List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

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

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat    ± Reform

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 70,32111,078  Daniel Zeichner Cheney Payne ¤ Cambridge City Council: Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, Trumpington, West Chesterton.
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Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC 79,112495  Charlotte Cane ¤  Lucy Frazer East Cambridgeshire District Council: Bottisham, Burwell, Downham Villages, Ely East, Ely North, Ely West, Fordham & Isleham, Haddenham, Littleport, Soham North, Soham South, Stretham, Sutton, Wodditton. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Cottenham, Milton & Waterbeach.
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Huntingdon CC 79,0741,499  Ben Obese-Jecty  Alex Bulat Huntingdonshire District Council: Alconbury, Brampton, Buckden, Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots, Great Staughton, Hemingford Grey & Houghton, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Kimbolton, Sawtry, Somersham, St. Ives East, St. Ives South, St. Ives West, The Stukeleys, Warboys.
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North East Cambridgeshire CC 71,5117,189  Steve Barclay Chris Thornhill ± Fenland District Council: Bassenhally, Benwick, Coates & Eastrea, Birch, Clarkson, Doddington & Wimblington, Elm & Christchurch, Kirkgate, Lattersey, Manea, March East, March North, March West, Medworth, Octavia Hill, Parson Drove & Wisbech St. Mary, Peckover, Roman Bank, Slade Lode, St. Andrews, Staithe, Stonald, The Mills, Waterlees Village, Wenneye.
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North West Cambridgeshire CC 75,91539  Sam Carling  Shailesh Vara Huntingdonshire District Council: Ramsey, Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley, Yaxley. Peterborough City Council: Barnack, Fletton & Stanground, Fletton & Woodston, Glinton & Castor, Hampton Vale, Hargate & Hempsted, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Stanground South, Wittering.
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Peterborough CC 73,378118  Andrew Pakes  Paul Bristow Peterborough City Council: Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye, Thorney & Newborough, Gunthorpe, North, Park, Paston & Walton, Ravensthorpe, Werrington, West.
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South Cambridgeshire CC 77,32710,641  Pippa Heylings ¤ Chris Carter-Chapman † Cambridge City Council: Cherry Hinton, Queen Edith's. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Balsham, Barrington, Bassingbourn, Duxford, Fen Ditton & Fulbourn, Foxton, Gamlingay, Hardwick, Harston & Comberton, Linton, Melbourn, Sawston, Shelford, The Mordens, Whittlesford.
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St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC 78,1154,648  Ian Sollom ¤  Anthony Browne Huntingdonshire District Council: Fenstanton, Great Paxton, St. Neots East, St. Neots Eatons, St. Neots Eynesbury, St. Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Bar Hill, Caldecote, Cambourne, Caxton & Papworth, Girton, Histon & Impington, Longstanton, Over & Willingham, Swavesey.
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Boundary changes

2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England retained Cambridgeshire as a sub-region of the East of England region, increasing the number of seats from seven to eight with the creation of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. The town of St Neots was transferred from Huntingdon and the Mid Cambridgeshire areas, including the new towns of Cambourne and Northstowe, from South Cambridgeshire and South East Cambridgeshire. As a consequence, there were significant changes to the existing constituency boundaries, apart from Peterborough, which was largely unchanged. South East Cambridgeshire was renamed Ely and East Cambridgeshire.

Former nameBoundaries 2010–2024Current nameBoundaries 2024–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
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  1. Cambridge BC
  2. Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC
  3. Huntingdon CC
  4. North East Cambridgeshire CC
  5. North West Cambridgeshire CC
  6. Peterborough CC
  7. South Cambridgeshire CC
  8. St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC
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2010

[edit] Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain Bedfordshire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

2010

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.

NameBoundaries 1997–2010Boundaries 2010–2024
  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
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Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Cambridgeshire in the 2024 general election were as follows: [2]

PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019
Conservative 114,18630.6%Decrease2.svg19.5%2Decrease2.svg4
Labour 94,76725.4%Increase2.svg1.1%3Increase2.svg2
Liberal Democrats 83,35922.4%Increase2.svg0.9%3Increase2.svg3
Reform 41,17311.0%Increase2.svg10.2%00
Green 25,0656.7%Increase2.svg4.300
Others14,1153.8%Increase2.svg2.9%00
Total372,665100.08

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:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 204,99450.1%Increase2.svg0.3%6Increase2.svg
Labour 99,58224.3%Decrease2.svg9.5%1Decrease2.svg1
Liberal Democrats 87,89021.5%Increase2.svg8.6%00
Greens 9,9592.4%Increase2.svg0.7%00
Brexit 3,1680.8%new00
Others3,8950.9%Decrease2.svg0.9%00
Total409,488100.07

Percentage votes

Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Conservative 51.053.154.542.042.942.845.045.649.850.130.6
Labour 17.018.523.334.532.325.816.221.633.824.325.4
Liberal Democrat 131.627.919.717.921.326.929.013.212.921.522.4
Reform 2---------0.811.0
Green Party -*****1.84.71.72.46.7
UKIP ---***5.114.41.7**
Other0.40.62.55.63.64.52.90.40.10.93.8

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2As the Brexit Party in 2019

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 00122001213
Liberal Democrat 110000110003
Conservative 56555666562
Total66677777778

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945


1950-1979

1983-present

Timeline

 1290 – 12951295 – 15411541 – 16031603 – 18851885 – 19181918 – 19501950 – 19831983 – 19971997 – 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.

1852 to 1885

   Conservative    Liberal    Radical    Whig

Constituency18525354551857571859631865661868737418747476777918808184
Cambridge Macaulay Adair Macaulay Forsyth Gorst Torrens Marten Fowler
Astell Mowatt Steuart Powell Fowler Smollett Shield
Cambridgeshire Ball Manners Rodwell Bulwer
Yorke Royston Yorke Hicks
Manners Adeane Young Brand A. Thornhill
Huntingdon Baring Karslake E. Montagu R. Peel
J. Peel
Huntingdonshire E. Fellowes W. Fellowes
W. Mandeville Rust R. Montagu Pelly G. Mandeville Gordon
Heathcote

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Liberal

Constituency188518868791189218951900031906Jan 1910Dec 19101317
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)

Constituency19182219221923192419293119313419351945
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)

Constituency195019511955195961196419666768197073Feb 74Oct 74761979
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

Constituency19831987199219972001200520102015201718191920192024
Cambridge Rhodes James Campbell Howarth Huppert Zeichner
Peterborough Mawhinney Clark Jackson Onasanya Forbes Bristow Pakes
Huntingdon Major Djanogly Obese-Jecty
North East Cambridgeshire Freud Moss Barclay
SE Cambs / Ely & E Cambs (2024) Pym Paice Frazer Cane
SW Cambs / S Cambs (1997) Grant Lansley Allen Browne Heylings
North West Cambridgeshire Mawhinney Vara Carling
St Neots & Mid Cambridgeshire Sollom

See also

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 2024 general election.

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References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: names, designations and composition - Eastern".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  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. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)