Boundaries
The constituency consists of the towns of St Neots, Huntingdon, St Ives, Godmanchester and a number of smaller settlements in Western Cambridgeshire. There were minor boundary changes at the 1983 General Election, and more significant changes in 1997 when the neighbouring seat of North West Cambridgeshire was created from areas previously in the seats of Huntingdon and Peterborough.
The electoral wards used to create the modified Huntingdon constituency fought at the 2010 general election are:
- Alconbury and The Stukeleys, Brampton, Buckden, Fenstanton, Godmanchester, Gransden and The Offords, Huntingdon East, Huntingdon North, Huntingdon West, Kimbolton and Staughton, Little Paxton, St Ives East, St Ives South, St Ives West, St Neots Eaton Ford, St Neots Eaton Socon, St Neots Eynesbury, St Neots Priory Park, and The Hemingfords all from the Huntingdonshire district.
Read more about this topic: Huntingdon (UK Parliament Constituency)
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