Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Cambridge is a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It elects one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

(MP) by the first-past-the-post

First-past-the-post

First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...

voting system.

Before 1885, Cambridge elected two MPs, using the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

, it representation was reduced to one member, with effect from the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

.

The current MP is Julian Huppert

Julian Huppert

Julian Leon Huppert is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and Member of Parliament for Cambridge since 2010...

of the Liberal Democrats, who was first elected in 2010.

Boundaries

The constituency roughly covers the city of Cambridge

Cambridge

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...

, including areas such as Chesterton

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

Chesterton is a suburb in the northeast corner of Cambridge, England.It is also the name of two electoral wards in the city...

, Newnham

Newnham, Cambridgeshire

Newnham is a district of the city of Cambridge in England. Historically, the name refers to a hamlet centred on a mill on the River Cam, a short distance to the southwest of the city centre. The modern council ward of Newnham covers much of the west of the city...

and Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton is a suburban area of the city of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. It is around southeast of Cambridge city centre.-History:...

, although one ward in the south of the city (Queen Edith's) is in South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...

constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified Cambridge constituency to be fought at the 2010 general election are:

Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Cherry Hinton, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, Trumpington, and West Chesterton

History

Cambridge returned two Members to Parliament regularly from 1295 onwards. These were generally townsmen who were involved in local government. The representation was reduced to one MP in 1885.

Cambridge was a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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constituency from 1967 to 1992, when it was taken by Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

's Anne Campbell

Anne Campbell

Anne Campbell is an English Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1992 to 2005.-Early life:She went to Newnham College, Cambridge, taking the Maths Tripos, and gaining an MA in 1965....

, who held onto the seat for three Parliamentary terms; in 2005 it was taken by David Howarth

David Howarth

David Ross Howarth is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 2005 to 2010.- Education and academic career :...

of the Liberal Democrats.

Historically, the city of Cambridge was also home to a second constituency representing the Cambridge University

Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)

Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.-Boundaries, Electorate and Election Systems:...

. The university seat was created in 1603 as part of the scheme of University constituencies

University constituency

A university constituency is a constituency, used in elections to a legislature, that represents a university rather than a geographical area. University constituencies may involve plural voting, in which eligible voters are permitted to vote in both a university constituency and a geographical...

. MPs for the university included Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...

, William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

, Lord Palmerston

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC , known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century...

, George Stokes

George Stokes

George Stokes is the name of:* Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet , Irish mathematician and physicist* George Henry Stokes , Member of Canadian Parliament* George Thomas Stokes , Irish historian...

, Richard Jebb

Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, OM, FBA was a British classical scholar and politician.He was born in Dundee, Scotland. His father was a well-known barrister, and his grandfather a judge...

, and Archibald Hill

Archibald Hill

Archibald Vivian Hill CH OBE FRS was an English physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research...

. The Cambridge University constituency was abolished in 1950.

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Brigham	John Herries
1388 (Feb)	John Cotton	John Camp
1388 (Sep)	John Blankpayn	John Marshall
1390 (Jan)	Richard Maisterman	Robert Goodrich
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Camp	John Payn
1393	John Herries	Robert Goodrich
1394	Robert Brigham	Robert Goodrich
1395	Robert Brigham	John Thriplow
1397 (Jan)	Hugh Candlesby	John Thriplow
1397 (Sep)	Thomas Trivet	Simon Bentbow
1399	Hugh Candlesby	William Salle
1401
1402	Robert Brigham	Thomas Trivet
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Knapton	John Bilney
1407	Simon Bentbow	Thomas Beverley
1410
1411	John Bush	John Alderhithe
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Stephen Neel	Robert Attilbridge
1414 (Apr)	John Beverley	John Warwick
1414 (Nov)	John Greenlane	John Hokington
1415	John Knapton	Thomas Beverley
1416 (Mar)	John Bilney	John Sexton
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Bilney	Robert Attilbridge
1419	John Knapton	Henry Topcliffe
1420	John Cappe	Henry Topcliffe
1421 (May)	John Greenlane	John Bilney
1421 (Dec)	Richard Andrew	William Wedgwood
1510	No nemes known
1512	John Bury	John Erlich
1515	?
1523	?
1529	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman
1536	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman
1539	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman
1542	Thomas Brakyn	Edward Slegge
1545	John Rust	Simon Trew
1547	John Fanne, died and replaced Jan 1552 by John Rust	Richard Brakyn
1553 (Mar)	Robert Chapman	Alexander Ray
1553 (Oct)	James Fletcher	Richard Brakyn
1554 (Apr)	John Rust	Richard Brakyn
1554 (Nov)	Robert Chapman	Richard Brassney
1555	Alexander Ray	Lawrence Hawes
1558	John Line	Thomas Ventris
1558/1559	Thomas Ventris	Roger Slegge
1562/1563	Henry Serle	Roger Slegge
1571 (Mar)	Robert Shute Robert Shute Robert Shute was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1571 to 1581.Shute was born at Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, and was the son of Christopher Shute, of Oakington, Cambridgeshire. He was admitted at Peterhouse, Cambridge probably in 1542, or 1544. He was...	Roger Slegge
1572 (Apr)	Robert Shute Robert Shute Robert Shute was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1571 to 1581.Shute was born at Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, and was the son of Christopher Shute, of Oakington, Cambridgeshire. He was admitted at Peterhouse, Cambridge probably in 1542, or 1544. He was... , became a judge and replaced Jan 1581 by John North	Roger Slegge
1584 (Nov)	Henry North	Roger Slegge
1586 (Oct)	John Edmonds	Roger Slegge
1588 (Oct)	Nicholas Gaunte	Roger Slegge
1593	Thomas Goldsborough	Christopher Hodson
1597 (Oct)	Robert Wallis Robert Wallis (MP) Robert Wallis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Wallis came from a Cambridge family and was possibly the son of Edward Wallis, bailiff of Cambridge. By 1587 he had set up his own household and in due course became an alderman of Cambridge...	John Yaxley John Yaxley John Yaxley was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Yaxley probably entered at Grey's Inn in 1573. He became an attorney in Cambridge and acquired an estate at Waterbeach. By 1597, he was an Alderman of Cambridge , and in the same year, he was...
1601 (Oct)	Robert Wallis Robert Wallis (MP) Robert Wallis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Wallis came from a Cambridge family and was possibly the son of Edward Wallis, bailiff of Cambridge. By 1587 he had set up his own household and in due course became an alderman of Cambridge...	John Yaxley John Yaxley John Yaxley was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Yaxley probably entered at Grey's Inn in 1573. He became an attorney in Cambridge and acquired an estate at Waterbeach. By 1597, he was an Alderman of Cambridge , and in the same year, he was...
1604	Robert Wallis Robert Wallis (MP) Robert Wallis was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Wallis came from a Cambridge family and was possibly the son of Edward Wallis, bailiff of Cambridge. By 1587 he had set up his own household and in due course became an alderman of Cambridge...	John Yaxley John Yaxley John Yaxley was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Yaxley probably entered at Grey's Inn in 1573. He became an attorney in Cambridge and acquired an estate at Waterbeach. By 1597, he was an Alderman of Cambridge , and in the same year, he was...
1614	Sir Robert Hitcham	Francis Brakin
1621	Richard Foxton Richard Foxton Richard Foxton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621.Foxton was the son of William Foxton, alderman of Cambridge. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 3 October 1590 and was admitted at the Middle Temple on 19 April 1597. He was mayor of Cambridge from...	Thomas Meautys Thomas Meautys Sir Thomas Meautys was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1640.Meautys was the son of Henry Meautys of West Ham and his wife Elizabeth Coningsby, daughter of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mims. He became the private secretary to Francis Bacon...
1624	Francis Brakyn	Robert Luckyn
1625	Talbot Pepys Talbot Pepys Talbot Pepys was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.Pepys was the youngest son of John Pepys of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire and his wife Edith Talbot. He was baptised at Impington on 2 April 1583. His mother died five months after his birth...	Thomas Meautys Thomas Meautys Sir Thomas Meautys was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1640.Meautys was the son of Henry Meautys of West Ham and his wife Elizabeth Coningsby, daughter of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mims. He became the private secretary to Francis Bacon...
1626	Thomas Purchase	Thomas Meautys Thomas Meautys Sir Thomas Meautys was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1640.Meautys was the son of Henry Meautys of West Ham and his wife Elizabeth Coningsby, daughter of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mims. He became the private secretary to Francis Bacon...
1628	Thomas Purchase	Thomas Meautys Thomas Meautys Sir Thomas Meautys was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1640.Meautys was the son of Henry Meautys of West Ham and his wife Elizabeth Coningsby, daughter of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mims. He became the private secretary to Francis Bacon...
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....	Thomas Meautys Thomas Meautys Sir Thomas Meautys was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1640.Meautys was the son of Henry Meautys of West Ham and his wife Elizabeth Coningsby, daughter of Sir Henry Coningsby of North Mims. He became the private secretary to Francis Bacon...
1640 (Nov)	Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....	John Lowry John Lowry (Parliamentarian) John Lowry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.Lowry was a chandler of Cambridge, and became a freeman of the city by apprenticeship...
1653	Cambridge not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Richard Timbs	(one member only)
1656	Richard Timbs	(one member only)
1659	John Lowry John Lowry (Parliamentarian) John Lowry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.Lowry was a chandler of Cambridge, and became a freeman of the city by apprenticeship...	Richard Timbs

MPs 1660–1885

Election	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
1660		Sir Dudley North Dudley North, 4th Baron North Dudley North, 4th Baron North K.B. was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660.-Life:...		Sir Thomas Wills, Bt
1661		Sir William Compton William Compton (army officer) Sir William Compton was an English royalist army officer. He earned the name of the "godly cavalier" in 1648, from Oliver Cromwell, for his conduct at the siege of Colchester.-Life:...		Roger Pepys Roger Pepys Roger Pepys was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1678.Pepys was born at Heydon, Norfolk, the son of Talbot Pepys of Impington, Cambridgeshire and his wife Beatrice Castell, daughter of John Castell of Raveningham, Norfolk...
1664		The Lord Alington William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington Major General William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington LL was an Irish peer, the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington. He succeeded to the title title of 3rd Baron Alington of Killard, co...
1679				Sir Thomas Chicheley Thomas Chicheley Sir Thomas Chicheley was a politician in England in the seventeenth century who fell from favour in the reign of James II. His name is sometimes spelt as Chichele....
1685		Sir William Wren
1689		Sir John Cotton, Bt
1690		Sir John Cotton, Bt		Granado Pigot
1695		John Pepys		Isaac Watlington
1696		Sir John Cotton, Bt		Isaac Watlington
1698		Sir John Cotton, Bt		Sir Henry Pickering, Bt Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1685 to 1689....
1702		Anthony Thompson
1705		Anthony Thompson		Sir John Cotton, Bt
1708 British general election, 1708 The British general election, 1708 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...		Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet was an English Jacobite MP. He has been called "one of the most zealous Jacobites in England"....		Samuel Shepheard
January 1715 British general election, 1715 The British general election of 1715 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...				Thomas Sclater Thomas Sclater Thomas Sclater FRS was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1713 and 1736....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
May 1715				Samuel Shepheard
January 1722 British general election, 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...				Thomas Bacon Thomas Sclater Thomas Sclater FRS was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1713 and 1736....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
October 1722		Gilbert Affleck Gilbert Affleck Gilbert Affleck was a British politician.He was the son of John Affleck and his wife Neeltice, daughter of Gilbert Schape...
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...		Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet was an English Jacobite MP. He has been called "one of the most zealous Jacobites in England"....
1737				Gilbert Affleck Gilbert Affleck Gilbert Affleck was a British politician.He was the son of John Affleck and his wife Neeltice, daughter of Gilbert Schape...
1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Viscount Dupplin Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC was a Scottish peer and British politician.Hay was elected for Scarborough in 1736, but his election was overturned on petition. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1741 until 1758...	Whig	James Martin
1744				Christopher Jeffreason
1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...				Samuel Shepheard
1748				Christopher Jeffreason
1749				Charles Sloane Cadogan Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan was a British peer and Whig politician.Cadogan was the only son of the 2nd Baron Cadogan and his wife, Elizabeth, the second daughter of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. From 1749–54 and again from 1755, Cadogan was a Member of Parliament for Cambridge until he...	Whig
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....				Hon. Thomas Bromley	Whig
1755				Charles Sloane Cadogan Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan Charles Sloane Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan was a British peer and Whig politician.Cadogan was the only son of the 2nd Baron Cadogan and his wife, Elizabeth, the second daughter of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. From 1749–54 and again from 1755, Cadogan was a Member of Parliament for Cambridge until he...	Whig
1758		Soame Jenyns Soame Jenyns Soame Jenyns was an English writer.- Biography :He was the son of Sir Roger Jenyns and his second wife Elizabeth Soame, the daughter of Sir Peter Soame. He was born in London, and was educated at St Johns College, Cambridge. In 1742 he was chosen M.P...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...		Whig
1776				Benjamin Keene Benjamin Keene 200-px\|thumb\|right\|Benjamin KeeneSir Benjamin Keene was a British diplomat known for his service as British Ambassador to Spain. He strove to maintain good relations between the two countries, although he was unable to prevent the War of Jenkins' Ear breaking out in 1739 he later successfully kept...	None
1780		James Whorwood Adeane	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...		None
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...				John Mortlock John Mortlock John Mortlock was a British banker, Member of Parliament and 13 times mayor of Cambridge. In 1778 Mortlock bought himself the Freedom of Cambridge for £40. In 1780 he founded the first bank in Cambridge, later one of the banks that founded Barclays Bank. In 1782 he became an alderman...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1788				Francis Dickins	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1789		Edward Finch	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	Francis Dickins
1791		Edward Finch		Robert Manners	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1819		Frederick Trench Frederick Trench (British Army officer) General Sir Frederick William Trench KCH , was a British soldier and Tory politician.Trench was the son of Michael Frederick Trench, a barrister and amateur architect, of Heywood, only son of Reverend Frederick Trench, of Ballinakill, in Queen's County...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	Robert Manners
1820 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....				Charles Madryll Cheere	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1825				Marquess of Graham James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1836, was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....		George Pryme George Pryme George Pryme was a British economist, academic and politician.Pryme was born in 1781 in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, the only surviving child of merchant Christopher Pryme and his wife, Alice Dinsdale...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Thomas Spring Rice Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, PC, FRS was a British Whig politician, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1835 to 1839.-Background:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1839				John Manners-Sutton John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury KCB, GCMG , known as the Honourable Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1840				Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for IrelandSir George Strickland, BtSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...		Hon. John Manners-Sutton John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury KCB, GCMG , known as the Honourable Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt
1843				Fitzroy Kelly Fitzroy Kelly Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly PC, KC , was an English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge.-Background and education:...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Robert Adair Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Hon. William Campbell William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell William Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden, 2nd Baron Campbell , was a British peer and Liberal politician.-Background:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...		Kenneth Macaulay Kenneth Macaulay Kenneth Macaulay was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1865....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	John Harvey Astell	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1854		Robert Adair Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Francis Mowatt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Kenneth Macaulay Kenneth Macaulay Kenneth Macaulay was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1865....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...	Andrew Steuart	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1863				Francis Powell Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Sharp Powell, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1863 and 1910....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...		William Forsyth William Forsyth QC William Forsyth QC was a Scottish lawyer and Conservative Member of Parliament . He was born at Greenock in Renfrewshire, son of Thomas Forsyth and Jean Campbell Hamilton. He died at Knightsbridge, Middlesex....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1866		John Eldon Gorst John Eldon Gorst Sir John Eldon Gorst PC, QC, FRS was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1885 to 1886 and as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1895 and 1902....	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...		Robert Torrens Robert Torrens Sir Robert Richard Torrens, GCMG was the third Premier of South Australia and a pioneer and author of simplified system of transferring land.-Early life:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	William Fowler William Fowler (politician) William Fowler was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Alfred Marten Alfred Marten Sir Alfred George Marten, Kt., QC, MP was an English politician and barrister. He was Member of Parliament for Cambridge, between 1874 and 1880, as a member of the Conservative Party...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Patrick Boyle Smollett	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		William Fowler William Fowler (politician) William Fowler was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Hugh Shield Hugh Shield Hugh Shield was an English academic, barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

	Member	Party
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, 1st Baronet , was a British Conservative politician.Fitzgerald was the son of Robert Uniacke Penrose, of Cork Beg Island, County Cork. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He rowed at Cambridge and won the University Pairs with...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Stanley Buckmaster Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, GCVO, PC, KC was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He was Lord Chancellor under H. H...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Jan 1910	Almeric Paget Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough GBE was born into a noble family, but left school with only £5 to his name...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1917 by-election	Sir Eric Geddes Eric Campbell Geddes Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes GCB, GBE, PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1917 and 1919 and as the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921....	Coalition Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1922 by-election Cambridge by-election, 1922 The Cambridge by-election, 1922 was a by-election held on 16 March 1922 for the British House of Commons constituency of Cambridge.The by-election was caused by the resignation on 7 November 1921 of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament Sir Eric Geddes, who had held the seat since...	Sir George Newton George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley George Douglas Cochrane Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1909...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1934 by-election	Richard Tufnell Richard Tufnell Richard Lionel Tufnell was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Cambridge at a by-election in 1934, following the ennoblement of the Conservative MP Sir George Newton as Baron Eltisley.Tufnell retained the seat at the 1935 general...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Arthur Symonds Arthur Symonds Arthur Leslie Symonds, OBE was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He grew up in Cambridge and was educated at the Perse School and Jesus College, Cambridge, before moving to Cornwall, where he was an Assistant Master at St. Austell County School for Boys between 1933 and 1940...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Sir Hamilton Kerr Sir Hamilton Kerr, 1st Baronet Sir Hamilton William Kerr, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford... , Bt.	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...	Robert Davies	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1967 by-election Cambridge by-election, 1967 The Cambridge by-election of 21 September 1967 was held after the premature death of Cambridge's Labour MP Robert Davies in June 1967.:The seat was highly marginal, having only been won by Labour during the previous year's Labour landslide by 439 votes, and it had only been the second time Labour...	David Lane David Lane (politician) David William Stennis Stuart Lane was a British Conservative Party politician.Lane was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Yale University. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1955. From 1956 to 1959 he was secretary of the British Iron and Steel...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1976 by-election Cambridge by-election, 1976 The Cambridge by-election of 2 December 1976 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament David Lane resigned his seat to take up the position of Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality.: The seat was retained by the Tories in a result that cut the government majority to one...	Robert Rhodes James Robert Rhodes James Sir Robert Vidal Rhodes James was a British historian and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was born in India and began his education in private schools there, returning to England to attend Sedbergh School and then Worcester College, Oxford.He wrote his first book, a much-acclaimed biography...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...	Anne Campbell Anne Campbell Anne Campbell is an English Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1992 to 2005.-Early life:She went to Newnham College, Cambridge, taking the Maths Tripos, and gaining an MA in 1965....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....	David Howarth David Howarth David Ross Howarth is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 2005 to 2010.- Education and academic career :...	Liberal Democrat
2010	Julian Huppert Julian Huppert Julian Leon Huppert is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and Member of Parliament for Cambridge since 2010...	Liberal Democrat

Elections in the 2010s

For a complete list of all Cambridge election results covering 1754–present, see Cambridge parliamentary constituency election results
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This is a list of the complete election results of the Cambridge parliamentary constituency from 1754 to the present.-Elections in the 1750s: By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage of Thomas Bromley. ...

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Figures for the most recent elections are below.

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Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

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