Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)

"Cambridge constituency" redirects here. For the university constituency (1603–1950), see Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency). For the Canadian riding of the same name, see Cambridge (federal electoral district).

Cambridge is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Daniel Zeichner of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Cambridge
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Cambridge in the East of England
County	Cambridgeshire
Population	114,740 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	72,560 (2023)[2]
Major settlements	Cambridge, Trumpington
Current constituency
Created	1295
Member of Parliament	Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
Seats	1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One

Centred on the university city of Cambridge, it is one of the country's oldest continuously constituted constituencies. It was created in 1295 and returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) and was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. From 1885 onwards, the seat has elected one MP.

It was held by the Conservatives from 1967 to 1992, since when it has been represented alternately by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted 73.8% to remain.^[3]

Constituency profile

The current constituency covers the majority of the city of Cambridge, including the areas of Arbury (which contains some social housing), Chesterton, Newnham, Cherry Hinton and the village of Trumpington; but the city's Queen Edith's ward (which includes Addenbrooke's Hospital and Homerton College) is in the neighbouring South Cambridgeshire constituency.

Residents are healthier and wealthier than the UK average.^[4]

History

Overview of results before 1992

Cambridge returned two Members to Parliament from 1295 until 1885, using the bloc vote system.^[5] These were generally townsmen who were involved in local government, with at least sixty mayors of Cambridge having served as MP by 1621.^[5] Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 representation was reduced to one member, using the first-past-the-post system, with effect from the 1885 general election.^[5]

From 1910 to 1992, Cambridge was won by the Conservatives, save for 1945 to 1950 and 1966 to 1968, when it was Labour-held with small majorities.

Related extra representation 1603–1950

Historically, the city of Cambridge retained some electors, and was often the source of MPs to a second constituency, for Cambridge University, covering all successful alumni in its electorate. The university seat was created in 1603 as part of the scheme of University constituencies. Its MPs included Isaac Newton, William Pitt the Younger, Lord Palmerston, George Stokes, Richard Jebb, and Archibald Hill before abolition in 1950.

Overview of results since 1992

In 1992, Cambridge was won by Labour's Anne Campbell, who held onto the seat for 13 years (three Parliamentary terms). In 2005, it was taken by David Howarth of the Liberal Democrats, the first time the party (including its two forerunner parties) had taken the seat since the 1906 Liberal-progressive landslide; his successor, Julian Huppert, held the seat with an increased majority in the 2010 general election. In 2015, Huppert was unseated by the Labour candidate, Daniel Zeichner, who took the seat with a thin majority of 599 votes. The 2015 result gave the seat the 7th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[6] Zeichner went on to hold the seat at the 2017 and 2019 elections with comfortable majorities.

Most recent results of other parties

In 2015, three other parties candidates kept their deposits, by winning more than 5% of the vote. In order of public preference, these candidates stood for the Conservatives, Green Party and UKIP, respectively.

Turnout since 1918

Turnout at general elections has ranged between 86.48% in 1950 to 60.6% in 2001.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1868–1918

• The Borough of Cambridge, plus the village of Chesterton.^[7]

1918–1950

• The Borough of Cambridge.^[8]

Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the boundaries were expanded to align with those of the Municipal Borough, incorporating further parts of the former Urban District of Chesterton to the north, and the parish of Cambridge Without to the south.

1950–1983

• The Borough of Cambridge, but with redrawn boundaries.^[8]

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, the boundaries were further expanded for the 1950 general election.

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.^[9][10]

The Queen Edith's and Trumpington wards were included in South West Cambridgeshire (South Cambridgeshire from 1997).

2010–2024

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

• 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.^[11]

Trumpington ward returned from South Cambridgeshire.

2024–present

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was reduced in size with the transfer of the Cherry Hinton ward to South Cambridgeshire.^[12]

Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1295)

MPs 1386–1660

Elections in (brackets) are by-elections.

Parliament	First member	Second member	Ref.
1386	Robert Brigham	John Herries	[13]
Feb 1388	John Cotton	John Camp	[13]
Sep 1388	John Blankpayn	John Marshall	[13]
Jan 1390	Richard Maisterman	Robert Goodrich	[13]
Nov 1390
1391	John Camp	John Payn	[13]
1393	John Herries	Robert Goodrich	[13]
1394	Robert Brigham		[13]
1395		John Thriplow	[13]
Jan 1397	Hugh Candlesby		[13]
Sep 1397	Thomas Trivet	Simon Bentbow	[13]
1399	Hugh Candlesby	William Salle	[13]
1401
1402	Robert Brigham	Thomas Trivet	[13]
Jan 1404
Oct 1404
1406	John Knapton	John Bilney	[13]
1407	Simon Bentbow	Thomas Beverley	[13]
1410
1411	John Bush	John Alderhithe	[13]
Feb 1413
May 1413	Stephen Neel	Robert Attilbridge	[13]
Apr 1414	John Beverley	John Warwick	[13]
Nov 1414	John Greenlane	John Hokington	[13]
1415	John Knapton	Thomas Beverley	[13]
Mar 1416	John Bilney	John Sexton	[13]
Oct 1416
1417	John Bilney	Robert Attilbridge	[13]
1419	John Knapton	Henry Topcliffe	[13]
1420	John Cappe		[13]
May 1421	John Greenlane	John Bilney	[13]
Dec 1421	Richard Andrew	William Wedgwood	[13]
1447	John Say
1510
1512	John Bury	John Erlich	[14]
1515
1523
1529	Thomas Brakyn	Robert Chapman	[14]
1536			[14]
1539			[14]
1542		Edward Slegge	[14]
1545	John Rust	Simon Trew	[14]
1547	John Fanne (died in office)	Richard Brakyn	[14]
(1552)	John Rust		[14]
Mar 1553	Robert Chapman	Alexander Ray	[14]
Oct 1553	James Fletcher	Richard Brakyn	[14]
Apr 1554	John Rust		[14]
Nov 1554	Robert Chapman	Richard Brassney	[14]
1555	Alexander Ray	Lawrence Hawes	[14]
1558	John Line	Thomas Ventris	[14]
1558–1559	Thomas Ventris	Roger Slegge	[15]
1562–1563	Henry Serle		[15]
Mar 1571	Robert Shute		[15]
Apr 1572			[15]
(1581)	John North		[15]
Nov 1584	Henry North		[15]
Oct 1586	John Edmonds		[15]
Oct 1588	Nicholas Gaunte		[15]
1593	Thomas Goldsborough	Christopher Hodson	[15]
Oct 1597	Robert Wallis	John Yaxley	[15]
Oct 1601			[15]
1604		John Yaxley
1614	Sir Robert Hitcham	Francis Brakin
1621	Richard Foxton	Thomas Meautys
Mar 1621	Sir John Hobart
1624	Francis Brakyn	Robert Luckyn
1625	Talbot Pepys	Thomas Meautys
1626	John Thompson
1628	Thomas Purchase
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
Apr 1640	Oliver Cromwell	Thomas Meautys
Nov 1640		John Lowry
1653	Cambridge not represented in Barebone's Parliament
1654	Richard Timbs
1656
1659	John Lowry	Richard Timbs

MPs 1660–1885

Election	1st Member[16]		1st Party	2nd Member[16]		2nd Party
1660		Sir Dudley North			Sir Thomas Willys, 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 Jeaffreson
1747					Samuel Shepheard
1748					Christopher Jeaffreson
1749					Charles Cadogan	Tory[17]
1754					Hon. Thomas Bromley	Whig
1755					Charles Cadogan	Tory[17]
1758		Soame Jenyns	Tory[17]
1776					Benjamin Keene	Tory[17]
1780		James Whorwood Adeane	Tory[17]
1784					John Mortlock	Whig[17]
1788					Francis Dickins	Tory[17]
1789		Edward Finch	Tory[17]
1791					Robert Manners	Tory[17]
1819		Frederick Trench	Tory[17]
1820					Charles Madryll Cheere	Tory[17]
1825					Marquess of Graham	Tory[17]
1832		George Pryme	Whig[17][18]		Thomas Spring Rice	Whig[17]
1839					John Manners-Sutton	Conservative[17]
1840					Sir Alexander Grant, Bt	Conservative[17]
1841		Hon. John Manners-Sutton	Conservative[17]
1843					Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative[17]
1847		Robert Adair	Whig[19][20][21][22][23]		Hon. William Campbell	Whig[22][23]
1852		Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative		John Harvey Astell	Conservative
March 1853	Writ suspended[24]
1854		Robert Adair	Radical[25][26][27]		Francis Mowatt	Radical[28][29]
1857		Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative		Andrew Steuart	Conservative
1863					Francis Powell	Conservative
1865		William Forsyth	Conservative
1866		John Eldon Gorst	Conservative
1868		Robert Torrens	Liberal		William Fowler	Liberal
1874		Alfred Marten	Conservative		Patrick Smollett	Conservative
1880		William Fowler	Liberal		Hugh Shield	Liberal
1885	representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[16][30]	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
	2015	Daniel Zeichner	Labour

Elections

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Cambridge election results 1900-2024

Performance of political parties in graphical format

This table shows parties' election performance in this seat in graphical format. Cells are shaded by party. The percentage share of the vote that each party gained is indicated by the number in each cell and is also proportional to the height of each cell. The winning party in each election is indicated by a percentage score in bold and by a shaded cell (corresponding to that party's colour) above the header row.

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Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cambridge^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	19,614	46.6	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cheney Payne	8,536	20.3	−10.9
	Green	Sarah Nicmanis	6,842	16.3	+12.1
	Conservative	Shane Manning	5,073	12.0	−2.8
	Workers Party	Khalid Abu-Tayyem	951	2.3	N/A
	Independent	David Carmona	819	1.9	N/A
	Rebooting Democracy	Keith Garrett	265	0.6	+0.5
Majority			11,078	26.3	+8.3
Turnout			42,100	60.4	−8.2
Registered electors			70,315
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[32]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	23,600	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	15,501	31.2
	Conservative	7,344	14.8
	Green	2,068	4.2
	Brexit Party	958	1.9
	Others	269	0.5
Turnout		49,740	68.6
Electorate		72,560

General election 2019: Cambridge^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	25,776	48.0	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Cantrill	16,137	30.0	+0.7
	Conservative	Russell Perrin	8,342	15.5	–0.8
	Green	Jeremy Caddick	2,164	4.0	+1.7
	Brexit Party	Peter Dawe	1,041	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Miles Hurley	111	0.2	N/A
	SDP	Jane Robins	91	0.2	N/A
	Rebooting Democracy	Keith Garrett	67	0.1	–0.1
Majority			9,639	18.0	–4.6
Turnout			53,729	67.4	–3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	–2.3

General election 2017: Cambridge^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	29,032	51.9	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Huppert	16,371	29.3	–5.6
	Conservative	John Hayward	9,133	16.3	+0.6
	Green	Stuart Tuckwood	1,265	2.3	–5.6
	Rebooting Democracy	Keith Garrett	133	0.2	–0.2
Majority			12,661	22.6	+21.5
Turnout			55,934	71.2	+9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Cambridge

General election 2015: Cambridge^[35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Zeichner	18,646	36.0	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Huppert	18,047	34.9	–4.2
	Conservative	Chamali Fernando	8,117	15.7	–9.9
	Green	Rupert Read	4,109	7.9	+0.3
	UKIP	Patrick O'Flynn	2,668	5.2	+2.8
	Rebooting Democracy	Keith Garrett	187	0.4	N/A
Majority			599	1.1	N/A
Turnout			51,774	62.1	–2.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+8.0

General election 2010: Cambridge^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 3]	145	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,792	13.5	–13.9
Turnout			50,130	65.0	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–7.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Cambridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	N/A
Turnout			43,569	62.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+15.0

General election 2001: Cambridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	19,316	45.1	–8.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Howarth	10,737	25.1	+9.0
	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	+0.1
	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 Democrats	Geoffrey Heathcock	8,287	16.1	–3.8
	Referendum	William 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 Athow	107	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	M. Gladwin	103	0.2	N/A
Majority			14,137	27.5	+26.3
Turnout			51,339	71.5	–1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.2

General election 1992: Cambridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	20,039	39.7	+11.4
	Conservative	Mark Bishop	19,459	38.5	–1.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Howarth	10,037	19.9	–10.7
	Green	Tim Cooper	720	1.4	+0.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Richard Brettell-Winnington	175	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Roger Chalmers	83	0.2	N/A
Majority			580	1.2	N/A
Turnout			50,513	73.2	–4.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Cambridge^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	21,624	40.0	–1.5
	SDP	Shirley Williams	16,564	30.6	+0.9
	Labour	Christopher Howard	15,319	28.3	+0.1
	Green	Margaret Wright	597	1.1	N/A
Majority			5,060	9.4	–2.4
Turnout			54,104	78.0	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.2

General election 1983: Cambridge^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	20,931	41.5	–1.5
	SDP	Matthew Oakeshott	14,963	29.7	+12.6
	Labour	Janet Jones	14,240	28.2	–11.2
	Monster Raving Loony	John Dougrez-Lewis	286	0.57	N/A
Majority			5,968	11.84
Turnout			50,420	75.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Cambridge^[39][40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	25,568	45.7	+4.4
	Labour	Martin Smith	20,772	37.14	+1.1
	Liberal	John Wakelin	9,285	16.6	–4.5
	National Front	Derek Holland	311	0.56	N/A
Majority			4,796	8.6	+3.4
Turnout			55,936	72.0	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

By-election 1976: Cambridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	19,620	51.0	+9.8
	Labour	Martin Smith	9,995	26.0	–10.0
	Liberal	Michael O'Loughlin	7,051	18.3	–2.8
	Independent	James Sharpe	711	1.85	N/A
	National Front	Jeremy Wotherspoon	700	1.82	N/A
	Science Fiction Looney	Philip Sargent	374	1.0	N/A
Majority			9,625	25.0	+19.8
Turnout			38,451
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Cambridge^[39][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lane	21,790	41.3	+0.7
	Labour	James Patrick Curran	19,017	36.0	+3.3
	Liberal	Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	11,129	21.1	–5.0
	United Democratic Party	Christopher John Curry	885	1.7	N/A
Majority			2,773	5.25	–2.62
Turnout			52,821	69.56	–9.22
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.3

General election February 1974: Cambridge^[39][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lane	24,119	40.6
	Labour	James Patrick Curran	19,443	32.7
	Liberal	Michael Wilfrid Bryan O'Loughlin	15,491	26.07
	Independent	Susan Elisabeth Inkster	369	0.62	N/A
Majority			4,676	7.87
Turnout			59,422	78.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Cambridge^[43][44][45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lane	26,252	55.33	+11.91
	Labour	George Scurfield	21,191	44.67	−0.80
Majority			5,061	10.66	N/A
Turnout			47,443	72.37	−7.63
Registered electors			65,554
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.36

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Cambridge by-election, 21 September 1967^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lane	20,488	51.61	+8.19
	Labour	George Scurfield	14,510	36.55	−8.92
	Liberal	David Spreckley	4,701	11.84	+1.64
Majority			5,978	15.06	N/A
Turnout			39,699	65.7	–14.30
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1966: Cambridge^[43][44][47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Davies	21,963	45.47	+5.01
	Conservative	David Lane	20,972	43.42	+0.05
	Liberal	Michael WB O'Loughlin	4,928	10.20	−5.97
	Independent	Peter King	439	0.91	N/A
Majority			991	2.05	N/A
Turnout			48,302	80.00	+0.86
Registered electors			60,380
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.48

General election 1964: Cambridge^[43][44][48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamilton Kerr	20,720	43.37	−7.69
	Labour	Robert Davies	19,331	40.46	+3.67
	Liberal	Michael WB O'Loughlin	7,723	16.17	+4.02
Majority			1,389	2.91	−11.36
Turnout			47,774	79.14	−0.67
Registered electors			60,365
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.68

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Cambridge^[43][44][49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamilton Kerr	24,350	51.06	−6.50
	Labour	Robert Davies	17,543	36.79	−5.65
	Liberal	Arnold Geoffroy de Montmorency	5,792	12.15	−10.29
Majority			6,807	14.27	−0.85
Turnout			59,745	79.81	+1.28
Registered electors			59,745
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.43

General election 1955: Cambridge^[43][44][50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamilton Kerr	27,059	57.56	+5.17
	Labour	Arthur Symonds	19,953	42.44	+1.25
Majority			7,106	15.12	+3.93
Turnout			47,012	78.53	−5.91
Registered electors			59,868
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.96

General election 1951: Cambridge^[43][44][51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamilton Kerr	26,570	52.39	+2.88
	Labour	Arthur Symonds	20,893	41.19	+1.24
	Liberal	Frances Josephy	3,257	6.42	−4.12
Majority			5,677	11.20	+1.64
Turnout			50,720	84.44	−2.04
Registered electors			60,064
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.82

General election 1950: Cambridge^[43][44][52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamilton Kerr	25,151	49.51	+0.39
	Labour	Arthur Symonds	20,297	39.95	−10.93
	Liberal	Frances Josephy	5,355	10.54	N/A
Majority			4,854	9.56	N/A
Turnout			50,803	86.48	+17.32
Registered electors			58,742
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.66

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General election 1945: Cambridge^[43][44][53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Symonds	19,671	50.88	+9.36
	Conservative	Richard Tufnell	18,989	49.12	−9.36
Majority			682	1.76	N/A
Turnout			38,600	69.16	−4.06
Registered electors			55,898
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.36

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General election 1935: Cambridge^[43][44][54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Tufnell	18,927	58.48	−14.71
	Labour	Alexander Wood	13,436	41.52	+14.71
Majority			5,491	16.96	−29.42
Turnout			32,363	73.22	−2.40
Registered electors			44,197
	Conservative hold		Swing	−14.71

General election 1931: Cambridge^[43][44][55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Newton	23,347	73.19	+30.00
	Labour	Alexander Wood	8,552	26.81	−4.70
Majority			14,795	46.38	+34.70
Turnout			31,899	75.62	−4.19
Registered electors			42,186
	Conservative hold		Swing	+17.35

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General election 1929: Cambridge^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Newton	13,867	43.19	−9.33
	Labour	David Hardman	10,116	31.51	+12.09
	Liberal	Maurice Amos	8,124	25.30	−2.75
Majority			3,751	11.68	−2.20
Turnout			32,107	79.81	−2.04
Registered electors			40,227
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.87

General election 1924: Cambridge^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Newton	12,628	52.52	+10.59
	Labour	Alec Firth	6,744	28.05	−5.50
	Liberal	Frank Reyner Salter	4,670	19.42	−5.11
Majority			5,884	13.87	+5.49
Turnout			24,042	81.85	+0.91
Registered electors			29,372
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.05

General election 1923: Cambridge^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Newton	9,814	41.93	−6.82
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	7,852	33.55	+3.16
	Labour	Alec Firth	5,741	24.53	+3.67
Majority			1,962	8.38	−9.98
Turnout			23,407	80.94	−0.23
Registered electors			28,920
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.99

General election 1922: Cambridge^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Newton	11,238	48.75	−26.65
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	7,005	30.39	+5.69
	Labour	Alec Firth	4,810	20.86	−3.84
Majority			4,233	18.36	−32.24
Turnout			23,053	81.17	+20.22
Registered electors			28,402
	Conservative hold		Swing	−16.17

By-election, 1922: Cambridge^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Newton	10,897	48.69	−26.61
	Labour	Hugh Dalton	6,954	31.07	+6.37
	Liberal	Sydney Cope Morgan	4,529	20.24	N/A
Majority			3,943	17.62	−32.98
Turnout			22,380	80.41	+19.46
Registered electors			27,833
	Conservative hold		Swing	−28.84

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General election 1918: Cambridge^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Eric Geddes	11,553	75.30	N/A
	Labour	Thomas Rhondda Williams	3,789	24.70	N/A
Majority			7,764	50.60	N/A
Turnout			15,342	60.95	N/A
Registered electors			25,170
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

By-election, 1917: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Eric Geddes	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election December 1910: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Almeric Paget	4,427	52.0	−1.4
	Liberal	Stanley Buckmaster	4,084	48.0	+1.4
Majority			343	4.0	−2.8
Turnout			8,511	90.6	−2.5
Registered electors			9,392
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

General election January 1910: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Almeric Paget	4,667	53.4	+5.3
	Liberal	Stanley Buckmaster	4,080	46.6	−5.3
Majority			587	6.8	N/A
Turnout			8,747	93.1	+0.9
Registered electors			9,392
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.3

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Buckmaster

General election 1906: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stanley Buckmaster	4,232	51.9	N/A
	Conservative	Almeric Paget	3,924	48.1	N/A
Majority			308	3.8	N/A
Turnout			8,156	92.2	N/A
Registered electors			8,850
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1900: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

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General election 1895: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	3,574	55.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Alexander Jones David	2,920	45.0	−3.0
Majority			654	10.0	+6.0
Turnout			6,494	83.3	−2.9
Registered electors			7,796
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 1892: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	3,299	52.0	−2.2
	Liberal	R. C. Lehmann	3,044	48.0	+2.2
Majority			255	4.0	−4.4
Turnout			6,343	86.2	−1.3
Registered electors			7,362
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

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General election 1886: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	2,937	54.2	+3.2
	Liberal	Cyril Dodd[57]	2,479	45.8	−3.2
Majority			458	8.4	+6.4
Turnout			5,416	87.5	−2.7
Registered electors			6,189
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

Fowler

General election 1885: Cambridge^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	2,846	51.0	+5.7
	Liberal	William Fowler	2,739	49.0	−5.7
Majority			107	2.0	N/A
Turnout			5,585	90.2	+0.6 (est)
Registered electors			6,189
	Conservative win

General election 1880: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Fowler	2,386	27.7	+2.9
	Liberal	Hugh Shield	2,326	27.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Alfred Marten	2,003	23.2	−2.7
	Conservative	Patrick Smollett	1,902	22.1	−2.9
Majority			484	5.6	N/A
Turnout			4,309 (est)	89.6 (est)	+8.7
Registered electors			4,806
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.8

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General election 1874: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Marten	1,856	25.9	+4.0
	Conservative	Patrick Smollett	1,794	25.0	+3.8
	Liberal	William Fowler	1,774	24.8	−3.5
	Liberal	Robert Torrens	1,738	24.3	−4.3
Majority			56	0.7	N/A
Turnout			3,581 (est)	80.9 (est)	−1.1
Registered electors			4,428
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.9

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General election 1868: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Torrens	1,879	28.6	+4.2
	Liberal	William Fowler	1,857	28.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Francis Powell	1,436	21.9	−3.7
	Conservative	John Eldon Gorst	1,389	21.2	−4.4
Majority			443	6.7	N/A
Turnout			3,281 (est)	82.0 (est)	−2.0
Registered electors			4,000
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.2

Cambridge by-election, 24 April 1866: Cambridge^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Eldon Gorst	774	50.6	−0.6
	Liberal	Robert Torrens	755	49.4	+0.6
Majority			19	1.2	0.0
Turnout			1,529	86.4	+2.4
Registered electors			1,769
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

Election of William Forsyth declared void on petition, due to his holding an office of profit under the Crown.

General election 1865: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Forsyth	762	25.6	−0.8
	Conservative	Francis Powell	760	25.6	−0.7
	Liberal	Robert Torrens	726	24.4	+0.5
	Liberal	William Dougal Christie	725	24.4	+1.0
Majority			34	1.2	−1.2
Turnout			1,487 (est)	84.0 (est)	+4.6
Registered electors			1,769
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

Cambridge by-election, 12 February 1863: Cambridge^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Powell	708	53.0	+0.3
	Liberal	Henry Fawcett	627	47.0	−0.3
Majority			81	6.0	+3.6
Turnout			1,335	72.9	−6.5
Registered electors			1,831
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Resignation of Andrew Steuart.

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General election 1859: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Macaulay	753	26.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Andrew Steuart	750	26.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Edward Twisleton	683	23.9	−0.9
	Liberal	Francis Mowatt	669	23.4	−0.5
Majority			67	2.4	+2.2
Turnout			1,428 (est)	79.4 (est)	+1.2
Registered electors			1,797
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

General election 1857: Cambridge (2 seats)^[25][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Macaulay	770	26.2	−0.9
	Conservative	Andrew Steuart	735	25.0	−1.5
	Radical	Robert Adair	729	24.8	+0.5
	Radical	J. T. Hibbert[26][59]	702	23.9	+1.7
Majority			6	0.2	−2.6
Turnout			1,468 (est)	78.2 (est)	+1.7
Registered electors			1,878
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.3

Cambridge by-election, 18 August 1854: Cambridge^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Robert Adair	758	26.2	+1.9
	Radical	Francis Mowatt	733	25.3	+3.1
	Conservative	George Finch-Hatton	708	24.5	−2.6
	Conservative	Sir Frederic William Slade, 2nd Baronet	696	24.0	−2.5
Majority			50	1.7	N/A
Turnout			1,448 (est)	73.2 (est)	−3.3
Registered electors			1,977
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.8

Previous election declared void on petition, due to bribery and treating. ^[24]

General election 1852: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Macaulay	821	27.1	+15.5
	Conservative	John Harvey Astell	803	26.5	+14.9
	Whig	Robert Adair	737	24.3	−52.5
	Radical	Francis Mowatt	673	22.2	N/A
Majority			84	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1,517 (est)	76.5 (est)	+9.2
Registered electors			1,984
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+20.9
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+20.6

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General election 1847: Cambridge (2 seats)^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Adair	811	40.5	+16.0
	Whig	William Campbell	727	36.3	+13.1
	Conservative	John Manners-Sutton	465	23.2	−29.1
Majority			262	13.1	N/A
Turnout			1,234 (est)	67.3 (est)	−6.4
Registered electors			1,834
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.3
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.8

By-election, 16 July 1845: Cambridge^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fitzroy Kelly	746	50.6	−1.7
	Whig	Robert Adair	729	49.4	+1.7
Majority			17	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			1,475	77.5	+3.8
Registered electors			1,904
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

By-election triggered by the appointment of Fitzroy Kelly as Solicitor-General of England and Wales

By-election, 21 March 1843: Cambridge^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fitzroy Kelly	713	51.2	−1.1
	Whig	Richard Foster	680	48.8	+1.1
Majority			33	2.4	+1.4
Turnout			1,393	73.2	−0.5
Registered electors			1,904
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.1

By-election triggered by the resignation of Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt. by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Poynings

General election 1841: Cambridge (2 seats)^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Manners-Sutton	758	26.8	+3.0
	Conservative	Alexander Grant	722	25.5	+2.3
	Whig	Richard Foster	695	24.5	−2.2
	Whig	Cosmo Russell	656	23.2	−3.1
Majority			27	1.0	N/A
Turnout			1,430	73.7	−2.7
Registered electors			1,940
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.9
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.5

By-election, 23 May 1840: Cambridge^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Grant	736	52.8	+5.8
	Whig	Thomas Starkie	657	47.2	−5.8
Majority			79	5.6	N/A
Turnout			1,393	75.0	−1.4
Registered electors			1,857
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+5.8

Previous by-election declared void on petition due to bribery and treating by Manners-Sutton's agents. ^[60]

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By-election, 6 September 1839: Cambridge^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Manners-Sutton	717	53.7	+6.7
	Whig	Thomas Milner Gibson[61]	617	46.3	−6.7
Majority			100	7.4	N/A
Turnout			1,334	78.6	+2.2
Registered electors			1,698
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+6.7

By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Thomas Spring Rice as Lord Monteagle of Brandon.

General election 1837: Cambridge (2 seats)^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Spring Rice	690	26.7	−8.1
	Whig	George Pryme	678	26.3	−6.4
	Conservative	James Knight	614	23.8	+7.6
	Conservative	John Manners-Sutton	599	23.2	+7.0
Majority			64	2.5	+2.3
Turnout			1,298	76.4	−14.1
Registered electors			1,698
	Whig hold		Swing	−7.7
	Whig hold		Swing	−6.9

By-election, 27 April 1835: Cambridge^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Spring Rice	Unopposed
	Whig hold

By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

General election 1835: Cambridge (2 seats)^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Spring Rice	736	34.8	−9.1
	Whig	George Pryme	693	32.7	+0.9
	Conservative	James Knight	688	32.5	+8.3
Majority			5	0.2	−7.4
Turnout			1,341	90.5	+7.3
Registered electors			1,482
	Whig hold		Swing	−6.6
	Whig hold		Swing	−1.6

By-election, 13 June 1834: Cambridge^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Spring Rice	615	51.0	−24.7
	Tory	Edward Sugden	590	49.0	+24.8
Majority			25	2.0	−5.6
Turnout			1,205	82.8	−0.4
Registered electors			1,456
	Whig hold		Swing	−24.8

By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.

General election 1832: Cambridge (2 seats)^[17][58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Spring Rice	979	43.9	N/A
	Whig	George Pryme	709	31.8	N/A
	Tory	Edward Sugden	540	24.2	N/A
Majority			169	7.6	N/A
Turnout			1,247	83.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,499
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	N/A
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

General election 1831: Cambridge (2 seats)^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Graham	Unopposed
	Tory	Frederick Trench	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 160
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Cambridge (2 seats)^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Graham	Unopposed
	Tory	Frederick Trench	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 160
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

Elections in the 1820s

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General election 1820: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Frederick Trench	37
	Tory	Charles Cheere	37
	Whig	Henry John Adeane	18
	Whig	George Pryme	16
Majority			19
Majority			19
Registered electors			c.160
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the death of Charles Madryl Cheere.

Cambridge by-election, 4 February 1825: Cambridge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Graham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.160
	Tory hold

General election 1826: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Graham	24
	Tory	Frederick Trench	23
	Whig	George Pryme	4
Majority			20
Majority			19
Registered electors			c.160
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the appointment of the Marquess of Graham as Commander of the Board of Control.

Cambridge by-election, 8 February 1828: Cambridge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Graham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.160
	Tory hold

By-election triggered by the appointment of Frederick William Trench as Storekeeper of Ordnance.

Cambridge by-election, 9 June 1829: Cambridge (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Frederick Trench	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.160
	Tory hold

Elections in the 1810s

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General election 1812: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1818: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	76		N/A
	Tory	Robert Manners	76		N/A
	Whig	Henry John Adeane	56		N/A
Majority			20		N/A
Majority			20		N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

By-election triggered by the resignation of the Hon. Edward Finch.

Cambridge by-election, 3 December 1819

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Frederick Trench	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold

Elections in the 1800s

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By-election triggered by the appointment of Robert Manners as First Equerry and Clerk Marshal of the Mews.

Cambridge by-election, 9 February 1801

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold

General election 1802: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1806: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1807: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

Elections in the 1790s

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General election 1790: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A
	Tory	Francis Dickins	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

By-election triggered by the simultaneous election of Francis Dickins for Northamptonshire, and his decision to sit for that constituency instead of Cambridge.

Cambridge by-election, 12 February 1791

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing

General election 1796: Cambridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A
	Tory	Robert Manners	Unopposed	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1780s

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General election 1780: Cambridge (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Whorwood Adeane	96
	Nonpartisan	Benjamin Keene	83
	Whig	Christopher Potter	18
Majority			78
Majority			65
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

General election 1784: Cambridge (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	James Whorwood Adeane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	John Mortlock	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory gain from Nonpartisan		Swing	N/A

By-election triggered by the appointment of John Mortlock to office.

Cambridge by-election, 29 May 1788

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Francis Dickins	41
	Whig	Thomas Adams	7
Majority			34
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the appointment of James Whorwood Adeane to office.

Cambridge by-election, 11 May 1789

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edward Finch	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing

Elections in the 1770s

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General election 1774: Cambridge (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Soame Jenyns	92
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	89
	Whig	Thomas Byde	63
	Nonpartisan	Samuel Meeke	60
Majority			29
Majority			26
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Charles Sloane Cadogan.

Cambridge by-election, 7 November 1776

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Benjamin Keene	101
	Whig	Thomas Byde	34
Majority			67
Registered electors			c.150
	Nonpartisan hold		Swing

Elections in the 1760s

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General election 1761: Cambridge (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Soame Jenyns	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the appointment of Charles Sloane Cadogan to office.

Cambridge by-election, 23 April 1764

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing

General election 1768: Cambridge (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Soame Jenyns	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Tory hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the appointment of Charles Sloane Cadogan to office.

Cambridge by-election, 15 May 1769

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing

Elections in the 1750s

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General election 1754: Cambridge (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Hay	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Bromley	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage of Thomas Bromley.

Cambridge by-election, 13 January 1755

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, to office.

Cambridge by-election, 22 December 1755

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Hay	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, to office.

Cambridge by-election, 31 January 1758

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Thomas Hay	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin.

Cambridge by-election, 29 November 1758

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Cadogan	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			c.150
	Whig hold		Swing

Graphical representation

1918

24.7%	75.3%
Liberal	Conservative

1922 by-election

31.1%	20.2%	48.7%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1922

20.9%	30.4%	48.8%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1923

24.5%	33.6%	41.9%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1924

19.4%	28.1%	52.5%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1929

31.5%	25.3%	43.2%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1931

26.8%	73.2%
Labour	Conservative

1935

41.5%	58.5%
Labour	Conservative

1945

50.9%	49.1%
Labour	Conservative

1950

40.0%	10.5%	49.5%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1951

41.2%	6.4%	52.4%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1955

42.4%	57.6%
Labour	Conservative

1959

36.8%	12.2%	51.1%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1964

40.5%	16.2%	43.4%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1966

45.5%	10.2%		43.4%
Labour	Liberal		Conservative

1967 by-election

36.6%	11.8%	51.6%
Labour	Liberal	Conservative

1970

44.7%	55.3%
Labour	Conservative

Feb 1974

32.7%	26.1%		40.6%
Labour	Liberal		Conservative

Oct 1974

36.0%	21.1%	1.7	41.3%
Labour	Liberal	UDP	Conservative

1976 by-election

26.0%	18.3%		1.9	51.0%	1.8
Labour	Liberal		Ind	Conservative	NF

1979

37.1%	16.6%		45.7%
Labour	Liberal		Conservative

1983

28.2%	29.7%		41.5%
Labour	SDP		Conservative

1987

1.1	28.3%	30.6%	40.0%
Gn	Labour	SDP	Conservative

1992

1.4	39.7%	19.9%		38.5%
Gn	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative

1997

1.3	53.4%	16.1%		25.9%	2.5
Gn	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative	Ref

2001

1.7	3.3	45.1%	25.1%		22.9%	1.2
SA	Gn	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative	UK

2005

2.9	1.1	34.0%	44.0%		16.5%	1.3
Gn	Rs	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative	UK

2010

7.6%	24.3%	39.1%		25.6%	2.4
Green	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative	UK

2015

7.9%	36.0%	34.9%		15.7%	5.2%
Green	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative	UKIP

2017

2.2	51.9%	29.3%		16.3%
Gn	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative

2019

4.0	48.0%	30.0%		15.5%
Gn	Labour	Lib Dems		Conservative	B

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. 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.