Ely and East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Ely and East Cambridgeshire is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
Boundaries[edit]
The constituency will be 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.[2]
The bulk of the electorate, including the city of Ely and the town of Soham, will be derived from about two-thirds of the (to be 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). There is no current political party or independent who has won in this seat yet.
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)
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Cane[3] | ||||
| Green | Andrew Cogan[4] | ||||
| Reform UK | Edmund Fordham[5] | ||||
| Labour | Elizabeth McWilliams[6] | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Meet our newly elected candidate Andrew Cogan". East Cambridgeshire Green Party. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Find My PPC (Eastern England)" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Ely and East Cambridgeshire Labour [@EastCambsLabour] (April 12, 2024). "We are delighted to announce that #ElizabethMcWilliams will be #Labour's candidate in the general election here in #ElyandEastCambridgeshire. Let's work together to bring the change that our constituency and the country so desperately need, let's get out future back" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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