South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°07′12″N 0°09′14″E / 52.120°N 0.154°E / 52.120; 0.154

South Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire.

Outline map

Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 80,001 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Cambourne
Cottenham
Sawston
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Heidi Allen (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

South Cambridgeshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Heidi Allen, a Conservative, since May 2015.[n 2]

Boundaries

The old boundaries of South Cambridgeshire as used at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 general elections.

1997-2010: The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of Arrington, Bar Hill, Barrington and Shepreth, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Comberton, Coton, Duxford, Elsworth, Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Great Shelford, Hardwick, Harston, Haslingfield, Ickleton, Little Shelford, Longstanton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell, Papworth, Sawston, Stapleford, Swavesey, The Mordens, and Whittlesford, and the City of Cambridge wards of Queen Edith’s and Trumpington.

2010-present: The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of 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, and Whittlesford, and the City of Cambridge ward of Queen Edith’s.

The constituency was created following the boundary review of 1995, and was first contested at the 1997 general election. Before 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.

Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

Following the 2007 review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission 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 civil parishes of Cottenham and Rampton) and the Abingtons (Babraham, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford) have been added to South Cambridgeshire, having previously voted in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency.[4]

Constituency profile

The constituency includes some outskirts of Cambridge such as Girton and a large spread of rural land to the west of the city, which is generally affluent. The population live in villages, most of which are compact - the most densely populated are in the south where the M11 motorway cuts deep into the seat providing rapid access to London.

Registered jobseekers totalled 1.4% of the population, much lower than the regional average of 3.1% and the national average of 3.8% of the population in a statistical compilation by The Guardian in November 2012.[5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[6] Party Notes
1997 Andrew Lansley Conservative Secretary of State for Health 2010-2012

Leader of the House of Commons 2012-2014

2015 Heidi Allen Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: South Cambridgeshire[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heidi Allen [9] 31,454 51.1 +3.7
Labour Dan Greef [10] 10,860 17.6 +7.4
Liberal Democrat Sebastian Kindersley [11] 9,368 15.2 −18.9
UKIP Marion Mason [12] 6,010 9.8 +6.6
Green Simon Saggers [13] 3,848 6.3 +4.5
Majority 20,594 33.5 +20.2
Turnout 61,540 73.1 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing −1.9
General Election 2010: South Cambridgeshire[14][15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 27,995 47.4 +0.9[17]
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 Yvette Davies-Green 1,873 3.2 +0.4
Green Simon Peter 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 Peter 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 Miss Amanda Joan Taylor 12,984 26.9 +1.0
Labour Miss Joan Herbert 11,737 24.3 −0.8
Green Simon Peter Saggers 1,182 2.4 N/A
UKIP Mrs. Helene Yvette Davies 875 1.8 +1.3
ProLife Alliance Miss Beata 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[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 22,572 42.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat James A. Quinlan 13,860 25.8 N/A
Labour Tony Gray 13,485 25.1 N/A
Referendum Robin Page 3,300 6.1 N/A
UKIP Derek A. Norman 298 0.6 N/A
Natural Law Francis C. Chalmers 168 0.3 N/A
Majority 8,712 16.2 N/A
Turnout 53,683 76.9 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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