South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
East of England - South Cambridgeshire constituency.svg
Boundary of South Cambridgeshire in the East of England
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 75,484 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Linton
Melbourn
Sawston
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part)

South Cambridgeshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Pippa Heylings of the Liberal Democrats.

Contents

The constituency boundaries were significantly changed under the most recent Boundary Commission review. The new constituency is also named South Cambridgeshire although it comprises approximately 60% of the original electorate who are now joined by voters formerly in South East Cambridgeshire constituency along with voters in the Cherry Hinton ward formerly in Cambridge constituency.

The previous MP Anthony Browne opted to fight the newly formed St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire seat which contains part of his old constituency.

Boundaries and boundary changes

The old boundaries of South Cambridgeshire as used at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 general elections. SouthCambridgeshireConstituency.svg
The old boundaries of South Cambridgeshire as used at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 general elections.
South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1997–2010

The constituency was created following the boundary review of 1995, and was first contested at the 1997 general election. Before this, much of the region had been part of the now abolished South West Cambridgeshire constituency represented by Sir Anthony Grant from 1983 to 1997, [3] while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey were transferred from South East Cambridgeshire.

2010–2024

Following the 2007 review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes.

Trumpington ward and parts of Coleridge and Cherry Hinton wards in the City of Cambridge were transferred to Cambridge, having previously been part of South Cambridgeshire. [5]

Additionally, parts of Cottenham ward (specifically the civil parishes of Cottenham and Rampton) and the Abingtons (Babraham, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford) were added to South Cambridgeshire, having previously voted in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency. [6]

Current

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat was subject to major changes, with northern areas, including the new towns of Cambourne and Northstowe, being transferred to the newly created constituency of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. To partly compensate, it gained the Cherry Hinton ward in the City of Cambridge and southern parts of the abolished constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, including the villages of Fulbourn and Linton.


Members of Parliament

South West Cambridgeshire prior to 1997

ElectionMember [8] Party
1997 Andrew Lansley Conservative
2015 Heidi Allen Conservative
2019 Change UK
Independent
The Independents
Liberal Democrats
2019 Anthony Browne Conservative
2024 Pippa Heylings Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South Cambridgeshire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pippa Heylings 25,704 46.8 +5.8
Conservative Chris Carter-Chapman15,06327.4−16.1
Labour Luke Viner6,10611.1−4.0
Reform UK Harrison Edwards4,8978.9+8.8
Green Miranda Fyfe2,6564.8+4.6
Independent James Gordon4590.8N/A
Majority10,64119.4N/A
Turnout 54,88571.0−8.6
Registered electors 77,327
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg11.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote %
Conservative 26,15343.5
Liberal Democrats 24,65541.0
Labour 9,09115.1
Green 960.2
Brexit Party 830.1
Turnout60,07879.6
Electorate75,484
General election 2019: South Cambridgeshire [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Browne 31,015 46.3 –5.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Sollom 28,11142.0+23.4
Labour Dan Greef7,80311.7−15.5
Majority2,9044.3–20.3
Turnout 66,92976.7+0.5
Conservative hold Swing –14.4
General election 2017: South Cambridgeshire [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heidi Allen 33,631 51.8 +0.7
Labour Dan Greef17,67927.2+9.6
Liberal Democrats Susan van de Ven12,10218.6+3.4
Green Simon Saggers1,5122.3–4.0
Majority15,95224.6–8.9
Turnout 64,92476.2+3.1
Conservative hold Swing –4.5
General election 2015: South Cambridgeshire [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heidi Allen 31,454 51.1 +3.7
Labour Dan Greef10,86017.6+7.4
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Kindersley9,36815.2–18.9
UKIP Marion Mason6,0109.8+6.6
Green Simon Saggers3,8486.3+4.5
Majority20,59433.5+20.2
Turnout 61,54073.1–1.7
Conservative hold Swing –1.9
General election 2010: South Cambridgeshire [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 27,995 47.4 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Kindersley20,15734.1+5.8
Labour Tariq Sadiq6,02410.2–9.5
Independent Robin Page 1,9683.3New
UKIP Helene Davies-Green1,8733.2+0.4
Green Simon Saggers1,0391.8–1.0
Majority7,83813.3+4.9
Turnout 59,05674.8+6.6
Conservative hold Swing –2.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South Cambridgeshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 23,676 45.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dickson15,67529.8+2.9
Labour Sandra Wilson10,18919.4–4.9
UKIP Robin Page 1,5563.0+1.2
Green Simon Saggers1,5522.9+0.5
Majority8,00115.2–2.1
Turnout 52,64868.4+1.3
Conservative hold Swing –1.1
General election 2001: South Cambridgeshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 21,387 44.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Amanda Taylor12,98426.9+1.1
Labour Joan Herbert11,73724.3–0.8
Green Simon Saggers1,1822.4New
UKIP Helene Davies8751.8+1.2
ProLife Alliance Beata Klepacka1760.4New
Majority8,40317.3+1.1
Turnout 48,34167.1–9.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South Cambridgeshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 22,572 42.0
Liberal Democrats James A. Quinlan13,86025.8
Labour Tony Gray13,48525.1
Referendum Robin Page 3,3006.1
UKIP Derek A. Norman2980.6
Natural Law Francis C. Chalmers1680.3
Majority8,71216.2
Turnout 53,68376.9
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. ↑ 2010 elections Archived 12 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Cambridge City Council
  6. ↑ Elections 2010 Archived 13 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , South Cambridgeshire District Council
  7. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  8. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  9. ↑ https://www.scambs.gov.uk/media/sb3jcr3a/statement-of-persons-nominated-south-cambs.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  10. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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  17. ↑ Commons goal for newest hopefuls, CambridgeNews Online

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