South Cambridgeshire: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for South Cambridgeshire is Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), returned on 4 July 2024. Pippa Heylings took the seat for Liberal Democrat in July 2024 with 25,704 votes (46.8%), ahead of Chris Carter-Chapman (Conservative) on 15,063. 54,885 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 77,327, 71.0% of those registered. The majority was 10,641.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set South Cambridgeshire apart: the 20th highest median full-time pay for jobs based here of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£47,777 a year), and the 31st highest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£49,731 a year).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £47,777 for jobs in South Cambridgeshire and £49,731 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £43,910. The residents' figure ranks 31st highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
2,715 children in South Cambridgeshire were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 13.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 8.1% in 2021/22 to 8.5% in 2024/25.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £475,976 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £368,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £508,475, in the year to March 2024. It ranks 77th highest of 575 constituencies. 1,058 sales were registered in the period, against 1,559 in the year to March 2025.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 81.5% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.2 points. 16.6% were economically inactive.
At the 2021 Census there were 42,956 households and 178.1 residents per square kilometre; 42.2% of workers mainly worked from home and 23.4% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
Workplaces in South Cambridgeshire accounted for 76,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 5,590 local units for March 2026.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 109,509; the estimate for 2014 was 100,285. Children under 16 numbered 19,978; people aged 65 and over, 23,442.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 1,185 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 1.8%. September 2025 had 1,175.
MP
Pippa Heylings, Liberal Democrat
- MP for South Cambridgeshire since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Pippa Heylings on this site
In Parliament
What Pippa Heylings said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 12 October 2026 to 21 October 2026). Hansard search returns 273 spoken contributions by Pippa Heylings since 4 July 2024.
Today’s approval of Jackdaw, in the midst of a climate crisis, is proof that Britain has not moved forward nearly fast enough on reducing our reliance on gas and oil.
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The new norms of extreme weather that we are now seeing, caused by climate change, mean that, as my hon. Friend the Member for Didcot and Wantage (Olly Glover) has said, we have to think about not only warming our homes, but cooling them.
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Households and businesses have been left at the mercy of a broken energy system, and they are paying the price. As we have heard, gas is still setting the price of electricity. Gas is now at a three-year high and is due to go up again in January, when energy use goes up.
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I will continue. We would also like the Government, potentially, to introduce a temporary derogation for imported fertilisers. Unlike Conservative colleagues, we have a second concern about the slow progress in linking the UK and EU emissions trading schemes.
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That is exactly the point that I am raising, which is about uncertainty. The National Farmers’ Union has estimated exactly that cost, which will ultimately be borne by British farmers.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pippa Heylings | Liberal Democrat | 25,704 | 46.8% | +5.8 |
| Chris Carter-Chapman | Conservative | 15,063 | 27.4% | −16.1 |
| Luke Viner | Labour | 6,106 | 11.1% | −4.0 |
| Harrison Edwards | Reform UK | 4,897 | 8.9% | +8.8 |
| Miranda Fyfe | Green Party | 2,656 | 4.8% | +4.7 |
| James Gordon | Independent | 459 | 0.8% |
Result summary as published: LD gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Liberal Democrat 46.8% | Conservative 27.4% | 10,641 | 71.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 43.5% | Liberal Democrat 41.0% | 1,498 | 79.6% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
South Cambridgeshire covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- South Cambridgeshire E07000012
- Cambridge E07000008
Who has power over South Cambridgeshire
Every body that makes decisions for South Cambridgeshire, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Cambridgeshire County Council county council
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority combined authority
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary police force
- NHS Central East Integrated Care Board NHS
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- East of England in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- South Cambridgeshire this page: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for South Cambridgeshire?
Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in South Cambridgeshire?
The House of Commons Library records 25,704 votes for Pippa Heylings of Liberal Democrat and a majority of 10,641; 71.0% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in South Cambridgeshire?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,185, 1.8% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in South Cambridgeshire?
£475,976: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in South Cambridgeshire?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £49,731 (April 2025).
How many children in South Cambridgeshire live in low income families?
2,715 children under 16, 13.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of South Cambridgeshire?
109,509 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.