South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire.

Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 80,001 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Cambridge
Current constituency
Created 1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament Andrew Lansley (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from South West Cambridgeshire, South East Cambridgeshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

South 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

Boundaries

The constituency was created following the boundary review of 1995, and was first contested at the 1997 general election. Prior to this, much of the region had been part of the South West Cambridgeshire constituency represented by Sir Anthony Grant from 1983 to 1997,[2] while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey had been part of South East Cambridgeshire.

Boundary review

Following the 2007 review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England 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.[3]

Additionally, parts of Cottenham ward (specifically the parishes of Cottenham and Rampton) and the Abingtons (parishes of Babraham, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford) have been added to South Cambridgeshire, having previously voted in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency.[4]

The electoral wards used to create the modified South Cambridgeshire constituency fought at the 2010 general election are:

Members of Parliament

Election Member [5] Party
SW Cambs and part of SE Cambs prior to 1997
1997 Andrew Lansley Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Cambridgeshire[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 27,995 47.4 +0.9[9]
Liberal Democrat Sebastian Kindersley 20,157 34.1 +5.8
Labour Tariq Sadiq 6,024 10.2 −9.5
Independent Robin Page 1,968 3.3 N/A
UKIP Helene Davies-Green 1,873 3.2 +0.4
Green Simon Saggers 1,039 1.8 −1.0
Majority 7,838 13.3
Turnout 59,056 74.8 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing −2.5%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South Cambridgeshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 23,676 45.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrat Andrew Dickson 15,675 29.8 +2.9
Labour Sandra Wilson 10,189 19.4 −4.9
UKIP Robin Page 1,556 3.0 +1.2
Green Simon Saggers 1,552 2.9 +0.5
Majority 8,001 15.2
Turnout 52,648 68.4 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing −1.1%
General Election 2001: South Cambridgeshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 21,387 44.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrat Amanda Taylor 12,984 26.9 +1.0
Labour Joan Herbert 11,737 24.3 −0.8
Green Simon Saggers 1,182 2.4 N/A
UKIP Helene Davies 875 1.8 +1.3
ProLife Alliance Anna Klepacka 176 0.4 N/A
Majority 8,403 17.3
Turnout 48,341 67.1 −9.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South Cambridgeshire[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 22,572 42.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat James Quinlan 13,860 25.8 N/A
Labour Tony Gray 13,485 25.1 N/A
Referendum Party Robin Page 3,300 6.1 N/A
UKIP Derek Norman 298 0.6 N/A
Natural Law Francis Chalmers 168 0.3 N/A
Majority 8,712 16.2
Turnout 53,683 76.9
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ South Cambridgeshire, BBC News
  3. ^ 2010 elections, Cambridge City Council
  4. ^ Elections 2010, South Cambridgeshire District Council
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  6. ^ Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated - South Cambridgeshire Constituency, South Cambridgeshire District Council
  7. ^ South Cambridgeshire, UKPollingReport
  8. ^ Commons goal for newest hopefuls, CambridgeNews Online
  9. ^ Percentage changes based on notional results due to boundary changes
  10. ^ Cambridgeshire South, guardian.co.uk
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