Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°12′11″N 0°07′52″E / 52.203°N 0.131°E / 52.203; 0.131

Cambridge
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire.
Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
County	Cambridgeshire
Population	114,740 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	75,259 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Cambridge
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of parliament	Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Cambridge is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament.^{[n 1]} After 25 years of Conservative representation, the Labour Party held the seat for 13 years until 2005, since which time the seat has been served by (in succession) two Liberal Democrats. The incumbent is Julian Huppert.

History

Before 1885, Cambridge elected two MPs, using the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one member, with effect from the 1885 general election.

The current MP is Julian Huppert of the Liberal Democrats, who was first elected in 2010.

Boundaries

1983-2010: The City of Cambridge wards of Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Cherry Hinton, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, and West Chesterton.

2010-present: The City of Cambridge wards of Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Cherry Hinton, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King’s Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, Trumpington, and West Chesterton.

The constituency roughly covers the city of Cambridge, including areas such as Chesterton, Newnham and Cherry Hinton, although one ward in the south of the city (Queen Edith's) is in South Cambridgeshire constituency.

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 constituency from 1967 to 1992, when it was taken by Labour's Anne Campbell, who held onto the seat for 13 years (in this case three Parliamentary terms). In 2005 it was taken by David Howarth of the Liberal Democrats; his successor, Julian Huppert, held the seat for the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 general election.

Historically, the city of Cambridge was also home to a second constituency representing the Cambridge University. The university seat was created in 1603 as part of the scheme of University constituencies. MPs for the university included Isaac Newton, William Pitt the Younger, Lord Palmerston, George Stokes, Richard Jebb, and Archibald Hill. The Cambridge University constituency was abolished in 1950.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1295)

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Brigham	John Herries[3]
1388 (Feb)	John Cotton	John Camp[3]
1388 (Sep)	John Blankpayn	John Marshall[3]
1390 (Jan)	Richard Maisterman	Robert Goodrich[3]
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Camp	John Payn[3]
1393	John Herries	Robert Goodrich[3]
1394	Robert Brigham	Robert Goodrich[3]
1395	Robert Brigham	John Thriplow[3]
1397 (Jan)	Hugh Candlesby	John Thriplow[3]
1397 (Sep)	Thomas Trivet	Simon Bentbow[3]
1399	Hugh Candlesby	William Salle[3]
1401
1402	Robert Brigham	Thomas Trivet[3]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Knapton	John Bilney[3]
1407	Simon Bentbow	Thomas Beverley[3]
1410
1411	John Bush	John Alderhithe[3]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Stephen Neel	Robert Attilbridge[3]
1414 (Apr)	John Beverley	John Warwick[3]
1414 (Nov)	John Greenlane	John Hokington[3]
1415	John Knapton	Thomas Beverley[3]
1416 (Mar)	John Bilney	John Sexton II[3]
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Bilney	Robert Attilbridge[3]
1419	John Knapton	Henry Topcliffe[3]
1420	John Cappe	Henry Topcliffe[3]
1421 (May)	John Greenlane	John Bilney[3]
1421 (Dec)	Richard Andrew	William Wedgwood[3]
1447	John Say
1510	No nemes known[4]
1512	John Bury	John Erlich[4]
1515	?
1523	?
1529	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman[4]
1536	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman[4]
1539	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman[4]
1542	Thomas Brakyn	Edward Slegge[4]
1545	John Rust	Simon Trew[4]
1547	John Fanne, died and replaced Jan 1552 by John Rust	Richard Brakyn[4]
1553 (Mar)	Robert Chapman	Alexander Ray[4]
1553 (Oct)	James Fletcher	Richard Brakyn[4]
1554 (Apr)	John Rust	Richard Brakyn[4]
1554 (Nov)	Robert Chapman	Richard Brassney[4]
1555	Alexander Ray	Lawrence Hawes[4]
1558	John Line	Thomas Ventris[4]
1558/1559	Thomas Ventris	Roger Slegge[5]
1562/1563	Henry Serle	Roger Slegge[5]
1571 (Mar)	Robert Shute	Roger Slegge[5]
1572 (Apr)	Robert Shute, became a judge and replaced Jan 1581 by John North	Roger Slegge[5]
1584 (Nov)	Henry North	Roger Slegge[5]
1586 (Oct)	John Edmonds	Roger Slegge[5]
1588 (Oct)	Nicholas Gaunte	Roger Slegge[5]
1593	Thomas Goldsborough	Christopher Hodson[5]
1597 (Oct)	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley[5]
1601 (Oct)	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley[5]
1604	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley
1614	Sir Robert Hitcham	Francis Brakin
1621	Richard Foxton	Thomas Meautys
1621 (Mar)	Sir John Hobart
1624	Francis Brakyn	Robert Luckyn
1625	Talbot Pepys	Thomas Meautys
1626	Thomas Purchase	Thomas Meautys
1628	Thomas Purchase	Thomas Meautys
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Oliver Cromwell	Thomas Meautys
1640 (Nov)	Oliver Cromwell	John Lowry
1653	Cambridge not represented in Barebone's Parliament
1654	Richard Timbs	(one member only)
1656	Richard Timbs	(one member only)
1659	John Lowry	Richard Timbs

MPs 1660–1885

Election	1st Member[6]		1st Party	2nd Member[6]		2nd Party
1660		Sir Dudley North			Sir Thomas Wills, Bt
1661		Sir William Compton			Roger Pepys
1664		The Lord Alington
1679					Sir Thomas Chicheley
1685		Sir William Wren
1689		Sir John Cotton, Bt
1690					Granado Pigot
1695		John Pepys			Isaac Watlington
1696		Sir John Cotton, Bt
1698					Sir Henry Pickering, Bt
1702		Anthony Thompson
1705					Sir John Cotton, Bt
1708		Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt	Tory		Samuel Shepheard
January 1715					Thomas Sclater	Tory
May 1715					Samuel Shepheard
January 1722					Thomas Bacon	Tory
October 1722		Gilbert Affleck
1727		Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt
1737					Gilbert Affleck
1741		Viscount Dupplin	Whig		James Martin
1744					Christopher Jeffreason
1747					Samuel Shepheard
1748					Christopher Jeffreason
1749					Charles Cadogan	Whig
1754					Hon. Thomas Bromley	Whig
1755					Charles Cadogan	Whig
1758		Soame Jenyns	Tory
1776					Benjamin Keene	None
1780		James Whorwood Adeane	Tory
1784					John Mortlock	Tory
1788					Francis Dickins	Tory
1789		Edward Finch	Tory
1791					Robert Manners	Tory
1819		Frederick Trench	Tory
1820					Charles Madryll Cheere	Tory
1825					Marquess of Graham	Tory
1832		George Pryme	Whig		Thomas Spring Rice	Whig
1839					John Manners-Sutton	Conservative
1840					Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt	Conservative
1841		Hon. John Manners-Sutton	Tory
1843					Fitzroy Kelly	Tory
1847		Robert Adair	Whig		Hon. William Campbell	Whig
1852		Kenneth Macaulay	Tory		John Harvey Astell	Tory
1854		Robert Adair	Whig		Francis Mowatt	Whig
1857		Kenneth Macaulay	Tory		Andrew Steuart	Tory
1863					Francis Powell	Tory
1865		William Forsyth	Tory
1866		John Eldon Gorst	Tory
1868		Robert Torrens	Liberal		William Fowler	Liberal
1874		Alfred Marten	Conservative		Patrick Boyle Smollett	Conservative
1880		William Fowler	Liberal		Hugh Shield	Liberal
1885	representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[7][6]	Party
	1885	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	Conservative
	1906	Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal
	Jan 1910	Almeric Paget	Conservative
	1917 by-election	Sir Eric Geddes	Coalition Conservative
	1922 by-election	Sir George Newton	Conservative
	1934 by-election	Richard Tufnell	Conservative
	1945	Arthur Symonds	Labour
	1950	Sir Hamilton Kerr, Bt.	Conservative
	1966	Robert Davies	Labour
	1967 by-election	David Lane	Conservative
	1976 by-election	Robert Rhodes James	Conservative
	1992	Anne Campbell	Labour
	2005	David Howarth	Liberal Democrat
	2010	Julian Huppert	Liberal Democrat

Elections

For a complete list of all Cambridge election results covering 1754–present, see Cambridge parliamentary constituency election results. Figures for the most recent elections are below.

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Cambridge[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chamali Fernando
	Rebooting Democracy	Keith Garrett
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Huppert
	UKIP	Patrick O'Flynn
	Green	Rupert Read
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner

General Election 2010: Cambridge[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Huppert	19,621	39.1	−5.6
	Conservative	Nick Hillman	12,829	25.6	+8.3
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	12,174	24.3	−9.7
	Green	Tony Juniper	3,804	7.6	+4.7
	UKIP	Peter Burkinshaw	1,195	2.4	+1.0
	Cambridge Socialists	Martin Booth	362	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Old Holborn Robert Ambridge[n 2]	145	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,792	13.5
Turnout			50,130	65.0	+6.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−7.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Howarth	19,152	44.0	+18.9
	Labour	Anne Campbell	14,813	34.0	−11.1
	Conservative	Ian Lyon	7,193	16.5	−6.4
	Green	Martin Lucas-Smith	1,245	2.9	−0.4
	UKIP	Helene Davies	569	1.3	+0.1
	Respect	Tom Woodcock	477	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Suzon Forscey-Moore	60	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Graham Wilkinson	60	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,339	10.0
Turnout			43,569	62.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+15.0

General Election 2001: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	19,316	45.1	−8.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Howarth	10,737	25.1	+8.9
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	9,829	22.9	−3.0
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	1,413	3.3	+2.0
	Socialist Alliance	Howard Senter	716	1.7	N/A
	UKIP	Len Baynes	532	1.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Clare Underwood	232	0.5	+0.2
	Workers Revolutionary	Margaret Courtney	61	0.1	−0.1
Majority			8,579	20.0	−7.5
Turnout			42,836	60.6	−10.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	27,436	53.4	+13.7
	Conservative	David Platt	13,299	25.9	−12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Heathcock	8,287	16.1	−3.8
	Referendum Party	William J.S. Burrows	1,262	2.5	N/A
	Green	Margaret Wright	654	1.3	−0.1
	ProLife Alliance	Anna Johnstone	191	0.4	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Raymond J. Athow	107	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	M. L. Patrice Gladwin	103	0.2	+0.0
Majority			14,137	27.5	+26.4
Turnout			51,339	71.5	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.2

General Election 1992: Cambridge[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	20,039	39.7	+11.6
	Conservative	Mark A. Bishop	19,459	38.5	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Howarth	10,037	19.9	−10.7
	Green	Tim H. Cooper	720	1.4	+0.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Dick Brettell-Winnington	175	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	RA Chalmers	83	0.2	N/A
Majority			580	1.1
Turnout			50,513	73.2	−4.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Cambridge[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	21,624	40.0	−1.5
	Social Democratic	Shirley Williams	16,564	30.6	+0.9
	Labour	Christopher Howard	15,319	28.1	−0.1
	Green	Margaret Wright	597	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,060	9.4
Turnout			69,336	78.0	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

General Election 1983: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	20,931	41.5
	Social Democratic	Matthew Oakeshott	14,963	29.7
	Labour	Janet Jones	14,240	28.2
	Monster Raving Loony	J. Dougrez-Lewis	286	0.6
Majority			5,968	11.8
Turnout			50,420	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

United Kingdom Parliament: Cambridge by-election, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	19,620	51.03	+9.78
	Labour	Martin Smith	9,995	25.99	-10.01
	Liberal	Dr. Michael O'Loughlin	7,051	18.34	-2.73
	Independent	James Sharpe	711	1.85	N/A
	National Front	Jeremy Wotherspoon	700	1.82	N/A
	Science Fiction Looney	Philip Sargent	374	0.97	N/A
Majority			9,625	25.03	+19.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David William Stennis Stuart Lane	21,790	41.25	+0.66
	Labour	James Curran	19,017	36	+3.28
	Liberal	Dr. Michael O'Loughlin	11,129	21.07	-5
	United Democratic Party	C.J. Curry	885	1.68	N/A
Majority			2,773	5.25	-2.62
Turnout			52,811	69.55	-9.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Cambridge by-election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David William Stennis Stuart Lane	20,488	51.6
	Labour	George Scurfield	14,510	36.6
	Liberal	David Spreckley	4,701	11.8
Majority			5,978	15.0
Turnout			39,699	65.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1966: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies	21,963	45.47
	Conservative	David William Stennis Stuart Lane	20,972	43.42
	Liberal	Dr. Michael O'Loughlin	4,928	10.20
	Independent	P. King	439	0.91	N/A
Majority			991	2.05	-
Turnout			48,302	80.00
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Cambridge by-election, 1934 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Lionel Tufnell	14,896	51.2
	Labour	Alexander Wood	12,176	41.8
	Liberal	Rev. Dugald Macfadyen	2,023	7.0
Majority			2,720	9.4
Turnout			29,095	67.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Newton	13,867	43.2
	Labour	David Hardman	10,116	31.5
	Liberal	Sir Maurice Amos	8,124	25.3
Majority			3,751	11.7
Turnout			32,107	79.8
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Newton	12,628	52.5
	Labour	Alec Sandy Firth	6,744	28.0
	Liberal	Frank Reyner Salter	4,670	19.4
Majority			5,884	24.5
Turnout			24,042	81.8
	Unionist hold		Swing

1923 General Election: Cambridge[13] Electorate 28,920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	9,814	42.0	-6.7
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	7,852	33.5	+3.1
	Labour	Alec Sandy Firth	5,741	24.5	+3.6
Majority			1,962	8.5	-9.8
Turnout				80.9	-0.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.1

1922 General Election: Cambridge[14] Electorate 28,402
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	11,238	48.7	+0.0
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	7,005	30.4	+10.2
	Labour	Alec Sandy Firth	4,810	20.9	-11.2
Majority			4,233	18.3
Turnout				81.2	+0.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.1

Cambridge by-election, 1922[15] Electorate 28,402
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Douglas Cochrane Newton	10,897	48.7	-26.6
	Labour	Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton	6,954	31.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	4,529	20.2	N/A
Majority			3,943	17.6	-33.0
Turnout				80.4	+19.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	-16.5

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Sir Eric Geddes	11,553	75.3	N/A
	Labour	Rev Thomas Rhondda Williams	3,789	24.7	N/A
Majority			7,764	50.6	N/A
Turnout			15,342	60.9	N/A
	Coalition Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election, December 1910: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Almeric Paget	4,427	52.02
	Liberal	Stanley Owen Buckmaster	4,084	47.98
Majority			343	4.03
Turnout			8,511	90.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, January 1910: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Almeric Paget	4,667	53.35	+5.24
	Liberal	Stanley Owen Buckmaster	4,081	46.65	−5.24
Majority			586	6.70
Turnout			8,748	93.14
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	5.24

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Cambridge[16] Electorate 8,850
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stanley Owen Buckmaster	4,232	51.9	n/a
	Conservative	Almeric Hugh Paget	3,924	48.1	n/a
Majority			308	3.8	n/a
Turnout				92.2	n/a
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	n/a

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• Cambridge by-election, 1922
• Cambridge by-election, 1934
• Cambridge by-election, 1967
• Cambridge by-election, 1976

Notes and references

Notes

References

Sources

• "Constituencies in the unreformed House". Date of creation. Retrieved 4 July 2005. 

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Cambridge — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• Cambridge Constituency Parliamentary Elections since 1832

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