[1] The constituency returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Samuel Butcher had been Unionist MP for the seat of Cambridge University since the 1906 general elections.

This was a safe Conservative constituency in which a challenger rarely appeared.

At both the General Elections in 1910, the two Conservative candidates were returned unopposed.

The last contested election was in 1906 when one of the sitting Conservative MPs stood on a platform of Free Trade in opposition to the Unionist tariff reform policies: Polling took place over a five-day period from 11 to 16 February 1911.