St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() 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) |
Seats | One |
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.
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It covers the following areas:
Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Kind Yuppies", with right-wing economic and liberal social views. [4]
Huntingdon and South Cambridgeshire prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Ian Sollom | Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Sollom | 19,517 | 36.9 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Browne | 14,896 | 28.2 | −23.1 | |
Labour | Marianna Masters | 6,918 | 13.1 | −5.7 | |
Reform UK | Guy Lachlan | 5,673 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Stephen Ferguson | 2,941 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Green | Kathryn Fisher | 2,663 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Party of Women | Bev White | 274 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,648 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 52,882 | 67.7 | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 78,115 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
2019 notional result [6] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 25,670 | 51.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13,420 | 26.8 | |
Labour | 9,414 | 18.8 | |
Green | 853 | 1.7 | |
Others | 686 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 50,043 | 67.0 | |
Electorate | 74,699 |
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