Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)

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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801-1885 & 1918–1983

Cambridgeshire
Former county constituencyfor the House of Commons
1290–1885
Seats 2 (1290 – 1832) 3 (1832 – 1885)
Replaced by ChestertonNewmarketWisbech
1918–1983
Seats one
Created from ChestertonNewmarket
Replaced by SE CambridgeshireSW Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a former Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It was a constituency represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832, when its representation was increased to three until it was abolished in 1885.

It was reconstituted as a single-member seat in 1918 and abolished once again in 1983.

The county was represented by two Knights of the Shire until 1832, when the number of members was increased to three by the Great Reform Act. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished and was divided into three single-member constituencies: the Western or Chesterton Division, the Eastern or Newmarket Division and the Northern or Wisbech Division.

Under the Local Government Act 1888, the historic county of Cambridgeshire was divided between the administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. When the parliamentary constituencies were next redistributed under the Representation of the People Act 1918, Cambridgeshire was re-constituted as a single-member Parliamentary County, largely formed from combining the Chesterton Division (excluding areas that were now part of the expanded Municipal Borough of Cambridge) and the Newmarket Division (excluding the city of Ely which was included in the Parliamentary County of Isle of Ely).

The administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely had been recombined in 1965 and Cambridgeshire was further expanded in 1974 to include Huntingdon and Peterborough under the Local Government Act 1972. Under the subsequent redistribution of seats, which did not come into effect until the 1983 general election, Cambridgeshire was abolished as a county constituency, forming the bulk of the new constituency of South East Cambridgeshire and the majority of South West Cambridgeshire.

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.

There were minor boundary changes in 1950, when some of the constituency was transferred to the Cambridge seat, which was expanded to align with the Municipal Borough, and in 1974, to align with changes to the county boundary.

Members of Parliament

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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[2]
1388 (Feb) Sir John Engaine Sir John Chalers[2]
1388 (Sep) Sir John Engaine Robert Parys[2]
1390 (Jan) Henry English Simon Burgh[2]
1390 (Nov) Sir John Colville Simon Burgh[2]
1391 Sir Robert Denny Simon Burgh[2]
1393 Sir John Colville Sir Robert Denny[2]
1394 Sir Baldwin St George Richard Hasilden[2]
1395 Sir Edmund de la Pole Thomas Hasilden II[2]
1397 (Jan) Sir Thomas Skelton Thomas Hasilden II[2]
1397 (Sep) John Tyndale Thomas Hasilden II[2]
1399 Sir Payn Tiptoft Richard Hasilden[2]
1401 Sir Baldwin St George Thomas Hasilden II
1402 Thomas Priour John Hobildod[2]
1404 (Jan) Sir Payn Tiptoft John Brunne[2]
1404 (Oct) Sir Baldwin St George William Standon[2]
1406 Sir Baldwin St George William Asenhill[2]
1407 Sir John Howard (Sir) John Rochford[2]
1410 William Alington [2]
1411 Sir Walter de la Pole John Hobildod[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) William Porter John Burgoyne[2]
1414 (Apr) Sir Baldwin St George Nicholas Morys[2]
1414 (Nov) Sir Walter de la Pole Thomas Lopham[2]
1415 John Hore Nicholas Huish[2]
1416 (Mar) John Hobildod Thomas Wykes[2]
1416 (Oct) William Alington Sir William Asenhill[2]
1417 Sir Walter de la Pole Thomas Chalers[2]
1419 John Burgoyne William Goodred[2]
1420 Nicholas Caldecote Thomas Camp[2]
1421 (May) Sir Walter de la Pole William Freville[2]
1421 (Dec) John Burgoyne William Fulbourn[2]
1425 John Hore[3]
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
1437 Gilbert Hore William Allington
1439/40 William Allington William Cotton
1442 Laurence Cheyne Thomas Burgoyne
1445/46 John Ansty the younger[4] Edmund Ingeldesthorp
1447 William Cotton John Moris[5]
1449 (Feb) Sir John Say Edmund Ingeldesthorp[6]
1449/50 (Nov) John Cheyne Thomas Tynderne[5]
1450/51 John Ansty the younger[7] Thomas Tynderne[5]
1453/54 William Cotton Edmund Ingeldesthorp[8]
1455/56 John Ansty[9] Thomas Lockton
1459
1460/61
1461/62 John Ansty[7](son of John Ansty in 1445)
1463/65
1467/68 John Ansty[7] William Frevill[5]
1472/75 Sir William Allington Thomas Grey
1478 Sir William Allington Thomas Grey
1491/2 John Burgoyne William Finderne
1510–1523 No names known[10]
1529 Robert Peyton Giles Alington[10]
1536
1539 Sir Giles Alington Sir Thomas Elyot[10]
1542 Edward North Thomas Rudston[10]
1545
1547 (Sir) Edward North James Dyer[10]
1553 (Mar) (Sir) Edward North James Dyer[10]
1553 (Oct) Sir John Huddleston Sir John Cotton[10]
1554 (Apr) Sir John Huddleston Sir Giles Alington[10]
1554 (Nov) Sir John Huddleston Sir John Cotton[10]
1555 Roger North, 2nd Baron North Thomas Wendy[10]
1558 Sir Giles Alington Robert Peyton[10]
1559 (Jan) Roger North Francis Hynde[11]
1562–1563 Roger North, ennobled and repl. 1566 by Robert Peyton John Hutton[11]
1571 John Hutton Henry Long[11]
1572 (Apr) Francis Hynde John Hutton[11]
1584 (Nov) John North Sir John Cutts[11]
1586 (Oct) John North Sir John Cutts[11]
1588 (Oct) John North (Sir) Francis Hynde[11]
1593 John Cotton John Peyton[11]
1597 (Oct) (Sir) Henry North William Hynde[11]
1601 Sir John Cutts (Sir) John Cotton[11]
1604 Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet Sir John Cutts
1614 Sir Thomas Chicheley 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
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 Tory[12] Viscount Royston
1782 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt Whig[12]
1789 James Whorwood Adeane Whig[12]
1790 Charles Philip Yorke Tory[12]
May 1802 Sir Henry Peyton, Bt Whig[12]
July 1802 Lord Charles Manners Tory[12]
1810 Lord Francis Osborne Whig[12]
1830 Henry John Adeane Whig[12]
1831 Richard Greaves Townley Whig[12]
1832 third member added
Election First member First party Second member Second party Third member Third party
1832 Richard Greaves Townley Whig[12][13][14] Charles Yorke Tory[12] John Walbanke-Childers
1834 Conservative[12]
1835 Eliot Yorke Conservative[12] Richard Jefferson Eaton Conservative[12]
1841 John Peter Allix Conservative[12]
1847 Richard Greaves Townley Whig[12][13][14] Lord George Manners Conservative
1852 Edward Ball Conservative
1857 Henry John Adeane Whig[15][16]
1859 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. Eliot Yorke Conservative
October 1874 by-election Benjamin Rodwell Conservative
1879 by-election Edward Hicks Conservative
1881 by-election James Redfoord Bulwer Conservative
1884 by-election Arthur Thornhill Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished, Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech from 1885
Election Member Party
Chesterton and Newmarket prior to 1918
1918 Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu
1922 Harold Stannus Gray
1923 Richard Briscoe
1945 A. E. Stubbs
1950 Gerald Howard
1961 by-election Francis Pym
1983 Constituency abolished, SE Cambs and SW Cambs from 1983

Elections in the 1970s

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Elections in the 1910s

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Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1870s

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Elections in the 1860s

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Elections in the 1850s

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Elections in the 1840s

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Elections in the 1830s

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