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1930 North Norfolk By-election
The 1930 North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), North Norfolk by-election was held on 9 July 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Noel Buxton. It was held for the Labour Party by his wife, Lucy Noel-Buxton. Background Noel Buxton had been Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party MP for the seat until he was very narrowly defeated in 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918. After switching to Labour Party (UK), Labour he regained it in 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922. At 1929 United Kingdom general election, the last general election, he held the seat with a majority of 1,883 votes over the second place Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. During his time as MP Noel Buxton served as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Minister of Agriculture in the First MacDonald ministry in 1924, and was reappointed to that position at the start of the Second MacDonald ministry. Result Unlike the previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Norfolk (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Norfolk is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 by Duncan Baker, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. Constituency profile The seat covers a long stretch of the Norfolk coast including the seaside towns of Cromer, Wells-next-the-Sea and Sheringham. History The North Division of Norfolk was first created by the Reform Act 1867 as one of three two-member divisions of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the three two-member county divisions were replaced with six single-member divisions. The second version of this constituency was one of the single-member seats. It has remained as a single-member seat since then, being designated as a County Constituency from the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
