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Encyclopedia > Cambridgeshire South (UK Parliament constituency)

Cambridgeshire South 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. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Cambridgeshire South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 23,676 45.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dickson 15,675 29.8 +2.9
Labour Sandra Wilson 10,189 19.4 -4.9
UKIP Robin Page 1,556 3.0 +1.2
Green Simon Saggers 1,552 2.9 +0.5
Majority 8,001 15.2
Turnout 52,648 68.4 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing -1.1%
General Election 2001: Cambridgeshire South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Lansley 21,387 44.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Amanda Taylor 12,984 26.9 +1.0
Labour Joan Herbert 11,737 24.3 -0.8
Green Simon Saggers 1,182 2.4 N/A
UKIP Helene Davies 875 1.8 +1.3
ProLife Alliance Anna Klepacka 176 0.4 N/A
Majority 8,403 17.3
Turnout 48,341 67.1 -9.0
Conservative hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Andrew David Lansley (born 11 December United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... Andrew David Lansley (born 11 December United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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