North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°27′11″N 0°12′00″E / 52.453°N 0.200°E / 52.453; 0.200

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 (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.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also
5 Notes and references
6 External links

Boundaries[edit]

This section requires expansion. (June 2008)

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[edit]

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, Bury, Yaxley and Farcet

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election		Member ^[2]	Party
part of Huntingdon and Peterborough prior to 1997
	1997	Brian Mawhinney	Conservative
	2005	Shailesh Vara	Conservative

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Notes and references[edit]

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
^ 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[edit]

v t e Constituencies in the East of England (58)

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Liberal Democrats (4)	Cambridge Colchester North Norfolk Norwich South

Labour (2)	Luton North Luton South

Independent (1)	Mid Bedfordshire

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) UKIP (2) Liberal Democrats (1) Labour (1)

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