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.
† 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 | 70,321 | 11,078 | Daniel Zeichner ‡ | Cheney Payne ¤ | Cambridge City Council: Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, Trumpington, West Chesterton. |  | ||
| Ely and East Cambridgeshire CC | 79,112 | 495 | 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. |  | ||
| Huntingdon CC | 79,074 | 1,499 | 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. |  | ||
| North East Cambridgeshire CC | 71,511 | 7,189 | 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. |  | ||
| North West Cambridgeshire CC | 75,915 | 39 | 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. |  | ||
| Peterborough CC | 73,378 | 118 | Andrew Pakes ‡ | Paul Bristow † | Peterborough City Council: Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye, Thorney & Newborough, Gunthorpe, North, Park, Paston & Walton, Ravensthorpe, Werrington, West. |  | ||
| South Cambridgeshire CC | 77,327 | 10,641 | 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. |  | ||
| St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire CC | 78,115 | 4,648 | 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. |  | ||
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 name | Boundaries 2010–2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
|---|---|---|---|
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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 2010–2024 |
|---|---|---|
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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]
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]
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 114,186 | 30.6% |  19.5% | 2 | 4 |
| Labour | 94,767 | 25.4% |  1.1% | 3 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 83,359 | 22.4% | 0.9% | 3 | 3 |
| Reform | 41,173 | 11.0% | 10.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 25,065 | 6.7% | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 14,115 | 3.8% | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 372,665 | 100.0 | 8 |
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 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 51.0 | 53.1 | 54.5 | 42.0 | 42.9 | 42.8 | 45.0 | 45.6 | 49.8 | 50.1 | 30.6 |
| Labour | 17.0 | 18.5 | 23.3 | 34.5 | 32.3 | 25.8 | 16.2 | 21.6 | 33.8 | 24.3 | 25.4 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 31.6 | 27.9 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 21.3 | 26.9 | 29.0 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 21.5 | 22.4 |
| Reform 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.8 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 6.7 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 5.1 | 14.4 | 1.7 | * | * |
| Other | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
2As the Brexit Party in 2019
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Conservative | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
| 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 | ||||||||
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.
Conservative Liberal Radical Whig
| Constituency | 1852 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 1857 | 57 | 1859 | 63 | 1865 | 66 | 1868 | 73 | 74 | 1874 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 1880 | 81 | 84 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||
Coalition Liberal (1918–1922) / National Liberal (1922–1923) Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–1968)
| 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 | |||||
Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931–1968)
| 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
Change UK Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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