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List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

The ceremonial countyofCambridgeshire (which includes the area of the Peterborough unitary authority) is divided into seven parliamentary constituencies. There are two borough constituencies and five county constituencies, which each elect one Member of Parliament to represent it in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Constituencies[edit]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   Independent   Change UK

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	79,951	9,639		Daniel Zeichner ‡		Rod Cantrill ¤	Cambridge City Council: Abbey, Arbury, Castle, Cherry Hinton, Coleridge, East Chesterton, King's Hedges, Market, Newnham, Petersfield, Romsey, Trumpington, West Chesterton.
Huntingdon CC	84,657	19,383		Jonathan Djanogly †		Samuel Sweek ‡	Huntingdonshire District Council: Alconbury and The Stukeleys, Brampton, Buckden, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden and The Offords, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton and Staughton, Little Paxton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, St Neots Eaton Ford, St Neots Eaton Socon, St Neots Eynesbury, St Neots Priory Park, The Hemingfords.
North East Cambridgeshire CC	83,699	29,993		Steve Barclay †		Diane Boyd ‡	East Cambridgeshire District Council: Downham Villages, Littleport East, Littleport West, Sutton. Fenland District Council: Bassenhally, Benwick, Coates and Eastrea, Birch, Clarkson, Delph, Doddington, Elm and Christchurch, Hill, Kingsmoor, Kirkgate, Lattersey, Manea, March East, March North, March West, Medworth, Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary, Peckover, Roman Bank, St Andrews, St Marys, Slade Lode, Staithe, The Mills, Waterlees, Wenneye, Wimblington.
North West Cambridgeshire CC	94,909	25,983		Shailesh Vara †		Cathy Cordiner-Achenbach ‡	Peterborough City Council: Barnack, Fletton, Glinton and Wittering, Northborough, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Orton With Hampton, Stanground Central, Stanground East. Huntingdonshire District Council: Earith, Ellington, Elton and Folksworth, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys and Bury, Yaxley and Farcet.
Peterborough BC	72,560	2,580		Paul Bristow †		Lisa Forbes ‡	Peterborough City Council: Bretton North, Bretton South, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye and Thorney, Newborough, North, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Walton, Werrington North, Werrington South, West.
South Cambridgeshire CC	87,288	2,904		Anthony Browne †		Ian Sollom ¤	Cambridge City Council: Queen Edith's. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Bar Hill, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Caldecote, Comberton, Cottenham, Duxford, Fowlmere and Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Hardwick, Harston and Hauxton, Haslingfield and The Eversdens, Longstanton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell and Barrington, Papworth and Elsworth, Sawston, Swavesey, The Abingtons, The Mordens, The Shelfords and Stapleford, Whittlesford.
South East Cambridgeshire CC	86,769	11,490		Lucy Frazer †		Pippa Heylings ¤	East Cambridgeshire District Council: Bottisham, Burwell, Cheveley, Dullingham Villages, Ely East, Ely North, Ely South, Ely West, Fordham Villages, Haddenham, Isleham, Soham North, Soham South, Stretham, The Swaffhams. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Balsham, Fulbourn, Histon and Impington, Linton, Milton, Teversham, The Wilbrahams, Waterbeach, Willingham and Over.

2010 boundary changes[edit]

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–present
1	Cambridge BC
2	Huntingdon CC
3	North East Cambridgeshire CC
4	North West Cambridgeshire CC
5	Peterborough BC
6	South Cambridgeshire CC
7	South East Cambridgeshire CC

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that the number of seats in Cambridgeshire be increased from 7 to 8, with the creation of the constituency of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire, resulting in significant changes to Huntingdon, North West Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and South East Cambridgeshire (to be renamed Ely and East Cambridgeshire).^[6][7][8]

The following seats are proposed:

Containing electoral wards in Cambridge

• Cambridge
• South Cambridgeshire (part)

Containing electoral wards in East Cambridgeshire

• Ely and East Cambridgeshire (part)

Containing electoral wards in Fenland

• North East Cambridgeshire

Containing electoral wards in Huntingdonshire

• Huntingdon
• North West Cambridgeshire (part)
• St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (part)

Containing electoral wards in Peterborough

• North West Cambridgeshire (part)
• Peterborough

Containing electoral wards in South Cambridgeshire

• Ely and East Cambridgeshire (part)
• St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (part)
• South Cambridgeshire (part)

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[9]

2019[edit]

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

Percentage votes[edit]

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps[edit]

1885-1910[edit]

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  1885
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  1886
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  1892
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  1895
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  1900
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  1906
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  Jan 1910
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  Dec 1910

1918-1945[edit]

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950-1979[edit]

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  1950
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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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  Feb 1974
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  Oct 1974
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  1979

1983-present[edit]

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  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2001
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  2005
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  2010
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  2015
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  2017
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  2019
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  2024

Timeline[edit]

Historical representation by party[edit]

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.

1885 to 1918[edit]

  Conservative   Liberal

1918 to 1950[edit]

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)

1950 to 1983[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)

¹transferred from Northamptonshire

1983 to present[edit]

  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

See also[edit]

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cambridgeshire
• Parliamentary representation from Cambridgeshire
• Parliamentary representation from Huntingdonshire

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References[edit]