Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cambridge Borough constituency
Cambridge shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	David Howarth
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cambridgeshire
EP constituency:	East of England

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

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 1832–1885 3.2 1885-present 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 1920s 4.2 Elections in the 1970s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 4.4 Elections in the 1990s 4.5 Elections in the 2000s 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1295)

[edit] 1832–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		George Pryme	Whig		Thomas Spring Rice	Whig
1839					John Manners-Sutton	Conservative
1840					Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt	Conservative
1841		John Manners-Sutton	Conservative
1843					Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative
1847		Robert Adair	Whig		William Frederick Campbell	Whig
1852		Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative		John Harvey Astell	Conservative
1854		Robert Adair	Whig		Francis Mowatt	Whig
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

[edit] 1885-present

Year		Member	Party
1885		Representation reduced to one MP
	1885	Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald	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

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

By-election 1922: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir George Newton	10,897	48.7	−26.6
	Labour	Hugh Dalton	6,954	31.1	+6.4
	Liberal	S.C. Morgan	4,529	20.2	N/A
Majority			3,943	17.6
Turnout				80.4	+19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election October 1974: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lane	21,790	41.25	+0.66
	Labour	J Curran	19,017	36	+3.28
	Liberal	Michael O'Loughlin	11,129	21.07	-5
	United Democratic Party (UK)	CJ Curry	885	1.68	N/A
Majority			2,773	5.25	-2.62
Turnout			52,811	69.55	-9.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	20,931	41.5
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Matthew Oakeshott	14,963	29.7
	Labour	Janet Jones	14,240	28.2
	Monster Raving Loony	J Dougrez-Lewis	286	0.6
Majority			5,968	11.8
Turnout			50,420	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rhodes James	21,624	40.0	-1.5
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Shirley Williams	16,564	30.6	+0.9
	Labour	Christopher Howard	15,319	28.3	+0.1
	Green	Margaret Wright	597	1.1
Majority			5,060	9.4	-2.4
Turnout			54,104	78.0	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	20,039	39.7
	Conservative	Mark Bishop	19,459	38.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Howarth	10,037	19.9
	Green	Tim Cooper	720	1.4
	Monster Raving Loony	R. Brettell-Winnington	175	0.3
	Natural Law	R. Chalmers	83	0.2
Majority			580
Turnout				73.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1997: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	27,436	53.4
	Conservative	David Platt	13,299	25.9
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Heathcock	8,287	16.1
	Referendum Party	W. Burrows	1,262	2.5
	Green	M. W. Wright	654	1.3
	ProLife Alliance	A. Johnstone	191	0.4
	Workers' Revolutionary	R. Athow	107	0.2
	Natural Law	P. Gladwin	103	0.2
Majority			14,137
Turnout				71.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Campbell	19,316	45.1	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Howarth	10,737	25.1	+8.9
	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
	UK Independence	Len Baynes	532	1.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Clare Underwood	232	0.5	+0.2
	Workers' Revolutionary	Margaret Courtney	61	0.1	-0.1
Majority			8,579	20.0
Turnout			42,836	60.6	-10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
	UK Independence	Helene Davies	569	1.3	+0.1
	Respect	Tom Woodcock	477	1.1
	Independent	Suzon Forscey-Moore	60	0.1
	Independent	Graham Wilkinson	60	0.1
Majority			4,339	10.0
Turnout			43,569	62.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	15.0

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• Cambridge by-election, 1922
• Cambridge by-election, 1934
• Cambridge by-election, 1967
• Cambridge by-election, 1976

[edit] References

• Constituencies in the unreformed House. Date of creation. Retrieved on July 4, 2005.
• The House of Commons (C). List of MPs. Retrieved on July 4, 2005.

[edit] External links

• Cambridge Constituency Parliamentary Elections since 1832

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