Cambridge University (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cambridge University University constituency
Created:	1603
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons

Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.

1 Boundaries and Election Systems
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
- 3.1 Election by Bloc Vote
- 3.2 Election by Single Transferable Vote
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Boundaries and Election Systems

This university constituency was created by a Royal Charter of 1603. It was abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948.

The constituency was not a physical area. Its electorate consisted of the graduates of the University.

The constituency returned two Members of Parliament. Before 1918 they were elected using the bloc vote. From 1918, the MPs were elected by the Single Transferable Vote method of Proportional Representation.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This is a list of people who have been elected to represent this University in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1784 to 1950.

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party
1784	William Pitt the Younger	¹	Earl of Euston	Whig
1806	Lord Henry Petty	Whig
1807	Sir Vicary Gibbs	Tory
1811	Sir Vicary Gibbs	Tory	The 3rd Viscount Palmerston	Tory
1812	John Henry Smyth	Whig
1822	William John Bankes	Tory
1826	Sir John Singleton Copley	Tory		Whig
1827	Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal	Tory
1829	William Cavendish	Whig
1831	Henry Goulburn	Tory	William Yates Peel	Tory
1832		Conservative	Charles Manners-Sutton	Conservative
1835			Hon. Charles Evan Law	Conservative
1850			Loftus Tottenham Wigram	Conservative
1856	Spencer Horatio Walpole	Conservative	Loftus Tottenham Wigram	Conservative
1859			Charles Jasper Selwyn	Conservative
1868			Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative
1882	Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative	Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative
1887	Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative	Sir George Gabriel Stokes	Conservative
1891	Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb ²	Conservative	Sir George Gabriel Stokes	Conservative
1892	Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb ²	Conservative	Sir John Eldon Gorst	Conservative
1906	Samuel Henry Butcher	Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	Conservative
1911	Sir Joseph Larmor	Conservative		Conservative
1918	Sir Joseph Larmor	Co. Conservative ³		Co. Conservative ³
1922	James Ramsay Montagu Butler	Ind. Liberal ⁴		Conservative
1923	Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler ⁵	Conservative		Conservative
1926	Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler ⁵	Conservative	Sir John James Withers	Conservative
1929	Godfrey Harold Alfred Wilson	Conservative
1935	Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	Conservative
1940			Dr. Archibald Vivian Hill	Ind. Conservative ⁴
1945			Henry Wilson Harris	Independent

Notes:-

¹ Pitt called himself a Whig, but is usually retrospectively regarded as a Tory since most of his followers (whether their background was in the Whig or Tory tradition) came to call themselves the Tory Party in the decade after Pitt's death.
² Jebb died on 10 December 1905 - seat vacant at dissolution.
³ Co. is an abbreviation for Coalition.
⁴ Ind. is an abbreviation for Independent.
⁵ Butler died on 2 May 1929 - seat vacant at dissolution.

[edit] Elections

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[edit] Election by Bloc Vote

General Election 1832: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Charles Manners-Sutton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,319	N/A	N/A

Note (1832): Manners-Sutton was the Speaker of the House of Commons.

General Election 1835: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Charles Manners-Sutton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,319	N/A	N/A

Manners-Sutton created 'The 1st Viscount Canterbury'.

By-Election 21 March 1835: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. Charles Evan Law	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1837: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Hon. Charles Evan Law	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,613	N/A	N/A

General Election 1841: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Hon. Charles Evan Law	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			2,873	N/A	N/A

Goulburn appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.

By-Election 15 September 1841: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1847: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. Charles Evan Law	1,486	31.74	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	1,189	25.40	N/A
	Conservative	Viscount Feilding	1,147	24.50	N/A
	Liberal	John George Shaw-Lefevre	860	18.37	N/A
Turnout			3,800	61.61	N/A

Note (1847): 3,800 registered electors; 4,682 votes cast; minimum possible turnout estimated by dividing votes by 2. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure will be an underestimate.
Death of Law.

By-Election 4 October 1850: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Loftus Tottenham Wigram	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1852: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Goulburn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Loftus Tottenham Wigram	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			4,063	N/A	N/A

Death of Goulburn.

By-Election 11 February 1856: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	886	67.89	N/A
	Liberal	Hon. George Denman	419	32.11	N/A
Majority			467	35.79	N/A
Turnout			4,552	28.67	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1857: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Loftus Tottenham Wigram	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			4,552	N/A	N/A

Appointment of Walpole as Secretary of State for the Home Department.

By-Election 4 March 1858: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1859: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Jasper Selwyn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			4,566	N/A	N/A

General Election 1865: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Jasper Selwyn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			5,184	N/A	N/A

Appointment of Walpole as Secretary of State for the Home Department.

By-Election 11 July 1866: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Appointment of Selwyn as Solicitor-General.

By-Election 22 July 1867: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Jasper Selwyn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Appointment of Selwyn as Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

By-Election 24 February 1868: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	1,931	57.97	N/A
	Conservative	A. Cleasby	1,400	42.03	N/A
Majority			531	15.94	N/A
Turnout			5,184	64.26	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1868: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			5,435	N/A	N/A

General Election 1874: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			5,855	N/A	N/A

General Election 1880: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Turnout			6,161	N/A	N/A

Resignation of Walpole.

By-Election 28 November 1882: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes	3,491	72.85	N/A
	Liberal	James Stuart	1,301	27.15	N/A
Majority			2,190	45.70	N/A
Turnout			6,371	75.22	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1885: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 1886: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Appointment of Raikes as Postmaster General

By-Election 13 August 1886: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Beresford-Hope.

By-Election 17 November 1887: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Prof. George Gabriel Stokes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Raikes.

By-Election 9 October 1891: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Prof. Richard Claverhouse Jebb	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1892: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir John Eldon Gorst	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Prof. Richard Claverhouse Jebb	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 1895: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir John Eldon Gorst	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Prof. Richard Claverhouse Jebb	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election 1900: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir John Eldon Gorst	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Death of Jebb - seat vacant at dissolution.

General Election 1906: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Henry Butcher	3,050	39.72	N/A
	Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	2,976	38.76	N/A
	Free Trade	Rt Hon. Sir John Eldon Gorst	1,653	21.53	N/A
Turnout			4,063	65.8	N/A

Note (1906): Turnout is as in Craig.

General Election January 1910: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Henry Butcher	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General Election December 1910: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Henry Butcher	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Death of Butcher.

By-Election 11-16 February 1911: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Joseph Larmor	2,308	50.24	N/A
	Free Trade	H. Cox	1,954	42.53	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	T.E. Page	332	7.23	N/A
Majority			354	7.71	N/A
Turnout			7,129	64.44	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] Election by Single Transferable Vote

General Elections, from 1918 when most constituencies polled on the same day, were on different polling days than for territorial constituencies. The polls for university constituencies were open for five days.

General Election 1918: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 1st Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	2,034	35.16	N/A
	Coalition Conservative	Sir Joseph Larmor	1,891	32.69	N/A
	Independent	W.C.D. Whetham	1,220	21.09	N/A
	Labour	John Collings Squire	640	11.06	N/A
Total Votes			5,785
Quota			1,929
Turnout			9,282	62.32	N/A

General Election 1918: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 2nd Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	1,929	N/A	-105
	Coalition Conservative	Sir Joseph Larmor	1,986	N/A	+95
	Independent	W.C.D. Whetham	1,229	N/A	+9
	Labour	John Collings Squire	641	N/A	+1
Total Votes			5,785
Quota			1,929

General Election 1922: Cambridge University (2 seats) - Only Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	4,192	49.39	+14.23
	Independent Liberal	James Ramsay Montagu Butler	3,453	39.86	+39.86
	Conservative	Prof. William Ritchie Sorley	1,018	11.75	+11.75
Total Votes			8,663
Quota			2,888
Turnout			13,592	63.74	+1.42

General Election 1923: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 1st Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	4,207	40.85	-8.54
	Independent Liberal	James Ramsay Montagu Butler	3,248	31.54	-8.32
	Conservative	Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler	2,844	27.61	+27.61
Total Votes			10,229
Quota			3,434
Turnout			14,974	68.78	+5.04

General Election 1923: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 2nd Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	3,434	N/A	-773
	Conservative	Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler	3,560	N/A	+716
	Independent Liberal	James Ramsay Montagu Butler	3,283	N/A	+35
	non transferable	N/A	22	N/A	+22
Total Votes			10,229
Quota			3,434

General Election 1924: Cambridge University (2 seats) - Only Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. John Frederick Peel Rawlinson	4,569	38.60	-2.25
	Conservative	Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler	4,026	34.01	+6.40
	Independent Liberal	James Ramsay Montagu Butler	3,241	27.38	-4.16
Total Votes			11,836
Quota			3,946
Turnout			16,621	71.21	+2.43

Death of Rawlinson.

By-Election 13 February 1926: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Withers	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Death of Butler - seat vacant at dissolution.

General Election 1929: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 1st Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Withers	6,356	39.76	+39.76
	Conservative	Godfrey Harold Alfred Wilson	5,069	31.71	+31.71
	Liberal	H.D. Henderson	3,099	19.38	+19.38
	Labour	Dr. A. Wood	1,463	9.15	+9.15
Total Votes			15,987
Quota			5,330
Turnout			23,978	66.67	-4.54

General Election 1929: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 2nd Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Withers	5,330	N/A	-1,026
	Conservative	Godfrey Harold Alfred Wilson	6,046	N/A	+977
	Liberal	H.D. Henderson	3,131	N/A	+32
	Labour	Dr. A. Wood	1,480	N/A	+17
Total Votes			15,987
Quota			5,330

General Election 1931: Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Harold Alfred Wilson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Sir John James Withers	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Resignation of Wilson.

By-Election 23 February 1935: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1935: Cambridge University (2 seats) - Only Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John James Withers	7,602	42.30	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	6,917	38.49	N/A
	Labour	H.L. Elvin	3,453	19.21	N/A
Total Votes			17,972
Quota			5,991
Turnout			33,617	53.46	N/A

Death of Withers.

By-Election 19-23 February 1940: Cambridge University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	Dr. Archibald Vivian Hill	9,840	64.62	N/A
	Ind. Progressive	Prof. J.A. Ryle	5,387	35.38	N/A
Majority			4,453	29.24	N/A
Turnout			39,171	38.87	N/A
	Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General Election 1945: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 1st Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	10,202	46.18	+7.69
	Ind. Progressive	John Boynton Priestley	5,041	22.82	+22.82
	Independent	Henry Wilson Harris	3,574	16.18	+16.18
	Independent	Dr. Charles Hill	2,238	10.13	+10.13
	National Independent	E.L. Howard-Williams	1,036	4.69	+4.69
Total Votes			22,091
Quota			7,364
Turnout			42,012	52.58	-0.88

General Election 1945: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 2nd Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	7,364	N/A	-2,838
	Ind. Progressive	John Boynton Priestley	5,128	N/A	+87
	Independent	Henry Wilson Harris	4,709	N/A	+1,135
	Independent	Dr. Charles Hill	3,092	N/A	+854
	National Independent	E.L. Howard-Williams	1,798	N/A	+762
Total Votes			22,091
Quota			7,364

General Election 1945: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 3rd Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	7,364	N/A	..
	Ind. Progressive	John Boynton Priestley	5,238	N/A	+110
	Independent	Henry Wilson Harris	5,185	N/A	+476
	Independent	Dr. Charles Hill	3,595	N/A	+503
	National Independent	E.L. Howard-Williams	..	N/A	-1,798
	non transferable	N/A	709	N/A	+709
Total Votes			22,091
Quota			7,364

General Election 1945: Cambridge University (2 seats) - 4th Count
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn	7,364	N/A	..
	Independent	Henry Wilson Harris	6,556	N/A	+1,371
	Ind. Progressive	John Boynton Priestley	5,745	N/A	+507
	Independent	Dr. Charles Hill	..	N/A	-3,595
	non transferable	N/A	2,426	N/A	+1,717
Total Votes			22,091
Quota			7,364

Constituency abolished (1950)

[edit] See also

List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

[edit] References

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973))
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)

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[edit] Boundaries and Election Systems

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[edit] Elections

[edit] Election by Bloc Vote

[edit] Election by Single Transferable Vote

[edit] See also

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