South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Cambridgeshire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Anthony Browne, a Conservative.[n 2]
South Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire | |
Location of Cambridgeshire within England | |
County | Cambridgeshire |
Electorate | 83,790 (2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Cambourne Cottenham Sawston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Anthony Browne (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part) |
Constituency profile
The constituency includes some outskirts of Cambridge such as Girton and its eponymous Cambridge College, 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. The seat's only ward (Queen Edith's) that lies within the City of Cambridge has a strong Liberal Democrat vote. This ward also contains the Cambridge College Homerton and Addenbrooke's Hospital.
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.[2] In 2017 South Cambridgeshire was identified as the constituency with the lowest proportion of claimants of unemployment benefits in the whole of the country, with only 0.6% of the economically active population claiming either Job Seekers Allowance or Universal Credit.[3]
Boundaries and boundary changes
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.[4]
2010–present: The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of Bar Hill, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Caldecote, Comberton, Cottenham, Duxford, Fowlmere and Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Grantchester, 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.[5]
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,[6] while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey had been part of South East Cambridgeshire.
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.[7]
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.[8]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[9] | Party | Notes | |
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1997 | Andrew Lansley | Conservative | Secretary of State for Health (2010–2012) Leader of the House of Commons (2012–2014) | |
2015 | Heidi Allen | Conservative | Resigned from the Conservatives in February 2019 | |
2017 | Change UK | Interim leader of Change UK (2019) | ||
Independent | ||||
The Independents | Parliamentary group only | |||
Liberal Democrats | ||||
2019 | Anthony Browne | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Anthony Browne | 31,015 | 46.3 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Sollom | 28,111 | 42.0 | +23.4 | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 7,803 | 11.7 | -15.6 | |
Majority | 2,904 | 4.3 | −20.3 | ||
Turnout | 66,929 | 76.7 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Heidi Allen | 33,631 | 51.8 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 17,679 | 27.2 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan van de Ven | 12,102 | 18.6 | +3.4 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 1,512 | 2.3 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 15,952 | 24.6 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 64,924 | 76.2 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Heidi Allen | 31,454 | 51.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Dan Greef | 10,860 | 17.6 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Kindersley | 9,368 | 15.2 | −18.9 | |
UKIP | Marion Mason | 6,010 | 9.8 | +6.6 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 27,995 | 47.4 | +0.9[17] | |
Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Kindersley | 20,157 | 34.1 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Tariq Sadiq | 6,024 | 10.2 | −9.5 | |
Independent | Robin Page | 1,968 | 3.3 | New | |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 23,676 | 45.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,648 | 68.4 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 21,387 | 44.2 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Taylor | 12,984 | 26.9 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Joan Herbert | 11,737 | 24.3 | −0.8 | |
Green | Simon Saggers | 1,182 | 2.4 | New | |
UKIP | Helene Davies | 875 | 1.8 | +1.3 | |
ProLife Alliance | Beata Klepacka | 176 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,403 | 17.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,341 | 67.1 | −9.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 22,572 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
- South Cambridgeshire (administrative district)
Notes and references
- Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- 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
- "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- McGuinness, Feargal; Brown, Jennifer; Powell, Andy. "People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency, March 2017". Cite journal requires
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(help) - "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- South Cambridgeshire, BBC News
- 2010 elections Archived 2010-04-12 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge City Council
- Elections 2010 Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
- "Cambridgeshire South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- http://www.libdems.org.uk/susan_van_de_ven
- "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- "Cambridgeshire South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated - South Cambridgeshire Constituency Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, South Cambridgeshire District Council
- South Cambridgeshire, UKPollingReport
- Commons goal for newest hopefuls, CambridgeNews Online
- Percentage changes based on notional results due to boundary changes
- Cambridgeshire South, guardian.co.uk