South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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	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

Election		Member[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

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

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

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. South Cambridgeshire, BBC News
3. 2010 elections, Cambridge City Council
4. Elections 2010, South Cambridgeshire District Council
5. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
7. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. Cambridgeshire South election results, BBC news
9. http://www.southcambridgeshireconservatives.org.uk/news/heidi-allen-elected-ppc-south-cambridgeshire/
10. https://yournextmp.com/person/6685/dan-greef
11. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/cambridgeshire-south-2015.html
12. http://www.huntsukip.org.uk/Marion_Mason_Campaign.html
13. http://southcambs.greenparty.org.uk/people.html
14. Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated - South Cambridgeshire Constituency, South Cambridgeshire District Council
15. South Cambridgeshire, UKPollingReport
16. Commons goal for newest hopefuls, CambridgeNews Online
17. Percentage changes based on notional results due to boundary changes
18. Cambridgeshire South, guardian.co.uk