Great Yarmouth (constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
Great Yarmouth is a constituency in Norfolk represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Rupert Lowe.
Elected for Reform UK, Lowe had the whip suspended in March 2025 following allegations of bullying and threats of physical violence against Reform UK party chairman Zia Yusuf. He currently sits as the sole MP for Restore Britain.
The constituency covers the area in and around Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. Despite its rural area, there is a substantial amount of industry in the constituency.
Constituency profile
Great Yarmouth is a coastal constituency located in Norfolk and is coterminous with the local government borough of the same name. The constituency lies on land bounded between the North Sea and the wetlands of the Broads National Park. It covers the connected towns of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea and the villages of Caister-on-Sea, Belton, Hemsby and Martham. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea are seaside resort towns which have also been centres for the fishing and natural gas industries. The area is popular with tourists and contains several holiday caravan parks.
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