South Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cambridgeshire |
Electorate | 83,790 (2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Cambourne Cottenham Sawston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Anthony Browne (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part) |
South Cambridgeshire was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Anthony Browne, a Conservative. [n 2]
The constituency boundaries were significantly changed under the most recent Boundary Commission review. The new constituency is also named South Cambridgeshire although it comprises approximately 60% of the original electorate who are now joined by voters formerly in South East Cambridgeshire constituency along with voters in the Cherry Hinton ward formerly in Cambridge consituency,
Anthony Browne opted to fight the newly formed St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire seat which is formed of part of his old constituency.
The 2024 general election will be fought between residents of the constituency: Chris Carter-Chapman for the Conservatives, Miranda Fyfe for the Green Party, an Independent Gordon Strachan, and Luke Viner for the Labour Party. Also joining the contest are Harrison Edwards for Reform UK who lives in the North East Hertfordshire constituency and Pippa Heylings for the Liberal Democrats who lives in the St Neots & Mid Cambridgeshire Constituency.
The constituency was created following the boundary review of 1995, and was first contested at the 1997 general election. Before this, much of the region had been part of the now abolished South West Cambridgeshire constituency represented by Sir Anthony Grant from 1983 to 1997, [3] while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey were transferred from South East Cambridgeshire.
Following the 2007 review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes.
Trumpington ward and parts of Coleridge and Cherry Hinton wards in the City of Cambridge were transferred to Cambridge, having previously been part of South Cambridgeshire. [5]
Additionally, parts of Cottenham ward (specifically the civil parishes of Cottenham and Rampton) and the Abingtons (Babraham, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford) were added to South Cambridgeshire, having previously voted in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency. [6]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat was subject to major changes, with northern areas, including the new towns of Cambourne and Northstowe, being transferred to the newly created constituency of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. To partly compensate, it gained the Cherry Hinton ward in the City of Cambridge and southern parts of the abolished constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, including the villages of Fulbourn and Linton.
Election | Member [8] | Party | |
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1997 | Andrew Lansley | Conservative | |
2015 | Heidi Allen | Conservative | |
2019 | Change UK | ||
Independent | |||
The Independents | |||
Liberal Democrats | |||
2019 | Anthony Browne | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chris Carter-Chapman | ||||
Reform UK | Harrison Edwards | ||||
Green | Miranda Fyfe | ||||
Independent | James Gordon | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Pippa Heylings | ||||
Labour | Luke Viner | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Browne | 31,015 | 46.3 | –5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Sollom | 28,111 | 42.0 | +23.4 | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 7,803 | 11.7 | −15.5 | |
Majority | 2,904 | 4.3 | –20.3 | ||
Turnout | 66,929 | 76.7 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –14.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Heidi Allen | 33,631 | 51.8 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 17,679 | 27.2 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan van de Ven | 12,102 | 18.6 | +3.4 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 1,512 | 2.3 | –4.0 | |
Majority | 15,952 | 24.6 | –8.9 | ||
Turnout | 64,924 | 76.2 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Heidi Allen | 31,454 | 51.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 10,860 | 17.6 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Kindersley | 9,368 | 15.2 | –18.9 | |
UKIP | Marion Mason | 6,010 | 9.8 | +6.6 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 3,848 | 6.3 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 20,594 | 33.5 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 61,540 | 73.1 | –1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 27,995 | 47.4 | +0.9 [17] | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Kindersley | 20,157 | 34.1 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Tariq Sadiq | 6,024 | 10.2 | –9.5 | |
Independent | Robin Page | 1,968 | 3.3 | New | |
UKIP | Helene Davies-Green | 1,873 | 3.2 | +0.4 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 1,039 | 1.8 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 7,838 | 13.3 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 59,056 | 74.8 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 23,676 | 45.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dickson | 15,675 | 29.8 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Sandra Wilson | 10,189 | 19.4 | –4.9 | |
UKIP | Robin Page | 1,556 | 3.0 | +1.2 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 1,552 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 8,001 | 15.2 | –2.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,648 | 68.4 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 21,387 | 44.2 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Taylor | 12,984 | 26.9 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Joan Herbert | 11,737 | 24.3 | –0.8 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 1,182 | 2.4 | New | |
UKIP | Helene Davies | 875 | 1.8 | +1.2 | |
ProLife Alliance | Beata Klepacka | 176 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,403 | 17.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,341 | 67.1 | –9.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 22,572 | 42.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James A. Quinlan | 13,860 | 25.8 | ||
Labour | Tony Gray | 13,485 | 25.1 | ||
Referendum | Robin Page | 3,300 | 6.1 | ||
UKIP | Derek A. Norman | 298 | 0.6 | ||
Natural Law | Francis C. Chalmers | 168 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 8,712 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,683 | 76.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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