South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

South Norfolk
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Norfolk in Norfolk.
Location of Norfolk within England.
County	Norfolk
Electorate	77,316 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1868
Member of parliament	Richard Bacon (Conservative)
Number of members	One (Two 1868-1885)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

South Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Richard Bacon, a Conservative.

Following the Reform Act 1832 the historic county constituency Norfolk was for the first time split into two, two member, county divisions - East Norfolk and West Norfolk.

The Reform Act 1867 led, the following year, to the county's redistribution into three, two member, county divisions. The three divisions, from the United Kingdom general election, 1868 became this one, the North and modified Western division.

The Southern division had its place of election at Norwich. This was the same place of election as the abolished Eastern division. In 1868 the same two MPs who had sat for East Norfolk before its end were re-elected from this constituency.

Under the provisions of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, single member constituencies became the norm and greater equalisation in occurred. In Norfolk the three, two member, county divisions were changed to six single member seats. These were this constituency, a revived East Norfolk, Mid Norfolk, North Norfolk, North West Norfolk and South West Norfolk.