St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
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Boundary of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire in the East of England
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 74,699 [1]
Major settlements St Neots, Cambourne, Northstowe
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Huntingdon, South Cambridgeshire, South East Cambridgeshire

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Ian Sollom of the Liberal Democrats. [2] Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It covers the following areas:

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Kind Yuppies", with right-wing economic and liberal social views. [4]

Members of Parliament

Huntingdon and South Cambridgeshire prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Ian Sollom Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Sollom 19,517 36.9 +10.1
Conservative Anthony Browne 14,89628.2−23.1
Labour Marianna Masters6,91813.1−5.7
Reform UK Guy Lachlan5,67310.7N/A
Independent Stephen Ferguson2,9415.6N/A
Green Kathryn Fisher2,6635.0N/A
Party of Women Bev White2740.5N/A
Majority4,6488.7
Turnout 52,88267.7+0.7
Registered electors 78,115
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
2019 notional result [6]
PartyVote %
Conservative 25,67051.3
Liberal Democrats 13,42026.8
Labour 9,41418.8
Green 8531.7
Others6861.4
Turnout50,04367.0
Electorate74,699

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References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  4. "New Seat Details - st neots and mid cambridgeshire". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
  5. https://www.scambs.gov.uk/media/o5laquk3/statement-of-persons-nominated-st-neots-mid-cambs.pdf
  6. "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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