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	Cambourne Cottenham Sawston
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Heidi Allen (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part)

South Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Heidi Allen, a Conservative, since May 2015.

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, 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.

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.

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. In 2017 South Cambridgeshire was identified as the constituency with the lowest proportion of claimants of unemployment benefits in the whole of the country, with only 0.6% of the economically active population claiming either Job Seekers Allowance or Universal Credit.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Rt Hon Andrew Lansley	Conservative	Secretary of State for Health 2010-2012 Leader of the House of Commons 2012-2014
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2015	Heidi Allen	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heidi Allen	33,631	51.8	+0.7
	Labour	Dan Greef	17,679	27.2	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan van de Ven	12,102	18.6	+3.4
	Green	Simon Saggers	1,512	2.3	−3.9
Majority			15,952	24.6	−8.9
Turnout			64,924	76.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.5

General Election 2015: South Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heidi Allen	31,454	51.1	+3.7
	Labour	Dan Greef	10,860	17.6	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Kindersley	9,368	15.2	−18.9
	UKIP	Marion Mason	6,010	9.8	+6.6
	Green	Simon Saggers	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lansley	27,995	47.4	+0.9'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001B−QINU`"'
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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	Beata 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 Democrats	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

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