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South Norfolk — UK General Election Results

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

South Norfolk was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 2,826 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in South Norfolk from 1868 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, 1868–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1868 Clare Sewell Read (Conservative); Edward Howes (Conservative) 3,053 39.6% (top seat) Henry Lombard Hudson (Liberal) 1,374 (17.5 pts) 50.8%
1874 Clare Sewell Read (Conservative); Robert Jacob Buxton (Conservative) 3,010 35.5% (top seat) Robert Thornhagh Gurdon (Liberal) 311 (3.5 pts) 57.7%
1880 Robert Jacob Buxton (Conservative); Robert Thornhagh Gurdon (Liberal) 2,906 33.4% (top seat) Clare Sewell Read (Conservative) 1 (0.0 pts) 58.9%
1885 Francis Taylor (Liberal) 4,530 55.8% Robert Jacob Buxton (Conservative) 942 (11.6 pts) 80.1%
1886 Francis Taylor (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Francis Taylor (Liberal Unionist) 4,288 54.8% Arthur George Kitching (Liberal) 753 (9.6 pts) 88.4%
1895 Francis Taylor (Liberal Unionist) 4,281 55.4% Thomas Hamer Dolbey (Liberal) 836 (10.8 pts) 78.5%
1900 Arthur Wellesley Soames (Liberal) 3,986 52.8% Edward Mann (Conservative) 420 (5.6 pts) 78.2%
1906 Arthur Wellesley Soames (Liberal) 4,677 57.1% Edward Mann (Conservative) 1,158 (14.1 pts) 85.0%
Jan 1910 Arthur Wellesley Soames (Liberal) 4,781 56.4% Edmund Roger Allday Kerrison (Conservative) 1,087 (12.8 pts) 86.7%
Dec 1910 Arthur Wellesley Soames (Liberal) 4,740 59.6% Sutton Timmis (Conservative) 1,528 (19.2 pts) 81.3%
1918 William Hepburn Cozens-Hardy (Liberal) 11,755 64.3% George Edwards (Labour) 5,219 (28.5 pts) 55.8%
1922 Thomas William Hay (Unionist) 12,734 55.6% George Edwards (Labour) 2,575 (11.2 pts) 70.8%
1923 George Edwards (Labour) 11,682 51.9% Thomas William Hay (Unionist) 861 (3.8 pts) 68.3%
1924 James Archibald Christie (Unionist) 14,189 55.5% George Edwards (Labour) 2,813 (11.0 pts) 76.5%
1929 James Archibald Christie (Unionist) 12,978 42.0% George Young (Labour) 2,292 (7.4 pts) 76.0%
1931 James Archibald Christie (Conservative) 21,195 65.5% Edwin George Gooch (Labour) 10,047 (31.1 pts) 77.8%
1935 James Archibald Christie (Conservative) 18,420 57.9% Colin Grant Clark (Labour) 5,011 (15.7 pts) 73.5%
1945 Christopher Paget Mayhew (Labour) 16,825 50.3% John Sandeman Allen (Conservative) 5,963 (17.8 pts) 69.0%
1950 Peter Arthur David Baker (Conservative) 18,143 50.5% Christopher Paget Mayhew (Labour) 2,429 (6.8 pts) 83.6%
1951 Peter Arthur David Baker (Conservative) 19,610 54.5% Lynton Scutts (Labour) 3,239 (9.0 pts) 82.4%
1955 John Edward Bernard Hill (Conservative) 18,690 52.1% John MacLennan Stewart (Labour) 1,475 (4.1 pts) 81.8%
1959 John Edward Bernard Hill (Conservative) 19,275 53.8% John MacLennan Stewart (Labour) 2,733 (7.6 pts) 82.4%
1964 John Edward Bernard Hill (Conservative) 17,178 46.4% Frank Robert Thompson (Labour) 2,166 (5.9 pts) 82.7%
1966 John Edward Bernard Hill (Conservative) 16,968 44.8% Geoffrey Bennett (Labour) 119 (0.3 pts) 81.4%
1970 John Edward Bernard Hill (Conservative) 22,614 51.9% Cyril Shaw (Labour) 5,442 (12.5 pts) 78.6%
Oct 1974 John MacGregor (Conservative) 31,478 45.5% Hugh Gray (Labour) 8,765 (12.7 pts) 76.2%
Feb 1974 John MacGregor (Conservative) 33,059 44.3% Ronald George Truman (Labour) 11,019 (14.8 pts) 82.8%
1979 John MacGregor (Conservative) 42,792 54.5% Paul John Davies (Labour) 19,037 (24.2 pts) 78.3%
1983 John MacGregor (Conservative) 30,747 54.2% Richard Anthony Patrick Carden (Liberal) 12,135 (21.4 pts) 77.2%
1987 John MacGregor (Conservative) 33,912 53.4% Richard Anthony Patrick Carden (Liberal) 12,418 (19.6 pts) 81.0%
1992 John MacGregor (Conservative) 36,081 52.6% Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler (Liberal Democrat) 17,565 (25.6 pts) 84.0%
1997 John MacGregor (Conservative) 24,935 40.2% Barbara Hacker (Liberal Democrat) 7,378 (11.9 pts) 78.4%
2001 Richard Bacon (Conservative) 23,589 42.2% Anne Lee (Liberal Democrat) 6,893 (12.3 pts) 67.6%
2005 Richard Bacon (Conservative) 26,399 44.8% Ian Mack (Liberal Democrat) 8,782 (14.9 pts) 68.7%
2010 Richard Bacon (Conservative) 27,133 49.3% Jacqueline Howe (Liberal Democrat) 10,940 (19.9 pts) 72.3%
2015 Richard Bacon (Conservative) 30,995 54.3% Deborah Sacks (Labour) 20,493 (35.9 pts) 71.0%
2017 Richard Bacon (Conservative) 35,580 58.2% Danielle Glavin (Labour) 16,678 (27.3 pts) 73.8%
2019 Richard Bacon (Conservative) 36,258 58.0% Beth Jones (Labour) 21,275 (34.1 pts) 72.8%
2024 Ben Goldsborough (Labour) 17,353 35.0% Poppy Simister-Thomas (Conservative) 2,826 (5.7 pts) 67.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clare Sewell Read Conservative 3,09739.6% Yes
Edward Howes Conservative 3,05339.0% Yes
Henry Lombard Hudson Liberal 1,67921.4% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clare Sewell Read Conservative 3,14635.5% Yes
Robert Jacob Buxton Conservative 3,01034.0% Yes
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon Liberal 2,69930.5% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Jacob Buxton Conservative 2,91733.4% Yes
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon Liberal 2,90633.3% Yes
Clare Sewell Read Conservative 2,90533.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Taylor Liberal 4,53055.8% Yes
Robert Jacob Buxton Conservative 3,58844.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Taylor Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Taylor Liberal Unionist 4,28854.8% Yes
Arthur George Kitching Liberal 3,53545.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Taylor Liberal Unionist 4,28155.4% Yes
Thomas Hamer Dolbey Liberal 3,44544.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Wellesley Soames Liberal 3,98652.8% Yes
Edward Mann Conservative 3,56647.2% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Wellesley Soames Liberal 4,67757.1% Yes
Edward Mann Conservative 3,51942.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Wellesley Soames Liberal 4,78156.4% Yes
Edmund Roger Allday Kerrison Conservative 3,69443.6% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Wellesley Soames Liberal 4,74059.6% Yes
Sutton Timmis Conservative 3,21240.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Hepburn Cozens-Hardy Liberal 11,75564.3% Yes
George Edwards Labour 6,53635.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas William Hay Unionist 12,73455.6% Yes
George Edwards Labour 10,15944.4% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Edwards Labour 11,68251.9% Yes
Thomas William Hay Unionist 10,82148.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Archibald Christie Unionist 14,18955.5% Yes
George Edwards Labour 11,37644.5% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Archibald Christie Unionist 12,97842.0% Yes
George Young Labour 10,68634.5% No
Ieuan Watkins-Evans Liberal 7,26823.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Archibald Christie Conservative 21,19565.5% Yes
Edwin George Gooch Labour 11,14834.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Archibald Christie Conservative 18,42057.9% Yes
Colin Grant Clark Labour 13,40942.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Paget Mayhew Labour 16,82550.3% Yes
John Sandeman Allen Conservative 10,86232.5% No
Holt Wilson Independent Conservative 5,76117.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Arthur David Baker Conservative 18,14350.5% Yes
Christopher Paget Mayhew Labour 15,71443.7% No
George Bryant Liberal 2,0975.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Arthur David Baker Conservative 19,61054.5% Yes
Lynton Scutts Labour 16,37145.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edward Bernard Hill Conservative 18,69052.1% Yes
John MacLennan Stewart Labour 17,21547.9% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edward Bernard Hill Conservative 19,27553.8% Yes
John MacLennan Stewart Labour 16,54246.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edward Bernard Hill Conservative 17,17846.4% Yes
Frank Robert Thompson Labour 15,01240.6% No
Barry Horace Page Turner Liberal 4,81913.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edward Bernard Hill Conservative 16,96844.8% Yes
Geoffrey Bennett Labour 16,84944.5% No
Robert Crouch Liberal 4,07910.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edward Bernard Hill Conservative 22,61451.9% Yes
Cyril Shaw Labour 17,17239.4% No
Basil Goldstone Liberal 3,8118.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 31,47845.5% Yes
Hugh Gray Labour 22,71332.8% No
Malcolm John Scott Liberal 14,68721.2% No
Christopher Charles Fairhead United Democratic 3170.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 33,05944.3% Yes
Ronald George Truman Labour 22,04029.6% No
Malcolm John Scott Liberal 19,11525.6% No
Christopher Charles Fairhead Independent Progressive 3370.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 42,79254.5% Yes
Paul John Davies Labour 23,75530.2% No
Jonathan Bristol Liberal 11,99015.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 30,74754.2% Yes
Richard Anthony Patrick Carden Liberal 18,61232.8% No
Hayes Alan Holzer Labour 7,40813.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 33,91253.4% Yes
Richard Anthony Patrick Carden Liberal 21,49433.9% No
Lloyd Richard Addison Labour 8,04712.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 36,08152.6% Yes
Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler Liberal Democrat 18,51627.0% No
Clive John Needle Labour 12,42218.1% No
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht Green 7021.0% No
Neil Henry Clark Natural Law 3200.5% No
Roger William Peacock Independent 3040.4% No
Roger Graeme Watkins Independent 2320.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John MacGregor Conservative 24,93540.2% Yes
Barbara Hacker Liberal Democrat 17,55728.3% No
Jane Ross Labour 16,18826.1% No
Patricia Bateson Referendum Party 2,5334.1% No
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknecht Green 4840.8% No
Anthony Boddy UKIP 4000.6% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Bacon Conservative 23,58942.2% Yes
Anne Lee Liberal Democrat 16,69629.9% No
Mark Wells Labour 13,71924.5% No
Stephanie Ross-Wagenknect Green 1,0691.9% No
Joe Neal UKIP 8561.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Bacon Conservative 26,39944.8% Yes
Ian Mack Liberal Democrat 17,61729.9% No
John Morgan Labour 13,26222.5% No
Philip Tye UKIP 1,6962.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Bacon Conservative 27,13349.3% Yes
Jacqueline Howe Liberal Democrat 16,19329.4% No
Mick Castle Labour 7,25213.2% No
Evan Heasley UKIP 2,3294.2% No
Helen Mitchell BNP 1,0862.0% No
Jo Willcott Green 1,0001.8% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Bacon Conservative 30,99554.3% Yes
Deborah Sacks Labour 10,50218.4% No
Barry Cameron UKIP 7,84713.7% No
Jacqueline Howe Liberal Democrat 4,6898.2% No
Catherine Rowett Green 3,0905.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Bacon Conservative 35,58058.2% Yes
Danielle Glavin Labour 18,90230.9% No
Christopher Brown Liberal Democrat 5,0748.3% No
Catherine Rowett Green 1,5552.5% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Bacon Conservative 36,25858.0% Yes
Beth Jones Labour 14,98324.0% No
Chris Brown Liberal Democrat 8,74414.0% No
Ben Price Green 2,4994.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ben Goldsborough Labour 17,35335.0% Yes
Poppy Simister-Thomas Conservative 14,52729.3% No
Chris Harrison Reform UK 7,58315.3% No
Christopher Brown Liberal Democrat 5,74611.6% No
Catherine Rowett Green 3,9878.0% No
Paco Davila Independent 2540.5% No
Jason Maguire Social Democratic Party 1290.3% No

Margin Over Time

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

1868: Conservative margin 17.5 pts 1874: Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1880: Conservative margin 0.0 pts 1885: Liberal margin 11.6 pts 1892: Liberal Unionist margin 9.6 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 10.8 pts 1900: Liberal margin 5.6 pts 1906: Liberal margin 14.1 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 12.8 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 19.2 pts 1918: Liberal margin 28.5 pts 1922: Unionist margin 11.2 pts 1923: Labour margin 3.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 11.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 7.4 pts 1931: Conservative margin 31.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 15.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 17.8 pts 1950: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1951: Conservative margin 9.0 pts 1955: Conservative margin 4.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1964: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 0.3 pts 1970: Conservative margin 12.5 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 12.7 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 14.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 24.2 pts 1983: Conservative margin 21.4 pts 1987: Conservative margin 19.6 pts 1992: Conservative margin 25.6 pts 1997: Conservative margin 11.9 pts 2001: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 2005: Conservative margin 14.9 pts 2010: Conservative margin 19.9 pts 2015: Conservative margin 35.9 pts 2017: Conservative margin 27.3 pts 2019: Conservative margin 34.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 5.7 pts 1868 1874 1880 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

South Norfolk has been contested at 40 general elections on record since 1868. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won South Norfolk in the 2024 general election?

Labour won South Norfolk in 2024 with 17,353 votes (35.0%), a majority of 2,826 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won South Norfolk since 1868?

Since 1868, South Norfolk has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist.

What was the closest result in South Norfolk?

The closest result on record for South Norfolk was 1880, when Conservative beat Conservative by just 1 votes (0.0 percentage points).

Did South Norfolk ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, South Norfolk 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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