Broadland is a Norfolk constituency,[n 1] which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2019 general election by Jerome Mayhew, a Conservative.[n 2]
Broadland | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Norfolk |
Population | 95,188 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 73,066 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Aylsham, Fakenham, Taverham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Jerome Mayhew (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Mid Norfolk, North Norfolk and Norwich North |
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will only be subject to minor boundary changes, but is to be renamed Broadland and Fakenham - to be first contested at the next general election.[3]
The constituency stretches from near Great Yarmouth in the east to the north west of the county. Among attractions within the seat's boundaries are the steam and fairground collection at Thursford and the Anglican shrine at Walsingham; both were in the North Norfolk constituency until 2010.
The name is taken from the local government area Broadland though its boundary does not match that of the district council nor is it coterminous with the Norfolk Broads (waterways and surrounding protected land).
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies coming into effect for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England created the Broadland constituency as the successor seat to Mid Norfolk, which was relocated. It comprised the majority of Mid Norfolk, together with parts of North Norfolk and Norwich North.
Since its creation, the seat has been held by the Conservative Party with comfortable majorities.
The new seat includes the District of Broadland wards which had previously comprised a majority of the Mid Norfolk constituency, as well as Drayton and Taverham, transferred back from Norwich North. The six District of North Norfolk wards, including the town of Fakenham, were transferred from the constituency of North Norfolk.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the Broadland and Fakenham constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1st December 2020):
Minor losses, including the transfer of Drayton back to Norwich North.
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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2010 | Keith Simpson | Conservative | |
2019 | Jerome Mayhew | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iain Simpson | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jerome Mayhew | 33,934 | 59.6 | 1.7 | |
Labour | Jess Barnard | 12,073 | 21.2 | 8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Goodwin | 9,195 | 16.1 | 8.2 | |
Green | Andrew Boswell | 1,412 | 2.5 | 0.8 | |
The Universal Good Party | Simon Rous | 363 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 21,861 | 38.4 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 56,977 | 72.9 | 0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Simpson | 32,406 | 57.9 | 7.4 | |
Labour | Iain Simpson | 16,590 | 29.6 | 10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Riley | 4,449 | 7.9 | 1.9 | |
UKIP | David Moreland | 1,594 | 2.8 | 13.9 | |
Green | Andrew Boswell | 932 | 1.7 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 15,816 | 28.3 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 55,971 | 72.4 | 1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Simpson | 26,808 | 50.5 | 4.3 | |
Labour | Chris Jones[10] | 9,970 | 18.8 | 5.0 | |
UKIP | Stuart Agnew[10] | 8,881 | 16.7 | 12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Riley | 5,178 | 9.8 | 22.6 | |
Green | Andrew Boswell | 2,252 | 4.2 | 2.8 | |
Majority | 16,838 | 31.7 | 17.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,098 | 71.1 | 0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Simpson* | 24,338 | 46.2 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Roper | 17,046 | 32.4 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Allyson Barron | 7,287 | 13.8 | 9.8 | |
UKIP | Stuart Agnew | 2,382 | 4.5 | 1.1 | |
BNP | Edith Crowther | 871 | 1.7 | New | |
Green | Susan Curran | 752 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,292 | 13.8 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,676 | 72.0 | 7.6 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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