Former Constituencies
Cambridge has been continuously represented in Parliament since 1295. The remainder of the county was represented by Cambridgeshire from 1290 to 1885, returning two members prior to 1832 and three members from 1832 to 1885. The county was divided in 1885 between the single member divisions of Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech. Cambridgeshire was recreated as a single member constituency in 1918 but did not cover the administrative county of Isle of Ely, which was now represented by the Isle of Ely constituency. Both Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely were abolished in 1983, and replaced with North East Cambridgeshire, South East Cambridgeshire and South West Cambridgeshire. The latter was abolished in 1997 to form the new constituency of South Cambridgeshire.
Additionally, Cambridge University returned two Members of Parliament from 1603 to 1950. However it was not a geographic area and instead represented the graduates of the university.
Huntingdonshire, historically a county in its own right, returned two members from the Huntingdonshire constituency from 1290 and two members from Huntingdon from 1295 until 1868 when representation from the latter was reduced to one member. In 1885 the county was divided between the two single member divisions of Huntingdon and Ramsey. Huntingdonshire was recreated in 1918 as a single member constituency and was renamed Huntingdon in 1983. The historic county was again divided in 1997 when North West Cambridgeshire was created.
Peterborough was historically a part of Northamptonshire. Some parts of the modern-day constituencies of North West Cambridgeshire and Peterborough were represented as part of Northamptonshire prior to 1832, followed by North Northamptonshire until 1918 when that constituency was abolished and merged into the Peterborough constituency.
| 1290 – 1295 | 1295 – 1541 | 1541 – 1603 | 1603 – 1885 | 1885 – 1918 | 1918 – 1950 | 1950 – 1983 | 1983 – 1997 | 1997 – present | |
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| Cambridgeshire | 1290 – 1885 | 1918 – 1983 | |||||||
| Huntingdonshire | 1290 – 1885 | 1918 – 1983 | |||||||
| Cambridge | 1295 – present | ||||||||
| Huntingdon | 1295 – 1918 | 1983 – present | |||||||
| Peterborough | 1541 – present | ||||||||
| Cambridge University | 1603 – 1950 | ||||||||
| Chesterton | 1885 – 1918 | ||||||||
| Newmarket | 1885 – 1918 | ||||||||
| Ramsey | 1885 – 1918 | ||||||||
| Wisbech | 1885 – 1918 | ||||||||
| Isle of Ely | 1918 – 1983 | ||||||||
| South West Cambridgeshire | 1983 – 1997 | ||||||||
| North East Cambridgeshire | 1983 – present | ||||||||
| South East Cambridgeshire | 1983 – present | ||||||||
| North West Cambridgeshire | 1997 – present | ||||||||
| South Cambridgeshire | 1997 – present | ||||||||
Read more about this topic: List Of Parliamentary Constituencies In Cambridgeshire