Ely and East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ely and East Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
East of England - Ely and East Cambridgeshire constituency.svg
Boundary of Ely and East Cambridgeshire in the East of England
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 76,279 [1]
Major settlements Ely, Littleport, Soham
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from South East Cambridgeshire,
South Cambridgeshire,
North East Cambridgeshire (part)

Ely and East Cambridgeshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

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).

A full list of wards in the Ely & East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary constituency are as follows:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ely and East Cambridgeshire [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Robert Bayley
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Cane
Green Andy Cogan
Reform UK Ryan Coogan
Conservative Lucy Frazer
Monster Raving Loony Hoo-Ray Henry
Labour Elizabeth McWilliams
Independent Obi Monye
Independent Rob Rawlins

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References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
  2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  4. "STATEMENT AS TO PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2024.