List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

Location of the county of Cambridgeshire (red) and the Peterborough unitary authority (orange) in England.

The ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (which includes the area of the Peterborough unitary authority) is divided into seven parliamentary constituencies. There are two borough constituencies and five county constituencies, which each elect one Member of Parliament to represent it in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat    Independent    Change UK

Constituency [nb 1]	Electorate [1]	Majority [2] [nb 2]	Member of Parliament [2]		Nearest opposition [2] [nb 3]		Electoral wards [3] [4]	Map
Cambridge BC	79,951	9,639		Daniel Zeichner ‡		Rod Cantrill ¤	Cambridge City Council: Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Cherry Hinton, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, Trumpington, West Chesterton.
Huntingdon CC	84,657	19,383		Jonathan Djanogly †		Samuel Sweek ‡	Huntingdonshire District Council: Alconbury and The Stukeleys, Brampton, Buckden, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden and The Offords, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton and Staughton, Little Paxton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, St Neots Eaton Ford, St Neots Eaton Socon, St Neots Eynesbury, St Neots Priory Park, The Hemingfords.
North East Cambridgeshire CC	83,699	29,993		Steve Barclay †		Diane Boyd ‡	East Cambridgeshire District Council: Downham Villages, Littleport East, Littleport West, Sutton. Fenland District Council: Bassenhally, Benwick, Coates and Eastrea, Birch, Clarkson, Delph, Doddington, Elm and Christchurch, Hill, Kingsmoor, Kirkgate, Lattersey, Manea, March East, March North, March West, Medworth, Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary, Peckover, Roman Bank, St Andrews, St Marys, Slade Lode, Staithe, The Mills, Waterlees, Wenneye, Wimblington.
North West Cambridgeshire CC	94,909	25,983		Shailesh Vara †		Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach ‡	Peterborough City Council: Barnack, Fletton, Glinton and Wittering, Northborough, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Orton With Hampton, Stanground Central, Stanground East. Huntingdonshire District Council: Earith, Ellington, Elton and Folksworth, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys and Bury, Yaxley and Farcet.
Peterborough BC	72,560	2,580		Paul Bristow †		Lisa Forbes ‡	Peterborough City Council: Bretton North, Bretton South, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye and Thorney, Newborough, North, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Walton, Werrington North, Werrington South, West.
South Cambridgeshire CC	87,288	2,904		Anthony Browne †		Ian Sollom ¤	Cambridge City Council: Queen Edith's. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Bar Hill, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Caldecote, Comberton, Cottenham, Duxford, Fowlmere and Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Hardwick, Harston and Hauxton, Haslingfield and The Eversdens, Longstanton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell and Barrington, Papworth and Elsworth, Sawston, Swavesey, The Abingtons, The Mordens, The Shelfords and Stapleford, Whittlesford.
South East Cambridgeshire CC	86,769	11,490		Lucy Frazer †		Pippa Heylings ¤	East Cambridgeshire District Council: Bottisham, Burwell, Cheveley, Dullingham Villages, Ely East, Ely North, Ely South, Ely West, Fordham Villages, Haddenham, Isleham, Soham North, Soham South, Stretham, The Swaffhams. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Balsham, Fulbourn, Histon and Impington, Linton, Milton, Teversham, The Wilbrahams, Waterbeach, Willingham and Over.

2010 boundary changes

The 2007 report of the Boundary Commission for England retained the same seven constituencies that had existed since the 1997 election, with minor boundary changes to align with current local government wards and to better equalise the electorates. These changes, which were implemented at the 2010 general election, included the transfer back of Thorney and Eye from North East Cambridgeshire to Peterborough, the return of the Cambridge ward of Trumpington from South Cambridgeshire to the Cambridge constituency, and small transfers of rural wards from North West Cambridgeshire to Huntingdon, and from South East Cambridgeshire to South Cambridgeshire.

	Name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Boundaries 2010–present
1	Cambridge BC
2	Huntingdon CC
3	North East Cambridgeshire CC
4	North West Cambridgeshire CC
5	Peterborough BC
6	South Cambridgeshire CC
7	South East Cambridgeshire CC

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. ^[5]

The commission has proposed that the number of seats in Cambridgeshire be increased from 7 to 8, with the creation of the constituency of St Neots, resulting in significant changes to Huntingdon, North West Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and South East Cambridgeshire (to be renamed East Cambridgeshire). ^{[6] [7] [8]} The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards in Cambridge

• Cambridge
• South Cambridgeshire (part)

Containing electoral wards in East Cambridgeshire

• East Cambridgeshire (part)

Containing electoral wards in Fenland

• North East Cambridgeshire

Containing electoral wards in Huntingdonshire

• Huntingdon
• North West Cambridgeshire (part)
• St Neots (part)

Containing electoral wards in Peterborough

• North West Cambridgeshire (part)
• Peterborough

Containing electoral wards in South Cambridgeshire

• East Cambridgeshire (part)
• St Neots (part)
• South Cambridgeshire (part)

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 ^[9]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cambridgeshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	204,994	50.1%	0.3%	6
Labour	99,582	24.3%	9.5%	1	1
Liberal Democrats	87,890	21.5%	8.6%	0	0
Greens	9,959	2.4%	0.7%	0	0
Brexit	3,168	0.8%	new	0	0
Others	3,895	0.9%	0.9%	0	0
Total	409,488	100.0		7

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	51.0	53.1	54.5	42.0	42.9	42.8	45.0	45.6	49.8	50.1
Labour	17.0	18.5	23.3	34.5	32.3	25.8	16.2	21.6	33.8	24.3
Liberal Democrat 1	31.6	27.9	19.7	17.9	21.3	26.9	29.0	13.2	12.9	21.5
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.8	4.7	1.7	2.4
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	5.1	14.4	1.7	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8
Other	0.4	0.6	2.5	5.6	3.6	4.5	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.9

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6
Labour	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	1
Liberal Democrat 1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Total	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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Timeline

	1290 – 1295	1295 – 1541	1541 – 1603	1603 – 1885	1885 – 1918	1918 – 1950	1950 – 1983	1983 – 1997	1997 – present
Cambridge		1295 – present
Cambridgeshire	1290 – 1885					1918 – 1983
Chesterton					1885 – 1918
Huntingdon		1295 – 1918						1983 – present
Huntingdonshire	1290 – 1885					1918 – 1983
Isle of Ely						1918 – 1983
Newmarket					1885 – 1918
North East Cambridgeshire								1983 – present
North West Cambridgeshire									1997 – present
Peterborough			1541 – present
Ramsey					1885 – 1918
South Cambridgeshire									1997 – present
South East Cambridgeshire								1983 – present
South West Cambridgeshire								1983 – 1997
Wisbech					1885 – 1918

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Liberal

Constituency	1885	1886	87	91	1892	1895	1900	03	1906	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	13	17
Cambridge	Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald								Buckmaster	Paget			Geddes
Chesterton	Hall				Hoare	Greene			E. Montagu
Huntingdon	Coote	Smith-Barry					G. Montagu		Whitbread	Cator
Newmarket	Newnes					McCalmont		Rose		Verrall	Rose	Denison-Pender
Ramsey	W. Fellowes		A. Fellowes						Boulton	Locker-Lampson
Wisbech	Rigby	Selwyn		Brand		Giles	Brand		Beck	Primrose			Coote

1918 to 1950

   Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative    Labour    Liberal    National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency	1918	22	1922	1923	1924	1929	31	1931	34	1935	1945
Cambridge	Geddes	Newton							Tufnell		Symonds
Cambridgeshire	Montagu		Gray	Briscoe							Stubbs
Huntingdonshire	Locker-Lampson		Murchison	Costello	Murchison	Peters	→				Renton
Isle of Ely	Coote		Coates	Mond	Lucas-Tooth	de Rothschild					Legge-Bourke

1950 to 1983

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal    National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	1959	61	1964	1966	67	68	1970	73	Feb 74	Oct 74	76	1979
Cambridge	Kerr						Davies	Lane						Rhodes James
Cambridgeshire	Howard				Pym
Huntingdonshire	Renton								→						Major
Isle of Ely	Legge-Bourke										Freud
Peterborough 1												Nicholls	Ward		Mawhinney

¹transferred from Northamptonshire

1983 to present

   Change UK    Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal    Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	18	19	19	2019
Cambridge	Rhodes James		Campbell			Howarth	Huppert	Zeichner
Peterborough	Mawhinney			Clark		Jackson			Onasanya	→	Forbes		Bristow
Huntingdon	Major				Djanogly
North East Cambridgeshire	Freud	Moss					Barclay
South East Cambridgeshire	Pym	Paice						Frazer
South West Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire (1997)	Grant			Lansley				Allen			→	→	Browne
North West Cambridgeshire				Mawhinney		Vara

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
• History of Parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cambridgeshire
• Parliamentary representation from Cambridgeshire
• Parliamentary representation from Huntingdonshire

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
3. As of the 2017 general election.

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information . Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
4. Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
5. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
6. Hatton, Benjamin (2021-06-08). "New parliamentary constituency proposed for Cambridgeshire". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
7. "Maps of Boundary Commission's proposed constituencies: Concerns in Cherry Hinton, Queen Edith's and Cambourne". Cambridge Independent. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
8. 2023 Review Eastern Boundary Commission for England
9. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".