Members of Parliament
This is a list of people who have represented this University in the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1868 and 1950.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Rt Hon. Robert Lowe 1 | Liberal | |
| 1880 by-election | Rt Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bt 2 | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1900 by-election | Sir Michael Foster | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1903 | Liberal | ||
| 1906 | Sir Philip Magnus, Bt | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1912 | Conservative | ||
| 1918 | Coalition Conservative | ||
| 1922 | Sir Sydney Russell Russell-Wells 3 | Conservative | |
| 1924 | Sir Ernest Gorden Graham Graham-Little 4 | Independent | |
| 1931 | National Independent | ||
| 1950 | Constituency abolished | ||
Notes:-
- 1 Lowe was elevated to the peerage as The 1st Viscount Sherbrooke.
- 2 Lubbock was elevated to the peerage as The 1st Baron Avebury.
- 3 Russell-Wells died on 14 July 1924 - the seat was vacant at dissolution.
- 4 Graham-Little, as an Independent MP, supported the National Governments in office from 1931 until the formation of the wartime coalition in 1940. He also supported Winston Churchill's caretaker government in 1945 and his proposed continuation in office if he had won the 1945 election. Graham-Little is therefore classified as a National Independent MP from 1931.
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