South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Cambridgeshire is a constituencyTemplate:Refn represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Pippa Heylings of the Liberal Democrats.

The constituency boundaries were significantly changed under the most recent Boundary Commission review. The new constituency is also named South Cambridgeshire although it comprises approximately 60% of the original electorate who are now joined by voters formerly in South East Cambridgeshire constituency along with voters in the Cherry Hinton ward formerly in Cambridge constituency.

The previous MP Anthony Browne opted to fight the newly formed St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire seat which contains part of his old constituency.

Boundaries and boundary changes

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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.

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, while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey were transferred from South East Cambridgeshire.

2010–2024

• 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.

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.

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.

Current

Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 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.

The seat was 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 gained the Cherry Hinton ward in the City of Cambridge and southern parts of the abolished constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, including the villages of Fulbourn and Linton.

Members of Parliament

South West Cambridgeshire prior to 1997

Election	Member	Party
1997	Andrew Lansley	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
2015	Heidi Allen	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
2019		REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
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2019	Anthony Browne	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
2024	Pippa Heylings	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color

Elections

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Election results 1997-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Pippa Heylings	Template:Replace	46.8
		Chris Carter-Chapman	15,063	27.4
		Luke Viner	6,106	11.1
		Harrison Edwards	4,897	8.9
		Miranda Fyfe	2,656	4.8
		James Gordon	459	0.8
Majority			10,641	19.4
Turnout			54,885	71.0
Registered electors			77,327
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+11.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,153	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	24,655	41.0
	Labour	9,091	15.1
	Green	96	0.2
	Brexit Party	83	0.1
Turnout		60,078	79.6
Electorate		75,484

General election 2019: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anthony Browne	Template:Replace	46.3
		Ian Sollom	28,111	42.0
		Dan Greef	7,803	11.7
Majority			2,904	4.3
Turnout			66,929	76.7
	hold		Swing	−14.4

General election 2017: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Heidi Allen	Template:Replace	51.8
		Dan Greef	17,679	27.2
		Susan van de Ven	12,102	18.6
		Simon Saggers	1,512	2.3
Majority			15,952	24.6
Turnout			64,924	76.2
	hold		Swing	−4.5

General election 2015: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Heidi Allen	Template:Replace	51.1
		Dan Greef	10,860	17.6
		Sebastian Kindersley	9,368	15.2
		Marion Mason	6,010	9.8
		Simon Saggers	3,848	6.3
Majority			20,594	33.5
Turnout			61,540	73.1
	hold		Swing	−1.9

General election 2010: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Lansley	Template:Replace	47.4
		Sebastian Kindersley	20,157	34.1
		Tariq Sadiq	6,024	10.2
		Robin Page	1,968	3.3
		Helene Davies-Green	1,873	3.2
		Simon Saggers	1,039	1.8
Majority			7,838	13.3
Turnout			59,056	74.8
	hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Lansley	Template:Replace	45.0
		Andrew Dickson	15,675	29.8
		Sandra Wilson	10,189	19.4
		Robin Page	1,556	3.0
		Simon Saggers	1,552	2.9
Majority			8,001	15.2
Turnout			52,648	68.4
	hold		Swing	−1.1

General election 2001: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Lansley	Template:Replace	44.2
		Amanda Taylor	12,984	26.9
		Joan Herbert	11,737	24.3
		Simon Saggers	1,182	2.4
		Helene Davies	875	1.8
		Beata Klepacka	176	0.4
Majority			8,403	17.3
Turnout			48,341	67.1
	hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Lansley	Template:Replace	42.0
		James A. Quinlan	13,860	25.8
		Tony Gray	13,485	25.1
		Robin Page	3,300	6.1
		Derek A. Norman	298	0.6
		Francis C. Chalmers	168	0.3
Majority			8,712	16.2
Turnout			53,683	76.9
	win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (region)
• South Cambridgeshire (administrative district)

External links

• South Cambridgeshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• South Cambridgeshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• South Cambridgeshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK