Constituency profile

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

East of England · County constituency

Ian Sollom MP
Sitting MP

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCLD
Conservative 4/5, Liberal Democrats 1/5
EU referendum 2016
45.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -6.1pp below mean
Current outlook
Liberal Democrats +16.0pp
vs Reform UK 23.5%
SouthernBrexit-marginalGraduate-heavy

About the St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire constituency

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire is a county constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 36.9% to 28.2% for the Conservatives, a majority of 4,621 votes on a 67.7% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 39.5% and Reform UK on 23.5%, a margin of 16.0 points.

Who lives in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
45.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
42.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
12.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
68.3%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
29.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
40.9
UK median ~40
Age 65+
21.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.4%
UK average ~28%

How did St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

LD gain from Con · majority 4,621 votes (8.7pp) · turnout 67.7%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire within South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire crosses council boundaries: South Cambridgeshire (55%), Huntingdonshire (45%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
South Cambridgeshire
35 LSOAs
55%View projection ›
Huntingdonshire
29 LSOAs
45%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bar HillConservative 39.9%vs Lib Dem 30.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 38.3%vs Conservative 25.8%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+11.1pp
46.4%
CaldecoteLib Dem 46.3%vs Conservative 26.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 43.8%vs Reform 20.8%
Lib Dem share
-2.4pp
49.6%
CambourneLib Dem 40.1%vs Conservative 28.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 40.5%vs Conservative 25.7%
Lib Dem share
+0.3pp
42.1%
Caxton & PapworthLib Dem 34.8%vs Conservative 32.5%May 2026 Lib Dem 45.6%vs Reform 22.2%
Lib Dem share
+10.8pp
46.8%
FenstantonLib Dem 34.9%vs Conservative 33.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 38.2%vs Conservative 32.7%
Lib Dem share
+3.3pp
44.8%
GirtonLib Dem 39.2%vs Conservative 28.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 53.2%vs Conservative 15.9%
Lib Dem share
+14.0pp
-
Great PaxtonConservative 36.4%vs Lib Dem 36.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 48.2%vs Conservative 31.8%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+8.3pp
51.8%
Histon & ImpingtonLib Dem 42.5%vs Conservative 21.3%May 2026 Lib Dem 44.9%vs Green 31.7%
Lib Dem share
+2.3pp
-
LongstantonLib Dem 48.8%vs Conservative 22.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 41.5%vs Conservative 19.5%
Lib Dem share
-7.3pp
-
Over & WillinghamLib Dem 44.5%vs Conservative 25.9%May 2026 Lib Dem 45.9%vs Reform 23.0%
Lib Dem share
+1.3pp
-
St Neots EastLib Dem 33.1%vs Conservative 22.6%May 2026 Green 61.0%vs Reform 16.5%
Lib Dem→Green
+37.4pp
39.7%
St Neots EatonsConservative 29.0%vs Lib Dem 27.6%May 2026 Lib Dem 35.7%vs Reform 32.5%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+10.8pp
41.5%
St Neots EynesburyLib Dem 29.1%vs Conservative 26.9%May 2026 Reform 32.4%vs Others 27.3%
Lib Dem→Reform
+12.7pp
35.0%
St Neots Priory Park & Little PaxtonLib Dem 32.2%vs Conservative 28.8%May 2026 Lib Dem 34.2%vs Reform 22.7%
Lib Dem share
+2.0pp
43.3%
SwaveseyConservative 35.2%vs Lib Dem 30.1%May 2026 Lib Dem 36.7%vs Conservative 32.3%
Conservative→Lib Dem
+4.8pp
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Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon holdAndrew Lansley South Cambridgeshire MP10.2%47.4%34.1%3.2% UKIP1.8%3.3%7,83874.8%
2015predecessorCon holdHeidi Allen South Cambridgeshire MP17.6%51.1%15.2%9.8% UKIP6.3%-20,59473.1%-1.7
2017predecessorCon holdHeidi Allen South Cambridgeshire MP27.2%51.8%18.6%-2.3%-15,95276.2%+3.1
2019notionalConservative winnerAnthony Browne South Cambridgeshire MP, pre-review boundary18.8%51.3%26.8%-1.7%1.4%12,25067.0%
2024LD gain from ConIan Sollom13.1%28.2%36.9%10.7% Ref5.0%6.1%4,62167.7%+0.7

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat South Cambridgeshire (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Five seats with similar demographic profiles to St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. Politics shown for context.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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