Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Huntingdon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.
Outline map
Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 79,134 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Huntingdonshire and Peterborough[2]
1885–1918
Number of members One
Type of constituency County constituency
Replaced by Huntingdonshire
Created from Huntingdonshire
c1290–1885
Number of members c1290–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

Huntingdon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly, a Conservative.[n 2]

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

History

Representatives for 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 until the constituency lost its dual member entitlement. In 1885 the seat was further enlarged and given further election expenses rights as a county constituency. In the mid-17th century, this was Oliver Cromwell's constituency.

The seat was abolished in 1918 to re-create Huntingdonshire that co-existed in the early history of the above – this revived county seat lasted until 1983. That constituency was renamed and saw slight boundary changes, to form the current constituency of Huntingdon.

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

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Leightonstone and Toseland.

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.

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.

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.

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

Members of Parliament

MPs c1290–1660

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ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1361William Wightman[3]
1365William Wightman[3]
1366William Wightman[3]
1369William Wightman[3]
1371William Wightman[3]
1372William Wightman[3]
1373William Wightman[3]
1376William Wightman[3]
1377 (Jan)William Wightman[3]
1377 (Oct)William Wightman[3]
1378William Wightman[3]
1380 (Jan)William Wightman[3]
1381William Wightman[3]
1382 (May)William Wightman[3]
1382 (Oct)William Wightman[3]
1383 (Oct)William Wightman[3]
1384 (Apr)William Wightman[3]
1384 (Nov)William Wightman[3]
1386William LutonThomas Daniel[4]
1388 (Feb)William WightmanThomas Daniel[4]
1388 (Sep)William WightmanThomas Daniel[4]
1390 (Jan)William WightmanThomas Daniel[4]
1390 (Nov)
1391William WightmanWilliam Luton[4]
1393William AlbonJohn Pabenham[4]
1394Henry ProudeJohn Dunhead I[4]
1395John CutlerJohn Dunhead II[4]
1397 (Jan)Walter WillardbyJohn Dunhead I[4]
1397 (Sep)John HawkinJohn Dunhead II[4]
1399John HawkinRichard Prentice[4]
1401John SabrisforthJohn Rous[4]
1402Walter DevenhamAmbrose Newton[4]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406John HawkinRichard Prentice[4]
1407Richard PrenticeJohn Navet[4]
1410
1411Robert PeckThomas Freeman[4]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Robert PeckJohn Denton[4]
1414 (Apr)Robert PeckJohn Denton[4]
1414 (Nov)Roger ChamberlainJohn Foxton[4]
1415Robert PeckJohn Bickley[4]
1416 (Mar)Robert PeckJohn Denton[4]
1416 (Oct)
1417John FetteRichard Freeman[4]
1419Richard SpicerHugh Parson[4]
1420John Abbotsley (MP)John Foxton[4]
1421 (May)Robert Peck IIJohn Colles[4]
1421 (Dec)Robert Peck IIGeorge Gidding[4]
1510–1523No names known[5]
1529Thomas HallWilliam Webbe[5]
1536?
1539?
1542?
1545?
1547John ArscottJohn Millicent[5]
1553 (Mar)William TyrwhittThomas Maria Wingfield[5]
1553 (Oct)Thomas Maria WingfieldJohn Purvey[5]
1554 (Apr)Thomas Maria WingfieldSimon Throckmorton[5]
1554 (Nov)Philip ClampeWilliam Horwood[5]
1555Robert BrockbankThomas Worlich[5]
1558Robert BrockbankJohn Brigandine[5]
1559 (Jan)Richard PatrickWilliam Symcots[6]
1562/3Richard Gooderick'George Blyth[6]
1571Tristram TyrwhittRalph Rokeby[6]
1572 (Apr)Thomas SladeJohn Turpin[6]
1584 (Nov)Francis FlowerWilliam Cervington[6]
1586Francis FlowerWilliam Cervington[6]
1588 (Oct)Francis FlowerWilliam Cervington[6]
1593Robert LeeRobert Cromwell[6]
1597 (Oct)Richard CromwellRobert Cooke[6]
1601William BeecherThomas Chichley[6]
1604Henry CromwellThomas Harley
1614Sir Christopher HattonSir Miles Fleetwood
1621–1622Sir Henry St JohnSir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet
1624Sir Arthur MainwaringSir Henry St John
1625Sir Arthur MainwaringSir Henry St John
1626Sir Arthur MainwaringJohn Goldsborough
1628Oliver CromwellJames Montagu
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
Apr 1640Robert BernardWilliam Montagu
Nov 1640George MontaguEdward Montagu, ennobled in 1644
and replaced by Abraham Burrell
1653Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654John Bernard
1656John Bernard
1659John ThurloeSir John Bernard
1659Abraham Burrell

MPs 1660–1868

YearFirst member[7]First partySecond member[7]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
1780 Hugh Palliser
1784 Sir Walter Rawlinson Lancelot Brown
1787 John Willett Payne
Jun 1790 Hon. John George Montagu
Dec 1790 Henry Speed
1796 William Henry Fellowes John Calvert
1807 William Meeke Farmer
1809 Samuel Farmer
1818 William Augustus Montagu
1820 Earl of AncramTory
1824 James Stuart
1831 Jonathan Peel Sir Frederick PollockTory
1844 Thomas Baring-
1868representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868–1918

ElectionMember[7]Party
1868 Thomas BaringConservative
1873 by-election Sir John Burgess KarslakeConservative
1876 by-election Edward MontaguConservative
1884 by-election Sir Robert PeelConservative
1885 Thomas CooteLiberal
1886 Arthur Smith-BarryConservative
1900 George MontaguConservative
1906 Samuel WhitbreadLiberal
1910 (Jan) John CatorConservative
1918 constituency abolished, Huntingdonshire from 1918

MPs since 1983

ElectionMember[7]PartyNotes
1983 Rt Hon John MajorConservative Cabinet minister 1987–90; Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister 1990–97
2001 Jonathan DjanoglyConservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (2010-2012)

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Huntingdon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Djanogly 32,915 55.1 +2.1
Labour Nik Johnson 18,440 30.9 +12.6
Liberal Democrat Rod Cantrill 5,090 8.5 +0.7
UKIP Paul Bullen 2,180 3.7 -13.3
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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Djanogly 29,652 53.0 +4.2
Labour Nik Johnson[10] 10,248 18.3 +7.3
UKIP Paul Bullen[10] 9,473 16.9 +10.9
Liberal Democrat Rod Cantrill[11] 4,375 7.8 −21.1
Green Thomas MacLennan[12] 2,178 3.9 +2.7
Majority 19,404 34.7
Turnout 55,926 67.9 +3.0
Conservative hold Swing −1.6
General Election 2010: Huntingdon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Djanogly 26,516 48.9 −1.9
Liberal Democrat 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[14] 1,432 2.6 N/A
Green John Clare 652 1.2 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Lord Toby Jug[15] 548 1.0 N/A
Animal Protection Carrie Holliman 181 0.3 N/A
Majority 10,819 19.9
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 Democrat 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 Democrat Michael Pope 11,715 23.9 +9.1
Labour Takki Sulaiman 11,211 22.8 −0.6
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

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 Democrat Matthew Owen 8,390 14.7 −6.4
Referendum David Bellamy 3,114 5.5 N/A
UKIP Charles Coyne 331 0.6 N/A
Christian Democrat Veronica Hufford 177 0.3 N/A
Independent Duncan Robertson 89 0.2 N/A
Majority 18,140 31.80 −6.8
Turnout 56,963 74.9 −4.3
Conservative hold Swing −8.25

General Election 1992: Huntingdon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Major 48,662 66.2 +2.6
Labour Hugh Seckleman 12,432 16.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrat Andrew Duff 9,386 12.8 −8.3
Liberal Paul Wiggin 1,045 1.4 N/A
Green Deborah Birkhead 846 1.2 −0.2
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 728 1.0 N/A
Conservative Thatcherite Michael Flanagan 231 0.3 N/A
Gremloids Lord Buckethead 107 0.1 N/A
Forward to Mars Party Charles S. Cockell 91 0.1 N/A
Natural Law David Shepherd 26 0.0 N/A
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[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Major 40,530 63.6 +1.2
Social Democratic Anthony Nicholson 13,486 21.1 N/A
Labour David Brown 8,883 13.9 +2.4
Green William Lavin 874 1.4 +0.6
Majority 27,044 42.5
Turnout 63,773 74.0 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1983: Huntingdon[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Major 34,254 62.4 N/A
Liberal Sheila Gatiss 13,906 25.3 N/A
Labour Mark Slater 6,317 11.5 N/A
Ecology Timothy Eiloart 444 0.8 N/A
Majority 20,348 37.1 N/A
Turnout 54,921 71.6 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1910 (December): Huntingdon[18]
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
Turnout 4,426 85.5 −2.7
Conservative hold Swing −2.3
General Election 1910 (January): Huntingdon[18]
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
Turnout 4,565 88.2 +5.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.4

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Huntingdon[18]
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[18]
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[18]
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[18]
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[18]
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[18]
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[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Peel 455 50.5 N/A
Liberal Charles Veasey[20] 446 49.5 N/A
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[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Montagu Unopposed
Registered electors 1,052
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 16 Feb 1876: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Montagu Unopposed
Conservative hold
  • Caused by Karslake's resignation.
By-election, 16 Mar 1874: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Burgess Karslake Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1874: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Burgess Karslake Unopposed
Registered electors 1,049
Conservative hold
By-election, 20 Dec 1873: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Burgess Karslake 499 59.4 N/A
Liberal Arthur Arnold 341 40.6 N/A
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 1860s

General Election 1868: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Registered electors 976
Conservative hold

Seat reduced to one member

By-election, 11 July 1866: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1865: Huntingdon[19]
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[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 378
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 4 March 1858: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1857: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 382
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1852: Huntingdon[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 390
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

See also

Notes and references

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
References
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Huntingdon', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  8. ↑ http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-05-12/candidates-standing-in-the-general-election-in-cambridgeshire/
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. 1 2 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/huntingdon-2015.html
  11. ↑ "mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=123". Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  12. ↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates?display_name=Huntingdon&display_name_1=&display_name_2=All&relationship_type=All
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.jonathansalt.co.uk Archived 14 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ Local Radio station Star 107
  16. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  17. 1 2 British Parliamentary Election results 1983–97
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 F. W. S. Craig (1989), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885–1918. Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 299
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  20. ↑ "Election of Sir R. Peel for Huntingdon". Edinburgh Evening News. 22 Mar 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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