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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918 & 1983 onwards}}
{{otheruses2|Huntingdon}}
{{distinguish|Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}
'''Huntingdon''' is a [[constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament (MP)]] by the [[first past the post]] system of election.
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Huntingdon
|parliament = uk
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|caption = Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
|image2 = [[File:East of England - Huntingdon constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]]
|caption2 = Boundary within the East of England
|year = 1983
|abolished =
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] and [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]]<ref name="ElectionWeb83">{{cite web|title='Huntingdon', June 1983 up to May 1997 |url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83328.htm |website=ElectionWeb Project |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited |access-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312063338/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83328.htm |archive-date=12 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|next =
|electorate = 75,590 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-eastern/#lg_huntingdon-cc-75590
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=26 June 2024
|df=dmy
}}</ref>
|mp = [[Ben Obese-Jecty]]
|party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|region = England
|county = [[Cambridgeshire]]
|towns = [[Huntingdon]], [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]], [[Godmanchester]]


|year2 = 1885
== Boundaries ==
|abolished2 = 1918
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|type2 = County
|previous2 = [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]]
|next2 = [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]]
|elects_howmany2 = One


|year3 = c1290
== Member of Parliament ==
|abolished3 = 1885
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|type3 = Borough
|previous3 =
|next3 =
|elects_howmany3 = c1290–1868: Two<br />1868–1885: One
}}


'''Huntingdon''' is a [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} west of [[Cambridge]] in [[Cambridgeshire]] and including its namesake town of [[Huntingdon]]. It has been represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[UK Parliament]] since 2024 by [[Ben Obese-Jecty]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|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|group= n}}
== Election results ==

{{Template:Election box begin |title=[[UK general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Huntingdon}}
Before 2024, Huntingdon was considered a safe Conservative seat and was the seat of [[John Major]], the Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.
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|votes =
First established around the time of the [[Model Parliament]] in 1295, Huntingdon was the seat of [[Oliver Cromwell#Member of Parliament|Oliver Cromwell]] in 1628–29 and 1640–1642.
|percentage =

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==History==
The constituency of Huntingdon has existed in three separate forms: as a [[parliamentary borough]] from 1295, represented in the [[House of Commons of England]] until 1707, then in the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] from 1707 to 1800, and then in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1801 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 [[Burgess (title)|burgess]]es 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 (UK Parliament constituency)|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 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], when the Huntingdonshire constituency was abolished once again, with the majority comprising the re-established county constituency of Huntingdon which also included rural areas to the west of Peterborough.

There were significant boundary changes at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], when the neighbouring seat of [[North West Cambridgeshire]] was created from areas previously in the seats of Huntingdon and [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]].

The former Conservative [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|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 United Kingdom general election|2017]], in which [[George Howarth]] won a 42,214 vote majority in [[Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley]].

== Boundaries and boundary changes ==
The constituency consists of the towns of [[Huntingdon]], [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]], [[Godmanchester]] and a number of smaller settlements in Western [[Cambridgeshire]].

=== 1832–1885 ===

* The townships of Huntingdon and Godmanchester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Huntingdon_1868|title=H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1868, Huntingdon|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

=== 1885–1918 ===

* The Sessional Divisions of Leightonstone and Toseland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1885/Huntingdonshire_1885|title=H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1885, Huntingdonshire|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

''The new county division incorporated the towns of Huntingdon, Godmanchester, and [[St Neots]].''

=== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>
:''The re-established seat comprised the majority of the abolished Huntingdonshire constituency, including [[Huntingdon]], [[Godmanchester]], [[Ramsey, Cambridgeshire|Ramsey]] and [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]], together with rural areas to the west of Peterborough, including [[Barnack]] and [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]].''

=== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

:''Gained the parts of the District of Huntingdon, including St Neots, which had previously been part of the abolished [[South West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Cambridgeshire]] constituency. The City of Peterborough ward of Werrington was transferred to the [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]] constituency. Remaining Peterborough wards and northern parts of the District of Huntingdon, including Ramsey, were included in the new constituency of [[North West Cambridgeshire]].''

=== 2010–2024 ===
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) 2010}}|frame=yes|frame-width=220|frame-height=220|text=Map of boundaries 2020–2024}}
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made/data.htm|title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

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

=== 2024–present===
Following the [[2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies]], which came into effect for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], the constituency is composed of the following electoral wards:

* The District of Huntingdonshire wards of Alconbury, Brampton, Buckden, Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots, Great Staughton, Hemingford Grey & Houghton, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Kimbolton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, Sawtry, Somersham, The Stukeleys, and Warboys.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region}}</ref>

:''The seat was subject to major changes with the town of [[St Neots]] being moved to the new constituency of [[St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire]], partly offset by the transfer of mainly rural areas to the north from [[North West Cambridgeshire]].''

== Members of Parliament ==

===MPs c1290–1660===

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Parliament!!First member!!Second member
|-
| 1361|| rowspan="18" |[[William Wightman (fl.1361-1391)|William Wightman]]<ref name = WW>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/wightman-william | title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 16 November 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1365
|-
| 1366
|-
| 1369
|-
| 1371
|-
| 1372
|-
| 1373
|-
| 1376
|-
| 1377 (Jan)
|-
| 1377 (Oct)
|-
| 1378
|-
| 1380 (Jan)
|-
| 1381
|-
| 1382 (May)
|-
| 1382 (Oct)
|-
| 1383 (Oct)
|-
| 1384 (Apr)
|-
| 1384 (Nov)
|-
| 1386|| [[William Luton]]|| rowspan="4" | [[Thomas Daniel (MP)|Thomas Daniel]]<ref name = HoP1>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/huntingdon| title= History of Parliament| access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1388 (Feb)|| rowspan="3" | [[William Wightman (fl.1361-1391)|William Wightman]]
|-
| 1388 (Sep)
|-
| 1390 (Jan)
|-
| 1390 (Nov)||
|-
| 1391|| [[William Wightman (fl.1361-1391)|William Wightman]]|| [[William Luton]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1393|| [[William Albon]]|| [[John Pabenham]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1394|| [[Henry Proude]]|| [[John Dunhead (fl.1394-1397)|John Dunhead I]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1395|| [[John Cutler (MP for Huntingdon)|John Cutler]]|| [[John Dunhead (fl.1395-1397)|John Dunhead II]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1397 (Jan)|| [[Walter Willardby]]|| [[John Dunhead (fl.1394-1397)|John Dunhead I]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1397 (Sep)|| rowspan="2" | [[John Hawkin]]|| [[John Dunhead (fl.1395-1397)|John Dunhead II]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1399|| [[Richard Prentice]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1401|| [[John Sabrisforth]]|| [[John Rous (fl.1401)|John Rous]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1402|| [[Walter Devenham]]|| [[Ambrose Newton]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1404 (Jan)||
|-
| 1404 (Oct)||
|-
| 1406|| [[John Hawkin]]|| [[Richard Prentice]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1407|| [[Richard Prentice]]|| [[John Navet]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1410||
|-
| 1411|| [[Robert Peck (MP for Huntingdon)|Robert Peck]]|| [[Thomas Freeman (MP)|Thomas Freeman]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1413 (Feb)||
|-
| 1413 (May)|| rowspan="2" | [[Robert Peck (MP for Huntingdon)|Robert Peck]]|| rowspan="2" | [[John Denton (fl.1413-1416)|John Denton]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1414 (Apr)
|-
| 1414 (Nov)|| [[Roger Chamberlain (fl.1414)|Roger Chamberlain]]|| [[John Foxton (MP)|John Foxton]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1415|| rowspan="2" | [[Robert Peck (MP for Huntingdon)|Robert Peck]]|| [[John Bickley (Huntingdon MP)|John Bickley]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1416 (Mar)|| [[John Denton (fl.1413-1416)|John Denton]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1416 (Oct)||
|-
| 1417|| [[John Fette]]|| [[Richard Freeman (MP)|Richard Freeman]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1419|| [[Richard Spicer (MP for Huntingdon)|Richard Spicer]]|| [[Hugh Parson]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1420|| [[John Abbotsley]]|| [[John Foxton (MP)|John Foxton]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1421 (May)|| rowspan="2" | [[Robert Peck (MP for Huntingdon)|Robert Peck II]]|| [[John Colles]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1421 (Dec)|| [[George Gidding]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|-
| 1510–1523|| colspan = "2"|''No names known''<ref name = HoP2>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/huntingdon| title= History of Parliament| access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1529|| [[Thomas Hall (by 1488-1550)|Thomas Hall]]|| [[William Webbe (by 1508-c.1547)|William Webbe]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1536|| ?
|-
| 1539|| ?
|-
| 1542|| ?
|-
| 1545|| ?
|-
| 1547||[[John Arscott (died 1558)|John Arscott]]|| [[John Millicent]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1553 (Mar)|| [[William Tyrwhitt]]|| [[Thomas Maria Wingfield]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1553 (Oct)|| rowspan="2" | [[Thomas Maria Wingfield]]|| [[John Purvey (MP)|John Purvey]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1554 (Apr)|| [[Simon Throckmorton]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1554 (Nov)|| [[Philip Clampe]]|| [[William Horwood (by 1504-57 or later)|William Horwood]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1555|| rowspan="2" | [[Robert Brockbank]]|| [[Thomas Worlich]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1558|| [[John Brigandine]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|-
| 1559 (Jan)|| [[Richard Patrick (MP)|Richard Patrick]]|| [[William Symcots]]<ref name = HoP3>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/huntingdon| title= History of Parliament| access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1562–3|| [[Richard Gooderick]]|| [[George Blyth (MP)|George Blyth]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1571|| [[Tristram Tyrwhitt]]|| [[Ralph Rokeby (disambiguation)|Ralph Rokeby]]<!--intentional link to DAB page--><ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1572 (Apr)|| [[Thomas Slade (MP)|Thomas Slade]]|| [[John Turpin (MP)|John Turpin]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1584 (Nov)|| rowspan="3" | [[Francis Flower]]|| rowspan="3" | [[William Cervington]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1586
|-
| 1588 (Oct)
|-
| 1593|| [[Robert Lee (died 1598)|Robert Lee]]|| [[Robert Cromwell]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1597 (Oct)|| [[Richard Cromwell (MP)|Richard Cromwell]]|| [[Robert Cooke (died 1637)|Robert Cooke]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1601|| [[William Beecher (died 1640)|William Beecher]]|| [[Thomas Chichley]]<ref name = HoP3/>
|-
| 1604|| [[Henry Cromwell alias Williams|Henry Cromwell]]|| Thomas Harley
|-
| 1614|| [[Christopher Hatton (died 1619)|Sir Christopher Hatton]]||[[Miles Fleetwood|Sir Miles Fleetwood]]
|-
| 1621–1622|| [[Henry St John (MP for Huntingdon)|Sir Henry St John]]|| [[Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet]]
|-
| 1624|| rowspan="3" | [[Sir Arthur Mainwaring]] || rowspan="2" | [[Henry St John (MP for Huntingdon)|Sir Henry St John]]
|-
| 1625
|-
| 1626|| [[John Goldsborough (MP)|John Goldsborough]]
|-
| 1628|| [[Oliver Cromwell]]|| [[James Montagu (MP)|James Montagu]]
|-
| 1629–1640|| colspan = "2"|''No Parliaments summoned''
|-
| Apr 1640|| [[Sir Robert Bernard, 1st Baronet|Robert Bernard]]|| [[William Montagu (judge)|William Montagu]]
|-
| Nov 1640|| [[George Montagu (died 1681)|George Montagu]]|| [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton|Edward Montagu]], ''ennobled in 1644 <br /> and replaced by'' [[Abraham Burrell]]
|-
| 1653|| colspan = "2"|''Not represented in Barebones Parliament''
|-
| 1654|| rowspan="2" | [[Sir John Bernard, 2nd Baronet|John Bernard]]
|-
| 1656
|-
| 1659||[[John Thurloe]]||[[Sir John Bernard, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Bernard]]
|-
| 1659|| [[Abraham Burrell]]
|}

=== MPs 1660–1868 ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!!!First member<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|h|4|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!First party!!!!Second member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Second party
|-
|1660 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir John Bernard, 2nd Baronet|John Bernard]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- Nov 1630 25 June 1679 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Nicholas Pedley]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 17 September 1615 6 July 1685 -->
|-
|1661 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir John Cotton, 3rd Baronet, of Connington|Sir John Cotton, 3rd Bt]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 9 March 1621 12 September 1702 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Lionel Walden (1620–98)|Lionel Walden]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 19 December 1620 23 March 1698 -->
|-
|Apr 1679 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sidney Wortley-Montagu|Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu]] ||rowspan="2"|<!-- party --> <!-- son of 1st Earl of Sandwich (to 1685) 28 July 1650 11 November 1727 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Nicholas Pedley|Sir Nicholas Pedley]] ||<!-- party --><!-- 17 September 1615 6 July 1685 -->
|-
|Aug 1679 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Lionel Walden (c.1653-1701)|Lionel Walden]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1689) 19 December 1620 23 March 1698 -->
|-
|1685 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Oliver Montagu|Hon. Oliver Montagu]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- son of 1st Earl of Sandwich c 1655 25 December 1689 -->
|-
|1689 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Bigg (MP)|John Bigg]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 5 July 1652 c 1710 -->
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Sidney Wortley-Montagu|Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu]] ||rowspan="2"|<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1695) 28 July 1650 11 November 1727 -->
|-
|1690 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Richard Montagu (MP)|Hon. Richard Montagu]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- son of 2nd Earl of Sandwich (to 1697) c 1670 19 April 1697 -- disambiguation page not done!! -->
|-
|1695 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[John Pocklington (MP)|John Pocklington]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1698) c 1658 22 October 1731 -->
|-
|1697 ||rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Francis Wortley-Montagu]] ||rowspan="3" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1702) c 1676 Sep 1702 -->
|-
|1698 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Edward Carteret]]||<!-- party -->
|-
|1701 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery|The Earl of Orrery]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party -->
|-
|1702 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Anthony Hammond]]||<!-- party --> <!-- 1 September 1668 1738 -->
|-
|1705 ||rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat)|Edward Wortley Montagu]] ||rowspan="3" |<!-- party --> <!-- son of Sidney husband of Mary (to 1713) 8 February 1678 22 January 1761 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sir John Cotton, 4th Baronet, of Connington|Sir John Cotton, 4th Bt]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- c 1680 5 February 1731 -->
|-
|1706 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Pedley]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- c 1666 1722 -->
|-
|1708 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Francis Page (judge)|Francis Page]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- c 1661 19 December 1741 -->
|-
|1713 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Sidney Wortley-Montagu]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 28 July 1650 11 November 1727 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke|Viscount Hinchingbrooke]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- eldest son of 3rd Earl of Sandwich 7 July 1692 3 October 1722 -->
|-
|1722 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat)|Edward Wortley Montagu]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 8 February 1678 22 January 1761 -->
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Roger Handasyde]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1741) c 1684 4 January 1763 -->
|-
|1734 ||rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="6" | [[Edward Montagu (1692–1775)|Edward Montagu]] ||rowspan="6" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1768) 13 November 1692 20 May 1775 -->
|-
|May 1741 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire|Hon. Wills Hill]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 30 May 1718 7 October 1793 -->
|-
|Dec 1741 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Albert Nesbitt]]||<!-- party --> <!-- d. 12 January 1753 -->
|-
|1747 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[Kelland Courtenay]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- of Powderham family: married Elizabeth sister of 4th Earl of Sandwich c 1707 8 March 174 -->
|-
|1748 || style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[John Montagu (Royal Navy officer)|John Montagu]] ||<!-- party --> <!-- 1719 Sep 1795 -->
|-
|1754 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Robert Jones (died 1774)|Robert Jones]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to Feb 1774) d. 17 February 1774 -->
|-
|1768 || rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Henry Seymour (Redland)|Henry Seymour]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- 21 October 1729 14 April 1807 -->
|-
|Feb 1774 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[William Augustus Montagu (MP)|Hon. William Augustus Montagu]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- son of 4th Earl of Sandwich (to 1776) 12 February 1752 14 January 1776 -->
|-
|Oct 1774 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2" | [[George Wombwell, 1st Baronet|George Wombwell]] ||rowspan="2" |<!-- party --> <!-- (to 1780) 11 June 1734 2 November 1780 -->
|-
|1776 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave|The Lord Mulgrave]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book
|last=Stooks Smith
|first=Henry.
|editor=[[Craig, F. W. S.]]
|title=The Parliaments of England
|orig-year=1844–1850
|edition=2nd
|year=1973
|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn=0-900178-13-2
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/151 151–153]
|url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/151
}}</ref> <!-- (to 1784) 30 May 1744 10 October 1792 48 -->
|-
|1780 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Hugh Palliser]] || [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|1784 ||rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Sir Walter Rawlinson]] ||rowspan="2" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!--(to 1790) 1734 13 March 1805 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Lancelot Brown (MP)|Lancelot Brown]] ||[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- 13 January 1748 28 February 1802 -->
|-
|1787 ||rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[John Willett Payne]] ||rowspan="3" | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- (to 1796) 23 April 1752 17 November 1803 -->
|-
|Jun 1790 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[John George Montagu|Hon. John George Montagu]] || [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- eldest son of 5th Earl of Sandwich 3 April 1767 29 November 1790 not Viscount Hinchingbrooke as his grandfather was still alive -->
|-
|Dec 1790 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Henry Speed]]|| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- 25 July 1766 1820 -->
|-
|1796 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[William Henry Fellowes]]||[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- 15 July 1769 23 August 1837 -->
|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="6" | [[John Calvert (died 1844)|John Calvert]] ||rowspan="6" |[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- (to 1831) c 1758 2 June 1844 -->
|-
|1807 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[William Meeke Farmer]] ||[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- c 1777 Oct 1836 -->
|-
|1809 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Samuel Farmer]] ||[[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- c 1748 14 May 1839 -->
|-
|1818 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[William Augustus Montagu]] ||[[Tories (british political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/> <!-- c 1785 6 March 1852 -->
|-
|1820 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian|Earl of Ancram]] || [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|1824 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[James Stuart (1774–1833)|James Stuart]] || [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|1831 ||style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" |[[Jonathan Peel]] || [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="craig1832"/> <!-- (to 1868) 12 October 1799 13 February 1879 -->
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Pollock]] || [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="craig1832"/> <!-- 23 September 1783 23 August 1870 -->
|-
|[[Tamworth Manifesto|1834]] || rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
|-
|1844 || style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="craig1832"/><!-- (to 1873) 7 September 1799 18 November 1873 -->
|-
|1868 ||colspan="6"| ''representation reduced to one member''
|-
|}

=== MPs 1868–1918 ===
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]
|[[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]] ||[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1873 Huntingdon by-election|1873 by-election]]
|[[John Burgess Karslake|Sir John Burgess Karslake]] ||[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1876 Huntingdon by-election|1876 by-election]]
|[[Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich|Edward Montagu]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1884 Huntingdon by-election|1884 by-election]]
|[[Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet|Sir Robert Peel]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] <!-- Party as for Blackburn in 1885 4 May 1822 9 May 1895 -->
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|[[Thomas Coote]] ||[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886]]
|[[Arthur Smith-Barry]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]]
|[[George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich|George Montagu]] ||[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]
|[[Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)|Samuel Whitbread]] ||[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|1910 (Jan)]]
|[[John Cator (Huntingdon MP)|John Cator]] ||[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|
|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
|colspan="2"|''constituency abolished, [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] from 1918''
|-
|}

===MPs since 1983===

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
|Rt Hon [[John Major]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]
|[[Jonathan Djanogly]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
|[[Ben Obese-Jecty]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|}

== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Huntingdon<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/osgnhftp/statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll-huntingdon-constituency-4-july-2024.pdf | title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL | date=7 June 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/wvkb4i0c/declaration-of-result-of-poll-huntingdon-constituency-4-july-2024.pdf | title=DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL | date=4 July 2024 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Ben Obese-Jecty]]|votes=18,257|percentage=35.1|change=–24.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Alexandra Bulat|Alex Bulat]]|votes=16,758|percentage=32.2|change=+11.4 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Sarah Smith|votes=8,039|percentage=15.4|change=''N/A'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Mark Argent|votes=4,821|percentage=9.3|change=–4.7 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Georgie Hunt|votes=3,042|percentage=5.8|change=+2.3 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Chan Raj Abraham|votes=1,123|percentage=2.2|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,499|percentage=2.9|change=–35.5}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=52,234|percentage=66.1|change=–8.4}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=79,074}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=–17.8}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2010s ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 33,352 ||align=right| 59.2
|-
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 11,707 ||align=right| 20.8
|-
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 7,899 ||align=right| 14.0
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 1,952 ||align=right| 3.5
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others ||align=right| 1,407 ||align=right| 2.5
|-
|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout'''
|align=right|56,317
|align=right|74.5
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Electorate'''
|align=right|75,590
|}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Huntingdon <ref name ="Statement of persons nominated">https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/4060/statement-of-persons-nominated-_-notice-of-poll-huntingdon-12-december-2019.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|votes = 32,386
|percentage = 54.8
|change = –0.3
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box turnout|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|votes =
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Sweek
|percentage =
|change =
|votes = 13,003
|percentage = 22.0
|change = –8.9
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
<!-- When the results are in, uncomment one of these and delete the other:
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
{{Template:Election box hold with party link|
|candidate = Mark Argent
|winner =
|swing =
|votes = 9,432
|percentage = 15.9
|change = +7.4
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|winner =
|candidate = Daniel Laycock
|loser =
|swing =
|votes = 2,233
|percentage = 3.8
|change = +2.0
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
-->
|party = Independent (politician)
{{Template:Election box end}}
|candidate = Paul Bullen
|votes = 1,789
|percentage = 3.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Tom Varghese
|votes = 304
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,383
|percentage = 32.8
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 59,147
|percentage = 69.9
|change = –0.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=[[General election 2017]]: Huntingdon<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2017-05-12/candidates-standing-in-the-general-election-in-cambridgeshire/ |title = Candidates standing in the General Election in Cambridgeshire|date = 12 May 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|votes = 32,915
|percentage = 55.1
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Nik Johnson]]
|votes = 18,440
|percentage = 30.9
|change = +12.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rod Cantrill
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|votes = 5,090
|percentage = 8.5
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Paul Bullen
|votes = 2,180
|percentage = 3.7
|change = –13.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Thomas MacLennan
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|votes = 1,095
|percentage = 1.8
|change = –2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,475
|percentage = 24.2
|change = –10.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 59,720
|percentage = 70.8
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –5.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Huntingdon<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|votes = 29,652
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Nik Johnson]]<ref name="electionresults.blogspot.co.uk">{{Cite web | url=http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/huntingdon-2015.html | title=UK Election Results: Huntingdon 2015}}</ref>
|votes = 10,248
|percentage = 18.3
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Paul Bullen<ref name="electionresults.blogspot.co.uk"/>
|votes = 9,473
|percentage = 16.9
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rod Cantrill<ref>{{cite web |url=http://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=123 |title=mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=123 |access-date=30 January 2015 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521112458/https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=123 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|votes = 4,375
|percentage = 7.8
|change = –21.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Thomas MacLennan<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates?display_name=Huntingdon&display_name_1=&display_name_2=All&relationship_type=All | title=Prospective General Election Candidates}}</ref>
|votes = 2,178
|percentage = 3.9
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19,404
|percentage = 34.7
|change = +15.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 55,926
|percentage = 67.9
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Huntingdon<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|votes = 26,516
|percentage = 48.9
|change = –1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Land
|votes = 15,697
|percentage = 28.9
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthea Cox
|votes = 5,982
|percentage = 11.0
|change = –7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Curtis
|votes = 3,258
|percentage = 6.0
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jonathan Salt<ref>http://www.jonathansalt.co.uk {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414082816/http://www.jonathansalt.co.uk/ |date=14 April 2010 }}</ref>
|votes = 1,432
|percentage = 2.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Clare
|votes = 652
|percentage = 1.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = [[Lord Toby Jug]]<ref>[http://www.star107.co.uk/news/review.php?article=82981, Local Radio station Star 107]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|votes = 548
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Animal Protection Party
|candidate = Carrie Holliman
|votes = 181
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,819
|percentage = 19.9
|change = –4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,266
|percentage = 64.9
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}


=== Elections in the 2000s ===
{{Template:Election box begin |title=[[UK general election, 2001|General Election 2001]]: Huntingdon}}
{{Template:Election box majority|
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Huntingdon}}
|votes =
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|percentage =
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|votes = 26,646
|percentage = 50.8
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = [[Julian Huppert]]
|votes = 13,799
|percentage = 26.3
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Sartain
|votes = 9,821
|percentage = 18.7
|change = –4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Derek Norman
|votes = 2,152
|percentage = 4.1
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,847
|percentage = 24.5
|change = –1.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 52,418
|percentage = 62.5
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –0.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Huntingdon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|votes = 24,507
|percentage = 49.9
|change = –5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Michael Pope
|votes = 11,715
|percentage = 23.9
|change = +9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Takki Sulaiman
|votes = 11,211
|percentage = 22.8
|change = –0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Derek Norman
|votes = 1,656
|percentage = 3.4
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,792
|percentage = 26.0
|change = –5.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,089
|percentage = 61.1
|change = –13.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –7.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s ===
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of John Major -->:
<section begin="General Election 1997"/>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Huntingdon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Major]]
|votes = 31,501
|percentage = 55.3
|change = –9.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jason Reece
|votes = 13,361
|percentage = 23.5
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Owen
|votes = 8,390
|percentage = 14.7
|change = –6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = [[David Bellamy]]
|votes = 3,114
|percentage = 5.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Charles Coyne
|votes = 331
|percentage = 0.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Christian Democrat
|candidate = Veronica Hufford
|votes = 177
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Duncan Robertson
|votes = 89
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,140
|percentage = 31.8
|change = –6.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 56,963
|percentage = 74.9
|change = –4.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –8.3
}}
The constituency underwent boundary changes prior to the 1997 election and the changes are not based on the 1992 result.
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 1997"/>
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<section begin="General Election 1992"/>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Huntingdon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i11.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181348/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i11.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Major]]
|votes = 48,662
|percentage = 66.2
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hugh Seckleman
|votes = 12,432
|percentage = 16.9
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = [[Andrew Duff]]
|votes = 9,386
|percentage = 12.8
|change = –8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Paul Wiggin
|votes = 1,045
|percentage = 1.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Deborah Birkhead
|votes = 846
|percentage = 1.2
|change = –0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = [[Screaming Lord Sutch]]
|votes = 728
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Conservative Thatcherite
|candidate = Michael Flanagan
|votes = 231
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Gremloids
|candidate = [[Lord Buckethead]]
|votes = 107
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Forward to Mars Party]]
|candidate = [[Charles S. Cockell]]
|votes = 91
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = David Shepherd
|votes = 26
|percentage = 0.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 36,230
|percentage = 49.3
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 73,554
|percentage = 79.2
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = –0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 1992"/>

=== Elections in the 1980s ===
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<section begin="General Election 1987"/>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Huntingdon<ref name=uker>{{Cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EC.html|title=British Parliamentary Election results 1983–97: English Counties|website=www.election.demon.co.uk}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Major]]
|votes = 40,530
|percentage = 63.6
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Nicholson
|votes = 13,486
|percentage = 21.1
|change = –4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Brown
|votes = 8,883
|percentage = 13.9
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = William Lavin
|votes = 874
|percentage = 1.4
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27,044
|percentage = 42.5
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 63,773
|percentage = 74.0
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 1987"/>
<!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of John Major -->:
<section begin="General Election 1983"/>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Huntingdon<ref name=uker />}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Major]]
|votes = 34,254
|percentage = 62.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Sheila Gatiss
|votes = 13,906
|percentage = 25.3
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box turnout|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|votes =
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|percentage =
|candidate = Mark Slater
|votes = 6,317
|percentage = 11.5
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = Timothy Eiloart
|votes = 444
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,348
|percentage = 37.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,921
|percentage = 71.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 1983"/>

=== Elections in the 1910s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig>[[F. W. S. Craig]] (1989), ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885–1918.'' Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 299</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Cator (Huntingdon MP)|John Cator]]
|votes = 2,287
|percentage = 51.7
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher|Oliver Brett]]
|votes = 2,139
|percentage = 48.3
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 148
|percentage = 3.4
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,426
|percentage = 85.5
|change = −2.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Cator (Huntingdon MP)|John Cator]]
|votes = 2,466
|percentage = 54.0
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher|Oliver Brett]]
|votes = 2,099
|percentage = 46.0
|change = −9.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 367
|percentage = 8.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,565
|percentage = 88.2
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +9.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1900s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)|Samuel Whitbread]]
|votes = 2,426
|percentage = 55.4
|change = +8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Cator (Huntingdon MP)|John Cator]]
|votes = 1,957
|percentage = 44.6
|change = −8.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 469
|percentage = 10.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,383
|percentage = 83.1
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,272
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +8.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich|George Montagu]]
|votes = 2,118
|percentage = 53.5
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Charles Adeane]]
|votes = 1,838
|percentage = 46.5
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 280
|percentage = 7.0
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,956
|percentage = 75.8
|change = −6.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,222
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1890s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Smith-Barry]]
|votes = 2,419
|percentage = 53.9
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Jackson Wilks
|votes = 2,068
|percentage = 46.1
|change = −3.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 351
|percentage = 7.8
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,487
|percentage = 82.6
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,435
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Smith-Barry]]
|votes = 2,251
|percentage = 50.2
|change = −1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)|Samuel Whitbread]]
|votes = 2,229
|percentage = 49.8
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22
|percentage = 0.4
|change =−3.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,480
|percentage = 81.8
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,479
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1880s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Smith-Barry]]
|votes = 2,302
|percentage = 51.8
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Coote]]
|votes = 2,141
|percentage = 48.2
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 161
|percentage = 3.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,443
|percentage = 78.6
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,655
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +3.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Huntingdon<ref name=craig />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Coote]]
|votes = 2,354
|percentage = 51.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Oliver George Powlett Montagu
|votes = 2,208
|percentage = 48.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 146
|percentage = 3.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,562
|percentage = 80.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,655
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1884 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 22 Mar 1884]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet|Robert Peel]]
|votes = 455
|percentage = 50.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Veasey<ref>{{cite news|title=Election of Sir R. Peel for Huntingdon|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18840322/072/0004|access-date=1 December 2017|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|date=22 Mar 1884|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 446
|percentage = 49.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 901
|percentage = 24.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,658
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich|Edward Montagu]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,052
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1876 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 16 Feb 1876]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich|Edward Montagu]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Karslake's resignation.

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1874 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 16 Mar 1874]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Burgess Karslake]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Karslake's appointment as [[Attorney General for England and Wales]].

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Burgess Karslake]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,049
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1873 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 20 Dec 1873]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Burgess Karslake]]
|votes = 499
|percentage =59.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Arthur Arnold]]
|votes = 341
|percentage = 40.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 158
|percentage =18.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 840
|percentage = 83.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,008
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Baring's death.

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 976
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

''Seat reduced to one member''

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1866 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 11 July 1866]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Peel's appointment as [[Secretary of State for War]]

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 383
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 378
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1858 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 4 March 1858]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Peel's appointment as [[Secretary of State for War]].

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 382
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 390
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 373
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1844 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 22 April 1844]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Baring (1799–1873)|Thomas Baring]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1841 Huntingdon by-election|By-election, 14 September 1841]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Frederick Pollock]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Frederick Pollock]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 416
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin |
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Frederick Pollock]]
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
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{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 356
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Frederick Pollock]]
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
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{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 380
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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|title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Huntingdon<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
|votes = 177
|percentage = 31.1
|change = −15.2
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Frederick Pollock]]
|votes = 171
|percentage = 30.0
|change = −16.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = James Duberley
|votes = 128
|percentage = 22.5
|change = +19.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Edward Harvey Maltby<ref>{{cite news |title=Huntingdon and Godmanchester Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000417/18321215/002/0001 |access-date=16 April 2020 |work=Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette |date=15 December 1832 |page=1 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|votes = 94
|percentage = 16.5
|change = +12.4
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 43
|percentage = 7.5
|change = −34.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 287
|percentage = 87.8
|change = {{circa|+46.7}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 327
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = −15.5
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|swing = −16.0
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Huntingdon<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop">{{cite web |last1=Harratt |first1=Simon |title=Huntingdon |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/huntingdon |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[Jonathan Peel]]
|votes = 68
|percentage = 46.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet|Frederick Pollock]]
|votes = 68
|percentage = 46.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Samuel Wells
|votes = 6
|percentage = 4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = James Duberley
|votes = 5
|percentage = 3.4
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 62
|percentage = 42.2
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 74
|percentage = {{circa|41.1}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors ={{circa|180}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Huntingdon<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop"/>
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = John Calvert (died 1844)|John Calvert
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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[James Stuart (1774–1833)|James Stuart]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Samuel Wells
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Sweeting
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors ={{circa|180}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Tories (British political party)
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
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{{Election box end}}

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.<ref name="hop"/>

== See also ==
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire]]
* [[Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England|List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)]]
* [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13161.html Huntingdon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65592.html Huntingdon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168412.html Huntingdon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''


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Latest revision as of 12:00, 27 December 2024

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

Huntingdon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary within the East of England
CountyCambridgeshire
Electorate75,590 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsHuntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentBen Obese-Jecty (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromHuntingdonshire and Peterborough[2]
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromHuntingdonshire
Replaced byHuntingdonshire
c1290–1885
Seatsc1290–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough 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 2024 by Ben Obese-Jecty of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Before 2024, Huntingdon was considered a safe Conservative seat and was the seat of John Major, the Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.

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

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The constituency of Huntingdon has existed in three separate forms: as a parliamentary borough from 1295, represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 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 Huntingdonshire constituency was abolished once again, with the majority comprising the re-established county constituency of Huntingdon which also included rural areas to the west of Peterborough.

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

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

1832–1885

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  • The townships of Huntingdon and Godmanchester.[3]

1885–1918

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  • The Sessional Divisions of Leightonstone and Toseland.[4]

The new county division incorporated the towns of Huntingdon, Godmanchester, and St Neots.

1983–1997

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  • 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]
The re-established seat comprised the majority of the abolished Huntingdonshire constituency, including Huntingdon, Godmanchester, Ramsey and St Ives, together with rural areas to the west of Peterborough, including Barnack and Werrington.

1997–2010

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  • 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 constituency of North West Cambridgeshire.

2010–2024

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Map
Map of boundaries 2020–2024
  • 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.

2024–present

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Following the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral wards:

  • The District of Huntingdonshire wards of Alconbury, Brampton, Buckden, Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots, Great Staughton, Hemingford Grey & Houghton, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Kimbolton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, Sawtry, Somersham, The Stukeleys, and Warboys.[8]
The seat was subject to major changes with the town of St Neots being moved to the new constituency of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire, partly offset by the transfer of mainly rural areas to the north from North West Cambridgeshire.

Members of Parliament

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MPs c1290–1660

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Parliament First member Second member
1361 William Wightman[9]
1365
1366
1369
1371
1372
1373
1376
1377 (Jan)
1377 (Oct)
1378
1380 (Jan)
1381
1382 (May)
1382 (Oct)
1383 (Oct)
1384 (Apr)
1384 (Nov)
1386 William Luton Thomas Daniel[10]
1388 (Feb) William Wightman
1388 (Sep)
1390 (Jan)
1390 (Nov)
1391 William Wightman William Luton[10]
1393 William Albon John Pabenham[10]
1394 Henry Proude John Dunhead I[10]
1395 John Cutler John Dunhead II[10]
1397 (Jan) Walter Willardby John Dunhead I[10]
1397 (Sep) John Hawkin John Dunhead II[10]
1399 Richard Prentice[10]
1401 John Sabrisforth John Rous[10]
1402 Walter Devenham Ambrose Newton[10]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 John Hawkin Richard Prentice[10]
1407 Richard Prentice John Navet[10]
1410
1411 Robert Peck Thomas Freeman[10]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Robert Peck John Denton[10]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov) Roger Chamberlain John Foxton[10]
1415 Robert Peck John Bickley[10]
1416 (Mar) John Denton[10]
1416 (Oct)
1417 John Fette Richard Freeman[10]
1419 Richard Spicer Hugh Parson[10]
1420 John Abbotsley John Foxton[10]
1421 (May) Robert Peck II John Colles[10]
1421 (Dec) George Gidding[10]
1510–1523 No names known[11]
1529 Thomas Hall William Webbe[11]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 ?
1545 ?
1547 John Arscott John Millicent[11]
1553 (Mar) William Tyrwhitt Thomas Maria Wingfield[11]
1553 (Oct) Thomas Maria Wingfield John Purvey[11]
1554 (Apr) Simon Throckmorton[11]
1554 (Nov) Philip Clampe William Horwood[11]
1555 Robert Brockbank Thomas Worlich[11]
1558 John Brigandine[11]
1559 (Jan) Richard Patrick William Symcots[12]
1562–3 Richard Gooderick George Blyth[12]
1571 Tristram Tyrwhitt Ralph Rokeby[12]
1572 (Apr) Thomas Slade John Turpin[12]
1584 (Nov) Francis Flower William Cervington[12]
1586
1588 (Oct)
1593 Robert Lee Robert Cromwell[12]
1597 (Oct) Richard Cromwell Robert Cooke[12]
1601 William Beecher Thomas Chichley[12]
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
1626 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
1659 John Thurloe Sir John Bernard
1659 Abraham Burrell

MPs 1660–1868

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Year First member[13] First party Second member[13] 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[14]
1780 Hugh Palliser Tory[14]
1784 Sir Walter Rawlinson Tory[14] Lancelot Brown Tory[14]
1787 John Willett Payne Tory[14]
Jun 1790 Hon. John George Montagu Tory[14]
Dec 1790 Henry Speed Tory[14]
1796 William Henry Fellowes Tory[14] John Calvert Tory[14]
1807 William Meeke Farmer Tory[14]
1809 Samuel Farmer Tory[14]
1818 William Augustus Montagu Tory[14]
1820 Earl of Ancram Tory[14]
1824 James Stuart Tory[14]
1831 Jonathan Peel Tory[14][15] Sir Frederick Pollock Tory[14][15]
1834 Conservative[14][15] Conservative[14][15]
1844 Thomas Baring Conservative[15]
1868 representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868–1918

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Election Member[13] 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

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Election Member[13] Party
1983 Rt Hon John Major Conservative
2001 Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
2024 Ben Obese-Jecty Conservative

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Huntingdon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Obese-Jecty 18,257 35.1 –24.1
Labour Alex Bulat 16,758 32.2 +11.4
Reform UK Sarah Smith 8,039 15.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Argent 4,821 9.3 –4.7
Green Georgie Hunt 3,042 5.8 +2.3
Independent Chan Raj Abraham 1,123 2.2 N/A
Majority 1,499 2.9 –35.5
Turnout 52,234 66.1 –8.4
Registered electors 79,074
Conservative hold Swing –17.8

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[17]
Party Vote %
Conservative 33,352 59.2
Labour 11,707 20.8
Liberal Democrats 7,899 14.0
Green 1,952 3.5
Others 1,407 2.5
Turnout 56,317 74.5
Electorate 75,590
General election 2019: Huntingdon [18]
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 N/A
Independent Tom Varghese 304 0.5 N/A
Majority 19,383 32.8 +8.6
Turnout 59,147 69.9 –0.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.3
General election 2017: Huntingdon[19]
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[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Djanogly 29,652 53.0 +4.1
Labour Nik Johnson[21] 10,248 18.3 +7.3
UKIP Paul Bullen[21] 9,473 16.9 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Rod Cantrill[22] 4,375 7.8 –21.1
Green Thomas MacLennan[23] 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[24]
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[25] 1,432 2.6 N/A
Green John Clare 652 1.2 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Lord Toby Jug[26] 548 1.0 N/A
Animal Protection Carrie Holliman 181 0.3 N/A
Majority 10,819 19.9 –4.2
Turnout 54,266 64.9 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing –2.1

Elections in the 2000s

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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

[edit]
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 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 31.8 –6.8
Turnout 56,963 74.9 –4.3
Conservative hold Swing –8.3
General election 1992: Huntingdon[27]
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 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

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General election 1987: Huntingdon[28]
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[28]
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

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General election December 1910: Huntingdon[29]
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[29]
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

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General election 1906: Huntingdon[29]
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[29]
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

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General election 1895: Huntingdon[29]
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[29]
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

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General election 1886: Huntingdon[29]
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[29]
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[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Peel 455 50.5 N/A
Liberal Charles Veasey[30] 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[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Montagu Unopposed
Registered electors 1,052
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

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By-election, 16 Feb 1876: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Montagu Unopposed
Conservative hold
  • Caused by Karslake's resignation.
By-election, 16 Mar 1874: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Burgess Karslake Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1874: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Burgess Karslake Unopposed
Registered electors 1,049
Conservative hold
By-election, 20 Dec 1873: Huntingdon[15]
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 the 1860s

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General election 1868: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Registered electors 976
Conservative hold

Seat reduced to one member

By-election, 11 July 1866: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 383
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 378
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 4 March 1858: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 382
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 390
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Baring Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 373
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 22 April 1844: Huntingdon[15]
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[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Pollock Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Huntingdon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Pollock Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 416
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: Huntingdon[15][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Pollock Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 356
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1835: Huntingdon[15][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Pollock Unopposed
Conservative Jonathan Peel Unopposed
Registered electors 380
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1832: Huntingdon[15][14]
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[31] 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[14][32]
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[14][32]
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.[32]

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  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. ^ "H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1868, Huntingdon". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  4. ^ "H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1885, Huntingdonshire". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  6. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  7. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  8. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  9. ^ "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "History of Parliament". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h "History of Parliament". Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  13. ^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 151–153. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  16. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). 7 June 2024."DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF). 4 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  18. ^ https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/media/4060/statement-of-persons-nominated-_-notice-of-poll-huntingdon-12-december-2019.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  19. ^ "Candidates standing in the General Election in Cambridgeshire". 12 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  21. ^ a b "UK Election Results: Huntingdon 2015".
  22. ^ "mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=123". Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  23. ^ "Prospective General Election Candidates".
  24. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  25. ^ http://www.jonathansalt.co.uk Archived 14 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ Local Radio station Star 107[permanent dead link‍]
  27. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  28. ^ a b "British Parliamentary Election results 1983–97: English Counties". www.election.demon.co.uk.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h F. W. S. Craig (1989), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885–1918. Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 299
  30. ^ "Election of Sir R. Peel for Huntingdon". Edinburgh Evening News. 22 March 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ "Huntingdon and Godmanchester Election". Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette. 15 December 1832. p. 1. Retrieved 16 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  32. ^ a b c Harratt, Simon. "Huntingdon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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