Ely and East Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Cambridgeshire |
Electorate | 76,279 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Ely, Littleport, Soham, Waterbeach |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South East Cambridgeshire (most), South Cambridgeshire (part), North East Cambridgeshire (part) |
Ely and East Cambridgeshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It has been represented since its creation in 2024 by Charlotte Cane of the Liberal Democrats.
The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is composed of the following:
The bulk of the electorate, including the city of Ely and the town of Soham, was derived from about two-thirds of the abolished constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, with the addition of areas from North East Cambridgeshire (Littleport, Sutton-in-the-Isle and Downham Villages) and South Cambridgeshire (Cottenham).
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Charlotte Cane | Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Cane | 17,127 | 32.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Lucy Frazer | 16,632 | 31.8 | −22.2 | |
Labour | Elizabeth McWilliams | 9,160 | 17.5 | +3.1 | |
Reform UK | Ryan Coogan | 6,443 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Green | Andy Cogan | 2,359 | 4.5 | +3.9 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Hoo-Ray Henry | 271 | 0.5 | N/A | |
SDP | Robert Bayley | 172 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Obi Monye | 103 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Rob Rawlins | 102 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 495 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,369 | 66.4 | −5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 79,112 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
2019 notional result [6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 29,385 | 54.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15,936 | 29.3 | |
Labour | 7,825 | 14.4 | |
Others | 1,009 | 1.9 | |
Green | 310 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 54,465 | 71.4 | |
Electorate | 76,279 |
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