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Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801 onwards
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801 onwards
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Cambridge | ||
| parliament | uk | ||
| image | |||
| caption | Boundaries since 2024 | ||
| image2 | [[File:East of England - Cambridge constituency.svg | 215px | alt=Map of constituency]] |
| caption2 | Boundary of Cambridge in the East of England | ||
| year | 1295 | ||
| type | Borough | ||
| elects_howmany | 1295–1885: Two | ||
| 1885–present: One | |||
| population | 114,740 (2011 census) | ||
| electorate | 72,560 (2023) | ||
| mp | Daniel Zeichner | ||
| party | Labour | ||
| region | England | ||
| county | Cambridgeshire | ||
| towns | Cambridge, Trumpington |
1885–present: One
Cambridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Daniel Zeichner of the Labour Party.
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 which time 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.
Constituency profile
The Cambridge constituency covers the majority of the city of Cambridge in the East of England, except some outlying suburbs. Cambridge is a historic settlement dating back to Roman times and was traditionally an important market town supporting trade between London and East Anglia. The city is a popular tourist destination and was described by Forbes as one of the "most beautiful cities in the world". It is known for the University of Cambridge, which consistently ranks as one of the best universities in the world.
Compared to national averages, residents of Cambridge are considerably younger and have low levels of marriage and homeownership. Residents are highly educated and more likely to work in professional jobs. Income and house prices are high. Parts of the city are in the 10% least-deprived areas in England, although there is some deprivation in the Chesterton suburban area. White people make up 75% of the population with Asians being the largest ethnic minority group at 14%. Cambridge has the highest proportion of Chinese people (4.3%) in the country outside the City of London. At the county and city council levels, the city is represented by a mixture of Liberal Democrat, Labour Party and Green Party councillors. In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, an estimated 75% of voters in the constituency supported remaining in the European Union, one of the top 20 highest rates out of 650 constituencies nationwide.
History
Overview of results before 1992
Cambridge returned two Members to Parliament from 1295 until 1885, using the bloc vote system. These were generally townsmen who were involved in local government, with at least sixty mayors of Cambridge having served as MP by 1621. 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.
From 1910 to 1992, Cambridge was won by the Conservatives, save for the periods 1945 to 1950 and 1966 to 1967, 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. 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.
1918–1950
- The Borough of Cambridge.
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.
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.
The Queen Edith's and Trumpington wards were included in South West Cambridgeshire (South Cambridgeshire from 1997).
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.
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.
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 | title=History of Parliament | url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/cambridge | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915160511/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/cambridge | archive-date=15 September 2012 | access-date=21 September 2011}} |
| Feb 1388 | John Cotton | John Camp | ||||||
| Sep 1388 | John Blankpayn | John Marshall | ||||||
| Jan 1390 | Richard Maisterman | Robert Goodrich | ||||||
| Nov 1390 | ||||||||
| 1391 | John Camp | John Payn | ||||||
| 1393 | John Herries | Robert Goodrich | ||||||
| 1394 | Robert Brigham | |||||||
| 1395 | John Thriplow | |||||||
| Jan 1397 | Hugh Candlesby | |||||||
| Sep 1397 | Thomas Trivet | Simon Bentbow | ||||||
| 1399 | Hugh Candlesby | William Salle | ||||||
| 1401 | ||||||||
| 1402 | Robert Brigham | Thomas Trivet | ||||||
| Jan 1404 | ||||||||
| Oct 1404 | ||||||||
| 1406 | John Knapton | John Bilney | ||||||
| 1407 | Simon Bentbow | Thomas Beverley | ||||||
| 1410 | ||||||||
| 1411 | John Bush | John Alderhithe | ||||||
| Feb 1413 | ||||||||
| May 1413 | Stephen Neel | Robert Attilbridge | ||||||
| Apr 1414 | John Beverley | John Warwick | ||||||
| Nov 1414 | John Greenlane | John Hokington | ||||||
| 1415 | John Knapton | Thomas Beverley | ||||||
| Mar 1416 | John Bilney | John Sexton | ||||||
| Oct 1416 | ||||||||
| 1417 | John Bilney | Robert Attilbridge | ||||||
| 1419 | John Knapton | Henry Topcliffe | ||||||
| 1420 | John Cappe | |||||||
| May 1421 | John Greenlane | John Bilney | ||||||
| Dec 1421 | Richard Andrew | William Wedgwood | ||||||
| 1447 | John Say | |||||||
| 1510 | ||||||||
| 1512 | John Bury | John Erlich | title=History of Parliament | url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/cambridge | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830215957/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/cambridge | archive-date=30 August 2012 | access-date=21 September 2011}} |
| 1515 | ||||||||
| 1523 | ||||||||
| 1529 | Thomas Brakyn | Robert Chapman | ||||||
| 1536 | ||||||||
| 1539 | ||||||||
| 1542 | Edward Slegge | |||||||
| 1545 | John Rust | Simon Trew | ||||||
| 1547 | John Fanne (died in office) | Richard Brakyn | ||||||
| (1552) | John Rust | |||||||
| Mar 1553 | Robert Chapman | Alexander Ray | ||||||
| Oct 1553 | James Fletcher | Richard Brakyn | ||||||
| Apr 1554 | John Rust | |||||||
| Nov 1554 | Robert Chapman | Richard Brassney | ||||||
| 1555 | Alexander Ray | Lawrence Hawes | ||||||
| 1558 | John Line | Thomas Ventris | ||||||
| 1558–1559 | Thomas Ventris | Roger Slegge | title=History of Parliament | url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/cambridge | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715173849/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/cambridge | archive-date=15 July 2017 | access-date=21 September 2011}} |
| 1562–1563 | Henry Serle | |||||||
| Mar 1571 | Robert Shute | |||||||
| Apr 1572 | ||||||||
| (1581) | John North | |||||||
| Nov 1584 | Henry North | |||||||
| Oct 1586 | John Edmonds | |||||||
| Oct 1588 | Nicholas Gaunte | |||||||
| 1593 | Thomas Goldsborough | Christopher Hodson | ||||||
| Oct 1597 | Robert Wallis | John Yaxley | ||||||
| Oct 1601 | ||||||||
| 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 | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Sir Dudley North | |||||
| 1661 | Sir William Compton | |||||
| 1664 | The Lord Alington | |||||
| 1679 | Sir Thomas Chicheley | |||||
| 1685 | Sir William Wren | |||||
| 1689 | Sir John Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1690 | Granado Pigot | |||||
| 1695 | John Pepys | |||||
| 1696 | Sir John Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1698 | Sir Henry Pickering, Bt | |||||
| 1702 | Anthony Thompson | |||||
| 1705 | Sir John Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1708 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt | Tory | |||
| January 1715 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Thomas Sclater | Tory | |||
| May 1715 | Samuel Shepheard | |||||
| January 1722 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Thomas Bacon | Tory | |||
| October 1722 | Gilbert Affleck | |||||
| 1727 | Sir John Hynde Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1737 | Gilbert Affleck | |||||
| 1741 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Viscount Dupplin | Whig | |||
| 1744 | Christopher Jeaffreson | |||||
| 1747 | Samuel Shepheard | |||||
| 1748 | Christopher Jeaffreson | |||||
| 1749 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Charles Cadogan | Tory{{cite book | last=Stooks Smith | ||
| 1754 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Hon. Thomas Bromley | Whig | |||
| 1755 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Charles Cadogan | Tory | |||
| 1758 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Soame Jenyns | Tory | |||
| 1776 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Benjamin Keene | Tory | |||
| 1780 | Tories (British political party)}}" | James Whorwood Adeane | Tory | |||
| 1784 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | John Mortlock | Whig | |||
| 1788 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Francis Dickins | Tory | |||
| 1789 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Edward Finch | Tory | |||
| 1791 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Robert Manners | Tory | |||
| 1819 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Frederick Trench | Tory | |||
| 1820 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Charles Madryll Cheere | Tory | |||
| 1825 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Marquess of Graham | Tory | |||
| 1832 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | George Pryme | Whig | Whigs (British political party)}}" | ||
| 1839 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Manners-Sutton | Conservative | |||
| 1840 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Sir Alexander Grant, Bt | Conservative | |||
| 1841 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Hon. John Manners-Sutton | Conservative | |||
| 1843 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Fitzroy Kelly | Conservative | |||
| 1847 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Robert Adair | Whig | Whigs (British political party)}}" | ||
| 1852 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Kenneth Macaulay | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||
| March 1853 | Writ suspended | |||||
| 1854 | Radicals (UK)}}" | Robert Adair | Radical | Radicals (UK)}}" | ||
| 1857 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Kenneth Macaulay | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||
| 1863 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Francis Powell | Conservative | |||
| 1865 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | William Forsyth | Conservative | |||
| 1866 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Eldon Gorst | Conservative | |||
| 1868 | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Robert Torrens | Liberal | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | ||
| 1874 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Alfred Marten | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | ||
| 1880 | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | William Fowler | Liberal | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | ||
| 1885 | representation reduced to one member |
MPs since 1885
| Election | title=Cambridge 1660- | url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/constituencies/cambridge | website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) | access-date=9 February 2015 | archive-date=1 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301185649/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/constituencies/cambridge | url-status=live}} | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1885 | Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald | ||||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 1906 | Stanley Buckmaster | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Jan 1910 | Almeric Paget | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1917 by-election | Sir Eric Geddes | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1922 by-election | Sir George Newton | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1934 by-election | Richard Tufnell | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1945 | Arthur Symonds | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1950 | Sir Hamilton Kerr, Bt. | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1966 | Robert Davies | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1967 by-election | David Lane | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 1976 by-election | Robert Rhodes James | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 1992 | Anne Campbell | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | 2005 | David Howarth | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | 2010 | Julian Huppert | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 2015 | Daniel Zeichner |
Elections

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.
| 64 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 92 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 43 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 43 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 52 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 55 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 40 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 41 | National Front (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 46 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 42 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 40 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 39 | ProLife Alliance}}" | ProLife Alliance}}" | UKIP}}" | UKIP}}" | UKIP}}" | 5 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 16 | Brexit Party}}" | |||||||
| Referendum Party}}" | UKIP}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 51 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 23 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 26 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 44 | Liberal Democrats}}" | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrats}}" rowspan="20" | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 26 | Social Democratic Party (UK)}}" | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Social Democratic Party (UK)}}" | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 16 | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 17 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | 53 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 45 | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 40 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 36 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 26 | Labour Party (UK)}}" | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Party of England and Wales}}" | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Party of England and Wales}}" | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Party of England and Wales}}" | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Party of England and Wales}}" | Workers Party of Britain}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Party of England and Wales}}" | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent (politician)}}" | Independent (politician)}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent (politician)}}" | Independent (politician)}}" | Socialist Alliance (England)}}" | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent (politician)}}" | Independent (politician)}}" | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | Green Party of England and Wales}}" | Respect Party}}" | Independent (politician)}}" | Independent (politician)}}" |
Elections in the 2020s
|reg. electors = 70,315
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result | 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 |
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
|reg. electors = 65,554
Elections in the 1960s
|reg. electors = 60,380 |reg. electors = 60,365
Elections in the 1950s
|reg. electors = 59,745 |reg. electors = 59,868 |reg. electors = 60,064 |reg. electors = 58,742
Elections in the 1940s
|reg. electors = 55,898
Elections in the 1930s
|reg. electors = 44,197 |reg. electors = 42,186
Elections in the 1920s
|reg. electors = 40,227
|reg. electors = 29,372
|reg. electors = 28,920
|reg. electors = 28,402
|reg. electors = 27,833
Elections in the 1910s
|reg. electors = 25,170 |reg. electors = 9,392 |reg. electors = 9,392
Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 8,850
Elections in the 1890s
|reg. electors = 7,796 |reg. electors = 7,362
Elections in the 1880s
|reg. electors = 6,189

|reg. electors = 6,189
|reg. electors = 4,806
Elections in the 1870s
|reg. electors = 4,428
Elections in the 1860s
|reg. electors = 4,000
|reg. electors = 1,769
** Election of William Forsyth declared void on petition, due to his holding an office of profit under the Crown. **
|reg. electors = 1,769
|reg. electors = 1,831
** Resignation of Andrew Steuart. **
Elections in the 1850s
|reg. electors = 1,797
|reg. electors = 1,878
|reg. electors = 1,977
** Previous election declared void on petition, due to bribery and treating. **
|reg. electors = 1,984
Elections in the 1840s
|reg. electors = 1,834
|reg. electors = 1,904
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Fitzroy Kelly as Solicitor-General of England and Wales **
|reg. electors = 1,904
** By-election triggered by the resignation of Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt. by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Poynings **
|reg. electors = 1,940
|reg. electors = 1,857
** Previous by-election declared void on petition due to bribery and treating by Manners-Sutton's agents. **
Elections in the 1830s
|reg. electors = 1,698
- ** By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Thomas Spring Rice as Lord Monteagle of Brandon. ** *
|reg. electors = 1,698
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice as Chancellor of the Exchequer. **
|reg. electors = 1,482
|reg. electors = 1,456
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. **
|reg. electors = 1,499
|reg. electors =
|reg. electors =
Elections in the 1820s
|reg. electors = c.160
** By-election triggered by the death of Charles Madryl Cheere. **
|reg. electors = c.160
|reg. electors = c.160
** By-election triggered by the appointment of the Marquess of Graham as Commander of the Board of Control. **
|reg. electors = c.160
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Frederick William Trench as Storekeeper of Ordnance. **
|reg. electors = c.160
Elections in the 1810s
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the resignation of the Hon. Edward Finch. **
|reg. electors = c.150
Elections in the 1800s
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Robert Manners as First Equerry and Clerk Marshal of the Mews. **
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
Elections in the 1790s
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the simultaneous election of Francis Dickins for Northamptonshire, and his decision to sit for that constituency instead of Cambridge. **
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
Elections in the 1780s
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the appointment of John Mortlock to office. **
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the appointment of James Whorwood Adeane to office. **
|reg. electors = c.150
Elections in the 1770s
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Charles Sloane Cadogan. **
|reg. electors = c.150
Elections in the 1760s
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Charles Sloane Cadogan to office. **
|reg. electors = c.150
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Charles Sloane Cadogan to office. **
|reg. electors = c.150
Elections in the 1750s
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage of Thomas Bromley. **
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, to office. **
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, to office. **
|reg. electors = c.150
** By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin. **
|reg. electors = c.150
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