South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Cambridgeshire County constituency
South Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Andrew Lansley
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Cambridgeshire
EP 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 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[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 South Cambridgeshire constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:

• The Cambridge city ward of Queen Edith's.
• The South Cambridgeshire 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997 — present: Andrew Lansley, Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sebastian Kindersley
	Conservative	Andrew Lansley
	Labour	Tariq Sadiq

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
	UK Independence	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
	UK Independence	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	-9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• South Cambridgeshire (administrative district)

[edit] References

1. ^ South Cambridgeshire, UKPollingReport
2. ^ Commons goal for newest hopefuls, CambridgeNews Online

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)