Ely and East Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Ely and East Cambridgeshire in the East of England | |
County | Cambridgeshire |
Electorate | 76,279[1] |
Major settlements | Ely, Littleport, Soham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire, North East Cambridgeshire (part) |
Ely and East Cambridgeshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of East Cambridgeshire
- The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of: Cottenham; Milton & Waterbeach.[3]
The bulk of the electorate, including the city of Ely and the town of Soham, was derived from about two-thirds of the abolished constituency of South East Cambridgeshire, with the addition of areas from North East Cambridgeshire (Littleport, Sutton-in-the-Isle and Downham Villages) and South Cambridgeshire (Cottenham).
A full list of wards in the Ely & East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary constituency are as follows:
- Bottisham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Burwell (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Cottenham (From South Cambridgeshire)
- Downham Villages (From North East Cambridgeshire)
- Ely East (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Ely North (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Ely West (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Fordham & Isleham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Haddenham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Littleport (From North East Cambridgeshire)
- Milton & Waterbeach (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Soham North (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Soham South (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Stretham (From South East Cambridgeshire)
- Sutton-in-the-Isle (From North East Cambridgeshire)
- Woodditton (From South East Cambridgeshire)
Members of Parliament
South East Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | TBC | TBC |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SDP | Robert Bayley | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Cane | ||||
Green | Andy Cogan | ||||
Reform UK | Ryan Coogan | ||||
Conservative | Lucy Frazer | ||||
Monster Raving Loony | Hoo-Ray Henry | ||||
Labour | Elizabeth McWilliams | ||||
Independent | Obi Monye | ||||
Independent | Rob Rawlins | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
See also
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Eastern | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
- ^ "STATEMENT AS TO PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2024.