King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk represented continually in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1298 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1974
King's Lynn
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–February 1974
Number of members
one
Replaced by
North West Norfolk
1298–1918
Number of members
two (1298–1885), one (1885–1918)
Type of constituency
Borough constituency
History
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
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 in the Rural District of Downham the parishes of Wiggenhall St Germans, Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, and Wiggenhall St Peter.[1]
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.[2]
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
MPs before 1640
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General election January 1910: King's Lynn [26][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Thomas Gibson Bowles
1,900
53.7
+9.9
Conservative
Edward Cadogan
1,638
46.3
+23.9
Majority
262
7.4
−2.6
Turnout
3,538
94.2
+1.0
Registered electors
3,755
Liberal hold
Swing
−7.0
General election December 1910: King's Lynn [26][27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Holcombe Ingleby
1,765
51.4
+5.1
Liberal
Thomas Gibson Bowles
1,668
48.6
−5.1
Majority
97
2.8
N/A
Turnout
3,433
91.4
−2.8
Registered electors
3,755
Conservative gain from Liberal
Swing
+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;
Unionist: Holcombe Ingleby
Liberal:
General election 1918: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
C
Unionist
Neville Jodrell
10,146
50.9
−0.5
Labour
Robert Barrie Walker
9,780
49.1
New
Majority
366
1.8
−1.0
Turnout
19,926
59.7
−31.7
Registered electors
33,349
Unionist hold
Swing
N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Neville Jodrell
9,862
37.2
−13.7
Labour
Robert Barrie Walker
8,683
32.7
−16.4
Liberal
Graham Woodwark
7,970
30.1
New
Majority
1,179
4.5
+2.7
Turnout
26,515
75.5
+15.8
Registered electors
35,131
Unionist hold
Swing
+1.4
General election 1923: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Graham Woodwark
9,943
38.7
+8.6
Unionist
Neville Jodrell
9,266
36.1
−1.1
Labour
John Stevenson
6,488
25.2
−6.5
Majority
677
2.6
N/A
Turnout
25,697
71.9
−3.6
Registered electors
35,754
Liberal gain from Unionist
Swing
+4.9
General election 1924: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Maurice Roche
11,710
41.6
+5.5
Liberal
Graham Woodwark
9,184
32.6
−6.1
Labour
John Stevenson
7,280
25.8
+0.6
Majority
2,526
9.0
N/A
Turnout
28,714
77.6
+5.7
Registered electors
36,289
Unionist gain from Liberal
Swing
+5.8
General election 1929: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Unionist
Maurice Roche
14,501
40.7
−0.9
Liberal
William Bertram Mitford
10,806
30.3
−2.3
Labour
John Maynard
10,356
29.0
+3.2
Majority
3,695
10.4
+1.4
Turnout
35,663
79.1
+1.5
Registered electors
45,103
Unionist hold
Swing
+0.7
Elections in the 1930s
General election 1931: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Maurice Roche
23,687
70.2
+29.5
Labour
David Freeman
10,054
29.8
−0.2
Majority
13,633
40.4
+30.0
Turnout
33,741
72.6
−6.5
Conservative hold
Swing
General election 1935: King's Lynn
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Somerset Maxwell
17,492
50.0
−20.2
Labour
F Emerson
12,062
34.5
+4.7
Liberal
Frank Ongley Darvall
5,418
15.5
New
Majority
5,430
15.5
−24.9
Turnout
34,972
71.7
−0.9
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1940s
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;
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
Desborough was also elected for Somerset
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.
Styled Lord Walpole from 1806
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