CAMBRIDGE (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Cambridge' is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

History

Members of Parliament

1832–1885

1885-present

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

See also

References

External link

Boundaries

The constituency roughly covers the city of Cambridge, including areas such as Chesterton, Newnham and Cherry Hinton, although two wards in the south of the city (Queen Edith's and Trumpington) are in Cambridgeshire South 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 next United Kingdom general election are:

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

History

Cambridge was a Conservative constituency until 1992 when it was taken by Labour's Anne Campbell who held onto the seat for three Parliamentary terms, until 2005, when it was taken by David Howarth of the Liberal Democrats. As a university town, Cambridge has a large student population, so Labour's controversial plans for university top-up fees may well have been a major factor in the 2005 election.
Historically, the city of Cambridge was also home to a second constituency representing the University of Cambridge. The 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 constituency was abolished in 1950.

Members of Parliament

★ ''Constituency created'' (1295)

1832–1885

★ 1832 — 1839: G. Pryme and the Rt. Hon. T.S. Rice, both Whig

★ 1839 — 1840: G. Pryme, Whig, and The Hon. J.H.T.M. Sutton, Conservative

★ 1840 — 1841: G. Pryme, Whig, and Sir A.C. Grant Bt, Conservative

★ 1841 — 1843: The Hon. J.H.T.M. Sutton and Sir A.C. Grant Bt, both Conservative

★ 1843 — 1847: The Hon. J.H.T.M. Sutton and Fitzroy Kelly, both Conservative

★ 1847 — 1852: R.A.S. Adair and The Hon. William Frederick Campbell, both Whig

★ 1852 — 1854: K. Macaulay and J.H. Astell, both Conservative

★ 1854 — 1857: R.A.S. Adair and F. Mowatt, both Whig

★ 1857 — 1863: K. Macaulay and A. Steuart, both Conservative

★ 1863 — 1865: K. Macaulay and Francis Powell, both Conservative

★ 1865 — 1866: W. Forsyth and Francis Powell, both Conservative

★ 1866 — 1868: Francis Powell, and John Eldon Gorst, both Conservative

★ 1868 — 1874: Sir Robert Torrens and William Fowler, both Liberal

★ 1874 — 1880: Alfred Marten and Patrick Smollett, both Conservative

★ 1880 — 1885: William Fowler and Hugh Shield, both Liberal

1885-present

Year		Member	Party
1885		''Representation reduced to one MP''
	1885	Sir Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald, Bt.	Conservative
	1906	Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal
	1910	Almeric Paget	Conservative
	1917	Sir Eric Geddes	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Sir George Newton	Conservative
	1934	Richard Tufnell	Conservative
	1945	Arthur Symonds	Labour
	1950	Sir Hamilton Kerr, Bt.	Conservative
	1966	Robert Davies	Labour
	1967	David Lane	Conservative
	1976	Robert Rhodes James	Conservative
	1992	Anne Campbell	Labour
	2005	David Howarth	Liberal Democrat

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

★ Cambridge by-election, 1922

★ Cambridge by-election, 1934

★ Cambridge by-election, 1967

★ Cambridge by-election, 1976

References

★ Constituencies in the unreformed House

★ The House of Commons (C)

External link

★ Cambridge Constituency Parliamentary Elections since 1832