Ely and East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ely and East Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 76,279 [1]
Major settlements Ely, Littleport, Soham
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from South East Cambridgeshire,
South Cambridgeshire,
North East Cambridgeshire (part)

Ely and East Cambridgeshire is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

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:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Ely and East Cambridgeshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Frazer [4]
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Cane [5]
Green Andrew Cogan [6]
Reform UK Edmund Fordham [7]
Labour Elizabeth McWilliams [8]

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References

  1. https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-eastern/#lg_ely-and-east-cambridgeshire-cc-76279
  2. "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.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  4. "Ely Conservative candidate Lucy Frazer". Oliver Murphy . Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. "Meet our newly elected candidate Andrew Cogan". East Cambridgeshire Green Party. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  7. "Find My PPC (Eastern England)" (PDF). Reform UK . Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  8. 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.