History
The constituency was created at the 1950 general election, when the former two-seat constituency of Norwich was divided into two single-member seats, Norwich North and Norwich South.
It has been a Labour Party seat for most of its history, although it was held by the Conservatives for fourteen years, demonstrating its marginality. The Labour member from 1997 to 2009 was Dr Ian Gibson, who resigned as an MP with immediate effect on 5 June 2009 after being implicated in the expenses scandal. A by-election was held to replace him on 23 July 2009, which was won comprehensively by the Conservative Chloe Smith.
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