Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Otheruses2 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.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises of the towns of St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester and number of smaller settlements, in the south-west part of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, neighbouring Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. There were minor boundary changes at The 1983 General Election.

Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for this seat is Jonathan Djanogly of the Conservative Party. He was first elected in The 2001 General Election, and was re-elected in The 2005 General Election.

• 2001-present: Jonathan Djanogly
• 1979-2001: John Major

Election results

General Election 2005: Huntingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	26,646	50.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Huppert	13,799	26.3	+2.4
	Labour	Stephen Sartain	9,821	18.7	−4.1
	UKIP	Derek Norman	2,152	4.1	+0.7
Majority			12,847	24.5	−1.5
Turnout			52,418	62.5	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Huntingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	24,507	49.9	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pope	11,715	23.9	+9.1
	Labour	Takki Sulaiman	11,211	22.8	−0.6
	UKIP	Derek Norman	1,656	3.4	+2.8
Majority			12,792	26.0
Turnout			49,089	61.1	−13.8
	Conservative hold		Swing