BBC Profile:
Norwich North consistently returned Labour MPs from 1950 until 1983. The seat went to the Conservatives at the 1983 general election. The tenure of Conservative MP Patrick Thompson peaked in 1987 with a majority of 7,776. With significant boundary changes in 1992 a 10.6% swing to Labour secured a majority of 9,470 for their candidate Dr Ian Gibson at the 1997 general election.
At the 2001 election there was a 2.2% swing to the Conservatives and a comparable increase in the Liberal Democrat vote. This cut Dr Gibsons majority but still gave him a 12.8% lead over his Conservative opponent. In 2005 Dr Gibson's vote decreased again, though he was re-elected with a majority of 5,459. Dr Gibson resigned following a row about his parliamentary expenses in 2009. The subsequent by-election was won with a majority of more than 7,000 for the Conservatives by Chloe Smith.
At the election, boundary changes see Norwich North lose four wards to Broadland and one part-ward to Norwich South and gain two part-wards. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.
Norwich North is less urban than the seat covering the southern half of the city. As well as containing a considerable amount of council housing in the Mousehold area of Norwich, the constituency takes in the suburbs of Sprowston and the rural area to the north surrounding Norwich airport.
Norwich North is predomin
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Norwich North consistently returned Labour MPs from 1950 until 1983. The seat went to the Conservatives at the 1983 general election. The tenure of Conservative MP Patrick Thompson peaked in 1987 with a majority of 7,776. With significant boundary changes in 1992 a 10.6% swing to Labour secured a majority of 9,470 for their candidate Dr Ian Gibson at the 1997 general election.
At the 2001 election there was a 2.2% swing to the Conservatives and a comparable increase in the Liberal Democrat vote. This cut Dr Gibsons majority but still gave him a 12.8% lead over his Conservative opponent. In 2005 Dr Gibson's vote decreased again, though he was re-elected with a majority of 5,459. Dr Gibson resigned following a row about his parliamentary expenses in 2009. The subsequent by-election was won with a majority of more than 7,000 for the Conservatives by Chloe Smith.
At the election, boundary changes see Norwich North lose four wards to Broadland and one part-ward to Norwich South and gain two part-wards. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.
Norwich North is less urban than the seat covering the southern half of the city. As well as containing a considerable amount of council housing in the Mousehold area of Norwich, the constituency takes in the suburbs of Sprowston and the rural area to the north surrounding Norwich airport.
Norwich North is predominantly a residential area. The seat skirts the city centre, following the loop of the river Yare. The majority of the city's large firms lie south of this division in the Norwich South constituency, but many of Norwich North's inhabitants are employed in the city's major industries: insurance, financial services, media and manufacturing.
The area is prosperous due to many of the city's higher earners living outside the urban area of Norwich.
Norwich International Airport is north of the city centre. The airport serves around 500,000 passengers per year.
Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 19,212 (47.11%)
C 12,443 (30.51%)
LD 6,551 (16.06%)
Green 1,321 (3.24%)
UKIP 949 (2.33%)
Others 308 (0.76%)
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17,280 (40.59%)