| West Norfolk | |
| Type: | County |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Elects Howmany: | two |
| Next: | Mid Norfolk North West Norfolk South West Norfolk |
West Norfolk or Norfolk Western (formally the "Western division of Norfolk") was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, alongside Eastern Norfolk, as one of two Divisions of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk, each returning 2 MPs. It was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Small parts of the division were transferred to the newly formed North and South Divisions of Norfolk. Also absorbed the disenfranchised Parliamentary Borough of Thetford.
On abolition in 1885, northern areas formed the new North-Western Division of Norfolk, southern areas formed the new South-Western Division and central areas were included in the new Mid Division.
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Sir William Ffolkes, Bt | Whig[3] [4] | Sir Jacob Astley, Bt | Whig | |||
| 1837 | William Bagge | Conservative | William Chute | Conservative | |||
| 1847 | Hon. Edward Coke | Whig[5] [6] [7] | |||||
| 1852 | George Bentinck | Conservative | |||||
| 1857 | Brampton Gurdon | Whig[8] [9] | |||||
| 1859 | Liberal | ||||||
| 1865 | Sir William Bagge, Bt | Conservative | Hon. Thomas de Grey | Conservative | |||
| 1871 by-election | George Bentinck | Conservative | |||||
| 1880 by-election | William Tyssen-Amherst | Conservative | |||||
| 1884 by-election | Clare Sewell Read | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 | representation reduced to one member and constituency abolished | ||||||
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Grey succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Walsingham.
Bagge's death caused a by-election.
Bentinck's resignation caused a by-election.