Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Huntingdon shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, 1983 |
| MP: | Jonathan Djanogly |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Cambridgeshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
Huntingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In the 17th century this was Oliver Cromwells parliamentary area. It was abolished in 1918 to re-create Huntingdonshire; that constituency was renamed, after slight boundary changes, to form the current constituency of Huntingdon. The seat was formerly held by ex-Prime Minister John Major, whose majority in 1992 of 36,230 is the highest numerical majority recorded since 1832.
Boundaries
The constituency consists of the towns of St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester and a number of smaller settlements in the south-west part of Cambridgeshire (East Anglia), neighbouring Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire. There were minor boundary changes at the 1983 General Election.Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified Huntingdon constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:
- Alconbury and The Stukeleys, Brampton, Buckden, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden and The Offords, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton and Staughton, Little Paxton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, St Neots Eaton Ford, St Neots Eaton Socon, St Neots Eynesbury, St Neots Priory Park, and The Hemingfords all from the Huntingdonshire district
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Thomas Coote | ||
| 1886 | Arthur Smith-Barry | Conservative | |
| 1900 | George Montagu | ||
| 1906 | Samuel Howard Whitbread | ||
| 1910 | John Cator | ||
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | John Major | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Jonathan Djanogly | Conservative | |
Elections
See also
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