North West Norfolk.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP James Wild holds the seat on 36.1% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bircham With Rudhams | Chris Morley | 504 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Brancaster | Tom De Winton | 421 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Burnham Market Docking | Sam Sandell | 518 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Clenchwarton | Steven David Bearshaw | 443 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Dersingham(2 seats) | Collingham · Bubb | 1,641 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Fairstead | Jacqueline Fry | 289 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | Jun 2025 |
| Gayton Grimston(2 seats) | Anota · Whalley | 1,413 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Gaywood Chase | Joshua Adam Lowe | 227 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Gaywood Clock | Alex Ware | 263 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Gaywood North Bank(3 seats) | Sayers · Colwell · Collop | 1,732 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Heacham(2 seats) | Jamieson · Parish | 1,500 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Hunstanton | Fred Pidcock | 368 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | Nov 2025 |
| Massingham With Castle Acre | Alistair Walter Beales | 569 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| North Lynn | Austen Moore | 278 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | Jun 2025 |
| Snettisham | Stuart Graham Dark | 413 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| South West Lynn(2 seats) | Kemp · Joyce | 838 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Springwood | Jo Rust | 330 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas(2 seats) | Bone · Bambridge | 683 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2019 |
| Terrington(2 seats) | Kunes · Squire | 1,106 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| The Woottons(3 seats) | Bland · Coates · Ring | 2,834 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| Walsoken West Walton Walpole(2 seats) | Kirk · Blunt | 1,365 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
| West Winch(2 seats) | Nash · Barclay | 829 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk Con | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| King's Lynn | 48,815 | large town |
| Rural & dispersed | 19,953 | town |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | village |
| Heacham | 4,603 | village |
| Hunstanton | 4,022 | village |
| Terrington St Clement | 3,438 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 53.8% | 57.1% | -6% |
| Owner-occupied | 65.9% | 63.1% | +4% |
| Private rented | 19.1% | 20.0% | -5% |
| Social rented | 14.9% | 16.8% | -11% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £249m |
| Taxpayers | 50,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,260 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,980 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James WildWON | Con | 16,097 | 36.1 |
| Tim Leaver | Lab | 11,143 | 25.0 |
| Phil Walton | Ref | 8,697 | 19.5 |
| Rob Colwell | LD | 6,492 | 14.6 |
| Michael de Whalley | Grn | 2,137 | 4.8 |
Turnout 44,566
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | James Wild | Con | 65.7 |
| 2017 | Henry Bellingham | Con | 60.3 |
| 2015 | Henry Bellingham | Con | 52.2 |
| 2010 | Bellingham, Henry | Con | 54.2 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo