St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire.
Liberal Democrats MP Ian Sollom holds the seat on 36.9% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
2 Jun 2026
Sollom has been most visible recently as a local campaigner translated into parliamentary action -- delivering a 15,500-signature petition to Downing Street to prevent the closure of Arthur Rank Hospice beds, and separately writing to the Home Secretary to oppose immigration changes he called a "profound violation of moral commitment" to Hong Kongers settled in his constituency. In Westminster, he voted this week to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment, opposed government regulations that would strip asylum support from people found working illegally, and backed the Lords' repeated attempts to remove ministers' power to direct pension fund investments.
His participation rate of 75% sits somewhat below the Commons average, though he has made 136 contributions across 82 debates since 2024 -- a solid speech record for a first-term MP. He votes with the Liberal Democrats on every recorded division, but his voting pattern reveals clear priorities: near-perfect alignment with Lords scrutiny (97%) and parliamentary accountability (95%), strong support for climate action and business-friendly positions, but consistent opposition to fiscal tightening and housing development. He scores 100% on NHS funding votes, well above his party's 61% average -- a gap that matches his high-profile campaigning on hospice care.
Sollom holds no committee seats, which limits his formal influence at this stage. His speech activity centres on education, the economy, social care and health -- topics that map closely onto his constituency casework as described in his own first-year assessment. Local news coverage over the past 90 days has been dominated by transport issues, though sentiment scores are broadly neutral. Rebel vote data is clean: he has not broken with his party once.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar Hill | William George Scantlebury | 531 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2026 |
| Caldecote | John Robert Jefferies | 662 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2026 |
| Cambourne(3 seats) | Thomas · Leeming · Booth | 4,312 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2026 |
| Caxton Papworth(2 seats) | Poulton · Sandford | 2,000 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2026 |
| Fenstanton | Nick Sarkies | 542 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Girton(2 seats) | Garvie · Stobart | 2,078 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2022 |
| Great Paxton | Stephen Claffey | 657 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Histon Impington | James Rixon | 942 | South Cambridgeshire LD | Oct 2024 |
| Longstanton(2 seats) | Warren-Green · Bygott | 1,144 | South Cambridgeshire LD | Nov 2022 |
| Over Willingham(2 seats) | Handley · Lentell | 2,671 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2022 |
| St Neots East(2 seats) | Davenport-Ray · Ferguson | 1,785 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| St Neots Eatons(3 seats) | Hunt · Seeff · Hunt | 3,459 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| St Neots Eynesbury(3 seats) | Ioannides · Smith · Nelson | 2,860 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| St Neots Priory Park Little Paxton(3 seats) | Innes · Young · Tomlinson | 3,349 | Huntingdonshire Con | May 2026 |
| Swavesey | Sue Ellington | 494 | South Cambridgeshire LD | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in St Neots (31,493), with Cambourne (9,888) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 106,139.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| St Neots | 31,493 | large town |
| Cambourne | 9,888 | town |
| Rural & dispersed | 9,126 | town |
| Histon and Impington | 7,847 | town |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 5,702 | town |
| Bar Hill | 4,976 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 64.4% | 57.1% | +13% |
| Owner-occupied | 70.3% | 63.1% | +11% |
| Private rented | 15.3% | 20.0% | -23% |
| Social rented | 14.3% | 16.8% | -15% |
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 | £502m |
| Taxpayers | 63,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,350 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £7,940 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian SollomWON | LD | 19,517 | 36.9 |
| Anthony Browne | Con | 14,896 | 28.2 |
| Marianna Masters | Lab | 6,918 | 13.1 |
| Guy Lachlan | Ref | 5,673 | 10.7 |
| Stephen Ferguson | Ind | 2,941 | 5.6 |
| Kathryn Fisher | Grn | 2,663 | 5.0 |
| Bev White | Ind | 274 | 0.5 |
Turnout 52,882
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
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