Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Huntingdon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire
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Location of Cambridgeshire within England
CountyCambridgeshire
Electorate83,371 (2018)[1]
Major settlementsSt Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentJonathan Djanogly (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromHuntingdonshire and Peterborough[2]
18851918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromHuntingdonshire
Replaced byHuntingdonshire
c1290–1885
Seatsc1290–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Huntingdon is a constituency[n 1] west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire and including its namesake town of Huntingdon. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Huntingdon is a safe Conservative seat and was the seat of former Conservative Prime Minister, John Major.

First established around the time of the Model Parliament in 1295, Huntingdon was the seat of Oliver Cromwell in 1628–29 and 1640–1642.

  1. ^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ^ "'Huntingdon', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.


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