Representative in Parliament

The University franchise was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948, and University representation ceased in 1950. In the following list bye-elections are distinguished by bearing full dates. The exceptions are the first dates for 1886, both of which are of general elections.

1604            Mowtlow, Henry     LL.D.; Fellow of     K     Public Orator, 1589
1604            Steward, Nicholas     LL.D.     T, TH
1614            Bacon, Francis, Sir     (Baron Verulam, 1618)
1614            Gooch (Goche), Barnabas     LL.D.; Master of     M
1621            Gooch (Goche), Barnabas     again
1621            Naunton, Robert, Sir     Public Orator, 1594
1624            Gooch (Goche), Barnabas     again
1624            Naunton, Robert, Sir     Public Orator, 1594, again
1625            Morton, Albertus, Sir     Fellow of     K
1625            Naunton, Robert, Sir     Public Orator, 1594, again
1626            Coke (Cooke), John, Sir     Fellow of     T
1626            Eden, Thomas     LL.D.; Master of     TH
1628            Coke (Cooke), John, Sir     Fellow of     T     again
1628            Eden, Thomas     LL.D.; Master of     TH     again
1640:04:13      Eden, Thomas     LL.D.; Master of     TH     again
1640:04:13      Lucas, Henry     M.A.; (benefactor)
1640:11:03      Eden, Thomas     LL.D.; Master of     TH     again
1640:11:03      Lucas, Henry     M.A.; (benefactor), again
1640:11:27      Bacon, Nathaniel     vice Thomas Eden, deceased
1654            Cromwell, Henry
1654            [University was allowed only one M.P. during the Protectorate]
1656            Cromwell, Richard
1659            Sinter, Thomas     M.D.; Fellow of     T
1659            Thurloe, John
1660            Crouch, Thomas     Fellow of     K
1660            Monck (Monk), George     Duke of Albemarle
1660:06:22      Montagu, William, Sir     vice George Monck, elected for Devonshire
1661            Crouch, Thomas     again
1661            Fanshawe, Richard, Sir
1667:03:08      Wheeler, Charles, Sir     vice Sir Richard Fanshawe, deceased
1679:03:06      Exton, Thomas, Sir     LL.D.; Master of     TH
1679:03:06      Vernon, James
1679:10:17      Exton, Thomas, Sir     LL.D.; Master of     TH     again
1679:10:17      Temple, William, Sir
1681            Brady, Robert     M.D.; Master of     CAI     Regius Professor of Physic
1681            Exton, Thomas, Sir     LL.D.; Master of     TH     again
1685            Brady, Robert     M.D., again
1685            Exton, Thomas, Sir     LL.D.; Master of     TH     again
1689            Newton, Isaac, Sir     Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
1689            Sawyer, Robert, Sir     Fellow of     M
1690            Finch, Edward [2], Hon.     Fellow of     CHR
1690            Sawyer, Robert, Sir     Fellow of     M     again
1692:11:21      Boyle, Henry, Hon.     vice Sir Robert Sawyer, deceased
1695            Boyle, Henry, Hon.     again
1695            Oxenden, George     LL.D.; Master of     TH     Regius Professor of Law
1698            Boyle, Henry, Hon.     again
1698            Hammond, Anthony
1701:02:06      Boyle, Henry, Hon.     again
1701:02:06      Hammond, Anthony     again
1701:12:30      Boyle, Henry, Hon.     again
1701:12:30      Newton, Isaac, Sir     Lucasian Professor of Mathematics; again
1702            Annesley, Arthur, Hon.     Fellow of     M
1702            Boyle, Henry, Hon.     again
1705            Annesley, Arthur, Hon.     again
1705            Windsor, Dixie, Hon.
1708            Annesley, Arthur, Hon.     again
1708            Windsor, Dixie, Hon.     again
1710            Paske, Thomas [2]     LL.D.; Fellow of     CL
1710            Windsor, Dixie, Hon.     again
1712:07:18      Windsor, Dixie, Hon.     again; re-elected after accepting office
1713            Paske, Thomas [2]     LL.D.; again
1713            Windsor, Dixie, Hon.     again
1715            Paske, Thomas [2]     LL.D.; again
1715            Windsor, Dixie, Hon.     again
1720:07:18      Willoughby, Thomas, Hon.     vice Thomas Paske, deceased
1722            Willoughby, Thomas, Hon.     again
1722            Windsor, Dixie, Hon.     again
1727            Finch, Edward [1], Hon.
1727            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.
1734            Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again
1734            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.     again
1741            Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again
1741            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.     again
1742:07:23      Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again; re-elected after accepting office
1747            Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again
1747            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.     again
1754            Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again
1754            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.     again
1757:06:14      Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again; re-elected after accepting office
1761            Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again
1761            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.     again
1761:01:14      Finch, Edward [1], Hon.     again; re-elected after accepting office
1768            Townshend, Thomas, Hon.     again
1768            Yorke, Charles, Hon.     (Lord Chancellor, 1770)
1770:02:01      Grey, William de     (Baron Walsingham); vice Yorke
1771:02:14      Croftes, Richard     vice de Grey; (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1771)
1774            Croftes, Richard     again
1774            Manners, John     Marquis of Granby; (Duke of Rutland, 1779)
1779:06:10      Mansfield, James, Sir     Fellow of     K     vice Marquis of Granby
1780            Mansfield, James, Sir     again
1780            Townshend, John, Hon.
1782:04:03      Townshend, John, Hon.     again, re-elected after accepting office
1783:04:11      Townshend, John, Hon.     again, re-elected after accepting office
1783:11:26      Mansfield, James, Sir     again, re-elected after accepting office
1784            Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston
1784            Pitt, William, Rt Hon.
1790            Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston; again
1790            Pitt, William, Rt Hon.     again
1792:12:18      Pitt, William, Rt Hon.     again, re-elected after accepting office
1794:04:05      Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston; again, re-elected after accepting office
1796            Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston; again
1796            Pitt, William, Rt Hon.     again
1802            Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston; again
1802            Pitt, William, Rt Hon.     again
1804:05:17      Pitt, William, Rt Hon.     again, re-elected after accepting office
1806            Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston; again
1806            Petty, Henry, Rt Hon. Lord     again
1806:02:07      Petty, Henry, Rt Hon. Lord     vice William Pitt, deceased
1807            Fitzroy, George Henry     Earl of Euston; again
1807            Gibbs, Vicary, Sir     Fellow of     K
1811:03:27      Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; vice the Earl of Euston
1812            Smyth, Henry John     again
1812            Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; again
1812:06:09      Smyth, Henry John     vice Gibbs
1818            Smyth, Henry John     again
1818            Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; again
1820            Smyth, Henry John     again
1820            Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; again
1826            Copley, John Singleton, Sir     Fellow of     T     Lord Chancellor, 1827
1826            Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; again
1826:12:16      Copley, John Singleton, Sir     again, re-elected after accepting office
1827:05:11      Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, Sir     Fellow of     T     vice Copley (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1829)
1829:06:18      Cavendish, William     (Duke of Devonshire, 1858), vice Tindal
1830            Cavendish, William     again
1830            Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; again
1830:11:30      Temple, Henry John     Lord Palmerston; again; re-elected after accepting office
1831            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.
1831            Peel, William Yates
1833            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again
1833            Sutton, Charles Manners-, Rt Hon. Sir     (Viscount Canterbury, 1835)
1835            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again
1835            Sutton, Charles Manners-, Rt Hon. Sir     again
1835:03:21      Law, Charles Ewan, Hon.     vice Manners-Sutton
1837            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again
1837            Law, Charles Ewan, Hon.     again
1841            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again
1841            Law, Charles Ewan, Hon.     again
1841:09:15      Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again; re-elected after accepting office
1847            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again
1847            Law, Charles Ewan, Hon.     again
1850:10:04      Wigram, Loftus Tottenham     vice Law, deceased
1852            Goulburn, Henry, Rt Hon.     again
1852            Wigram, Loftus Tottenham     again
1856:02:11      Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     vice Goulburn, deceased
1857            Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again
1857            Wigram, Loftus Tottenham     again
1858:03:04      Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again, re-elected after accepting office
1859            Selwyn, Charles Jasper, Sir     Kt 1867, Lord Justice of Appeal, 1868
1859            Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again
1865            Selwyn, Charles Jasper, Sir     again
1865            Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again
1866:07:11      Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again, re-elected after accepting office
1867:07:22      Selwyn, Charles Jasper, Sir     again, re-elected after accepting office
1868            Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-     again
1868            Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again
1868:02:24      Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-     vice Selwyn
1874            Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-     again
1874            Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again
1880            Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-     again
1880            Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon.     again
1882:11:29      Raikes, Henry Cecil, Rt Hon.     vice Walpole
1886:01:12      Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-     again
1886:01:12      Raikes, Henry Cecil, Rt Hon.     again
1886:08:05      Hope, Alexander James Beresford Beresford-     again
1886:08:05      Raikes, Henry Cecil, Rt Hon.     again
1887:11:17      Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir     Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
1891:10:10      Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir     Regius Professor of Greek, 1889
1892            Gorst, John, Rt Hon. Sir     Fellow of     JN
1892            Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir     again
1895            Gorst, John, Rt Hon. Sir     Fellow of     JN     again
1895            Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir     again
1900            Gorst, John, Rt Hon. Sir     Fellow of     JN     again
1900            Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir     again
1906            Butcher, Samuel Henry     Fellow of     T
1906            Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel, Rt Hon.
1910            Butcher, Samuel Henry     Fellow of     T     again
1910            Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel, Rt Hon.     again
1911            Larmor, Joseph, Sir     Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
1922            Butler, James Ramsay Montagu     Fellow of     T
1923            Butler, George Geoffrey Gilbert, Sir     Fellow of     CC
1926-39         Withers, John James, Sir     Fellow of     CTH
1929-35         Wilson, Godfrey Harold Alfred     Master of     CL
1935            Pickthorn, Kenneth William Murray     Fellow of     CC