Cambridge — UK General Election Results
Cambridge was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,078 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Cambridge from 1832 to 2024.
This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.
Full Election History, 1832–2024
| Election | Elected | Votes | Vote Share | Runner-up | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Thomas Spring Rice (Whig); George Pryme (Whig) | 709 | 43.9% (top seat) | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden (Conservative) | 169 (7.6 pts) | 74.3% |
| 1835 | Thomas Spring Rice (Whig); George Pryme (Whig) | 693 | 34.8% (top seat) | James Lewis Knight (Conservative) | 5 (0.2 pts) | 71.4% |
| 1837 | Thomas Spring Rice (Whig); George Pryme (Whig) | 678 | 26.7% (top seat) | James Lewis Knight (Conservative) | 64 (2.5 pts) | 76.0% |
| 1841 | John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton (Conservative); Alexander Cray Grant (Conservative) | 722 | 26.8% (top seat) | Richard Foster (Whig) | 27 (0.9 pts) | 73.0% |
| 1847 | Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Whig); William Frederick Campbell (Whig) | 727 | 40.5% (top seat) | John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton (Conservative) | 262 (13.1 pts) | 54.6% |
| 1852 | Kenneth Macaulay (Conservative); John Harvey Astell (Conservative) | 803 | 27.1% (top seat) | Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Whig) | 66 (2.2 pts) | 76.5% |
| 1857 | Kenneth Macaulay (Conservative); Andrew Steuart (Conservative) | 735 | 26.2% (top seat) | Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Radical) | 6 (0.2 pts) | 78.2% |
| 1859 | Kenneth Macaulay (Conservative); Andrew Steuart (Conservative) | 750 | 26.4% (top seat) | Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton (Liberal) | 67 (2.4 pts) | 79.4% |
| 1865 | William Forsyth (Conservative); Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) | 760 | 25.6% (top seat) | Robert Richard Torrens (Liberal) | 34 (1.1 pts) | 84.0% |
| 1868 | Robert Richard Torrens (Liberal); William Fowler (Liberal) | 1,857 | 28.6% (top seat) | Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) | 421 (6.4 pts) | 82.0% |
| 1874 | Alfred George Marten (Conservative); Patrick Boyle Smollett (Conservative) | 1,794 | 25.9% (top seat) | William Fowler (Liberal) | 20 (0.3 pts) | 80.9% |
| 1880 | William Fowler (Liberal); Hugh Shield (Liberal) | 2,326 | 27.7% (top seat) | Alfred George Marten (Conservative) | 323 (3.8 pts) | 89.6% |
| 1885 | Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald (Conservative) | 2,846 | 51.0% | William Fowler (Liberal) | 107 (1.9 pts) | 90.2% |
| 1886 | Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald (Conservative) | 2,937 | 54.2% | Cyril Joseph Settle Dodd (Liberal) | 458 (8.5 pts) | 87.5% |
| 1892 | Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald (Conservative) | 3,299 | 52.0% | Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (Liberal) | 255 (4.0 pts) | 86.2% |
| 1895 | Robert Uniacke-Penrose Fitzgerald (Conservative) | 3,574 | 55.0% | Alexander Jones David (Liberal) | 654 (10.1 pts) | 83.3% |
| 1900 | Robert Uniacke-Penrose Fitzgerald (Conservative) | Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record | 0.0% | |||
| 1906 | Stanley Owen Buckmaster (Liberal) | 4,232 | 51.9% | Almeric Hugh Paget (Conservative) | 308 (3.8 pts) | 92.2% |
| Jan 1910 | Almeric Hugh Paget (Conservative) | 4,667 | 53.4% | Stanley Owen Buckmaster (Liberal) | 587 (6.7 pts) | 93.1% |
| Dec 1910 | Almeric Hugh Paget (Conservative) | 4,427 | 52.0% | Stanley Owen Buckmaster (Liberal) | 343 (4.0 pts) | 90.6% |
| 1918 | Eric Campbell Geddes (Unionist) | 11,553 | 75.3% | Thomas Rhondda Williams (Liberal) | 7,764 (50.6 pts) | 61.0% |
| 1922 | George Douglas Cochrane Newton (Unionist) | 11,238 | 48.7% | Sydney Cope Morgan (Liberal) | 4,233 (18.4 pts) | 81.2% |
| 1923 | George Douglas Cochrane Newton (Unionist) | 9,814 | 41.9% | Sydney Cope Morgan (Liberal) | 1,962 (8.4 pts) | 80.9% |
| 1924 | George Douglas Cochrane Newton (Unionist) | 12,628 | 52.5% | Alex Sandy Firth (Liberal) | 5,884 (24.5 pts) | 81.9% |
| 1929 | George Douglas Cochrane Newton (Unionist) | 13,867 | 43.2% | David Rennie Hardman (Labour) | 3,751 (11.7 pts) | 79.8% |
| 1931 | George Douglas Cochrane Newton (Conservative) | 23,347 | 73.2% | Wood (Labour) | 14,795 (46.4 pts) | 75.6% |
| 1935 | Richard Lionel Tufnell (Conservative) | 18,927 | 58.5% | Wood (Labour) | 5,491 (17.0 pts) | 73.2% |
| 1945 | Arthur Leslie Symonds (Labour) | 19,671 | 50.9% | Richard Lionel Tufnell (Conservative) | 682 (1.8 pts) | 69.2% |
| 1950 | Hamilton William Kerr (Conservative) | 25,151 | 49.5% | Arthur Leslie Symonds (Labour) | 4,854 (9.6 pts) | 86.5% |
| 1951 | Hamilton William Kerr (Conservative) | 26,570 | 52.4% | Arthur Leslie Symonds (Labour) | 5,677 (11.2 pts) | 84.4% |
| 1955 | Sir Hamilton William Kerr (Conservative) | 27,059 | 57.6% | Arthur Leslie Symonds (Labour) | 7,127 (15.2 pts) | 78.5% |
| 1959 | Sir Hamilton William Kerr (Conservative) | 24,350 | 51.1% | Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies (Labour) | 6,807 (14.3 pts) | 79.8% |
| 1964 | Sir Hamilton William Kerr (Conservative) | 20,720 | 43.4% | Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies (Labour) | 1,389 (2.9 pts) | 79.1% |
| 1966 | Robert Davies (Labour) | 21,963 | 45.5% | David Lane (Conservative) | 991 (2.1 pts) | 80.0% |
| 1970 | David Lane (Conservative) | 26,252 | 55.3% | George Bazeley Scurfield (Labour) | 5,061 (10.7 pts) | 72.4% |
| Feb 1974 | David Lane (Conservative) | 24,119 | 40.6% | James Curran (Labour) | 4,676 (7.9 pts) | 78.7% |
| Oct 1974 | David Lane (Conservative) | 21,790 | 41.3% | James Curran (Labour) | 2,773 (5.2 pts) | 69.6% |
| 1979 | Robert James (Conservative) | 25,568 | 45.7% | Martin Smith (Labour) | 4,796 (8.6 pts) | 72.0% |
| 1983 | Robert James (Conservative) | 20,931 | 41.5% | Matthew Oakeshott (Social Democratic Party) | 5,968 (11.8 pts) | 75.2% |
| 1987 | Robert James (Conservative) | 21,624 | 40.0% | Shirley Williams (Social Democratic Party) | 5,060 (9.3 pts) | 78.0% |
| 1992 | Anne Campbell (Labour) | 20,039 | 39.7% | Mark Bishop (Conservative) | 580 (1.1 pts) | 73.2% |
| 1997 | Anne Campbell (Labour) | 27,436 | 53.4% | David Platt (Conservative) | 14,137 (27.5 pts) | 71.6% |
| 2001 | Anne Campbell (Labour) | 19,316 | 45.1% | David Howarth (Liberal Democrat) | 8,579 (20.0 pts) | 60.6% |
| 2005 | David Howarth (Liberal Democrat) | 19,152 | 44.0% | Anne Campbell (Labour) | 4,339 (10.0 pts) | 62.1% |
| 2010 | Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat) | 19,621 | 39.1% | Nick Hillman (Conservative) | 6,792 (13.6 pts) | 67.3% |
| 2015 | Daniel Zeichner (Labour) | 18,646 | 36.0% | Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat) | 599 (1.2 pts) | 62.3% |
| 2017 | Daniel Zeichner (Labour) | 29,032 | 51.9% | Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat) | 12,661 (22.6 pts) | 71.4% |
| 2019 | Daniel Zeichner (Labour) | 25,776 | 48.0% | Rod Cantrill (Liberal Democrat) | 9,639 (17.9 pts) | 67.4% |
| 2024 | Daniel Zeichner (Labour) | 19,614 | 46.6% | Cheney Payne (Liberal Democrat) | 11,078 (26.3 pts) | 60.4% |
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Spring Rice | Whig | 979 | 43.9% | Yes |
| George Pryme | Whig | 709 | 31.8% | Yes |
| Edward Burtenshaw Sugden | Conservative | 540 | 24.2% | No |
1835 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Spring Rice | Whig | 736 | 34.8% | Yes |
| George Pryme | Whig | 693 | 32.7% | Yes |
| James Lewis Knight | Conservative | 688 | 32.5% | No |
1837 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Spring Rice | Whig | 690 | 26.7% | Yes |
| George Pryme | Whig | 678 | 26.3% | Yes |
| James Lewis Knight | Conservative | 614 | 23.8% | No |
| John Henry Thomas Matters-Sutton | Conservative | 599 | 23.2% | No |
1841 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton | Conservative | 758 | 26.8% | Yes |
| Alexander Cray Grant | Conservative | 722 | 25.5% | Yes |
| Richard Foster | Whig | 695 | 24.5% | No |
| Cosmo Russell | Whig | 656 | 23.2% | No |
1847 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Alexander Shafto Adair | Whig | 811 | 40.5% | Yes |
| William Frederick Campbell | Whig | 727 | 36.3% | Yes |
| John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton | Conservative | 465 | 23.2% | No |
1852 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Macaulay | Conservative | 821 | 27.1% | Yes |
| John Harvey Astell | Conservative | 803 | 26.5% | Yes |
| Robert Alexander Shafto Adair | Whig | 737 | 24.3% | No |
| Francis Mowatt | Radical | 673 | 22.2% | No |
1857 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Macaulay | Conservative | 770 | 26.2% | Yes |
| Andrew Steuart | Conservative | 735 | 25.0% | Yes |
| Robert Alexander Shafto Adair | Radical | 729 | 24.8% | No |
| John Tomlinson Hibbert | Radical | 702 | 23.9% | No |
1859 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Macaulay | Conservative | 753 | 26.4% | Yes |
| Andrew Steuart | Conservative | 750 | 26.3% | Yes |
| Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton | Liberal | 683 | 23.9% | No |
| Francis Mowatt | Liberal | 669 | 23.4% | No |
1865 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Forsyth | Conservative | 762 | 25.6% | Yes |
| Francis Sharp Powell | Conservative | 760 | 25.6% | Yes |
| Robert Richard Torrens | Liberal | 726 | 24.4% | No |
| William Dougal Christie | Liberal | 725 | 24.4% | No |
1868 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Richard Torrens | Liberal | 1,879 | 28.6% | Yes |
| William Fowler | Liberal | 1,857 | 28.3% | Yes |
| Francis Sharp Powell | Conservative | 1,436 | 21.9% | No |
| John Eldon Gorst | Conservative | 1,389 | 21.2% | No |
1874 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred George Marten | Conservative | 1,856 | 25.9% | Yes |
| Patrick Boyle Smollett | Conservative | 1,794 | 25.0% | Yes |
| William Fowler | Liberal | 1,774 | 24.8% | No |
| Robert Richard Torrens | Liberal | 1,738 | 24.3% | No |
1880 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Fowler | Liberal | 2,386 | 27.7% | Yes |
| Hugh Shield | Liberal | 2,326 | 27.0% | Yes |
| Alfred George Marten | Conservative | 2,003 | 23.2% | No |
| Patrick Boyle Smollett | Conservative | 1,902 | 22.1% | No |
1885
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald | Conservative | 2,846 | 51.0% | Yes |
| William Fowler | Liberal | 2,739 | 49.0% | No |
1886
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald | Conservative | 2,937 | 54.2% | Yes |
| Cyril Joseph Settle Dodd | Liberal | 2,479 | 45.8% | No |
1892
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald | Conservative | 3,299 | 52.0% | Yes |
| Rudolph Chambers Lehmann | Liberal | 3,044 | 48.0% | No |
1895
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Uniacke-Penrose Fitzgerald | Conservative | 3,574 | 55.0% | Yes |
| Alexander Jones David | Liberal | 2,920 | 45.0% | No |
1900
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Uniacke-Penrose Fitzgerald | Conservative | Unopposed | Yes | |
1906
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Owen Buckmaster | Liberal | 4,232 | 51.9% | Yes |
| Almeric Hugh Paget | Conservative | 3,924 | 48.1% | No |
Jan 1910
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeric Hugh Paget | Conservative | 4,667 | 53.4% | Yes |
| Stanley Owen Buckmaster | Liberal | 4,080 | 46.6% | No |
Dec 1910
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almeric Hugh Paget | Conservative | 4,427 | 52.0% | Yes |
| Stanley Owen Buckmaster | Liberal | 4,084 | 48.0% | No |
1918
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Campbell Geddes | Unionist | 11,553 | 75.3% | Yes |
| Thomas Rhondda Williams | Liberal | 3,789 | 24.7% | No |
1922
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Douglas Cochrane Newton | Unionist | 11,238 | 48.7% | Yes |
| Sydney Cope Morgan | Liberal | 7,005 | 30.4% | No |
| Alec Sandy Firth | Labour | 4,810 | 20.9% | No |
1923
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Douglas Cochrane Newton | Unionist | 9,814 | 41.9% | Yes |
| Sydney Cope Morgan | Liberal | 7,852 | 33.5% | No |
| Alec Sandy Firth | Labour | 5,741 | 24.5% | No |
1924
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Douglas Cochrane Newton | Unionist | 12,628 | 52.5% | Yes |
| Alex Sandy Firth | Liberal | 6,744 | 28.1% | No |
| Frank Reyner Salter | Labour | 4,670 | 19.4% | No |
1929
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Douglas Cochrane Newton | Unionist | 13,867 | 43.2% | Yes |
| David Rennie Hardman | Labour | 10,116 | 31.5% | No |
| Percy Maurice Maclardie Sheldon Amos | Liberal | 8,124 | 25.3% | No |
1931
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Douglas Cochrane Newton | Conservative | 23,347 | 73.2% | Yes |
| Wood | Labour | 8,552 | 26.8% | No |
1935
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lionel Tufnell | Conservative | 18,927 | 58.5% | Yes |
| Wood | Labour | 13,436 | 41.5% | No |
1945
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Leslie Symonds | Labour | 19,671 | 50.9% | Yes |
| Richard Lionel Tufnell | Conservative | 18,989 | 49.1% | No |
1950
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative | 25,151 | 49.5% | Yes |
| Arthur Leslie Symonds | Labour | 20,297 | 40.0% | No |
| Francis Josephy | Liberal | 5,355 | 10.5% | No |
1951
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative | 26,570 | 52.4% | Yes |
| Arthur Leslie Symonds | Labour | 20,893 | 41.2% | No |
| Francis Josephy | Liberal | 3,257 | 6.4% | No |
1955
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative | 27,059 | 57.6% | Yes |
| Arthur Leslie Symonds | Labour | 19,932 | 42.4% | No |
1959
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative | 24,350 | 51.1% | Yes |
| Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies | Labour | 17,543 | 36.8% | No |
| Arnold Geoffroy de Montmorency | Liberal | 5,792 | 12.1% | No |
1964
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Hamilton William Kerr | Conservative | 20,720 | 43.4% | Yes |
| Robert Malcolm Deryck Davies | Labour | 19,331 | 40.5% | No |
| Michael WB O'Loughlin | Liberal | 7,723 | 16.2% | No |
1966
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Davies | Labour | 21,963 | 45.5% | Yes |
| David Lane | Conservative | 20,972 | 43.4% | No |
| Michael O'Loughlin | Liberal | 4,928 | 10.2% | No |
| Peter King | Independent | 439 | 0.9% | No |
1970
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lane | Conservative | 26,252 | 55.3% | Yes |
| George Bazeley Scurfield | Labour | 21,191 | 44.7% | No |
Feb 1974
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lane | Conservative | 24,119 | 40.6% | Yes |
| James Curran | Labour | 19,443 | 32.7% | No |
| Michael O'Loughlin | Liberal | 15,491 | 26.1% | No |
| Susan Inkster | Independent | 369 | 0.6% | No |
Oct 1974
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lane | Conservative | 21,790 | 41.3% | Yes |
| James Curran | Labour | 19,017 | 36.0% | No |
| Michael O'Loughlin | Liberal | 11,129 | 21.1% | No |
| Christopher Curry | United Democratic Party | 885 | 1.7% | No |
1979
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James | Conservative | 25,568 | 45.7% | Yes |
| Martin Smith | Labour | 20,772 | 37.1% | No |
| John Wakelin | Liberal | 9,285 | 16.6% | No |
| Derek Holland | National Front | 311 | 0.6% | No |
1983
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James | Conservative | 20,931 | 41.5% | Yes |
| Matthew Oakeshott | Social Democratic Party | 14,963 | 29.7% | No |
| Janet Jones | Labour | 14,240 | 28.2% | No |
| John Dougrez-Lewis | Monster Raving Loony | 286 | 0.6% | No |
1987
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James | Conservative | 21,624 | 40.0% | Yes |
| Shirley Williams | Social Democratic Party | 16,564 | 30.6% | No |
| Christopher Howard | Labour | 15,319 | 28.3% | No |
| Margaret Wright | Green | 597 | 1.1% | No |
1992
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Campbell | Labour | 20,039 | 39.7% | Yes |
| Mark Bishop | Conservative | 19,459 | 38.5% | No |
| David Howarth | Liberal Democrat | 10,037 | 19.9% | No |
| Tim Cooper | Green | 720 | 1.4% | No |
| Richard Brettell-Winnington | Monster Raving Loony | 175 | 0.3% | No |
| Roger Chalmers | Natural Law | 83 | 0.2% | No |
1997
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Campbell | Labour | 27,436 | 53.4% | Yes |
| David Platt | Conservative | 13,299 | 25.9% | No |
| Geoffrey Heathcock | Liberal Democrat | 8,287 | 16.1% | No |
| William Burrows | Referendum Party | 1,262 | 2.5% | No |
| Margaret Wright | Green | 654 | 1.3% | No |
| Anna Johnstone | ProLife Alliance | 191 | 0.4% | No |
| Raymond Athow | Workers Revolutionary | 107 | 0.2% | No |
| Patrice Gladwin | Natural Law | 103 | 0.2% | No |
2001
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Campbell | Labour | 19,316 | 45.1% | Yes |
| David Howarth | Liberal Democrat | 10,737 | 25.1% | No |
| Graham Stuart | Conservative | 9,829 | 22.9% | No |
| Stephen Lawrence | Green | 1,413 | 3.3% | No |
| Howard Senter | Socialist Alliance | 716 | 1.7% | No |
| Len Baynes | UKIP | 532 | 1.2% | No |
| Clare Underwood | ProLife Alliance | 232 | 0.5% | No |
| Margaret Courtney | Workers Revolutionary | 61 | 0.1% | No |
2005
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Howarth | Liberal Democrat | 19,152 | 44.0% | Yes |
| Anne Campbell | Labour | 14,813 | 34.0% | No |
| Ian Lyon | Conservative | 7,193 | 16.5% | No |
| Martin Lucas-Smith | Green | 1,245 | 2.9% | No |
| Helene Davies | UKIP | 569 | 1.3% | No |
| Tom Woodcock | Respect | 477 | 1.1% | No |
| Suzon Forscey-Moore | Independent | 60 | 0.1% | No |
| Graham Wilkinson | Independent | 60 | 0.1% | No |
2010
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Huppert | Liberal Democrat | 19,621 | 39.1% | Yes |
| Nick Hillman | Conservative | 12,829 | 25.6% | No |
| Daniel Zeichner | Labour | 12,174 | 24.3% | No |
| Tony Juniper | Green | 3,804 | 7.6% | No |
| Peter Burkinshaw | UKIP | 1,195 | 2.4% | No |
| Martin Booth | Cambridge Socialists | 362 | 0.7% | No |
| Old Holborn | Independent | 145 | 0.3% | No |
2015
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Zeichner | Labour | 18,646 | 36.0% | Yes |
| Julian Huppert | Liberal Democrat | 18,047 | 34.9% | No |
| Chamali Fernando | Conservative | 8,117 | 15.7% | No |
| Rupert Read | Green | 4,109 | 7.9% | No |
| Patrick O'Flynn | UKIP | 2,668 | 5.2% | No |
| Keith Garrett | Rebooting Democracy | 187 | 0.4% | No |
2017
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Zeichner | Labour | 29,032 | 51.9% | Yes |
| Julian Huppert | Liberal Democrat | 16,371 | 29.3% | No |
| John Hayward | Conservative | 9,133 | 16.3% | No |
| Stuart Tuckwood | Green | 1,265 | 2.3% | No |
| Keith Garrett | Rebooting Democracy | 133 | 0.2% | No |
2019
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Zeichner | Labour | 25,776 | 48.0% | Yes |
| Rod Cantrill | Liberal Democrat | 16,137 | 30.0% | No |
| Russell Perrin | Conservative | 8,342 | 15.5% | No |
| Jeremy Caddick | Green | 2,164 | 4.0% | No |
| Peter Dawe | Brexit Party | 1,041 | 1.9% | No |
| Miles Hurley | Independent | 111 | 0.2% | No |
| Jane Robins | Social Democratic Party | 91 | 0.2% | No |
| Keith Garrett | Rebooting Democracy | 67 | 0.1% | No |
2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Zeichner | Labour | 19,614 | 46.6% | Yes |
| Cheney Payne | Liberal Democrat | 8,536 | 20.3% | No |
| Sarah Nicmanis | Green | 6,842 | 16.3% | No |
| Shane Manning | Conservative | 5,073 | 12.0% | No |
| Khalid Abu-Tayyem | Workers Party of Britain | 951 | 2.3% | No |
| David Carmona | Independent | 819 | 1.9% | No |
| Keith Garrett | Rebooting Democracy | 265 | 0.6% | No |
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Cambridge has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour, Liberal Democrat.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Cambridge in the 2024 general election?
Labour won Cambridge in 2024 with 19,614 votes (46.6%), a majority of 11,078 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.
Which parties have won Cambridge since 1832?
Since 1832, Cambridge has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Unionist, Whig.
What was the closest result in Cambridge?
The closest result on record for Cambridge was 1835, when Whig beat Conservative by just 5 votes (0.2 percentage points).
Did Cambridge ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Cambridge elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.