Parliamentary representation from Cambridgeshire

The historic county of Cambridgeshire, located in the twenty-first century region of East of England, was represented in Parliament from the 13th century. This article provides a list of constituencies comprising the Parliamentary representation from Cambridgeshire.

In 1889 the historic county was divided between the administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, as well as Huntingdon and Peterborough (Huntingdonshire was a historic and administrative county, whereas the Soke of Peterborough had been an administrative county which was part of the historic county of Northamptonshire) were combined into two administrative counties in 1965. In 1974 Huntingdon and Peterborough was merged with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, to form a new expanded non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Cambridgeshire, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889, 1965 and 1974. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Cambridgeshire (if any). The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list.

Note: Dates of representation prior to 1654 are provisional.

List of constituencies

Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed in 1707 were those previously represented in the Parliament of England.

Key to abbrieviations:-
* (Type) BC Borough constituency, CC County constituency, UC University constituency.
* (County in Notes) C1 historic county of Cambridgeshire (until 1889), C2 administrative county of Cambridgeshire (1889-1974), C3 non-metropolitan/ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (from 1974), IE administrative county of the Isle of Ely (1889-1974).

Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

ee also

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* Parliamentary representation by historic counties
* First Protectorate Parliament
* Unreformed House of Commons

References

* "Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* "British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium", by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
* "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
* "The House of Commons 1509-1558", by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
* "The House of Commons 1558-1603", by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
* "The House of Commons 1660-1690", by Basil Duke Henning (Secker & Warburg 1983)
* "The House of Commons 1715-1754", by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
* "The House of Commons 1754-1790", by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
* "The House of Commons 1790-1820", by R.G. Thorne (Secker & Warburg 1986)
* "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) "out of copyright"