Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Huntingdon
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.
Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
County	Cambridgeshire
Electorate	79,134 (December 2010)
Major settlements	St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Huntingdonshire and Peterborough
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Huntingdonshire
Created from	Huntingdonshire
c1290–1885
Number of members	c1290–1868: Two 1868–1885: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Huntingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly, a Conservative.

It is a safe Conservative Party seat.

Representatives for seat, the standard two burgesses per parliamentary borough, were summoned to form the first fully assembled parliament, the Model Parliament in 1295 and at all parliaments assembled from then until 1868, in which year until the constituency lost its dual member entitlement. In 1885 the seat was further enlarged and given further election expenses rights as a county constituency. In the mid-17th century, this was Oliver Cromwell's constituency.

The seat was abolished in 1918 to re-create Huntingdonshire that co-existed in the early history of the above – this revived county seat lasted until 1983. That constituency was renamed and saw slight boundary changes, to form the current constituency of Huntingdon.

The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major represented the seat from its re-creation in 1983 until his retirement in 2001. His majority in 1992 (36,230) is the largest majority for any member of parliament post-1832.

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Leightonstone and Toseland.

1983-1997: The District of Huntingdon wards of Brampton, Bury, Earith, Ellington, Elton, Farcet, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Hemingford Abbots and Hilton, Hemingford Grey, Houghton and Wyton, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton, Needingworth, Ramsey, Sawtry, Somersham, Stilton, St Ives North, St Ives South, The Stukeleys, Upwood and The Raveleys, Warboys, and Yaxley, and the City of Peterborough wards of Barnack, Glinton, Northborough, Werrington, and Wittering.

1997-2010: The District of Huntingdonshire wards of Brampton, Buckden, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Ellington, Eynesbury, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden, Hemingford Abbots and Hilton, Hemingford Grey, Houghton and Wyton, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton, Needingworth, Paxton, Priory Park, St Ives North, St Ives South, Staughton, The Offords, and The Stukeleys.