Parliamentary representation from Huntingdonshire

Historic counties of England

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of Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

, located in the modern-day East of England

East of England

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region, has been represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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since the 13th century. This article provides the list of constituencies which have formed the parliamentary representation from Huntingdonshire.

In 1889 the area of the historic county formed the administrative county

Administrative counties of England

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of Huntingdonshire. In 1965 the administrative county was merged with the Soke of Peterborough

Soke of Peterborough

The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire...

. Peterborough had been an administrative county which was part of the historic county of Northamptonshire. In 1974 Huntingdon and Peterborough

Huntingdon and Peterborough

Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...

was combined with the administrative county of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Isle of Ely

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, to form a new expanded non-metropolitan county

Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England

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of Cambridgeshire.

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Huntingdonshire, both before and after the administrative changes of 1889, 1965 and 1974. The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county, which included some territory from the historic county of Huntingdonshire. The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list. For more information on the constituencies currently covering the modern-day ceremonial county

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of Cambridgeshire, see List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire.

List of constituencies

Key to abbreviations:

Type:

BC: Borough constituency
CC: County constituency

Notes:

C: non-metropolitan/ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (from 1974)
H1: historic county of Huntingdonshire (until 1889)
H2: administrative county of Huntingdonshire (1889-1965)
HP: administrative county of Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965-1974).

Note: Dates of representation prior to 1654 are provisional. The constituencies which existed in 1707 were previously represented in the Parliament of England

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Constituencies wholly or predominantly in the historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
North West Cambridgeshire	CC	1997	present	1	C, includes a part of the historic county of Northamptonshire
Huntingdon Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) Huntingdon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....	BC (1295 - 1885)	1295	1918	2 (1295 - 1654)	H1, H2, C, included a part of the historic county of Northamptonshire from 1983 - 1997
				1 (1654 - 1659)
				2 (1659 - 1868)
	CC (1885 - 1918)			1 (1868 - 1918)
	CC	1983	present	1
Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency) Huntingdonshire was a Parliamentary constituency covering the county of Huntingdonshire in England. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons the Parliament of the United...	CC	1290	1885	2 (1290 - 1654)	H1, H2, HP, C
				3 (1654 - 1659)
				2 (1659 - 1885)
		1918	1983	1
Ramsey Ramsey (UK Parliament constituency) Ramsey was a parliamentary constituency in Huntingdonshire, which elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....	CC	1885	1918	1	H1, H2

Note: North West Cambridgeshire does not include any part of the historic county of Cambridgeshire. It combines ten wards of the District of Huntingdonshire (part of the historic county of Huntingdonshire) and a smaller number of wards from the City of Peterborough (part of the historic county of Northamptonshire).

Constituencies mostly in another historic county

Constituency	Type	From	To	MPs	Notes
South West Cambridgeshire South West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency) South West Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. Created in 1983 upon the abolition of the Cambridgeshire constituency, it was abolished in 1997 and succeeded by the constituencies of South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon....	CC	1983	1997	1	C: Mostly in the historic county of Cambridgeshire

Periods constituencies represented

	1290 – 1295	1295 – 1885	1885 – 1918	1918 – 1983	1983 – 1997	1997 – present
North West Cambridgeshire						1997 – present
South West Cambridgeshire South West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency) South West Cambridgeshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. Created in 1983 upon the abolition of the Cambridgeshire constituency, it was abolished in 1997 and succeeded by the constituencies of South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon....					1983 – 1997
Huntingdon Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) Huntingdon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....		1295 – 1918			1983 – present
Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency) Huntingdonshire was a Parliamentary constituency covering the county of Huntingdonshire in England. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons the Parliament of the United...	1290 – 1885			1918 – 1983
Ramsey Ramsey (UK Parliament constituency) Ramsey was a parliamentary constituency in Huntingdonshire, which elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....			1885 – 1918

Summary of Constituencies by Type and Period

Type	1290	1295	1868	1885	1918	1983	1997
Borough	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
County	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Total	1	2	2	2	1	1	2

Summary of Members of Parliament by Type and Period