North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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North West Cambridgeshire County constituency |
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North West Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England | |
Created: | 1997 |
MP: | Shailesh Vara |
Party: | Conservative |
Type: | House of Commons |
County: | Cambridgeshire |
EP constituency: | East of England |
North West 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified North West Cambridgeshire constituency to be fought at the next United Kingdom general election 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 and Bury, and Yaxley and Farcet
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997-2005 Dr. Sir Brian Stanley Mawhinney (later Lord Mawhinney), Conservative
- 2005-date Shailesh Lakhman Vara, Conservative
[edit] Election results
General Election 2005: North West Cambridgeshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Shailesh Vara | 22,504 | 45.8 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Ayfer Orhan | 12,671 | 25.8 | −5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Brian Mawhinney | 21,895 | 49.8 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Anthea Cox | 13,794 | 31.4 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
General Election 1997: North West Cambridgeshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Brian Mawhinney | 23,488 | 48.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Lee Steptoe | 15,734 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara McCoy | 7,388 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Referendum Party | S. Watts | 1,939 | 4.0 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | B. Wyatt | 269 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,754 | ||||
Turnout | 74.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |