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This section gives information on Union attitudes to Catholic Emancipation, the Irish Church and Home Rule. Two tables compare Cambridge opposition to the enfranchisement of women with votes in the House of Commons

 

TABLE 1

CAMBRIDGE UNION DEBATES ON CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION

1822-1829

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting
Column C: percentage for Catholic Emancipation

Note: in chapters 8-10, percentages have been simplified to the nearest round number.

A B C
May 22
 		62
58.1
Apr 24
 		104 60.6
May 25
 		111 53.5
Feb 26
 		92 56.5
Feb 27
 		111 54.9
Nov 27
 		112 60.7
Mar 28
 		110 59.1
Mar 29
 		257 55.6


TABLE 2

CAMBRIDGE UNION DEBATES ON DISESTABLISHMENT

1864-75

Column A: month and year of debate.
Column B: Church of England or Ireland?
Column C: numbers voting
Column D: Percentage for Established Church

A
 		B
 		C D
Mar 64
Ireland
74
 		67.6
Mar 65
 		Ireland 109
 		50.5
Dec 65
 		England 163
 		77.9
Feb 65
 		Ireland 106
 		47.2
Nov 69
 		England 136
 		74.3
Mar 73
 		England 185
 		77.7
Jun 74
 		England 86
 		81.3
Apr 75 England 314
 		80.9


TABLE 3

SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY COMPARED WITH OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE

1873-83

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting
Column C: Percentage for Conservatives
Column D: Percentage against Home Rule
A B
 		C
 		D
Oct 73
176
 		61.4
 		-
Nov 73
 		53
 		-
 		(32.1)1
Feb 74
 		149 54.4
 		-
Nov 74
 		248 60.1
 		-
May 76
 		162 54.9
 		-
Feb 77
 		106 -
 		84.9
Apr 77
 		263 67.7
 		-
Oct 77
 		256 64.1
 		-
Dec 77
 		77 -
 		89.6
May 78
 		145 70.3
 		-
Oct 79
 		328 63.7
 		-
May 80
 		167 -
 		74.8
Mar 81
 		335 -
 		71.8
Nov 81
 		277 49.1
 		-
Feb 82
 		135 -
 		73.4
May 82
 		170 60
 		-
Oct 82
 		219 46.1
 		-
Oct 82
 		145 -
 		67.6
May 83
 		113 -
 		83.2
Jun 83
 		366 50.3
 		-
Oct 83
 		274 51.1
 		-

1: The 1873 Home Rule motion was amended to refer more generally to local government.


TABLE 4

SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY COMPARED WITH OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE

1885-88

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting
Column C: Percentage for Conservatives
Column D: Percentage against Home Rule
A
 		B
 		C
 		D
Feb 85
 		239
 		62.3
 		-
Jun 85
 		142
 		54.1
 		-
Oct 85
 		318
 		62.6
 		-
Dec 85
 		129
 		56.6
 		-
Jan 86
 		108
 		-
 		60.2
May 86
 		145
 		-
 		66.2
Jun 86
 		268
 		-
 		561
Oct 86
 		160
 		65
 		-
Oct 86
 		180
 		-
 		58.9
Jan 87
 		152
 		-
 		67.1
Jun 87
 		271
 		-
 		58.3
Oct 87
 		179
 		-
 		69.3
May 88
 		120
 		68.3
 		-

1: Visit of John Redmond.


TABLE 5

SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY COMPARED WITH OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE

1888-98

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting
Column C: Percentage for Conservatives
Column D: Percentage against Home Rule

A
 		B
 		C
 		D
May 88
 		120
 		68.3
 		-
Feb 90
 		180
 		-
 		73.9
Mar 91
 		242
 		69.4
 		-
Feb 92
 		147
 		67.3
 		-
Feb 93
 		389
 		-
 		68.6
Oct 92
 		187
 		62
 		-
Oct 93
 		181
 		60.2
 		-
Mar 94
 		394
 		-
 		66.2
Oct 94
 		183
 		61.7
 		-
Feb 95
 		417
 		-
 		56.81
Jun 96
 		193
 		64.3
 		-
Feb 97
 		94
 		-
 		60.62
Mar 97
 		210
 		68.6
 		-
May 98
 		163
 		61.4
 		-

1: Visit of John Redmond
2: The debate was on the Report of the Financial Commission. Although not formally a Home Rule motion, it was evidently so interpreted by some participants.


TABLE 6

SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY COMPARED WITH OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE

1903-10

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting
Column C: Percentage for Conservatives
Column D: Percentage against Home Rule
A
 		B
 		C
 		D
May 03
 		108
 		-
 		52.8
May 04
 		117
 		-
 		41.91
Nov 04
 		443
 		43
 		-
Mar 05
 		218
 		52.3
 		-
May 05
 		132
 		59.1
 		-
Nov 05
 		258
 		53.1
 		-
Mar 06
 		279
 		52.7
 		-
Oct 06 197
 		-
 		56.7
Mar 07
 		194
 		43.8
 		-
Mar 07
 		280
 		-
 		50.7
Jun 07 304
 		53.9
 		-
Dec 07
 		228
 		53.1
 		-
Oct 08
 		142
 		-
 		54.2
Nov 08
 		172
 		50.6
 		-
Jun 09
 		368
 		-
 		502
Dec 09
 		340
 		52.6
 		-
Jan 10
 		338
 		58.6
 		-
Mar 10
 		98
 		45.9
 		-
May 10
 		112
 		-
 		50
Nov 10
 		343
 		53.4
 		-
Dec 10
 		431
 		54.99
 		-

1. Visit of Hilaire Belloc
2. Visit of John Dillon


TABLE 7

SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY COMPARED WITH
OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE AND SUPPORT FOR EXTREME RESISTANCE

1911-14

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting
Column C: Percentage for Conservatives
Column D: Percentage against Home Rule
Column E: Percentage for extreme resistance
A
 		B
 		C
 		D
 		E
Jun 11
 		203
 		45.8
 		-
 		-
Dec 11
 		303
 		42.2
 		-
 		-
Mar 12
 		427
 		-
 		43.1
 		-
Jun 12
 		259
 		54.8
 		-
 		-
Oct 12
 		247
 		-
 		-
 		44.1
Dec 12
 		326
 		58.3
 		-
 		-
Feb 13
 		133
 		-
 		-
 		36.1
Nov 13
 		389
 		-
 		*(49.6)1
 		-
Mar 14
 		280
 		57.5
 		-
 		-
Apr 14
 		112
 		-
 		-
 		46.4

1. Composite motion in support of Home Rule but including specific condemnation of Ulster opposition


TABLE 8

NUMBERS VOTING AT MAIN DEBATE ON IRELAND AS PERCENTAGE OF MOST POPULAR DEBATE OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR

1863-64 TO 1913-14

Column A: academic year (October to June)1
Column B: non-Irish issue drawing largest vote2
Column C: numbers voting in B
Column D: Irish issue drawing largest vote
Column E: numbers voting in D
Column F: E as percentage of C
(relative importance of Irish issue)

1. Years in which Ireland was not debated are omitted
2. Some issues are simplified. Appendix 1 supplies more detail.

A
 		B
 		C
 		D
 		E
 		F
63/4
 		Foreign policy 102
 		Church
 		74
 		73.3
64/5
 		Cambridge issue
 		191
 		Church 107
 		56
65/6
 		Church
 		163
 		Fenians
 		100
 		61.4
66/7
 		Politics1
 		312
 		Church
 		106
 		34
67/8
 		Votes for women
 		184
 		Conciliation
 		172
 		98.5
68/9
 		Cambridge issue
 		240
 		Church/Land
 		75
 		31.5
69/70
 		Cambridge issue
 		143
 		Land
 		68
 		47.6
73/4
 		Rights of women
 		184
 		Home Rule
 		83
 		28.82
76/7
 		Church
 		316
 		Home Rule 106
 		33.5
77/8
 		Politics 284
 		Home Rule 77
 		27.1
79/80
 		Politics 328
 		Home Rule 167
 		50.9
80/1
 		Politics 341
 		Coercion
 		318
 		98.2
81/2
 		Politics 277
 		Land
 		274
 		98.9
82/3
 		Politics 366
 		Coercion
 		161
 		44
83/4
 		Socialism 457
 		Irish policy
 		207
 		45.3
84/5
 		Politics 309
 		Coercion 63
 		20.4
85/6
 		Politics 318
 		Home Rule 268
 		84.3
86/7
 		Politics 160
 		Home Rule 271
 		169.4
87/8
 		Shakespeare
 		232
 		Home Rule 179
 		77.1
88/9
 		Cambridge issue
 		229
 		Irish policy
 		425
 		185.6
89/90
 		Socialism
 		254
 		Home Rule 180
 		70.9
90/1
 		Politics 242
 		Irish policy
 		217
 		89.7
91/2 Cambridge issue
 		233
 		Ulster
 		59
 		25.3
92/3
 		Cambridge issue
 		234
 		Home Rule 389
 		166.2
93/4
 		House ofLords
 		241
 		Home Rule 294
 		121.9
94/5
 		Empire Music Hall
 		331
 		Home Rule 417
 		126
96/7 Cambridge issue
 		12213
 		Finance
 		94
 		7.7
97/8 Politics 344
 		Joke debate4 146
 		44.4
98/9 Foreign policy
 		234
 		University
 		72
 		30.8
01/2
 		Press freedom
 		155
 		Coercion
 		117
 		75.5
02/3
 		Politics 206
 		Land
 		149
 		72.3
03/4 Tariff reform
 		450
 		University
 		151
 		33.6
04/5
 		Politics 443
 		MacDonnell
 		88
 		19.9
06/7 House of Lords
 		307
 		Home Rule 280
 		91.2
07/8 Socialism
 		310
 		Home Rule5 135
 		43.5
08/9 Socialism 248}
 		Home Rule 368
 		148.4

Britsh Empire
 		248}


09/10
 		Politics 340
 		Home Rule 112
 		32.9
10/1
 		Politics 431
 		Home Rule 234
 		54.9
11/2 Navy
 		390
 		Home Rule 427
 		109.5
12/3 Politics 326
 		Ulster
 		247
 		72.1
13/4 Divorce
 		314
 		Home Rule 389
 		123.9

1. Inaugural debate of the new Union building
2. Motion amended to remove reference to Home Rule
3. Debate thrown open to all undergraduates
4. The joke does not amuse
5. Motion on Irish administration


 TABLE 9

VOTES FOR WOMEN 1866-1886 HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTES COMPARED WITH DEBATES OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNION

Column A: month and year of debate
Column B: numbers voting in House of Commons
Column C: percentage of House of Commons opposed
Column D: percentage of Conservative MPs opposed
Column E: numbers voting in the Cambridge Union
Column F: percentage of Cambridge Union opposed
Information in Columns A-D derived from Brian Harrison, Separate Spheres:
The Opposition to Women's Suffrage in Britain (1978), pp, 28-30

A
 		B
 		C
 		D
 		E
 		F
Nov 66
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		178
 		87.6
May 67
 		271
 		72.3
 		91.3
 		-
 		-
Feb 68
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		184
 		74.4
Feb 70
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		115
 		76.5
May 70
 		219
 		42.5
 		56.9
 		-
 		-
May 70
 		318
 		69.8
 		72.9
 		-
 		-
May 71
 		375
 		59.2
 		66.9
 		-
 		-
May 71
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		60
 		86.7
May 72
 		369
 		60.7
 		76.0 -
 		-
May 72
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		130
 		72.31
Apr 73
 		381
 		58.8
 		69.0
 		-
 		-
Nov 73
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		184
 		64.71
Feb 75
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		172
 		81.4
Apr 75
 		343
 		55.1
 		64.6
 		-
 		-
Apr 76
 		394
 		60.9
 		71.5
 		-
 		-
May 76
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		200
 		88
Feb 78
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		187
 		72.7
Jun 78
 		364
 		61.0 80.1
 		-
 		-
Mar 79
 		324
 		67.6
 		84.4
 		-
 		-
Dec 80
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		156
 		70.5
Nov 82
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		161
 		85.7
Jul 83
 		248
 		53.2
 		79.2
 		-
 		-
Feb 84
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		135
 		71.1
Jun 84
 		410
 		66.6
 		22.8
 		-
 		-
Nov 84
 		41
 		24.4
 		66.7
 		-
 		-
Feb 85
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		181
 		56.91
Feb 86
 		266
 		39.1
 		37.6
 		-
 		-
Mar 86
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		141
 		58.2
Mar 87
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		60
 		58.3

1. motions for restricted franchise only


 TABLE 10

VOTES FOR WOMEN 1892-1914 HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTES COMPARED WITH DEBATES OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNION

For explanation of columns and source of information, See Table 9

A
 		B
 		C
 		D
 		E
 		F
Jan 92
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		60
 		53.3
Apr 92
 		331
 		53.5
 		50.0
 		-
 		-
Jan 94
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		87
 		71.3
Feb 95
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		122
 		57.4
Dec 96
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		71
 		63.4
Feb97 389
 		40.9
 		44.4
 		-
 		-
Jun 00
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		124
 		69.4
Mar 02
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		149
 		75.2
Mar 04
 		254
 		27.6
 		40.9
 		-
 		-
Nov 05
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		155
 		63.9
Feb 08
 		367
 		25.6
 		66.9
 		-
 		-
May 08
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		153
 		45.8
Dec 08
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		225
 		50.7
Mar 09
 		283
 		43.8
 		98.7
 		-
 		-
Nov 09
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		344
 		58.1
Jul 10
 		493
 		38.9
 		56.7
 		-
 		-
Feb 11
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		138
 		55.1
May 11
 		348
 		26.1
 		42.6
 		-
 		-
Nov 11
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		294
 		49.3
Mar 12
 		434
 		51.6
 		64.2
 		-
 		-
Jul 12
 		512
 		43.0
 		100
 		-
 		-
Nov 12
 		459
 		68.8
 		54.9
 		-
 		-
Nov 12
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		270
 		62.3
May 13
 		490
 		54.9
 		83.2
 		-
 		-
Jun 14
 		-
 		-
 		-
 		145
 		49.7
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