North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North West Cambridgeshire County constituency
North West Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Shailesh Vara
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cambridgeshire
EP constituency:	East of England

North West Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

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The North West Cambridgeshire constituency was formed in 1997 from parts of Peterborough and Huntingdon constituencies.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified North West Cambridgeshire constituency to be fought at the next United Kingdom general election are:

• The Peterborough wards of Barnack, Fletton, Glinton and Wittering, Northborough, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Orton with Hampton, Stanground Central, and Stanground East
• The Huntingdonshire wards of Earith, Ellington, Elton and Folksworth, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys and Bury, and Yaxley and Farcet

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997-2005 Dr. Sir Brian Mawhinney (later Lord Mawhinney), Conservative
• 2005-date Shailesh Vara, Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shailesh Vara
	Labour	Chris Gudgin
	UK Independence	Robert Brown

General Election 2005: North West Cambridgeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shailesh Vara	22,504	45.8	−4.0
	Labour	Ayfer Orhan	12,671	25.8	−5.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Souter	11,232	22.9	+7.1
	UK Independence	Robert Brown	2,685	5.5	+3.5
Majority			9,833	20.0
Turnout			49,092	61.6	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

General Election 2001: North West Cambridgeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Mawhinney	21,895	49.8	+1.7
	Labour	Anthea Cox	13,794	31.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alastair Taylor	6,957	15.8	+0.7
	UK Independence	Barry Hudson	881	2.0	+1.5
	Independent	David Hall	429	1.0	N/A
Majority			8,101	18.4
Turnout			43,956	61.7	-12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: North West Cambridgeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Mawhinney	23,488	48.1	N/A
	Labour	Lee Steptoe	15,734	32.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara McCoy	7,388	15.1	N/A
	Referendum Party	S. Watts	1,939	4.0	+1.5
	UK Independence	B. Wyatt	269	0.6	N/A
Majority			7,754
Turnout				74.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
• Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

[edit] External links

• United Kingdom Parliament
• Boundary Commission for England

[edit] References

1. ^ Cambridgeshire North-West, UKPollingReport

Constituencies in the East of England
Conservative	Billericay | Braintree | Brentwood and Ongar | Broxbourne | Bury St Edmunds | Castle Point | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Epping Forest | Harwich | Hemel Hempstead | Hertford and Stortford | Hertsmere | Hitchin and Harpenden | Huntingdon | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Norfolk | North Essex | North East Bedfordshire | North East Cambridgeshire | North East Hertfordshire | North West Cambridgeshire | North West Norfolk | Peterborough | Rayleigh | Rochford and Southend East | Saffron Walden | Southend West | South Cambridgeshire | South East Cambridgeshire | South Norfolk | South Suffolk | South West Bedfordshire | South West Hertfordshire | South West Norfolk | St Albans | Suffolk Coastal | Welwyn Hatfield | West Chelmsford | West Suffolk
Labour	Basildon | Bedford | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Ipswich | Luton North | Luton South | Norwich North | Norwich South | Stevenage | Thurrock | Watford | Waveney
Liberal Democrat	Cambridge | Colchester | North Norfolk
East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)