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Cambridge

Every general election in Cambridge since 1918. Latest: Daniel Zeichner, Labour, majority 11,078.

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Member of Parliament

Daniel Zeichner

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 11,078

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Daniel Zeichner Elected sitting MPLabour19,61446.6%
Cheney PayneLiberal Democrats8,53620.3%
Sarah NicmanisGreen6,84216.3%
Shane ManningConservative5,07312.1%
Khalid Abu-TayyemWorkers Party of Britain9512.3%
David CarmonaIndependent8192.0%
Keith GarrettRebooting Democracy2650.6%
Valid votes42,100
Majority11,07826.3%

Lab hold Turnout 59.9% of 70,321 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Conservative, 1918: 75.3%Conservative, 1922: 48.8%Conservative, 1923: 41.9%Conservative, 1924: 52.5%Conservative, 1929: 43.2%Conservative, 1931: 73.2%Conservative, 1935: 58.5%Conservative, 1945: 49.1%Conservative, 1950: 49.5%Conservative, 1951: 52.4%Conservative, 1955: 57.6%Conservative, 1959: 51.1%Conservative, 1964: 43.4%Conservative, 1966: 43.4%Conservative, 1970: 55.3%Conservative, February 1974: 40.6%Conservative, October 1974: 41.3%Conservative, 1979: 45.7%Conservative, 1983: 41.5%Conservative, 1987: 40.0%Conservative, 1992: 38.5%Conservative, 1997: 25.9%Conservative, 2001: 23.0%Conservative, 2005: 16.5%Conservative, 2010: 25.6%Conservative, 2015: 15.7%Conservative, 2017: 16.3%Conservative, 2019: 15.5%Conservative, 2024: 12.1%Labour, 1918: 24.7%Labour, 1922: 20.9%Labour, 1923: 24.5%Labour, 1924: 28.1%Labour, 1929: 31.5%Labour, 1931: 26.8%Labour, 1935: 41.5%Labour, 1945: 50.9%Labour, 1950: 40.0%Labour, 1951: 41.2%Labour, 1955: 42.4%Labour, 1959: 36.8%Labour, 1964: 40.5%Labour, 1966: 45.5%Labour, 1970: 44.7%Labour, February 1974: 32.7%Labour, October 1974: 36.0%Labour, 1979: 37.1%Labour, 1983: 28.2%Labour, 1987: 28.3%Labour, 1992: 39.7%Labour, 1997: 53.4%Labour, 2001: 45.1%Labour, 2005: 34.0%Labour, 2010: 24.3%Labour, 2015: 36.0%Labour, 2017: 51.9%Labour, 2019: 48.0%Labour, 2024: 46.6%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 19.9%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 16.1%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 25.1%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 44.0%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 39.1%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 34.9%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 29.3%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 30.0%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 20.3%Liberal, 1922: 30.4%Liberal, 1923: 33.6%Liberal, 1924: 19.4%Liberal, 1929: 25.3%Liberal, 1950: 10.5%Liberal, 1951: 6.4%Liberal, 1959: 12.2%Liberal, 1964: 16.2%Liberal, 1966: 10.2%Liberal, February 1974: 26.1%Liberal, October 1974: 21.1%Liberal, 1979: 16.6%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 29.7%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 30.6%Green, 2010: 7.6%Green, 2015: 7.9%Green, 2017: 2.3%Green, 2019: 4.0%Green, 2024: 16.3%
Vote share in Cambridge at each general election Con Lab LD Lib Alliance Grn

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Cambridge lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Where the voters of the old Cambridge (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Daniel ZeichnerLD11,07826.359.9%Lab hold
2019Lab Daniel ZeichnerLD9,63917.967.2%Lab hold
2017Lab Daniel ZeichnerLD12,66122.671.2%Lab hold
2015Lab Daniel ZeichnerLD5991.262.1%Lab gain from LD
2010LD Julian HuppertCon6,79213.667.1%LD hold
2005LDLab4,33910.062.1%
2001LabLD8,57920.060.6%Lab hold
1997LabCon14,13727.571.5%
1992LabCon5801.273.2%Lab gain from Con
1987ConAlliance5,0609.478.0%Con hold
1983ConAlliance5,96811.874.6%
1979ConLab4,7968.672.0%Con hold
October 1974ConLab2,7735.369.6%Con hold
February 1974ConLab4,6767.978.8%
1970ConLab5,06110.773.0%Con gain from Lab
1966LabCon9912.180.0%Lab gain from Con
1964ConLab1,3892.979.1%Con hold
1959ConLab6,80714.379.8%Con hold
1955ConLab7,12715.278.5%
1951ConLab5,67711.284.4%Con hold
1950ConLab4,8549.686.5%
1945LabCon6821.869.2%
1935ConLab5,49117.073.2%Con hold
1931ConLab14,79546.475.6%Con hold
1929ConLab3,75111.779.8%Con hold
1924ConLab5,88424.581.9%Con hold
1923ConLib1,9628.480.9%Con hold
1922ConLib4,23318.481.2%Con hold
1918ConLab7,76450.661.0%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for Cambridge?

Daniel Zeichner (Labour) won Cambridge at the 2024 general election with a majority of 11,078.

Which parties have won Cambridge?

At the 29 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 18, Labour 9, Liberal Democrats 2.

Which region is Cambridge in?

Cambridge is in East of England.

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