Cambridgeshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1290–1885 | |
Seats | 2 (1290 – 1832) 3 (1832 – 1885) |
Replaced by | Chesterton Newmarket Wisbech |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Chesterton Newmarket |
Replaced by | SE Cambridgeshire SW Cambridgeshire |
Cambridgeshire is a former Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It was a constituency represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832, when its representation was increased to three until it was abolished in 1885.
It was reconstituted as a single-member seat in 1918 and abolished once again in 1983.