South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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)
Major settlements	Cambridge
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Andrew Lansley (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South West Cambridgeshire, South East Cambridgeshire
Overlaps
European Parliament 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.

Boundaries

The old boundaries of South Cambridgeshire as used at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 general elections.

The constituency was created following the boundary review of 1995, and was first contested at the 1997 general election. Prior to this, much of the region had been part of the 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 had been part of South East Cambridgeshire.

Boundary review

Following the 2007 review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England 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 parishes of Cottenham and Rampton) and the Abingtons (parishes of Babraham, Great Abington, Little Abington and Pampisford) have been added to South Cambridgeshire, having previously voted in the South East Cambridgeshire constituency.

The electoral wards used to create the modified South Cambridgeshire constituency fought at the 2010 general election are:

• From the City of Cambridge: Queen Edith's
• From 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, Whittlesford

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
SW Cambs and part of SE Cambs prior to 1997
	1997	Andrew Lansley	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Cambridgeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lansley	27,995	47.4	+0.9
	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 Davies-Green	1,873	3.2	+0.4
	Green	Simon 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 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
	UKIP	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	−9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South Cambridgeshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lansley	22,572	42.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	James Quinlan	13,860	25.8	N/A
	Labour	Tony Gray	13,485	25.1	N/A
	Referendum Party	Robin Page	3,300	6.1	N/A
	UKIP	Derek Norman	298	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	Francis Chalmers	168	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,712	16.2
Turnout			53,683	76.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

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