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Cambridge is a constituency [ n 1 ] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Daniel Zeichner of the Labour Party. [ n 2 ] Centred on the university city of Cambridge, it is one of the country's oldest continuously constituted constituencies. It was created in 1295 and returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) and ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England retained Cambridgeshire as a sub-region of the East of England region, increasing the number of seats from seven to eight with the creation of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire.
Boundary reviews. Since 1290, the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, along with all other English Counties regardless of size or population, had elected 2 MPs (Knights of the Shire) to the House of Commons. The Parliamentary Boroughs of Cambridge and Huntingdon had been represented since 1295, each also returning 2 MPs (burgesses).
Hughes Hall, Cambridge. Hughes Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge [ 3 ] in England. It is the oldest of the University of Cambridge's postgraduate colleges. The college also admits undergraduates, though undergraduates admitted by the college must be aged 21 or over. There is no age requirement for postgraduate students.
Cambridgeshire is a former Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom.It was a constituency represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832, when its representation was increased to three until it was abolished in 1885.
South Cambridgeshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 United Kingdom general election by Pippa Heylings of the Liberal Democrats. The constituency boundaries were significantly changed under the most recent Boundary Commission review. The new constituency is also named South ...
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Ian Sollom of the Liberal Democrats. [2] Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely.Its first MP, Francis Pym, was a Conservative Cabinet Minister, serving in roles such as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1973–1974) in the Heath government and Secretary of State for Defence (1979–1981), Leader of the House of Commons (1981–1982) and most prominently Foreign ...