhig[12]
1831Lord William LennoxWhig[12]
1834Conservative[12]
1835Sir Stratford CanningConservative[12]
1842 by-electionRobert JocelynConservative[12]
1847Peelite[13][14][15][16]
1848 by-electionHon. Edward Stanley[17]Conservative
1854 by-electionJohn Henry GurneyWhig
1859Liberal
1865Sir Thomas BuxtonLiberal
1868Hon. Robert BourkeConservative
1869 by-electionLord Claud HamiltonConservative
1880Sir William ffolkesLiberal
1885Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1885–1974 edit

ElectionMemberParty
1885Hon. Robert Bourke, later Baron ConnemaraConservative
1886 by-electionWeston JarvisConservative
1892Thomas Gibson BowlesConservative
1906Carlyon BellairsLiberal
1906Liberal Unionist
January 1910Thomas Gibson BowlesLiberal
December 1910Holcombe InglebyConservative
1918Sir Neville JodrellConservative
1923Graham WoodwarkLiberal
1924Maurice Roche, 4th Baron FermoyConservative
1935Somerset MaxwellConservative
1943Maurice Roche, 4th Baron FermoyConservative
1945Frederick WiseLabour
1951Ronald Scott-MillerConservative
1959Denys BullardConservative
1964Derek PageLabour
1970Christopher Brocklebank-FowlerConservative
1974constituency abolished

Elections edit

Elections in the 1830s edit

General election 1830: King's Lynn (2 seats)[12][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigGeorge Bentinck 78 49.1
ToryJohn Walpole 73 45.9
WhigWilliam ffolkes85.0
Majority6540.9
Turnoutc. 80c. 20.0
Registered electorsc. 400
Tory holdSwing
Tory holdSwing
General election 1831: King's Lynn (2 seats)[12][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigGeorge BentinckUnopposed
WhigWilliam LennoxUnopposed
Registered electorsc. 400
Whig hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: King's Lynn (2 seats)[12][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigGeorge BentinckUnopposed
WhigWilliam LennoxUnopposed
Registered electors836
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: King's Lynn (2 seats)[12][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigGeorge Bentinck 531 44.8
ConservativeStratford Canning 416 35.1
RadicalJohn Scott Lillie23820.1
Majority17815.0
Turnout67477.9
Registered electors865
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: King's Lynn (2 seats)[12][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeorge Bentinck 468 38.4 −6.4
ConservativeStratford Canning 382 31.3 −3.8
WhigGeorge Keppel36930.3N/A
Majority131.0−14.0
Turnout75685.4+7.5
Registered electors885
Conservative holdSwing−6.4
Conservative holdSwing−3.8

Elections in the 1840s edit

General election 1841: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeStratford CanningUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge BentinckUnopposed
Registered electors1,144
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Canning resigned after being appointed the United Kingdom's ambassador to Turkey, causing a by-election.

By-election, 10 February 1842: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert JocelynUnopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeorge BentinckUnopposed
PeeliteRobert JocelynUnopposed
Registered electors1,157
Conservative hold
Peelite gain from Conservative

Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 December 1848: King's Lynn[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward StanleyUnopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s edit

General election 1852: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PeeliteRobert Jocelyn 641 40.3 N/A
ConservativeEdward Stanley 559 35.2 N/A
RadicalRobert Pashley[14][20][21]39024.5N/A
Majority16910.7N/A
Turnout990 (est)84.2 (est)N/A
Registered electors1,176
Peelite holdSwingN/A
Conservative holdSwingN/A

Jocelyn's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 16 September 1854: King's Lynn[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigJohn Henry GurneyUnopposed
Whig gain from Peelite
General election 1857: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward StanleyUnopposed
WhigJohn Henry GurneyUnopposed
Registered electors1,055
Conservative hold
Whig gain from Peelite

Stanley was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 4 March 1858: King's Lynn[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward StanleyUnopposed
Conservative hold

Stanley was appointed President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 5 June 1858: King's Lynn[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward StanleyUnopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1859: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward StanleyUnopposed
LiberalJohn Henry GurneyUnopposed
Registered electors1,019
Conservative hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s edit

General election 1865: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward Stanley 445 37.6 N/A
LiberalThomas Buxton 401 33.8 N/A
ConservativeFrederick Walpole[22]33928.6N/A
Turnout793 (est)93.1 (est)N/A
Registered electors852
Majority443.8N/A
Conservative holdSwingN/A
Majority625.2N/A
Liberal holdSwingN/A

Stanley was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1866: King's Lynn (1 seat)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward StanleyUnopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1868: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward Stanley 1,265 37.2 −0.4
ConservativeRobert Bourke 1,125 33.1 +4.5
LiberalThomas Buxton1,01229.7−4.1
Majority1133.4−0.4
Turnout2,207 (est)87.8 (est)−5.3
Registered electors2,514
Conservative holdSwing+0.8
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+3.3

Stanley succeed to the peerage, becoming 15th Earl of Derby and causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 December 1869: King's Lynn (1 seat)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeClaud Hamilton 1,051 50.5 −15.8
LiberalRichard Young[23]1,03249.5+15.8
Majority191.0−2.4
Turnout2,08382.9 (est)−4.9
Registered electors2,514
Conservative holdSwing−15.7

Elections in the 1870s edit

General election 1874: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Bourke 1,163 28.0 −5.1
ConservativeClaud Hamilton 1,093 26.3 −10.9
LiberalWilliam ffolkes99924.1+9.2
LiberalEdmond Wodehouse[24]89521.6+6.7
Majority942.2−1.2
Turnout2,075 (est)84.7 (est)−3.1
Registered electors2,450
Conservative holdSwing−7.2
Conservative holdSwing−8.8

Elections in the 1880s edit

General election 1880: King's Lynn (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWilliam ffolkes 1,286 26.3 +2.2
ConservativeRobert Bourke 1,257 25.7 −2.3
ConservativeClaud Hamilton1,19224.4−1.9
LiberalFrank Lockwood1,15123.6+2.0
Turnout2,443 (est)87.9 (est)+3.2
Registered electors2,779
Majority841.9N/A
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+2.1
Majority1062.1−0.1
Conservative holdSwing−2.2
  • representation reduced to one member
Sir William ffolkes
General election 1885: King's Lynn[25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Bourke 1,472 53.1 +3.0
LiberalWilliam ffolkes1,30246.9−3.0
Majority1706.2+4.1
Turnout2,77489.7+1.8 (est)
Registered electors3,094
Conservative holdSwing+3.0
General election 1886: King's Lynn[25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Bourke 1,417 55.3 +2.2
LiberalJohn Briscoe1,14644.7−2.2
Majority27110.6+4.4
Turnout2,56382.8−6.9
Registered electors3,094
Conservative holdSwing+2.2

Bourke's resignation on appointment as Governor of Madras caused a by-election.

By-election, 25 Aug 1886: King's Lynn[25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWeston Jarvis 1,423 54.9 −0.4
LiberalJames Harris Sanders[26]1,16845.1+0.4
Majority2559.8−0.8
Turnout2,59183.7+0.9
Registered electors3,094
Conservative holdSwing−0.4

Elections in the 1890s edit

General election 1892: King's Lynn [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeThomas Gibson Bowles 1,319 50.2 −5.1
LiberalThomas R. Kemp1,30849.8+5.1
Majority110.4−10.2
Turnout2,62788.5+5.7
Registered electors2,970
Conservative holdSwing−5.1
Beaumont
General election 1895: King's Lynn [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeThomas Gibson Bowles 1,395 51.3 +1.1
LiberalHubert Beaumont1,32648.7−1.1
Majority692.6+2.2
Turnout2,72191.3+2.8
Registered electors2,979
Conservative holdSwing+1.1

Elections in the 1900s edit

General election 1900: King's Lynn [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeThomas Gibson Bowles 1,499 52.9 +1.6
LiberalHandel Booth1,33247.1−1.6
Majority1675.8+3.2
Turnout2,83188.2−3.1
Registered electors3,209
Conservative holdSwing+1.6
C. W. Bellairs
General election 1906: King's Lynn [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalCarlyon Bellairs 1,506 43.8 −3.3
Ind. ConservativeThomas Gibson Bowles1,16433.8New
ConservativeAlan Burgoyne77222.4−30.5
Majority34210.0N/A
Turnout3,44293.2+5.0
Registered electors3,692
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+13.6

Elections in the 1910s edit

General election January 1910: King's Lynn [27][28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalThomas Gibson Bowles 1,900 53.7 +9.9
ConservativeEdward Cadogan1,63846.3+23.9
Majority2627.4−2.6
Turnout3,53894.2+1.0
Registered electors3,755
Liberal holdSwing−7.0
General election December 1910: King's Lynn [27][28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHolcombe Ingleby 1,765 51.4 +5.1
LiberalThomas Gibson Bowles1,66848.6−5.1
Majority972.8N/A
Turnout3,43391.4−2.8
Registered electors3,755
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+5.1

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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CUnionistNeville Jodrell10,14650.9−0.5
LabourRobert Barrie Walker9,78049.1New
Majority3661.8−1.0
Turnout19,92659.7−31.7
Registered electors33,349
Unionist holdSwing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s edit

General election 1922: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistNeville Jodrell 9,862 37.2 −13.7
LabourRobert Barrie Walker8,68332.7−16.4
LiberalGraham Woodwark7,97030.1New
Majority1,1794.5+2.7
Turnout26,51575.5+15.8
Registered electors35,131
Unionist holdSwing+1.4
General election 1923: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalGraham Woodwark 9,943 38.7 +8.6
UnionistNeville Jodrell9,26636.1−1.1
LabourJohn Stevenson6,48825.2−6.5
Majority6772.6N/A
Turnout25,69771.9−3.6
Registered electors35,754
Liberal gain from UnionistSwing+4.9
General election 1924: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistMaurice Roche 11,710 41.6 +5.5
LiberalGraham Woodwark9,18432.6−6.1
LabourJohn Stevenson7,28025.8+0.6
Majority2,5269.0N/A
Turnout28,71477.6+5.7
Registered electors36,289
Unionist gain from LiberalSwing+5.8
General election 1929: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UnionistMaurice Roche 14,501 40.7 −0.9
LiberalWilliam Bertram Mitford10,80630.3−2.3
LabourJohn Maynard10,35629.0+3.2
Majority3,69510.4+1.4
Turnout35,66379.1+1.5
Registered electors45,103
Unionist holdSwing+0.7

Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1931: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMaurice Roche 23,687 70.2 +29.5
LabourDavid Freeman10,05429.8+0.8
Majority13,63340.4+30.0
Turnout33,74172.6−6.5
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1935: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSomerset Maxwell 17,492 50.0 −20.2
LabourF Emerson12,06234.5+4.7
LiberalFrank Ongley Darvall5,41815.5New
Majority5,43015.5−24.9
Turnout34,97271.7−0.9
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1940s edit

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

1943 King's Lynn by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdmund Roche 10,696 54.2 +4.2
Independent LabourFrederick Wise9,02745.8New
Majority1,6698.4−7.1
Turnout9,72339.8−31.9
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1945: King's Lynn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourFrederick Wise 18,202 48.7 +14.2
ConservativeDonald McCullough14,92839.9−10.1
LiberalAlexander Peckover Doyle Penrose3,79610.2−5.3
IndependentGeoffrey Bowles4441.2New
Majority3,2748.8N/A
Turnout37,37073.3+1.6
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing

Elections in the 1950s edit

General election 1950: King's Lynn[29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourFrederick Wise 19,399 45.33 −3.37
ConservativeRonald Scott-Miller19,12944.70+4.80
LiberalRichard Arden Winch4,2669.97−0.23
Majority2700.63−8.17
Turnout42,79483.84+10.54
Registered electors51,043
Labour holdSwing−4.09
General election 1951: King's Lynn[30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRonald Scott-Miller 21,954 51.09 +6.39
LabourFrederick Wise21,01748.91+3.58
Majority9372.18N/A
Turnout42,79182.77−1.07
Registered electors51,914
Conservative gain from LabourSwing+1.41
General election 1955: King's Lynn[31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRonald Scott-Miller 20,949 51.65 +0.56
LabourHugh Lawson19,61148.35−0.56
Majority1,3383.30+1.12
Turnout40,56078.20−4.57
Registered electors51,867
Conservative holdSwing+0.56
General election 1959: King's Lynn[32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDenys Bullard 21,671 52.12 +0.47
LabourColin Jackson19,90647.88−0.47
Majority1,7654.24+0.94
Turnout41,57779.76+1.56
Registered electors52,125
Conservative holdSwing+0.47

Elections in the 1960s edit

General election 1964: King's Lynn[33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDerek Page 21,460 50.12 +2.24
ConservativeDenys Bullard21,35649.88−2.24
Majority1040.24N/A
Turnout42,81680.50+0.74
Registered electors53,186
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing+2.24
General election 1966: King's Lynn[34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDerek Page 23,324 52.26 +2.14
ConservativeDenys Bullard21,30547.74−2.14
Majority2,0194.52+4.28
Turnout44,62982.90+2.40
Registered electors53,832
Labour holdSwing+2.14

Elections in the 1970s edit

General election 1970: King's Lynn[35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeChristopher Brocklebank-Fowler 23,822 50.03 +2.29
LabourDerek Page23,78949.97−2.29
Majority330.06N/A
Turnout47,61178.23−4.67
Registered electors60.857
Conservative gain from LabourSwing+2.29

References edit

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  8. ^ Salisbury had been a peer, sitting in the House of Lords, since 1612, but became eligible to sit in the Commons after the House of Lords was abolished
  9. ^ Desborough was also elected for Somerset
  10. ^ Walpole was expelled from the House of Commons in January 1712 for "a high Breach of trust and notorious corruption". He was re-elected at the ensuing by-election, but the Commons resolved that having been expelled he was not capable of being re-elected to the House in the same session. Rather than awarding the election to his opponent, the election was declared void and a new writ was issued.
  11. ^ Styled Lord Walpole from 1806
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  17. ^ Styled Lord Stanley from 1851
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  23. ^ "King's Lynn". Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 4 December 1869. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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