Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire,England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628. The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major served as its MP from 1979 until his retirement in 2001.
The City of Peterborough,commonly known as Peterborough,is a unitary authority district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire,England. The area is named after its largest settlement,Peterborough but also covers a wider area of outlying villages and hamlets.
Yaxley is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire,England. Yaxley lies approximately 4 miles (6 km) south of Peterborough,just off the A15 road. The village is located near the Hampton township,and is approximately three miles northeast of junction 16 of the A1(M) at Norman Cross.
North West Cambridgeshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005 by Shailesh Vara of the Conservative Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Huntingdon is a constituency west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire and including its namesake town of Huntingdon. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly of the Conservative Party.
Tetworth is a village and former civil parish,now in the parish of Waresley-cum-Tetworth,in Cambridgeshire,England. Tetworth lies approximately 12 miles (19 km)south of Huntingdon,near Waresley south of St Neots. Tetworth is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of United Kingdom. In 2001 the parish had a population of 45.
Tilbrook is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire,England. Tilbrook lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Huntingdon,near Covington. Tilbrook is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England,although Tilbrook belongs historically to Bedfordshire.
Elton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire,England. Elton lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Peterborough. Elton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Elton is a small village within the historic boundaries of Huntingdonshire,England. It lies on the B671 road. Elton Hall and the hamlet of Over End are located on the same road a mile south of the village.
Huntingdonshire was a Parliamentary constituency covering the county of Huntingdonshire in England. It was represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of England until 1707,then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800,and then in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council of Cambridgeshire,England. The council consists of 61 councillors,representing 59 electoral divisions. The council is based at New Shire Hall in Alconbury Weald,near Huntingdon. It is part of the East of England Local Government Association and a constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Huntingdonshire District Council is the local authority for the district of Huntingdonshire in Cambridgeshire,England. The council is based in the town of Huntingdon. The district also includes the towns of Godmanchester,Ramsey,St Ives and St Neots and surrounding rural areas. The district covers almost the same area as the historic county of Huntingdonshire,which had been abolished for administrative purposes in 1965,with some differences to the northern boundary with Peterborough.
An election to Cambridgeshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 69 councillors were elected from 60 electoral divisions,which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Peterborough,which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council.
The 2012 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The inaugural Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The supplementary vote system was used to elect the mayor for a four-year term of office. Subsequent elections will be held in May 2021 and every four years after.
James Palmer is a former politician who was the first Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough between 2017 and 2021. As a councillor,he was previously leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council between May 2013 and May 2017. He was also a county councillor for the Soham and Fordham Villages electoral division of Cambridgeshire County Council between 2009 and 2017. Palmer was elected as the Conservative candidate on 4 May,2017,however lost the subsequent 6 May 2021 election to Labour Party candidate Nik Johnson and announced his retirement from politics.
The 2018 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 61 councillors were elected from 59 electoral divisions,which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The election was held alongside a full election for Cambridge City Council,the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner,Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and one-third of Peterborough City Council.
The Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro(CAM) was a rapid transit proposal in Cambridge,United Kingdom. It suggested that the project would be delivered between 2023 and 2029. Proposed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority mayor James Palmer in 2017,it was scrapped when he lost the 2021 election to Nik Johnson,who cancelled the project.
