Lord Sainsbury of Turville is a member of the supermarket family and a former government minister Lord Sainsbury of Turville will be the next Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, replacing the Duke of Edinburgh who stood down in June.
Lord Sainsbury will become the 108th chancellor in the university's history and was the official candidate.
He took 2,893 of the 5,888 votes cast, winning on the first count.
He was challenged by actor Brian Blessed (1,389), lawyer Michael Mansfield (964)
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