The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 78,115 · 2023 boundaries

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.

Member of ParliamentIan Sollom · Liberal Democrats
CouncilsSouth Cambridgeshire · Huntingdonshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001512
Electorate · 2024
78.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
36.9%
Liberal Democrats · +8.7pp over Con
Settlements
18
Largest: St Neots
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
12.4
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

36.9%
LD vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
15
Wards · 28 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.15 wards · 28 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bar Hill William George Scantlebury531South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2026
Caldecote John Robert Jefferies662South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2026
Cambourne(3 seats)Thomas · Leeming · Booth4,312South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2026
Caxton Papworth(2 seats)Poulton · Sandford2,000South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2026
Fenstanton Nick Sarkies542Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
Girton(2 seats)Garvie · Stobart2,078South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2022
Great Paxton Stephen Claffey657Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
Histon Impington James Rixon942South Cambridgeshire LDOct 2024
Longstanton(2 seats)Warren-Green · Bygott1,144South Cambridgeshire LDNov 2022
Over Willingham(2 seats)Handley · Lentell2,671South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2022
St Neots East(2 seats)Davenport-Ray · Ferguson1,785Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
St Neots Eatons(3 seats)Hunt · Seeff · Hunt3,459Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
St Neots Eynesbury(3 seats)Ioannides · Smith · Nelson2,860Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
St Neots Priory Park Little Paxton(3 seats)Innes · Young · Tomlinson3,349Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
Swavesey Sue Ellington494South Cambridgeshire LDMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.18 named places

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.

city 3,581large-town 31,493town 32,563village 38,502

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
St Neots31,493large town
Cambourne9,888town
Rural & dispersed9,126town
Histon and Impington7,847town
Longstanton and Northstowe5,702town
Bar Hill4,976village
Showing 6 of 18·All 18 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate64.4%57.1%+13%
Owner-occupied70.3%63.1%+11%
Private rented15.3%20.0%-23%
Social rented14.3%16.8%-15%

Ethnicity.

White89.4%
Asian5.2%
Black1.4%
Mixed2.9%
Other1.1%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.2% Female 50.8% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£31,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£43,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,230
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
50
36 primary · 5 secondary
GCSE pass
70.0%
Attainment 8: 49.0

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£502m
Taxpayers63,000
Median per taxpayer£3,350
Mean per taxpayer£7,940

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
12.4
-40% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.1
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
37% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences4.6
Anti-social behaviour2.2
Criminal damage & arson1.1
Vehicle crime0.9
Shoplifting0.7
Burglary0.7
Other theft0.5

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Ian SollomWONLD19,51736.9
Anthony BrowneCon14,89628.2
Marianna MastersLab6,91813.1
Guy LachlanRef5,67310.7
Stephen FergusonInd2,9415.6
Kathryn FisherGrn2,6635.0
Bev WhiteInd2740.5

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
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission