Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Great Yarmouth
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Location of Norfolk within England.
County	Norfolk
Electorate	70,526 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1295, 1885
Member of parliament	Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

There has been a Great Yarmouth constituency sending MPs every Parliament since the 13th century except between 1868 and 1885; it was a parliamentary borough until 1950, and has been a county constituency since then. Between 1950 and 1974, the constituency was called simply Yarmouth, and has been known informally by that name at other periods.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth.

1950-1974: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth, and the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg except the civil parishes of Great and Little Plumstead, Postwick, and Thorpe-next-Norwich.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Great Yarmouth, and the Rural District of Blofield and Flegg.

1983-present: The Borough of Great Yarmouth.

The constituency covers the area around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in Great Yarmouth, making the seat a marginal.

Great Yarmouth was a 2-seat constituency from 1660 until 1868, when it was disenfranchised. It was recreated for the 1885 general election as a single-seat constituency.

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 and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;