2025 University of Cambridge Chancellor election

2025 Cambridge chancellery election
9–18 July 2025 (2025-07-09 – 2025-07-18)
 
Candidate The Lord Smith of Finsbury Mohamed El-Erian
Party Labour Independent
Final stage 10,569 (55.6%) 8,440 (44.4%)
Seventh stage 8,003 (40.1%) 7,284 (36.5%)
Sixth stage 6,137 (31.2%) 6,246 (31.8%)
Fifth stage 5,397 (30.9%) 5,534 (31.7%)
 
Candidate Sandi Toksvig The Lord Browne of Madingley
Party Independent Crossbench
Final stage Eliminated Eliminated
Seventh stage 4,662 (23.4%) Eliminated
Sixth stage 3,945 (20.1%) 3,344 (17.0%)
Fifth stage 3,599 (20.6%) 2,940 (16.8%)
Chancellor before election

The Lord Sainsbury of Turville

 Elected Chancellor

The Lord Smith of Finsbury

The 2025 University of Cambridge election for the position of Chancellor was announced after the resignation of the incumbent, David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville. Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury was elected. The results were announced on 23 July 2025.

Nominations for the role closed on 2 May 2025. The term for the new Chancellor will be ten years; previous occupants of the role were appointed for life. Previous holders of the role include Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; former Prime Ministers Stanley Baldwin, Arthur Balfour and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton; and Nobel Laureates Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh.

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