- North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 52°27′11″N 0°12′00″E / 52.453°N 0.200°E
North West Cambridgeshire County constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of North West Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire.
Location of Cambridgeshire within England.County Cambridgeshire Electorate 89,419 (December 2010)[1] Current constituency Created 1997 Member of Parliament Shailesh Vara (Conservative) Created from Huntingdon, Peterborough Overlaps European Parliament constituency East of England North West Cambridgeshire is a county 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Peterborough and Huntingdon. It was won in 1997 by Sir Brian Mawhinney, former Conservative MP for Peterborough (which was gained on that occasion by Labour). The Conservative Shailesh Vara has represented the seat since 2005.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire in 2007, the Boundary Commission for England made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified North West Cambridgeshire constituency fought at the United Kingdom general election, 2010 are:
- The Peterborough wards of Barnack, Fletton, Glinton and Wittering, Northborough, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Orton with Hampton, Stanground Central, and Stanground East
- The Huntingdonshire wards of Earith, Ellington, Elton and Folksworth, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys and Bury, and Yaxley and Farcet
Members of Parliament
Election Member [2] Party part of Huntingdon and Peterborough prior to 1997 1997 Brian Mawhinney Conservative 2005 Shailesh Vara Conservative Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: North West Cambridgeshire[3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Shailesh Vara 29,425 50.5 +4.3[5] Liberal Democrat Kevin Wilkins [6] 12,748 21.9 −1.0 Labour Chris York 9,877 16.9 −8.7 UKIP Robert Brown 4,826 8.3 +3.0 English Democrats Stephen Goldspink 1,407 2.4 +2.4 Majority 16,677 28.6 Turnout 58,283 65.6 +2.3 Conservative hold Swing +2.7 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: North West Cambridgeshire Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Shailesh Vara 22,504 45.8 −4.0 Labour Ayfer Orhan 12,671 25.8 −5.6 Liberal Democrat John Souter 11,232 22.9 +7.1 UKIP Robert Brown 2,685 5.5 +3.5 Majority 9,833 20.0 Turnout 49,092 61.6 −0.1 Conservative hold Swing +0.8 General Election 2001: North West Cambridgeshire Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Mawhinney 21,895 49.8 +1.7 Labour Anthea Cox 13,794 31.4 −0.8 Liberal Democrat Alastair Taylor 6,957 15.8 +0.7 UKIP Barry Hudson 881 2.0 +1.5 Independent David Hall 429 1.0 N/A Majority 8,101 18.4 Turnout 43,956 61.7 −12.5 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: North West Cambridgeshire Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Mawhinney 23,488 48.1 N/A Labour Lee Steptoe 15,734 32.2 N/A Liberal Democrat Barbara McCoy 7,388 15.1 N/A Referendum Party S. Watts 1,939 4.0 N/A UKIP B. Wyatt 269 0.6 N/A Majority 7,754 15.9 Turnout 48,818 74.2 Conservative hold Swing See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
- Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
- Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
- ^ Cambridgeshire North West, BBC News
- ^ Cambridgeshire North-West, UKPollingReport
- ^ Percentage changes based on notional results due to boundary changes
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/people_detail.aspx?name=Kevin_Wilkins&pPK=c379cb72-14ef-4aec-b8bd-b53f4d8c5166
External links
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- Politics of Peterborough
- Huntingdonshire
- United Kingdom constituency stubs
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