Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Cambridgeshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1290–1885
Number of members	2 (1290 – 1832) 3 (1832 – 1885)
Replaced by	Chesterton Newmarket Wisbech
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	SE Cambridgeshire SW Cambridgeshire
Created from	Chesterton Newmarket

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

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• 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
		1660	Thomas Wendy		Isaac Thornton
		1661			Thomas Chicheley
		1674	Sir Thomas Hatton, Bt
		February 1679	Gerard Russell		Edward Partherich
		August 1679	Sir Levinus Bennet, Bt	Tory	Sir Robert Cotton
		1693	The Lord Cutts
		1695			Edward Russell	Whig
		1697			Sir Rushout Cullen, Bt
		1702	Granado Pigot
		1705	John Bromley
		1707	John Bromley
		1710			John Jenyns
		1717			Robert Clarke
		1718	Francis Whichcote
		1722	Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt		Lord Harley
		1724			Samuel Shepheard
		1727	Henry Bromley
		1741	Soame Jenyns
		1747			Viscount Royston	Whig
		1754	Marquess of Granby
		1764			Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt
		1770	Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt
		1780	Lord Robert Manners		Viscount Royston	Whig
		1782	Sir Henry Peyton, Bt
		1789	James Whorwood Adeane
		1790			Charles Philip Yorke	Tory
		May 1802	Sir Henry Peyton, Bt
		July 1802	Lord Charles Manners
		1810			Lord Francis Osborne
		1830	Henry John Adeane
		1831			Richard Greaves Townley
1832			third member added

MPs 1832–1885

Election				First member	First party	Second member	Second party	Third member	Third party
			1832	Richard Greaves Townley	Liberal	Charles Yorke	Conservative	John Walbanke Childers	Liberal
			1835			Eliot Yorke	Conservative	Richard Jefferson Eaton	Conservative
			1841	John Peter Allix	Conservative
			1847	Richard Greaves Townley	Liberal			Lord George Manners	Conservative
			1852	Edward Ball	Conservative
			1857					Henry John Adeane	Liberal
			1863 by-election	Lord George Manners	Conservative
			1865			Viscount Royston	Conservative	Richard Young	Liberal
			1868					Hon. Sir Henry Brand	Liberal
			January 1874 by-election			Hon. Elliot Yorke	Conservative
			October 1874	Benjamin Rodwell	Conservative
			1879 by-election			Edward Hicks	Conservative
			1881 by-election	James Redfoord Bulwer	Conservative
			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
	1918	Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu	Liberal
	1922	Harold William Stannus Gray	Unionist
	1923	Richard George Briscoe	Unionist
	1945	A. E. Stubbs	Labour
	1950	Gerald Howard	Conservative
	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	Edwin Samuel Montagu	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

• Parliamentary representation from Cambridgeshire
• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons

References

1. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-09.
2. Cox, Thomas. The introduction; being the ancient state of Britain. Bedfordshire - Essex. Google Books
3. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-09.
4. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-09.
5. F. W. S. Craig (1984), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
6. 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. 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)