South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire.
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Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
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| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Electorate | 80,001 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements |
Cambourne Cottenham Sawston |
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| Created | 1997 |
| Member of parliament | Heidi Allen (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | South West Cambridgeshire (most) South East Cambridgeshire (part) |
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| European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°07′12″N 0°09′14″E / 52.120°N 0.154°E
South Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Heidi Allen, a Conservative, since May 2015.
1997-2010: The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of Arrington, Bar Hill, Barrington and Shepreth, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Comberton, Coton, Duxford, Elsworth, Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Great Shelford, Hardwick, Harston, Haslingfield, Ickleton, Little Shelford, Longstanton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell, Papworth, Sawston, Stapleford, Swavesey, The Mordens, and Whittlesford, and the City of Cambridge wards of Queen Edith’s and Trumpington.
2010-present: The District of South Cambridgeshire wards of Bar Hill, Barton, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Caldecote, Comberton, Cottenham, Duxford, Fowlmere and Foxton, Gamlingay, Girton, Hardwick, Harston and Hauxton, Haslingfield and The Eversdens, Longstanton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell and Barrington, Papworth and Elsworth, Sawston, Swavesey, The Abingtons, The Mordens, The Shelfords and Stapleford, and Whittlesford, and the City of Cambridge ward of Queen Edith’s.
The constituency was created following the boundary review of 1995, and was first contested at the 1997 general election. Before this, much of the region had been part of the South West Cambridgeshire constituency represented by Sir Anthony Grant from 1983 to 1997, while the wards of Bar Hill, Coton, Elsworth, Girton, Longstanton and Swavesey had been part of South East Cambridgeshire.
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