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Cambridgeshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1290–1885
Seats2 (1290 – 1832)
3 (1832 – 1885)
Replaced byChesterton
Newmarket
Wisbech
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created fromChesterton
Newmarket
Replaced bySE Cambridgeshire
SW Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a former Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire until 1832, when the number of members was increased to three. It was divided between the constituencies of Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech in 1885.

The parliamentary county was again reconstituted in 1918 and continued until 1983, when, in the redistribution of seats of the expanded post-1974 Cambridgeshire, the constituency was divided between the new constituencies of North East Cambridgeshire (including a small part of Peterborough), South East Cambridgeshire and South West Cambridgeshire (including a minority of territory from the former Huntingdonshire).

Boundaries

1290-1653, 1658-1885: The historic county of Cambridgeshire. (Although Cambridgeshire contained the borough of Cambridge, which elected two MPs in its own right, this was not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. In the elections of 1830 and 1831, about an eighth of the votes cast for the county came from within Cambridge itself. The city of Ely also elected its own MPs in 1295.)

1654-1658 The historic county was divided for the First and the Second Protectorate Parliaments, between the two-member Isle of Ely area and the four-member constituency consisting of the rest of the county.

1918-1983: The administrative county of Cambridgeshire, excluding the Municipal Borough of Cambridge.

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1290)

MPs 1290-1660

Year First member Second member
1372 William Papworth
1373 Henry English
1377 (Oct) Henry English
1381 William Papworth
1382 (May) William Papworth
1383 John Andrew
1383 (Oct) Henry English
1384 (Nov) Henry English
1386 Sir William Papworth Thomas Hasilden I [1]
1388 (Feb) Sir John Engaine Sir John Chalers [1]
1388 (Sep) Sir John Engaine Robert Parys [1]
1390 (Jan) Henry English Simon Burgh [1]
1390 (Nov) Sir John Colville Simon Burgh [1]
1391 Sir Robert Denny Simon Burgh [1]
1393 Sir John Colville Sir Robert Denny [1]
1394 Sir Baldwin St George Richard Hasilden [1]
1395 Sir Edmund de la Pole Thomas Hasilden II [1]
1397 (Jan) Sir Thomas Skelton Thomas Hasilden II [1]
1397 (Sep) John Tyndale Thomas Hasilden II [1]
1399 Sir Payn Tiptoft Richard Hasilden [1]
1401 Sir Baldwin St George Thomas Hasilden II
1402 Thomas Priour John Hobildod [1]
1404 (Jan) Sir Payn Tiptoft John Brunne [1]
1404 (Oct) Sir Baldwin St George William Standon [1]
1406 Sir Baldwin St George William Asenhill [1]
1407 Sir John Howard (Sir) John Rochford [1]
1410 William Alington [1]
1411 Sir Walter de la Pole John Hobildod [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) William Porter John Burgoyne [1]
1414 (Apr) Sir Baldwin St George Nicholas Morys [1]
1414 (Nov) Sir Walter de la Pole Thomas Lopham [1]
1415 John Hore Nicholas Huish [1]
1416 (Mar) John Hobildod Thomas Wykes [1]
1416 (Oct) William Alington Sir William Asenhill [1]
1417 Sir Walter de la Pole Thomas Chalers [1]
1419 John Burgoyne William Goodred [1]
1420 Nicholas Caldecote Thomas Camp [1]
1421 (May) Sir Walter de la Pole William Freville [1]
1421 (Dec) John Burgoyne William Fulbourne [1]
1425 John Hore [2]
1429 William Alington of Bottisham
1431 Laurence Cheyne
1432 Laurence Cheyne Henry Somer
1433 William Alington of Horseheath
1435 Laurence Cheyne
1436 William Alington of Horseheath
1442 Laurence Cheyne
1449 Sir John Say
1510–1523 No names known[3]
1529 Robert Peyton Giles Alington [3]
1536
1539 Sir Giles Alington Sir Thomas Elyot [3]
1542 Edward North Thomas Rudston [3]
1545
1547 (Sir) Edward North James Dyer [3]
1553 (Mar) (Sir) Edward North James Dyer [3]
1553 (Oct) Sir John Huddleston Sir John Cotton [3]
1554 (Apr) Sir John Huddleston Sir Giles Alington [3]
1554 (Nov) Sir John Huddleston Sir John Cotton[3]
1555 Roger North, 2nd Baron North Thomas Wendy [3]
1558 Sir Giles Alington Robert Peyton [3]
1559 (Jan) Roger North Francis Hynde[4]
1562–1563 Roger North, ennobled
and repl. 1566 by Robert Peyton		 John Hutton [4]
1571 John Hutton Henry Long [4]
1572 (Apr) Francis Hynde John Hutton [4]
1584 (Nov) John North Sir John Cutts [4]
1586 (Oct) John North Sir John Cutts [4]
1588 (Oct) John North (Sir) Francis Hynde [4]
1593 John Cotton John Peyton [4]
1597 (Oct) (Sir) Henry North William Hynde [4]
1601 Sir John Cutts (Sir) John Cotton [4]
1604 Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet Sir John Cutts
1614 Sir Thomas Chichley Sir John Cutts
1621 Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts
1624 Sir Simon Steward Sir John Cutts
1625 Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts
1626 Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet Sir John Cutts
1628 Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet
1629–1640 No Parliaments convened
Year First member First party Second member Second party
Apr 1640 Sir Dudley North Sir John Cutts
Nov 1640 Sir Dudley North Parliamentarian Thomas Chicheley Royalist
Chicheley disabled 16 September 1642 replaced 1645 by Francis Russell. North secluded 1648
Year First member Second member Third member Fourth member
1653 John Sadler Thomas French Robert Castle Samuel Warner
1654 John Delbrow Henry Pickering Robert Castle Francis Russell
1656 Robert West Henry Pickering Robert Castle Francis Russell
1659 Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Pickering

MPs 1660-1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| 1660 Thomas Wendy Isaac Thornton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1661 Thomas Chicheley
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1674 Sir Thomas Hatton, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| February 1679 Gerard Russell Edward Partherich
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| August 1679 Sir Levinus Bennet, Bt Tory Sir Robert Cotton
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1693 The Lord Cutts
style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" | 1695 Edward Russell Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="4"| 1697 Sir Rushout Cullen, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1702 Granado Pigot
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1705 John Bromley
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1707 John Bromley
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1710 John Jenyns
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1717 Robert Clarke
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1718 Francis Whichcote
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| 1722 Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt Lord Harley
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1724 Samuel Shepheard
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1727 Henry Bromley
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1741 Soame Jenyns
style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1747 Viscount Royston Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1754 Marquess of Granby
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1764 Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1770 Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color"| style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1780 Lord Robert Manners Viscount Royston Whig
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1782 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1789 James Whorwood Adeane
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1790 Charles Philip Yorke Tory
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | May 1802 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| July 1802 Lord Charles Manners
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1810 Lord Francis Osborne
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1830 Henry John Adeane
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1831 Richard Greaves Townley
1832 third member added

MPs 1832–1885

Election First member First party Second member Second party Third member Third party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1832 Richard Greaves Townley Liberal Charles Yorke Conservative John Walbanke Childers Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="6"| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1835 Eliot Yorke Conservative Richard Jefferson Eaton Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1841 John Peter Allix Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1847 Richard Greaves Townley Liberal Lord George Manners Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1852 Edward Ball Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1857 Henry John Adeane Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="4"| 1863 by-election Lord George Manners Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"| 1865 Viscount Royston Conservative Richard Young Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="5"| 1868 Hon. Sir Henry Brand Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| January 1874 by-election Hon. Elliot Yorke Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| October 1874 Benjamin Rodwell Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1879 by-election Edward Hicks Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1881 by-election James Redfoord Bulwer Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1884 by-election Arthur John Thornhill Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished, Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech from 1885

MPs 1918-1983

Election Member Party
Chesterton and Newmarket prior to 1918
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1918 Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1922 Harold William Stannus Gray Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Richard George Briscoe Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1945 A. E. Stubbs Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1950 Gerald Howard Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1961 by-election Francis Pym Conservative
1983 Constituency abolished, SE Cambs and SW Cambs from 1983

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Cambridgeshire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 41,218 56.5 +9.0
Labour R Collins 17,929 24.6 −3.2
Liberal Stephen Ronald Jakobi 13,780 18.9 −5.8
Majority 23,289 31.9
Turnout 72,927 78.3 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing +6.1
General Election 1974 (October): Cambridgeshire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 30,508 47.5 +0.4
Labour Michael Peter Farley 17,853 27.8 +2.0
Liberal Stephen Ronald Jakobi 15,841 24.7 −2.4
Majority 12,655 19.7
Turnout 64,202 76.0 −6.8
Conservative hold Swing −0.8
General Election 1974 (February): Cambridgeshire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 32,638 47.1 −7.5
Liberal Stephen Ronald Jakobi 18,826 27.1 +15.5
Labour Michael Peter Farley 17,930 25.8 −8.0
Majority 13,812 20.0
Turnout 69,394 82.8 +7.3
Conservative hold Swing −11.5
General Election 1970: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 32,264 54.6 +6.9
Labour John Noel Hughes 19,993 33.8 −4.2
Liberal Mrs. Morag Brown 6,861 11.6 −2.7
Majority 12,271 20.8
Turnout 59,118 75.5 −3.7
Conservative hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 25,600 47.7 −0.7
Labour John Noel Hughes 20,433 38.0 +4.0
Liberal John Roderic Charles Beale 7,698 14.3 −3.7
Majority 5,167 9.7
Turnout 53,731 79.2 −0.6
Conservative hold Swing −2.4
General Election 1964: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 24,883 48.0 +2.1
Labour Evan L Rutherford 17,636 34.0 +3.9
Liberal Richard Gillachrist Moore 9,347 18.0 −6.0
Majority 7,247 14.0
Turnout 51,866 79.8 +17.4
Conservative hold Swing −0.9
Cambridgeshire by-election, 1961[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Leslie Pym 17,643 45.9 −12.0
Labour Robert M D Davies 11,566 30.1 −12.0
Liberal Richard Gillachrist Moore 9,219 24.0 N/A
Majority 6,077 15.8
Turnout 38,428 62.4 −15.6
Conservative hold Swing +0.0

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Gerald Howard 27,407 57.9 +3.6
Labour William Royle 19,928 42.1 −3.6
Majority 7,479 15.8
Turnout 47,335 78.0 −0.9
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
General Election 1955: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Gerald Howard 25,025 54.3 +0.5
Labour Henry David Leonard George Walston 21,051 45.7 −0.5
Majority 3,974 8.6
Turnout 46,076 78.9 −2.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
General Election 1951: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Gerald Howard 25,095 53.8 +7.5
Labour Henry David Leonard George Walston 21,558 46.2 +5.9
Majority 3,537 7.6
Turnout 46,653 81.2 −2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.8
General Election 1950: Cambridgeshire[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Gerald Howard 21,846 46.3 +4.1
Labour Albert Ernest Stubbs 19,046 40.3 −2.0
Liberal Richard Thomas Howlett 6,348 13.4 −2.1
Majority 2,800 6.0
Turnout 47,240 83.4 +13.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.1

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Ernest Stubbs 18,714 42.3 +10.3
Conservative Stephen Gerald Howard 18,670 42.2 −11.2
Liberal Lionel E Goodman 6,867 15.5 +0.9
Majority 44 0.1
Turnout 44,251 69.9 +2.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.8

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard George Briscoe 19,087 53.4 −14.9
Labour John Rotherford Bellerby 11,437 32.0 +0.3
Liberal John William Payne 5,223 14.6 N/A
Majority 7,650 21.4
Turnout 35,747 67.8 −2.7
Conservative hold Swing −7.6
General Election 1931: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard George Briscoe 23,742 68.3 +30.7
Labour Geoffrey Theodore Garratt 11,013 31.7 +0.0
Majority 12,729 36.6
Turnout 34,755 70.5 −4.2
Conservative hold Swing +30.7

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard George Briscoe 13,306 37.6 −21.4
Labour Geoffrey Theodore Garratt 11,256 31.7 −9.3
Liberal John William Payne 10,904 30.7 N/A
Majority 2,050 5.9 −12.1
Turnout 35,466 74.7 +4.8
Unionist hold Swing −6.1
General Election 1924: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard George Briscoe 15,530 59.0 +15.4
Labour Geoffrey Theodore Garratt 10,781 41.0 +9.2
Majority 4,749 18.0
Turnout 26,311 69.9 −2.6
Unionist hold Swing +3.1
General Election 1923: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard George Briscoe 11,710 43.6 +5.6
Labour Albert Ernest Stubbs 8,554 31.8 −3.5
Liberal Mrs Elsbeth Dimsdale 6,619 24.6 −2.1
Majority 3,156 11.8
Turnout 26,883 72.5 +1.7
Unionist hold Swing +4.6
General Election 1922: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Harold William Stannus Gray 9,846 38.0 N/A
Labour Albert Ernest Stubbs 9,167 35.3 +0.4
National Liberal Edwin Samuel Montagu 6,942 26.7 −38.4
Majority 679 2.7
Turnout 25,955 70.8 +19.5
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +38.2

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Cambridgeshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 12,497 65.1 N/A
Independent Labour Albert Ernest Stubbs 6,686 34.9 N/A
Majority 5,811 30.2
Turnout 19,183 51.3 N/A
Liberal win (new seat)
  • endorsed by Coalition Government

See also

References

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  2. ^ Cox, Thomas. The introduction; being the ancient state of Britain. Bedfordshire - Essex. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help) Google Books
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  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  5. ^ a b c F. W. S. Craig (1984), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h F. W. S. Craig (1971), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1950-1970. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
  7. ^ By-election triggered on the appointment of Gerald Howard as a High Court Judge.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h F. W. S. Craig (1983), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
  • Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
  • British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
  • John Cannon, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
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