The placeConstituency · East of England · Electorate 74,415 · 2023 boundaries

North West Norfolk.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP James Wild holds the seat on 36.1% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentJames Wild · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilKing's Lynn and West Norfolk
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001405
Electorate · 2024
74.4k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.1%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +11.1pp over Lab
Settlements
16
Largest: King's Lynn
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
13.4
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Wild's most notable recent activity has been on assisted dying. In June 2025, he broke with the Conservative majority on several votes during Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- backing restrictions designed to prevent voluntary starvation being used to qualify for an assisted death, while voting against procedural and safeguarding amendments his party supported. His voting pattern on the bill puts him roughly 30 percentage points below Conservative MPs on end-of-life autonomy, making him one of the more sceptical voices on his own side. Beyond the bill, he has voted consistently with Conservative positions: opposing the government's power to direct pension fund investments, backing Lords amendments to the English Devolution Bill, and supporting a referral of the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson affair.

At 76% participation and 97.7% party alignment, Wild is a reliable Conservative vote who rarely rebels. His speeches concentrate on economy and jobs, fiscal policy, local government, and cost-of-living -- topics that track his role as Shadow Treasury Minister. He votes strongly with pro-business and anti-tax positions, and almost never with pro-workers'-rights or progressive taxation stances. He has no current committee seat.

On the ground, Wild has drawn positive local coverage for securing 25 new dental training places for Norfolk -- half the national allocation -- after active parliamentary campaigning on what the area describes as a "dental desert." He has also raised constituent concerns about fuel costs, social media harm to children, and the Budget's impact on local businesses. His broader news coverage across 160 articles in 90 days is broadly neutral. Voting and speech data cover his full term from December 2019.

36.1%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
22
Wards · 34 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.22 wards · 34 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bircham With Rudhams Chris Morley504King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Brancaster Tom De Winton421King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Burnham Market Docking Sam Sandell518King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Clenchwarton Steven David Bearshaw443King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Dersingham(2 seats)Collingham · Bubb1,641King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Fairstead Jacqueline Fry289King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConJun 2025
Gayton Grimston(2 seats)Anota · Whalley1,413King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Gaywood Chase Joshua Adam Lowe227King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Gaywood Clock Alex Ware263King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Gaywood North Bank(3 seats)Sayers · Colwell · Collop1,732King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Heacham(2 seats)Jamieson · Parish1,500King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Hunstanton Fred Pidcock368King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConNov 2025
Massingham With Castle Acre Alistair Walter Beales569King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
North Lynn Austen Moore278King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConJun 2025
Snettisham Stuart Graham Dark413King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
South West Lynn(2 seats)Kemp · Joyce838King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Springwood Jo Rust330King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas(2 seats)Bone · Bambridge683King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2019
Terrington(2 seats)Kunes · Squire1,106King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
The Woottons(3 seats)Bland · Coates · Ring2,834King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
Walsoken West Walton Walpole(2 seats)Kirk · Blunt1,365King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023
West Winch(2 seats)Nash · Barclay829King's Lynn and West Norfolk ConMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.16 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in King's Lynn (48,815), with Rural & dispersed (19,953) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 102,798.

large-town 50,057town 19,953village 32,788

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
King's Lynn48,815large town
Rural & dispersed19,953town
Dersingham4,753village
Heacham4,603village
Hunstanton4,022village
Terrington St Clement3,438village
Showing 6 of 16·All 16 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate53.8%57.1%-6%
Owner-occupied65.9%63.1%+4%
Private rented19.1%20.0%-5%
Social rented14.9%16.8%-11%

Ethnicity.

White95.2%
Asian2.3%
Black0.6%
Mixed1.3%
Other0.7%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.4% Female 51.6% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£33,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,790
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
56
43 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
58.6%
Attainment 8: 41.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£249m
Taxpayers50,000
Median per taxpayer£2,260
Mean per taxpayer£4,980

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by King's Lynn and West Norfolk. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
13.4
-35% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
44% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.9
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Anti-social behaviour1.3
Shoplifting1.1
Other theft0.9
Public order0.7
Drugs0.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
James WildWONCon16,09736.1
Tim LeaverLab11,14325.0
Phil WaltonRef8,69719.5
Rob ColwellLD6,49214.6
Michael de WhalleyGrn2,1374.8

Turnout 44,566

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019James WildCon65.7
2017Henry BellinghamCon60.3
2015Henry BellinghamCon52.2
2010Bellingham, HenryCon54.2
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission