Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950. University constituencies existed from 1603 until 1950 to allow a University to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament. ... King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... University constituencies existed from 1603 until 1950 to allow a University to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament. ... British House of Commons Canadian House of Commons In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Boundaries

This University constituency was created by a Royal Charter of 1603. It was abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948. University constituencies existed from 1603 until 1950 to allow a University to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament. ... King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1948 Representation of the People Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

The constituency was not a physical area. Its electorate consisted of the graduates of the University.

The constituency returned two Members of Parliament. From 1918, the MPs were elected by the Single Transferable Vote method of Proportional Representation. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ... Proportional representation (PR) is a (by necessity multi-winner) electoral system whose use tends to make elections result in groups of votes being represented in proportional fractions in some body of representatives, i. ...

Members of Parliament

This is a list of people who have been elected to represent this University in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

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Election of 14 December 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ...

Election of 15 November 1922

The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922. ...

Election of 6 December 1923

The UK general election of 1923 was held on 5th December 1923. ...

Election of 29 October 1924

The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924. ...

Election of 27 October 1931

The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. ...

Election of 14 November 1935

The UK general election held on 14th November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Stanley Baldwin. ...

Election of 5 July 1945

The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. ...

Elections

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, by F.W.S. Craig