Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Huntingdon is a constituency^{[n 1]} west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire and including its namesake town of Huntingdon. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Huntingdon
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire
Location of Cambridgeshire within England
County	Cambridgeshire
Electorate	83,371 (2018)^[1]
Major settlements	St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative Party (UK))
Seats	One
Created from	Huntingdonshire and Peterborough^[2]
1885–1918
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Huntingdonshire
Replaced by	Huntingdonshire
c1290–1885
Seats	c1290–1868: Two 1868–1885: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Huntingdon is a safe Conservative seat and was the seat of former Conservative Prime Minister, John Major.

First established around the time of the Model Parliament in 1295, Huntingdon was the seat of Oliver Cromwell in 1628–29 and 1640–1642.

History

The constituency of Huntingdon has existed in three separate forms: as a parliamentary borough from 1295 to 1885; as a division of a parliamentary county from 1885 to 1918; and as a county constituency from 1983 until the present day.

Representatives for the seat, the standard two burgesses per parliamentary borough, were summoned to form the first fully assembled parliament, the Model Parliament in 1295 and at all parliaments assembled from then until 1868, in which year the constituency was reduced to a single-member borough in accordance with the Reform Act 1867. In the mid-17th century, this was Oliver Cromwell's constituency.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough was abolished altogether and the two-member parliamentary county of Huntingdonshire was replaced by the two-single member seats formally known as the Northern or Ramsey Division and the Southern or Huntingdon Division. It was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1918 when it was re-combined with Ramsey and Huntingdonshire was re-established as a single member constituency.

As a result of the Local Government Act 1972, the two counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, and Huntingdon and Peterborough were merged to form the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, with effect from 1 April 1974. However, the next redistribution did not come into effect until the 1983 general election, when the majority of the Huntingdonshire constituency, including Huntingdon, Godmanchester, Ramsey and St Ives, was formed into the new County Constituency of Huntingdon. Areas to the south of Peterborough, which were now part of the expanded City of Peterborough, were included the Borough Constituency of Peterborough and southernmost areas, including St Neots, were included in the new County Constituency of South West Cambridgeshire. The re-established constituency also included rural areas to the west of Peterborough, including Barnack and Werrington.

There were significant boundary changes at the 1997 general election, when the neighbouring seat of North West Cambridgeshire was created from areas previously in the seats of Huntingdon and Peterborough.

The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major represented the seat from its re-creation in 1983 until his retirement in 2001. His majority in 1992 (36,230) was the largest majority for any member of parliament post-1832 until 2017, in which George Howarth won a 42,214 vote majority in Knowsley.

Boundaries and boundary changes

 

Map of current boundaries

1832–1885: The townships of Huntingdon and Godmanchester.^[3]

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Leightonstone and Toseland, incorporating the towns of Huntingdon, Godmanchester, and St Neots.^[4]

1983–1997: The District of Huntingdon wards of Brampton, Bury, Earith, Ellington, Elton, Farcet, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Hemingford Abbots and Hilton, Hemingford Grey, Houghton and Wyton, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton, Needingworth, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, St Ives North, St Ives South, The Stukeleys, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys, and Yaxley, and the City of Peterborough wards of Barnack, Glinton, Northborough, Werrington, and Wittering.^[5]

1997–2010: The District of Huntingdonshire wards of Brampton, Buckden, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Ellington, Eynesbury, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden, Hemingford Abbots and Hilton, Hemingford Grey, Houghton and Wyton, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton, Needingworth, Paxton, Priory Park, St Ives North, St Ives South, Staughton, The Offords, and The Stukeleys.^[6]

Gained the parts of the District of Huntingdon, including St Neots, which had previously been part of the abolished South West Cambridgeshire constituency. The City of Peterborough ward of Werrington was transferred to the Peterborough constituency. Remaining Peterborough wards and northern parts of the District of Huntingdon, including Ramsey, were included in the new County Constituency of North West Cambridgeshire.

2010–present: The District of Huntingdonshire wards of Alconbury and The Stukeleys, Brampton, Buckden, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden and The Offords, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton and Staughton, Little Paxton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, St Neots Eaton Ford, St Neots Eaton Socon, St Neots Eynesbury, St Neots Priory Park, and The Hemingfords.^[7]

Local authority wards revised. Further minor loss to North West Cambridgeshire.

The constituency consists of the towns of St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester and a number of smaller settlements in Western Cambridgeshire.

Members of Parliament

MPs c1290–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1361	William Wightman^[8]
1365	William Wightman^[8]
1366	William Wightman^[8]
1369	William Wightman^[8]
1371	William Wightman^[8]
1372	William Wightman^[8]
1373	William Wightman^[8]
1376	William Wightman^[8]
1377 (Jan)	William Wightman^[8]
1377 (Oct)	William Wightman^[8]
1378	William Wightman^[8]
1380 (Jan)	William Wightman^[8]
1381	William Wightman^[8]
1382 (May)	William Wightman^[8]
1382 (Oct)	William Wightman^[8]
1383 (Oct)	William Wightman^[8]
1384 (Apr)	William Wightman^[8]
1384 (Nov)	William Wightman^[8]
1386	William Luton	Thomas Daniel^[9]
1388 (Feb)	William Wightman	Thomas Daniel^[9]
1388 (Sep)	William Wightman	Thomas Daniel^[9]
1390 (Jan)	William Wightman	Thomas Daniel^[9]
1390 (Nov)
1391	William Wightman	William Luton^[9]
1393	William Albon	John Pabenham^[9]
1394	Henry Proude	John Dunhead I^[9]
1395	John Cutler	John Dunhead II^[9]
1397 (Jan)	Walter Willardby	John Dunhead I^[9]
1397 (Sep)	John Hawkin	John Dunhead II^[9]
1399	John Hawkin	Richard Prentice^[9]
1401	John Sabrisforth	John Rous^[9]
1402	Walter Devenham	Ambrose Newton^[9]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Hawkin	Richard Prentice^[9]
1407	Richard Prentice	John Navet^[9]
1410
1411	Robert Peck	Thomas Freeman^[9]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Peck	John Denton^[9]
1414 (Apr)	Robert Peck	John Denton^[9]
1414 (Nov)	Roger Chamberlain	John Foxton^[9]
1415	Robert Peck	John Bickley^[9]
1416 (Mar)	Robert Peck	John Denton^[9]
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Fette	Richard Freeman^[9]
1419	Richard Spicer	Hugh Parson^[9]
1420	John Abbotsley (MP)	John Foxton^[9]
1421 (May)	Robert Peck II	John Colles^[9]
1421 (Dec)	Robert Peck II	George Gidding^[9]
1510–1523	No names known^[10]
1529	Thomas Hall	William Webbe^[10]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	?
1547	John Arscott	John Millicent^[10]
1553 (Mar)	William Tyrwhitt	Thomas Maria Wingfield^[10]
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Maria Wingfield	John Purvey^[10]
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Maria Wingfield	Simon Throckmorton^[10]
1554 (Nov)	Philip Clampe	William Horwood^[10]
1555	Robert Brockbank	Thomas Worlich^[10]
1558	Robert Brockbank	John Brigandine^[10]
1559 (Jan)	Richard Patrick	William Symcots^[11]
1562–3	Richard Gooderick	'George Blyth^[11]
1571	Tristram Tyrwhitt	Ralph Rokeby^[11]
1572 (Apr)	Thomas Slade	John Turpin^[11]
1584 (Nov)	Francis Flower	William Cervington^[11]
1586	Francis Flower	William Cervington^[11]
1588 (Oct)	Francis Flower	William Cervington^[11]
1593	Robert Lee	Robert Cromwell^[11]
1597 (Oct)	Richard Cromwell	Robert Cooke^[11]
1601	William Beecher	Thomas Chichley^[11]
1604	Henry Cromwell	Thomas Harley
1614	Sir Christopher Hatton	Sir Miles Fleetwood
1621–1622	Sir Henry St John	Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet
1624	Sir Arthur Mainwaring	Sir Henry St John
1625	Sir Arthur Mainwaring	Sir Henry St John
1626	Sir Arthur Mainwaring	John Goldsborough
1628	Oliver Cromwell	James Montagu
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
Apr 1640	Robert Bernard	William Montagu
Nov 1640	George Montagu	Edward Montagu, ennobled in 1644 and replaced by Abraham Burrell
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	John Bernard
1656	John Bernard
1659	John Thurloe	Sir John Bernard
1659	Abraham Burrell

MPs 1660–1868

Year		First member^[12]	First party		Second member^[12]	Second party
1660		John Bernard			Nicholas Pedley
1661		Sir John Cotton, 3rd Bt			Lionel Walden
Apr 1679		Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu			Sir Nicholas Pedley
Aug 1679					Lionel Walden
1685		Hon. Oliver Montagu
1689		John Bigg			Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu
1690		Hon. Richard Montagu
1695					John Pocklington
1697		Francis Wortley-Montagu
1698					Edward Carteret
1701					The Earl of Orrery
1702		Anthony Hammond
1705		Edward Wortley Montagu			Sir John Cotton, 4th Bt
1706					John Pedley
1708					Francis Page
1713		Sidney Wortley-Montagu			Viscount Hinchingbrooke
1722		Edward Wortley Montagu			Roger Handasyde
1734		Edward Montagu
May 1741					Hon. Wills Hill
Dec 1741					Albert Nesbitt
1747					Kelland Courtenay
1748					John Montagu
1754					Robert Jones
1768		Henry Seymour
Feb 1774					Hon. William Augustus Montagu
Oct 1774		George Wombwell
1776					The Lord Mulgrave	Tory^[13]
1780		Hugh Palliser	Tory^[13]
1784		Sir Walter Rawlinson	Tory^[13]		Lancelot Brown	Tory^[13]
1787					John Willett Payne	Tory^[13]
Jun 1790		Hon. John George Montagu	Tory^[13]
Dec 1790		Henry Speed	Tory^[13]
1796		William Henry Fellowes	Tory^[13]		John Calvert	Tory^[13]
1807		William Meeke Farmer	Tory^[13]
1809		Samuel Farmer	Tory^[13]
1818		William Augustus Montagu	Tory^[13]
1820		Earl of Ancram	Tory^[13]
1824		James Stuart	Tory^[13]
1831		Jonathan Peel	Tory^[13]^[14]		Sir Frederick Pollock	Tory^[13]^[14]
1834			Conservative^[13]^[14]			Conservative^[13]^[14]
1844					Thomas Baring	Conservative^[14]
1868	representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868–1918

Election		Member^[12]	Party
	1868	Thomas Baring	Conservative
	1873 by-election	Sir John Burgess Karslake	Conservative
	1876 by-election	Edward Montagu	Conservative
	1884 by-election	Sir Robert Peel	Conservative
	1885	Thomas Coote	Liberal
	1886	Arthur Smith-Barry	Conservative
	1900	George Montagu	Conservative
	1906	Samuel Whitbread	Liberal
	1910 (Jan)	John Cator	Conservative
	1918	constituency abolished, Huntingdonshire from 1918

MPs since 1983

Election		Member^[12]	Party
	1983	Rt Hon John Major	Conservative
	2001	Jonathan Djanogly	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Huntingdon ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	32,386	54.8	―0.3
	Labour	Samuel Sweek	13,003	22.0	―8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Argent	9,432	15.9	+7.4
	Green	Daniel Laycock	2,233	3.8	+2.0
	Independent	Paul Bullen	1,789	3.0	New
	Independent	Tom Varghese	304	0.5	New
Majority			19,383	32.8	+8.6
Turnout			59,147	69.9	―0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

General election 2017: Huntingdon^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	32,915	55.1	+2.1
	Labour	Nik Johnson	18,440	30.9	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Cantrill	5,090	8.5	+0.7
	UKIP	Paul Bullen	2,180	3.7	―13.2
	Green	Thomas MacLennan	1,095	1.8	―2.1
Majority			14,475	24.2	―10.5
Turnout			59,720	70.8	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	―5.2

General election 2015: Huntingdon^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	29,652	53.0	+4.1
	Labour	Nik Johnson^[18]	10,248	18.3	+7.3
	UKIP	Paul Bullen^[18]	9,473	16.9	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Cantrill^[19]	4,375	7.8	―21.1
	Green	Thomas MacLennan^[20]	2,178	3.9	+2.7
Majority			19,404	34.7	+15.8
Turnout			55,926	67.9	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	―1.6

General election 2010: Huntingdon^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	26,516	48.9	―1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Land	15,697	28.9	+2.3
	Labour	Anthea Cox	5,982	11.0	―7.4
	UKIP	Ian Curtis	3,258	6.0	+1.8
	Independent	Jonathan Salt^[22]	1,432	2.6	New
	Green	John Clare	652	1.2	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug^[23]	548	1.0	New
	Animal Protection	Carrie Holliman	181	0.3	New
Majority			10,819	19.9	―4.2
Turnout			54,266	64.9	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	―2.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Huntingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	26,646	50.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Huppert	13,799	26.3	+2.4
	Labour	Stephen Sartain	9,821	18.7	―4.1
	UKIP	Derek Norman	2,152	4.1	+0.7
Majority			12,847	24.5	―1.5
Turnout			52,418	62.5	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	―0.8

General election 2001: Huntingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	24,507	49.9	―5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pope	11,715	23.9	+9.2
	Labour	Takki Sulaiman	11,211	22.8	―0.7
	UKIP	Derek Norman	1,656	3.4	+2.8
Majority			12,792	26.0	―5.8
Turnout			49,089	61.1	―13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	―7.3

Elections in the 1990s

The constituency underwent boundary changes prior to the 1997 election and the changes are not based on the 1992 result.

General election 1997: Huntingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Major	31,501	55.3	―9.9
	Labour	Jason Reece	13,361	23.5	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Owen	8,390	14.7	―6.4
	Referendum	David Bellamy	3,114	5.5	New
	UKIP	Charles Coyne	331	0.6	New
	Christian Democrat	Veronica Hufford	177	0.3	New
	Independent	Duncan Robertson	89	0.2	New
Majority			18,140	31.8	―6.8
Turnout			56,963	74.9	―4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	―8.25

General election 1992: Huntingdon^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Major	48,662	66.2	+2.6
	Labour	Hugh Seckleman	12,432	16.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Duff	9,386	12.8	―8.3
	Liberal	Paul Wiggin	1,045	1.4	New
	Green	Deborah Birkhead	846	1.2	―0.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	728	1.0	New
	Conservative Thatcherite	Michael Flanagan	231	0.3	New
	Gremloids	Lord Buckethead	107	0.1	New
	Forward to Mars Party	Charles S. Cockell	91	0.1	New
	Natural Law	David Shepherd	26	0.0	New
Majority			36,230	49.3	+6.8
Turnout			73,554	79.2	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	―0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Huntingdon^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Major	40,530	63.6	+1.2
	SDP	Anthony Nicholson	13,486	21.1	―4.2
	Labour	David Brown	8,883	13.9	+2.4
	Green	William Lavin	874	1.4	+0.6
Majority			27,044	42.5	+5.4
Turnout			63,773	74.0	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Huntingdon^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Major	34,254	62.4
	Liberal	Sheila Gatiss	13,906	25.3
	Labour	Mark Slater	6,317	11.5
	Ecology	Timothy Eiloart	444	0.8
Majority			20,348	37.1
Turnout			54,921	71.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

General election December 1910: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cator	2,287	51.7	−2.3
	Liberal	Oliver Brett	2,139	48.3	+2.3
Majority			148	3.4	-4.6
Turnout			4,426	85.5	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

General election January 1910: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cator	2,466	54.0	+9.4
	Liberal	Oliver Brett	2,099	46.0	−9.4
Majority			367	8.0	N/A
Turnout			4,565	88.2	+5.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Whitbread	2,426	55.4	+8.9
	Conservative	John Cator	1,957	44.6	−8.9
Majority			469	10.8	N/A
Turnout			4,383	83.1	+7.3
Registered electors			5,272
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.9

General election 1900: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Montagu	2,118	53.5	−0.4
	Liberal	Charles Adeane	1,838	46.5	+0.4
Majority			280	7.0	−0.8
Turnout			3,956	75.8	−6.8
Registered electors			5,222
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Smith-Barry	2,419	53.9	+3.7
	Liberal	John Jackson Wilks	2,068	46.1	−3.7
Majority			351	7.8	+7.4
Turnout			4,487	82.6	+0.8
Registered electors			5,435
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 1892: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Smith-Barry	2,251	50.2	−1.6
	Liberal	Samuel Whitbread	2,229	49.8	+1.6
Majority			22	0.4	−3.2
Turnout			4,480	81.8	+3.2
Registered electors			5,479
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.6

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Smith-Barry	2,302	51.8	+3.4
	Liberal	Thomas Coote	2,141	48.2	−3.4
Majority			161	3.6	N/A
Turnout			4,443	78.6	−2.1
Registered electors			5,655
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.4

General election 1885: Huntingdon^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Coote	2,354	51.6	N/A
	Conservative	Oliver George Powlett Montagu	2,208	48.4	N/A
Majority			146	3.2	N/A
Turnout			4,562	80.7	N/A
Registered electors			5,655
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

By-election, 22 Mar 1884: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Peel	455	50.5	N/A
	Liberal	Charles Veasey^[27]	446	49.5	New
Majority			9	1.0	N/A
Turnout			901	24.6	N/A
Registered electors			3,658
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

• Caused by Montagu's succession to the peerage, becoming Earl of Sandwich.

General election 1880: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Montagu	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,052
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 16 Feb 1876: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Montagu	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Karslake's resignation.

By-election, 16 Mar 1874: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Burgess Karslake	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Karslake's appointment as Attorney General for England and Wales.

General election 1874: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Burgess Karslake	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,049
	Conservative hold

By-election, 20 Dec 1873: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Burgess Karslake	499	59.4	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Arnold	341	40.6	New
Majority			158	18.8	N/A
Turnout			840	83.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,008
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Baring's death.

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
Registered electors			976
	Conservative hold

Seat reduced to one member

By-election, 11 July 1866: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Peel's appointment as Secretary of State for War

General election 1865: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			383
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			378
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 4 March 1858: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Peel's appointment as Secretary of State for War.

General election 1857: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			382
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			390
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			373
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 22 April 1844: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Baring	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Pollock's resignation upon his appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of the Exchequer

By-election, 14 September 1841: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Pollock	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Peel's appointment as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance and Pollock's appointment as Attorney General for England and Wales

General election 1841: Huntingdon^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Pollock	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			416
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Huntingdon^[14][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Pollock	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			356
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1835: Huntingdon^[14][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Pollock	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	Unopposed
Registered electors			380
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1832: Huntingdon^[14][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Jonathan Peel	177	31.1	−15.2
	Tory	Frederick Pollock	171	30.0	−16.3
	Whig	James Duberley	128	22.5	+19.1
	Whig	Edward Harvey Maltby^[28]	94	16.5	+12.4
Majority			43	7.5	−34.7
Turnout			287	87.8	c. +46.7
Registered electors			327
	Tory hold		Swing	−15.5
	Tory hold		Swing	−16.0

General election 1831: Huntingdon^[13][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Jonathan Peel	68	46.3
	Tory	Frederick Pollock	68	46.3
	Whig	Samuel Wells	6	4.1
	Whig	James Duberley	5	3.4
Majority			62	42.2
Turnout			74	c. 41.1
Registered electors			c. 180
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Huntingdon^[13][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Calvert (died 1844)	Unopposed
	Tory	James Stuart	Unopposed
	Whig	Samuel Wells
	Whig	Henry Sweeting
Registered electors			c. 180
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

Wells and Sweeting were put forward as candidates, and received "a show of hands of ten to one" against Calvert and Stuart, who had received seven and five respectively. However, the mayor declared Stuart and Calvert as having the majority of legal votes and the seat was not put to a poll.^[29]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years, though this was not the case in its first creation

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