Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency) election results
This is a list of the complete election results of the Cambridge parliamentary constituency from 1754 to the present.
Elections in the 1750s
By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage of Thomas Bromley.
By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, to office.
By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, to office.
By-election triggered by the succession to the peerage Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin.
Elections in the 1760s
By-election triggered by the appointment of Charles Sloane Cadogan to office.
By-election triggered by the appointment of Charles Sloane Cadogan to office.
Elections in the 1770s
By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Charles Sloane Cadogan.
Elections in the 1780s
By-election triggered by the appointment of John Mortlock to office.
By-election triggered by the appointment of James Whorwood Adeane to office.
Elections in the 1790s
By-election triggered by the simultaneous election of Francis Dickins for Northamptonshire, and his decision to sit for that constituency instead of Cambridge.
Elections in the 19th century
By-election triggered by the appointment of Robert Manners as First Equerry and Clerk Marshal of the Mews.
Elections in the 1810s
By-election triggered by the resignation of the Hon. Edward Finch.
Elections in the 1820s
By-election triggered by the death of Charles Madryl Cheere.
By-election triggered by the appointment of the Marquess of Graham as Commander of the Board of Control.
By-election triggered by the appointment of Frederick William Trench as Storekeeper of Ordnance.
Elections in the 1830s
By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
By-election triggered by the appointment of Thomas Spring Rice as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Thomas Spring Rice as Lord Monteagle of Brandon.
Elections in the 1840s
Previous by-election declared void on petition.
By-election triggered by the resignation of Sir Alexander Cray Grant, Bt.
By-election triggered by the appointment of Fitzroy Kelly as Solicitor-General.
Elections in the 1850s
Previous election declared void on petition.
Elections in the 1860s
Resignation of Andrew Steuart.
Election of William Forsyth declared void on petition, due to his holding an office of profit under the Crown.
Elections in the 1880s
After 1885, Cambridge returned only one Member of Parliament.
Elections in the 1910s
By-election triggered by the resignation of Almeric Paget.
Elections in the 1920s
By-election triggered by the resignation of Sir Eric Geddes.
Elections in the 1930s
By-election triggered by the elevation to the peerage of Sir George Newton as Baron Eltisley.
Elections in the 1960s
By-election triggered by the death of Robert Davies.
Elections in the 1970s
By-election triggered by the appointment of David Lane as Director of the Commission for Racial Equality.
References
- Lewis Namier and John Brooke, The House of Commons, 1754-1790, 3 vols. (HMSO, London, 1964)
- R.G. Thorne (ed.), The House of Commons, 1790-1820, 5 vols. (Secker and Warburg, London, 1986)
- D.R. Fisher (ed.), The House of Commons, 1820-1832, 7 vols. (Cambridge University Press, London, 2009)
- F.W.S. Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1832-1885 (Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983)
- F.W.S. Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Parliamentary Research Services, Aldershot, 1989)
- F.W.S. Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 (Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1977)
- F.W.S. Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983)
- F.W.S. Craig, British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 (Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984)
- Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, ''British parliamentary election results, 1983â1997, (Ashgate, Aldershot, 1999)