South_Cambridgeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards
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 | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part) |
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 two railway lines and the M11 motorway provide 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]
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]
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 now abolished South West Cambridgeshire constituency represented by Sir Anthony Grant from 1983 to 1997,[5] while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey were transferred from South East Cambridgeshire.
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.[6]
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) were added to South Cambridgeshire, having previously voted in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency.[8]
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1st December 2020):
- The City of Cambridge wards of: Cherry Hinton; Queen Edith’s.
- The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of: Balsham; Barrington; Bassingbourn; Duxford; Fen Ditton & Fulbourn; Foxton; Gamlingay; Hardwick; Harston & Comberton; Linton; Melbourn; Sawston; Shelford; The Mordens; Whittlesford.[9]
The seat will be subject to major changes, with northern areas, including the new towns of Cambourne and Northstowe, being transferred to the newly created constituency of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. To partly compensate, it will gain the Cherry Hinton ward in the City of Cambridge and southern parts of the (to be abolished) constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, including the villages of Fulbourn and Linton.
| Election | Member[10] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Andrew Lansley | Conservative | |
| 2015 | Heidi Allen | Conservative | |
| 2019 | Change UK | ||
| Independent | |||
| The Independents | |||
| Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2019 | Anthony Browne | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP | Adam Augustyn[11] | ||||
| Conservative | Chris Carter-Chapman[12] | ||||
| Green | Oliver Fisher[13] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Pippa Heylings[14] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | −15.5 | |
| Majority | 2,904 | 4.3 | −20.3 | ||
| Turnout | 66,929 | 76.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −14.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | −4.0 | |
| Majority | 15,952 | 24.6 | −8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 64,924 | 76.2 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 27,995 | 47.4 | +0.9[22] | |
| 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 | +4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 59,056 | 74.8 | +6.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | +1.2 | |
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Lansley | 22,572 | 42.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James A. Quinlan | 13,860 | 25.8 | ||
| Labour | Tony Gray | 13,485 | 25.1 | ||
| Referendum | Robin Page | 3,300 | 6.1 | ||
| UKIP | Derek A. Norman | 298 | 0.6 | ||
| Natural Law | Francis C. Chalmers | 168 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 8,712 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 53,683 | 76.9 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
- South Cambridgeshire (administrative district)
- 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.
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