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Great Yarmouth — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Great Yarmouth was won by Reform UK at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 1,426 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Great Yarmouth from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Charles Edmund Rumbold (Whig); George Anson (Whig) 828 34.7% (top seat) Andrew Colvile (Conservative) 78 (3.2 pts) 71.7%
1835 Thomas Baring (Conservative); Winthrop Mackworth Pread (Conservative) 768 26.7% (top seat) George Anson (Whig) 88 (3.0 pts) 89.6%
1837 Charles Edmund Rumbold (Whig); William Wilshere (Whig) 779 26.8% (top seat) Thomas Baring (Conservative) 80 (2.7 pts) 84.9%
1841 William Wilshere (Whig); Charles Edmund Rumbold (Whig) 943 32.8% (top seat) Thomas Baring (Conservative) 442 (15.3 pts) 74.7%
1847 Arthur Lennox (Conservative); Octavius Edward Coope (Conservative) 813 27.1% (top seat) Charles Edmund Rumbold (Whig) 84 (2.7 pts) 81.9%
1852 Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon (Conservative); Charles Edmund Rumbold (Whig) 547 28.2% (top seat) William Torrens McCullagh (Independent Liberal) 26 (1.2 pts) 86.7%
1857 William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (Independent Liberal); Edward William Watkin (Radical) 590 28.1% (top seat) Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon (Conservative) 69 (3.2 pts) 83.0%
1859 Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon (Conservative); Henry Josias Stracey (Conservative) 659 28.4% (top seat) Edward William Watkin (Liberal) 91 (3.7 pts) 92.8%
1865 Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon (Conservative); James Goodson (Conservative) 784 29.2% (top seat) Alexander Brogden (Liberal) 150 (5.3 pts) 86.2%
1885 Henry Whatley Tyler (Conservative) 2,661 51.9% Cecil William Norton (Liberal) 195 (3.8 pts) 73.8%
1886 Henry Whatley Tyler (Conservative) 2,977 59.7% Cecil William Norton (Liberal) 966 (19.4 pts) 71.8%
1892 James Marshall Moorsom (Liberal) 2,972 52.4% Henry Whatley Tyler (Conservative) 268 (4.7 pts) 71.4%
1895 John Charles Ready Colomb (Conservative) 3,528 54.9% James Marshall Moorsom (Liberal) 635 (9.9 pts) 78.9%
1900 John Charles Ready Colomb (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Arthur Fell (Conservative) 4,071 51.5% James Martin White (Liberal) 236 (3.0 pts) 86.2%
Jan 1910 Arthur Fell (Conservative) 4,459 52.7% James Edward Platt (Liberal) 461 (5.5 pts) 88.4%
Dec 1910 Arthur Fell (Conservative) 4,210 52.3% James Edward Platt (Liberal) 373 (4.6 pts) 84.1%
1918 Arthur Fell (Unionist) 6,741 46.7% Havelock Wilson (Liberal) 1,007 (7.0 pts) 58.8%
1922 Arthur Harbord (Liberal) 9,836 46.1% Chichester de Windt Crookshank (Unionist) 919 (4.3 pts) 79.0%
1923 Arthur Harbord (Liberal) 11,416 51.8% James Allan Horne (Unionist) 2,924 (13.3 pts) 79.2%
1924 Frank Cecil Meyer (Unionist) 10,273 45.2% Arthur Harbord (Liberal) 1,071 (4.7 pts) 79.9%
1929 Arthur Harbord (Liberal) 13,147 43.7% Frank Cecil Meyer (Unionist) 1,577 (5.2 pts) 83.1%
1931 Arthur Harbord (National Liberal) 21,008 78.6% John Hanbury Martin (Labour) 15,273 (57.1 pts) 72.1%
1935 Arthur Harbord (National Liberal) 16,998 59.3% John Lewis (Labour) 5,340 (18.6 pts) 76.4%
1945 Ernest Kinghorn (Labour) 10,079 55.8% Percy William Jewson (National Liberal) 2,105 (11.7 pts) 69.6%
Feb 1974 Anthony Fell (Conservative) 24,711 43.3% Patricia Hollis (Labour) 4,937 (8.7 pts) 81.2%
Oct 1974 Anthony Fell (Conservative) 22,573 43.3% Patricia Hollis (Labour) 2,260 (4.3 pts) 73.7%
1979 Anthony Fell (Conservative) 28,066 50.4% Patricia Hollis (Labour) 7,228 (13.0 pts) 77.1%
1983 Michael Carttiss (Conservative) 22,423 50.4% Owen Alfred Lloyd (Labour) 11,200 (25.2 pts) 70.8%
1987 Michael Carttiss (Conservative) 25,336 51.7% John Cannell (Labour) 10,083 (20.6 pts) 74.5%
1992 Michael Carttiss (Conservative) 25,505 47.9% Barbara Baughan (Labour) 5,309 (10.0 pts) 77.9%
1997 Tony Wright (Labour) 26,084 53.4% Michael Carttiss (Conservative) 8,668 (17.7 pts) 71.2%
2001 Tony Wright (Labour) 20,344 50.4% Charles Reynolds (Conservative) 4,564 (11.3 pts) 52.1%
2005 Tony Wright (Labour) 18,850 45.6% Mark Fox (Conservative) 3,055 (7.4 pts) 60.1%
2010 Brandon Lewis (Conservative) 18,571 43.1% Anthony Wright (Labour) 4,276 (9.9 pts) 61.4%
2015 Brandon Lewis (Conservative) 19,089 42.9% Lara Norris (Labour) 6,154 (13.8 pts) 63.9%
2017 Brandon Lewis (Conservative) 23,901 54.1% Mike Smith-Clare (Labour) 7,973 (18.1 pts) 62.1%
2019 Brandon Lewis (Conservative) 28,593 65.8% Mike Smith-Clare (Labour) 17,663 (40.6 pts) 60.6%
2024 Rupert Lowe (Reform UK) 14,385 35.3% Keir Cozens (Labour) 1,426 (3.5 pts) 55.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edmund Rumbold Whig 83734.7% Yes
George Anson Whig 82834.3% Yes
Andrew Colvile Conservative 75031.1% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Baring Conservative 77226.7% Yes
Winthrop Mackworth Pread Conservative 76826.5% Yes
George Anson Whig 68023.5% No
Charles Edmund Rumbold Whig 67523.3% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edmund Rumbold Whig 79026.8% Yes
William Wilshere Whig 77926.4% Yes
Thomas Baring Conservative 69923.7% No
Charles Gambier Conservative 68523.2% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Wilshere Whig 94532.8% Yes
Charles Edmund Rumbold Whig 94332.7% Yes
Thomas Baring Conservative 50117.4% No
Joseph Somes Conservative 49417.1% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Lennox Conservative 83427.1% Yes
Octavius Edward Coope Conservative 81326.4% Yes
Charles Edmund Rumbold Whig 72923.7% No
Francis Henry Goldsmid Whig 69822.7% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon Conservative 61128.2% Yes
Charles Edmund Rumbold Whig 54725.3% Yes
William Torrens McCullagh Independent Liberal 52124.1% No
Charles John Napier Radical 48622.4% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Torrens McCullagh Torrens Independent Liberal 60928.1% Yes
Edward William Watkin Radical 59027.2% Yes
Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon Conservative 52124.0% No
Charles Smyth Vereker Conservative 45120.8% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon Conservative 69928.4% Yes
Henry Josias Stracey Conservative 65926.8% Yes
Edward William Watkin Liberal 56823.1% No
Adolphus William Young Liberal 53621.8% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon Conservative 82829.2% Yes
James Goodson Conservative 78427.7% Yes
Alexander Brogden Liberal 63422.4% No
Philip Vanderbyl Liberal 58920.8% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Whatley Tyler Conservative 2,66151.9% Yes
Cecil William Norton Liberal 2,46648.1% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Whatley Tyler Conservative 2,97759.7% Yes
Cecil William Norton Liberal 2,01140.3% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Marshall Moorsom Liberal 2,97252.4% Yes
Henry Whatley Tyler Conservative 2,70447.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Ready Colomb Conservative 3,52854.9% Yes
James Marshall Moorsom Liberal 2,89345.1% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Ready Colomb Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Fell Conservative 4,07151.5% Yes
James Martin White Liberal 3,83548.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Fell Conservative 4,45952.7% Yes
James Edward Platt Liberal 3,99847.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Fell Conservative 4,21052.3% Yes
James Edward Platt Liberal 3,83747.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Fell Unionist 6,74146.7% Yes
Havelock Wilson Liberal 5,73439.7% No
William McConnell Labour 1,84812.8% No
William Dawson Independent 1250.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harbord Liberal 9,83646.1% Yes
Chichester de Windt Crookshank Unionist 8,91741.8% No
Arthur Whiting Labour 2,57412.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harbord Liberal 11,41651.8% Yes
James Allan Horne Unionist 8,49238.5% No
Albert Wrigley Labour 2,1389.7% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Cecil Meyer Unionist 10,27345.2% Yes
Arthur Harbord Liberal 9,20240.5% No
Thomas George Tyler Labour 3,26414.4% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harbord Liberal 13,14743.7% Yes
Frank Cecil Meyer Unionist 11,57038.5% No
George Francis Johnson Labour 5,34717.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harbord National Liberal 21,00878.6% Yes
John Hanbury Martin Labour 5,73521.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harbord National Liberal 16,99859.3% Yes
John Lewis Labour 11,65840.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Kinghorn Labour 10,07955.8% Yes
Percy William Jewson National Liberal 7,97444.2% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Fell Conservative 24,71143.3% Yes
Patricia Hollis Labour 19,77434.7% No
Peter Royston Coleby Liberal 12,52422.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Fell Conservative 22,57343.3% Yes
Patricia Hollis Labour 20,31339.0% No
Peter Royston Coleby Liberal 9,25017.7% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Fell Conservative 28,06650.4% Yes
Patricia Hollis Labour 20,83837.4% No
Eric David Minett Liberal 6,11211.0% No
Thomas Frank Holmes National Front 6401.1% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Carttiss Conservative 22,42350.4% Yes
Owen Alfred Lloyd Labour 11,22325.2% No
Eric David Minett Liberal 10,80324.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Carttiss Conservative 25,33651.7% Yes
John Cannell Labour 15,25331.1% No
Stuart Dempster Maxwell Social Democratic Party 8,38717.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Carttiss Conservative 25,50547.9% Yes
Barbara Baughan Labour 20,19638.0% No
Malcolm Scott Liberal Democrat 7,22513.6% No
Philomena Larkin Natural Law 2840.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Wright Labour 26,08453.4% Yes
Michael Carttiss Conservative 17,41635.6% No
Derek Wood Liberal Democrat 5,38111.0% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Wright Labour 20,34450.4% Yes
Charles Reynolds Conservative 15,78039.1% No
Maurice Leeke Liberal Democrat 3,3928.4% No
Bertie Poole UKIP 8502.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Wright Labour 18,85045.6% Yes
Mark Fox Conservative 15,79538.2% No
Stephen Newton Liberal Democrat 4,58511.1% No
Bertie Poole UKIP 1,7594.3% No
Michael Skipper Legalise Cannabis 3890.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brandon Lewis Conservative 18,57143.1% Yes
Anthony Wright Labour 14,29533.2% No
Simon Partridge Liberal Democrat 6,18814.4% No
Alan Baugh UKIP 2,0664.8% No
Bosco Tann BNP 1,4213.3% No
Laura Biggart Green 4161.0% No
Margaret Morris Matriarchal Party United Kingdom Great Britain 1000.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brandon Lewis Conservative 19,08942.9% Yes
Lara Norris Labour 12,93529.1% No
Alan Grey UKIP 10,27023.1% No
James Joyce Liberal Democrat 1,0302.3% No
Harry Webb Green 9782.2% No
Sam Townley Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 1670.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brandon Lewis Conservative 23,90154.1% Yes
Mike Smith-Clare Labour 15,92836.1% No
Catherine Blaiklock UKIP 2,7676.3% No
James Joyce Liberal Democrat 9872.2% No
Harry Webb Green 5631.3% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Brandon Lewis Conservative 28,59365.8% Yes
Mike Smith-Clare Labour 10,93025.1% No
James Joyce Liberal Democrat 1,6613.8% No
Anne Killett Green 1,0642.4% No
Dave Harding Veterans and People's Party 6311.5% No
Adrian Myers Independent 4291.0% No
Margaret McMahon-Morris Independent 1540.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert Lowe Reform UK 14,38535.3% Yes
Keir Cozens Labour 12,95931.8% No
James Clark Conservative 10,03424.6% No
Trevor Rawson Green 1,7364.3% No
Fionna Tod Liberal Democrat 1,1022.7% No
Paul Brown Independent 2300.6% No
Catherine Blaiklock English Democrats 1710.4% No
Clare Roullier Independent 1310.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 3.2 pts 1835: Conservative margin 3.0 pts 1837: Whig margin 2.7 pts 1841: Whig margin 15.3 pts 1847: Conservative margin 2.7 pts 1852: Conservative margin 1.2 pts 1857: Independent Liberal margin 3.2 pts 1859: Conservative margin 3.7 pts 1865: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1885: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 19.4 pts 1892: Liberal margin 4.7 pts 1895: Conservative margin 9.9 pts 1906: Conservative margin 3.0 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 5.5 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 1918: Unionist margin 7.0 pts 1922: Liberal margin 4.3 pts 1923: Liberal margin 13.3 pts 1924: Unionist margin 4.7 pts 1929: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1931: National Liberal margin 57.1 pts 1935: National Liberal margin 18.6 pts 1945: Labour margin 11.7 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 8.7 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 4.3 pts 1979: Conservative margin 13.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 25.2 pts 1987: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 1992: Conservative margin 10.0 pts 1997: Labour margin 17.7 pts 2001: Labour margin 11.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 7.4 pts 2010: Conservative margin 9.9 pts 2015: Conservative margin 13.8 pts 2017: Conservative margin 18.1 pts 2019: Conservative margin 40.6 pts 2024: Reform UK margin 3.5 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Great Yarmouth has been contested at 39 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Independent Liberal, Radical, Liberal, Unionist, National Liberal, Labour, Reform UK.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Great Yarmouth in the 2024 general election?

Reform UK won Great Yarmouth in 2024 with 14,385 votes (35.3%), a majority of 1,426 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Great Yarmouth since 1832?

Since 1832, Great Yarmouth has been won by: Conservative, Independent Liberal, Labour, Liberal, National Liberal, Radical, Reform UK, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Great Yarmouth?

The closest result on record for Great Yarmouth was 1852, when Conservative beat Independent Liberal by just 26 votes (1.2 percentage points).

Did Great Yarmouth ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Great Yarmouth elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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