Chesterton (UK Parliament constituency)

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 split the former three-member Cambridgeshire parliamentary county into three single-member divisions. One of these was the Western or Chesterton Division, and the other two were Newmarket and Wisbech.

The contents of the division were defined as:

• The Municipal Borough of Cambridge;
• The Sessional Divisions of Arrington and Melbourn, Cambridge and Caxton; and

• The Parishes of Grunty Fen, Haddenham, Mepal, Stretham, Sutton, Thetford, Wentworth, Wilburton, Witcham and Witchford.{{Cite book |last=Great Britain |first=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales |url=http://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog |title=The public general acts |publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884 |others=unknown library |language=English}}

Only non-resident freeholders of the Municipal Borough of Cambridge were entitled to vote.

The seat was named after the town of Chesterton, the only urban area in the constituency, and a suburb of the university town of Cambridge. The built-up area of Chesterton was included within the municipal boundaries of Cambridge in 1912, but this did not affect the constituency.{{cite book |last=Youngs |first= Frederic A Jr. |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England |year=1979 |page=716 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0-901050-67-9}}

The remainder of the constituency consisted of the following civil parishes: Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Barrington, Bartlow{{Dubious |Bartlow|date=November 2017}}, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Boxworth, Caldecote, Caxton, Childerley, Comberton, Conington, Coton, Cottenham, Croxton, Croydon, Dry Drayton, East Hatley, Elsworth, Eltisley, Fowlmere, Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Grantchester, Graveley, Great Eversden, Great Shelford, Grunty Fen, Guilden Morden, Haddenham, Hardwick, Harlton, Harston, Haslingfield, Hatley St George, Hauxton, Histon, Impington, Kingston, Knapwell, Kneesworth, Landbeach, Litlington, Little Eversden, Little Gransden, Little Shelford, Lolworth, Long Stanton All Saints, Long Stanton St Michael, Longstowe, Madingley, Melbourn, Meldreth, Mepal, Milton, Newton, Oakington, Orwell, Over, Papworth Everard, the part of Papworth St Agnes in Cambridgeshire, Rampton, the part of Royston in Cambridgeshire, Shepreth, Shingay, Stapleford, Steeple Morden, Stretham, Sutton, Swavesey, Tadlow, Thetford, Thriplow, Toft, Trumpington, Waterbeach, Wendy, Wentworth, Westwick, Whaddon, Wilburton, Willingham, Wimpole, Witcham and Witchford.

Upon its abolition under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the majority of the constituency was combined with the Newmarket (or East Cambridgeshire) division to create a new single member Cambridgeshire seat. Chesterton and areas to the south of Cambridge, which had been added to the Municipal Borough of Cambridge, were now included in the Parliamentary Borough of Cambridge. Northernmost parts were included in the new Isle of Ely constituency.

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|title=General election 1885: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Hall

|votes = 4,246

|percentage = 50.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Neville Goodman{{cite news |title=Biographies of Candidates |newspaper=The Times |date=26 November 1885 |page=3 }}

|votes = 4,161

|percentage = 49.5

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 85

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,407

|percentage = 80.3

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,465

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1886: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Hall

|votes = 4,248

|percentage = 56.5

|change = +6.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Clarence Smith{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |date=17 June 1886 |page=6 }}

|votes = 3,272

|percentage = 43.5

|change = −6.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 976

|percentage = 13.0

|change = +12.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,520

|percentage = 71.9

|change = −8.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,465

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +6.0

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|title=General election 1892: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Hoare

|votes = 4,350

|percentage = 52.4

|change = +8.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Hall

|votes = 3,952

|percentage = 47.6

|change = −8.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 398

|percentage = 4.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,302

|percentage = 76.3

|change = +4.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,880

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +8.9

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1895: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Greene

|votes = 4,432

|percentage = 52.5

|change = +4.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Hoare

|votes = 4,012

|percentage = 47.5

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 420

|percentage = 5.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,444

|percentage = 79.3

|change = +3.0

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,651

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +4.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1900: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Greene

|votes = 4,190

|percentage = 51.4

|change = −1.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Hugh Hoare

|votes = 3,961

|percentage = 48.6

|change = +1.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 229

|percentage = 2.8

|change = −2.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,151

|percentage = 77.2

|change = −2.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,554

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1906: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edwin Montagu

|votes = 4,829

|percentage = 52.8

|change = +4.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Walter Greene

|votes = 4,316

|percentage = 47.2

|change = −4.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 513

|percentage = 5.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,145

|percentage = 88.1

|change = +10.9

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,386

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.2

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: Chesterton

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edwin Montagu

|votes = 5,240

|percentage = 52.5

|change = −0.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell

|votes = 4,735

|percentage = 47.5

|change = +0.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 505

|percentage = 5.0

|change = −0.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,975

|percentage = 91.9

|change = +3.8

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −0.3

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: ChestertonF. W. S. Craig (1989), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918. Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 227

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edwin Montagu

|votes = 5,011

|percentage = 51.9

|change = −0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Newton

|votes = 4,640

|percentage = 48.1

|change = +0.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 371

|percentage = 3.8

|change = −1.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,651

|percentage = 88.9

|change = −3.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −0.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Montagu was subsequently returned unopposed in three by-elections: in 1915 and 1916 upon his appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in 1917 when he was appointed Secretary of State for India

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