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 2024 by Sam Carling of the Labour Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
North East Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Barclay,a Conservative.
South East Cambridgeshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 to 2024 by Lucy Frazer,a member of the Conservative Party who has served as the Culture Secretary since 2023. The constituency was established for the 1983 general election and was based on the cathedral city of Ely.
Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since July 2024 by Andrew Pakes of the Labour Party. The constituency was previously represented by Conservative Party politician Paul Bristow who had been elected in 2019.
Shailesh Lakhman Vara is a Ugandan-British Conservative former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire from 2005 until 2024. He also served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022.
John Albert Powley was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South between 1983 and 1987 and served as the chairman of the Cambridgeshire County Council from 2011 to 2013. Powley also ran for MP for Harlow in 1979,but was beaten by Labour and Co-operative politician Stan Newens.
Peterborough City Council is the local authority for Peterborough,a local government district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire,England. Peterborough has had a council since 1874,which has been reformed several times. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2017 the council has been a member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Cambridge City Council is the local authority for Cambridge,a non-metropolitan district with city status in Cambridgeshire,England. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2014. It meets at Cambridge Guildhall. The council is a member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council for non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire,England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county,which additionally includes the City of Peterborough. The county 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.
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.
Daniel Stephen Zeichner is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge since 2015. He has served as Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs since July 2024.
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.
Nik Johnson is a British Labour Co-op politician and paediatrician who has served as the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough since 2021.
Paul Bristow is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough from 2019 until 2024,when he was defeated by the Labour candidate Andrew Pakes. A member of the Conservative Party,he worked as a public relations consultant and was the chairman of the lobbying trade body,the Association of Professional Political Consultants,prior to his parliamentary career. Bristow was also a councillor on Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council between 2006 and 2010.
Thomas Patrick Hunt is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich from 2019 to 2024.
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.
Samantha Kate Dixon is a British politician who serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester North and Neston. She sat for City of Chester from 2022 until the seat's abolition in 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she was Leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council from 2015 to 2019.
