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South West Norfolk — UK General Election Results

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

South West Norfolk was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 630 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in South West Norfolk from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst (Conservative) 4,096 52.0% William Brampton Gurdon (Liberal) 320 (4.1 pts) 83.8%
1886 William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Thomas Leigh Hare (Conservative) 4,077 52.2% Henry Lee-Warner (Liberal) 338 (4.3 pts) 92.0%
1895 Thomas Leigh Hare (Conservative) 3,968 51.3% Richard Winfrey (Liberal) 206 (2.7 pts) 84.8%
1900 Thomas Leigh Hare (Conservative) 3,702 50.4% Richard Winfrey (Liberal) 66 (0.9 pts) 84.0%
1906 Richard Winfrey (Liberal) 4,416 55.7% Thomas Leigh Hare (Conservative) 903 (11.4 pts) 88.7%
Jan 1910 Richard Winfrey (Liberal) 4,239 51.5% Thomas Leigh Hare (Conservative) 239 (2.9 pts) 91.1%
Dec 1910 Richard Winfrey (Liberal) 4,176 52.7% Albert Edward Stanley Clarke (Conservative) 431 (5.4 pts) 87.6%
1918 Richard Winfrey (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Richard Winfrey (National Liberal) 10,432 54.7% William Benjamin Taylor (Labour) 1,777 (9.3 pts) 59.1%
1923 Alan McLean (Unionist) 11,269 53.5% William Benjamin Taylor (Labour) 1,490 (7.1 pts) 64.7%
1924 Alan McLean (Unionist) 13,838 58.0% William Benjamin Taylor (Labour) 3,834 (16.1 pts) 72.0%
1929 William Benjamin Taylor (Labour) 12,152 41.8% Alan McLean (Unionist) 770 (2.6 pts) 74.1%
1931 Alan McLean (Conservative) 19,614 66.3% William Benjamin Taylor (Labour) 9,662 (32.7 pts) 74.5%
1935 Somerset Struben de Chair (Conservative) 16,060 57.4% Sidney Dye (Labour) 4,117 (14.7 pts) 69.5%
1945 Sidney Dye (Labour) 15,091 50.1% Somerset Struben de Chair (Conservative) 53 (0.2 pts) 65.9%
1950 Sidney Dye (Labour) 15,649 47.4% Denys Gradwell Bullard (Conservative) 260 (0.8 pts) 83.4%
1951 Denys Gradwell Bullard (Conservative) 16,970 50.7% Sidney Dye (Labour) 442 (1.3 pts) 82.6%
1955 Sidney Dye (Labour) 16,781 50.3% Denys Gradwell Bullard (Conservative) 193 (0.6 pts) 82.6%
1959 Albert Victor Hilton (Labour) 16,858 50.1% Mary Elaine Kellett (Conservative) 78 (0.2 pts) 83.5%
1964 Paul Lancelot Hawkins (Conservative) 16,728 49.5% Albert Victor Hilton (Labour) 123 (0.4 pts) 82.0%
1966 Paul Hawkins (Conservative) 17,880 51.1% Noel Insley (Labour) 775 (2.2 pts) 84.0%
1970 Paul Hawkins (Conservative) 22,220 57.3% Leslie John Potter (Labour) 5,648 (14.6 pts) 80.6%
Feb 1974 Paul Hawkins (Conservative) 20,430 46.2% Henry Toch (Labour) 6,043 (13.7 pts) 82.9%
Oct 1974 Paul Hawkins (Conservative) 19,778 47.9% Henry Toch (Labour) 4,928 (11.9 pts) 76.9%
1979 Paul Hawkins (Conservative) 24,767 54.8% Alan Leon Rosenberg (Labour) 10,704 (23.7 pts) 78.1%
1983 Paul Hawkins (Conservative) 28,632 55.7% Ernest Brian Stuart Baxter (Liberal) 14,910 (29.0 pts) 73.1%
1987 Gillian Shephard (Conservative) 32,519 57.6% Malcolm Scott (Liberal) 20,436 (36.2 pts) 76.0%
1992 Gillian Shephard (Conservative) 33,637 54.6% Mary Page (Labour) 16,931 (27.5 pts) 79.3%
1997 Gillian Shephard (Conservative) 24,694 42.0% Adrian Hefferman (Labour) 2,464 (4.2 pts) 73.3%
2001 Gillian Shephard (Conservative) 27,633 52.2% Anne Hanson (Labour) 9,366 (17.7 pts) 63.1%
2005 Christopher Fraser (Conservative) 25,881 46.9% Charmaine Morgan (Labour) 10,086 (18.3 pts) 62.5%
2010 Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) 23,753 48.3% Stephen Gordon (Liberal Democrat) 13,140 (26.7 pts) 66.7%
2015 Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) 25,515 50.9% Paul Smyth (UKIP) 13,861 (27.7 pts) 65.4%
2017 Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) 32,894 62.8% Peter Smith (Labour) 18,312 (34.9 pts) 67.5%
2019 Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) 35,507 69.0% Emily Blake (Labour) 26,195 (50.9 pts) 65.8%
2024 Terry Jermy (Labour) 11,847 26.7% Liz Truss (Conservative) 630 (1.4 pts) 59.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst Conservative 4,09652.0% Yes
William Brampton Gurdon Liberal 3,77648.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Leigh Hare Conservative 4,07752.2% Yes
Henry Lee-Warner Liberal 3,73947.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Leigh Hare Conservative 3,96851.3% Yes
Richard Winfrey Liberal 3,76248.7% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Leigh Hare Conservative 3,70250.4% Yes
Richard Winfrey Liberal 3,63649.6% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Winfrey Liberal 4,41655.7% Yes
Thomas Leigh Hare Conservative 3,51344.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Winfrey Liberal 4,23951.5% Yes
Thomas Leigh Hare Conservative 4,00048.5% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Winfrey Liberal 4,17652.7% Yes
Albert Edward Stanley Clarke Conservative 3,74547.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Winfrey Liberal Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Winfrey National Liberal 10,43254.7% Yes
William Benjamin Taylor Labour 8,65545.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan McLean Unionist 11,26953.5% Yes
William Benjamin Taylor Labour 9,77946.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan McLean Unionist 13,83858.0% Yes
William Benjamin Taylor Labour 10,00442.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Benjamin Taylor Labour 12,15241.8% Yes
Alan McLean Unionist 11,38239.1% No
Victor Diederichs Duval Liberal 5,55619.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan McLean Conservative 19,61466.3% Yes
William Benjamin Taylor Labour 9,95233.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Somerset Struben de Chair Conservative 16,06057.4% Yes
Sidney Dye Labour 11,94342.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sidney Dye Labour 15,09150.1% Yes
Somerset Struben de Chair Conservative 15,03849.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sidney Dye Labour 15,64947.4% Yes
Denys Gradwell Bullard Conservative 15,38946.6% No
George Stephen Dennis Liberal 2,0096.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Denys Gradwell Bullard Conservative 16,97050.7% Yes
Sidney Dye Labour 16,52849.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sidney Dye Labour 16,78150.3% Yes
Denys Gradwell Bullard Conservative 16,58849.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert Victor Hilton Labour 16,85850.1% Yes
Mary Elaine Kellett Conservative 16,78049.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Lancelot Hawkins Conservative 16,72849.5% Yes
Albert Victor Hilton Labour 16,60549.2% No
Victor Welch Independent 4271.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Hawkins Conservative 17,88051.1% Yes
Noel Insley Labour 17,10548.9% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Hawkins Conservative 22,22057.3% Yes
Leslie John Potter Labour 16,57242.7% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Hawkins Conservative 20,43046.2% Yes
Henry Toch Labour 14,38732.6% No
Keith Wilfrid Nash Liberal 8,98620.3% No
Mona Miller McNee Independent Powellite 3800.9% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Hawkins Conservative 19,77847.9% Yes
Henry Toch Labour 14,85036.0% No
Ernest Brian Stuart Baxter Liberal 6,65816.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Hawkins Conservative 24,76754.8% Yes
Alan Leon Rosenberg Labour 14,06331.1% No
Ernest Brian Stuart Baxter Liberal 6,36314.1% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Hawkins Conservative 28,63255.7% Yes
Ernest Brian Stuart Baxter Liberal 13,72226.7% No
Alan Leon Rosenberg Labour 9,07217.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Shephard Conservative 32,51957.6% Yes
Malcolm Scott Liberal 12,08321.4% No
Mary Page Labour 11,84421.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Shephard Conservative 33,63754.6% Yes
Mary Page Labour 16,70627.1% No
John Marsh Liberal Democrat 11,23718.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Shephard Conservative 24,69442.0% Yes
Adrian Hefferman Labour 22,23037.8% No
David Bucton Liberal Democrat 8,17813.9% No
Ronnie Hoare Referendum Party 3,6946.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gillian Shephard Conservative 27,63352.2% Yes
Anne Hanson Labour 18,26734.5% No
Gordon Dean Liberal Democrat 5,68110.7% No
Ian Smith UKIP 1,3682.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Christopher Fraser Conservative 25,88146.9% Yes
Charmaine Morgan Labour 15,79528.7% No
April Pond Liberal Democrat 10,20718.5% No
Delia Hall UKIP 2,7385.0% No
Kim Hayes Independent 5060.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Elizabeth Truss Conservative 23,75348.3% Yes
Stephen Gordon Liberal Democrat 10,61321.6% No
Peter Smith Labour 9,11918.6% No
Kay Hipsey UKIP 3,0616.2% No
Dennis Pearce BNP 1,7743.6% No
Lori Allen Green 8301.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Elizabeth Truss Conservative 25,51550.9% Yes
Paul Smyth UKIP 11,65423.3% No
Peter Smith Labour 8,64917.3% No
Rupert Moss-Eccardt Liberal Democrat 2,2174.4% No
Sandra Walmsley Green 2,0754.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Elizabeth Truss Conservative 32,89462.8% Yes
Peter Smith Labour 14,58227.8% No
David Williams UKIP 2,5754.9% No
Stephen Gordon Liberal Democrat 2,3654.5% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Elizabeth Truss Conservative 35,50769.0% Yes
Emily Blake Labour 9,31218.1% No
Josie Ratcliffe Liberal Democrat 4,1668.1% No
Pallavi Devulapalli Green 1,6453.2% No
Earl Elvis Of Outwell Official Monster Raving Loony Party 8361.6% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Terry Jermy Labour 11,84726.7% Yes
Liz Truss Conservative 11,21725.3% No
Tobias McKenzie Reform UK 9,95822.5% No
James Bagge Independent 6,28214.2% No
Josie Ratcliffe Liberal Democrat 2,6185.9% No
Pallavi Devulapalli Green 1,8384.1% No
Earl Elvis Of East Anglia Monster Raving Loony Party 3380.8% No
Gary Conway Heritage Party 1600.4% No
Lorraine Douglas Communist 770.2% No

Margin Over Time

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

1885: Conservative margin 4.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 4.3 pts 1895: Conservative margin 2.7 pts 1900: Conservative margin 0.9 pts 1906: Liberal margin 11.4 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 2.9 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1922: National Liberal margin 9.3 pts 1923: Unionist margin 7.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 16.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 2.6 pts 1931: Conservative margin 32.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 14.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 0.2 pts 1950: Labour margin 0.8 pts 1951: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 0.6 pts 1959: Labour margin 0.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1966: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1970: Conservative margin 14.6 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 13.7 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 11.9 pts 1979: Conservative margin 23.7 pts 1983: Conservative margin 29.0 pts 1987: Conservative margin 36.2 pts 1992: Conservative margin 27.5 pts 1997: Conservative margin 4.2 pts 2001: Conservative margin 17.7 pts 2005: Conservative margin 18.3 pts 2010: Conservative margin 26.7 pts 2015: Conservative margin 27.7 pts 2017: Conservative margin 34.9 pts 2019: Conservative margin 50.9 pts 2024: Labour margin 1.4 pts 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

South West Norfolk has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, National Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won South West Norfolk in the 2024 general election?

Labour won South West Norfolk in 2024 with 11,847 votes (26.7%), a majority of 630 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won South West Norfolk since 1885?

Since 1885, South West Norfolk has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, National Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in South West Norfolk?

The closest result on record for South West Norfolk was 1945, when Labour beat Conservative by just 53 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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