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
Electorate	75,259 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Cambridge
Current constituency
Created	1295 (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.

1 History
2 Boundaries
- 2.1 Boundary review
3 History
4 Members of Parliament
5 Elections
6 See also
7 Notes and References
8 Sources
9 External links

History [edit]

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 [edit]

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.

Boundary review [edit]

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 for the 2010 general election were:

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

History [edit]

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 whose successor Julian Huppert from 2010.

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 [edit]

Constituency created (1295)

MPs 1295–1660 [edit]

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Brigham	John Herries ^[2]
1388 (Feb)	John Cotton	John Camp ^[2]
1388 (Sep)	John Blankpayn	John Marshall ^[2]
1390 (Jan)	Richard Maisterman	Robert Goodrich ^[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Camp	John Payn ^[2]
1393	John Herries	Robert Goodrich ^[2]
1394	Robert Brigham	Robert Goodrich ^[2]
1395	Robert Brigham	John Thriplow ^[2]
1397 (Jan)	Hugh Candlesby	John Thriplow ^[2]
1397 (Sep)	Thomas Trivet	Simon Bentbow ^[2]
1399	Hugh Candlesby	William Salle ^[2]
1401
1402	Robert Brigham	Thomas Trivet ^[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Knapton	John Bilney ^[2]
1407	Simon Bentbow	Thomas Beverley ^[2]
1410
1411	John Bush	John Alderhithe ^[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Stephen Neel	Robert Attilbridge ^[2]
1414 (Apr)	John Beverley	John Warwick ^[2]
1414 (Nov)	John Greenlane	John Hokington ^[2]
1415	John Knapton	Thomas Beverley ^[2]
1416 (Mar)	John Bilney	John Sexton II^[2]
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Bilney	Robert Attilbridge ^[2]
1419	John Knapton	Henry Topcliffe ^[2]
1420	John Cappe	Henry Topcliffe ^[2]
1421 (May)	John Greenlane	John Bilney ^[2]
1421 (Dec)	Richard Andrew	William Wedgwood ^[2]
1447	John Say
1510	No nemes known^[3]
1512	John Bury	John Erlich ^[3]
1515	?
1523	?
1529	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman ^[3]
1536	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman ^[3]
1539	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman ^[3]
1542	Thomas Brakyn	Edward Slegge ^[3]
1545	John Rust	Simon Trew ^[3]
1547	John Fanne, died and replaced Jan 1552 by John Rust	Richard Brakyn ^[3]
1553 (Mar)	Robert Chapman	Alexander Ray ^[3]
1553 (Oct)	James Fletcher	Richard Brakyn ^[3]
1554 (Apr)	John Rust	Richard Brakyn ^[3]
1554 (Nov)	Robert Chapman	Richard Brassney ^[3]
1555	Alexander Ray	Lawrence Hawes ^[3]
1558	John Line	Thomas Ventris ^[3]
1558/1559	Thomas Ventris	Roger Slegge^[4]
1562/1563	Henry Serle	Roger Slegge ^[4]
1571 (Mar)	Robert Shute	Roger Slegge ^[4]
1572 (Apr)	Robert Shute, became a judge and replaced Jan 1581 by John North	Roger Slegge ^[4]
1584 (Nov)	Henry North	Roger Slegge ^[4]
1586 (Oct)	John Edmonds	Roger Slegge ^[4]
1588 (Oct)	Nicholas Gaunte	Roger Slegge ^[4]
1593	Thomas Goldsborough	Christopher Hodson ^[4]
1597 (Oct)	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley ^[4]
1601 (Oct)	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley ^[4]
1604	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley
1614	Sir Robert Hitcham	Francis Brakin
1621	Richard Foxton	Thomas Meautys
1621 (Mar)	Sir John Hobart	Thomas Meautys
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 Barebones Parliament
1654	Richard Timbs	(one member only)
1656	Richard Timbs	(one member only)
1659	John Lowry	Richard Timbs

MPs 1660–1885 [edit]

Election	1st Member^[5]		1st Party		2nd Party
1660		Sir Dudley North		Sir Thomas Wills, Bt
1661		Sir William Compton		Roger Pepys
1664		The Lord Alington		Roger Pepys
1679		The Lord Alington		Sir Thomas Chicheley
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
1702		Anthony Thompson		Sir Henry Pickering, Bt
1705		Anthony Thompson		Sir John Cotton, Bt
1708		Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt		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		Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt		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	Charles Cadogan	Whig
1776		Soame Jenyns	Tory	Benjamin Keene	None
1780		James Whorwood Adeane	Tory	Benjamin Keene	None
1784				John Mortlock	Tory
1788				Francis Dickins	Tory
1789		Edward Finch	Tory	Francis Dickins	Tory
1791		Edward Finch	Tory	Robert Manners	Tory
1819		Frederick Trench	Tory	Robert Manners	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	Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt	Conservative
1843		Hon. John Manners-Sutton	Tory	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		Kenneth Macaulay	Tory	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 [edit]

	Member^[5]	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 [edit]

Elections in the 2010s [edit]

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.

General Election 2010: Cambridge^[6]
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^{[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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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	W. J. S. Burrows	1,262	2.5	N/A
	Green	Margaret Wright	654	1.3	−0.1
	ProLife Alliance	A. Johnstone	191	0.4	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	R. J. Athow	107	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	M. L. P. Gladwin	103	0.2	+0.0
Majority			14,137	27.5
Turnout			51,339	71.5	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.2

General Election 1992: Cambridge^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	20,039	39.7	+11.4
	Conservative	Mark A. Bishop	19,459	38.5	−1.4
	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	−8.2
Turnout			50,513	73.2	−4.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Cambridge by-election, 1934 Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Lionel Tufnell	14,896	51.2
	Labour	Alexander Wood	12,176	41.9
	Liberal	Rev. D. Macfadyen	2,023	7.0
Majority			2,720
Turnout				67.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1922: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Sir George Newton	10,897	48.7	−26.6
	Labour	Dr. Hugh Dalton	6,954	31.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	4,529	20.2	N/A
Majority			3,943	17.6
Turnout				80.4	+19.6
	Coalition Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1918: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Sir Eric Geddes	11,553	75.30	N/A
	Labour	Rev Thomas Rhondda Williams	3,789	24.70	N/A
Majority			7,764	50.61	N/A
Turnout			15,342	60.95	N/A
	Coalition Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Notes and References [edit]

Notes

^ As with all constituencies, Cambridge elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
^ Old Holborn is the name of a popular libertarian blog, and the author of the blog stood for election under the name of his blog, rather than his own name.

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ Cambridge - Statement of Persons Nominated
^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Sources [edit]

"Constituencies in the unreformed House". Date of creation. Retrieved 4 July 2005. ^{[dead link]}

External links [edit]

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