Huntingdon.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Ben Obese-Jecty holds the seat on 35.1% of the vote.
1 Jun 2026
Ranked first among MPs for parliamentary contributions by The Hunts Post in September 2025, Ben Obese-Jecty has been one of the more active Conservative backbenchers since entering Parliament in 2024. He secured a government commitment to rebuild Hinchingbrooke Hospital, used written questions to extract Defence Ministry pledges on UK manufacturing under Project Grayburn, and attended the scene of a Huntingdon stabbing within hours to meet the Chief Constable. His 410 contributions across 279 debates put him well above the Commons average for a first-term MP.
On the record, he votes with Conservative colleagues 99.7% of the time -- his single rebel vote came in November 2024, when he backed a Gavin Williamson amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill that his own party opposed. His strongest voting alignments are pro-Lords scrutiny (100%), pro-business (90%), and anti-tax increases (86%). Economy and jobs dominate his speeches, followed closely by defence -- consistent with his work on Project Grayburn and local industrial interests. Crime features heavily too, reflecting his Huntingdon constituency focus. He sits on the Speaker's Conference.
Notably, his pro-pension-protection score sits 39 percentage points below the Conservative party average, driven by consistent votes against government powers to direct pension fund investments -- a position aligned with Lords amendments rather than his own frontbench. His participation rate of 75% trails the Commons average. News sentiment across 219 articles in the past 90 days is close to neutral overall, though defence coverage -- the largest positive category -- averages 0.45, suggesting active and generally favourable local reporting on that issue.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alconbury | Ian Derek Gardener | 641 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Brampton(2 seats) | Dewey-Beckett · Smith | 2,149 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Buckden | Martin Andrew Hassall | 514 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Godmanchester Hemingford Abbots(3 seats) | Mickelburgh · Mickelburgh · Conboy | 4,632 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Great Staughton | Stephen Cawley | 566 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Hemingford Grey Houghton(2 seats) | Keane · Simpson | 1,510 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Holywell Cum Needingworth(2 seats) | Neish · Hodgson-Jones | 1,750 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Huntingdon East(2 seats) | Harvey · Hunt | 1,686 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Huntingdon North(3 seats) | Henly · Simpson · Lancaster | 1,814 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Kimbolton | Jonathan Alexander Gray | 912 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Sawtry(2 seats) | Martin · Bywater | 2,452 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Somersham | Sarah Louise Hodgson-Jones | 408 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| St Ives East(2 seats) | Burke · Mokbul | 1,083 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| St Ives South(2 seats) | Bulat · Wells | 1,483 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| St Ives West | Julie Elizabeth Kerr | 552 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| The Stukeleys(3 seats) | Blackwell · Ascroft · Sanderson | 2,194 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Warboys(2 seats) | Lowe · McIlwain | 1,713 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Huntingdon (25,431), with St Ives (Huntingdonshire) (16,819) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 108,250.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon | 25,431 | large town |
| St Ives (Huntingdonshire) | 16,819 | town |
| Rural & dispersed | 13,426 | town |
| Godmanchester | 7,888 | town |
| Sawtry | 7,088 | town |
| Brampton (Huntingdonshire) | 6,586 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 61.5% | 57.1% | +8% |
| Owner-occupied | 70.4% | 63.1% | +12% |
| Private rented | 17.1% | 20.0% | -14% |
| Social rented | 12.4% | 16.8% | -26% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £424m |
| Taxpayers | 62,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,330 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £6,850 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Obese-JectyWON | Con | 18,257 | 35.1 |
| Alex Bulat | Lab | 16,758 | 32.2 |
| Sarah Smith | Ref | 8,039 | 15.4 |
| Mark Argent | LD | 4,821 | 9.3 |
| Georgie Hunt | Grn | 3,042 | 5.8 |
| Chan Abraham | Ind | 1,123 | 2.2 |
Turnout 52,040
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jonathan Djanogly | Con | 54.8 |
| 2017 | Jonathan Djanogly | Con | 55.1 |
| 2015 | Jonathan Djanogly | Con | 53.0 |
| 2010 | Djanogly, Jonathan | Con | 48.9 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo