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| Cambridgeshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East of England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 15th 3,389 kmē Ranked 15th 3,046 kmē |
| Admin HQ: | Cambridge |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-CAM |
| ONS code: | 12 |
| NUTS 3: | UKH12 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 29thThis is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Supp 716,285 211 / kmē Ranked 21stThis is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. Populations are 2002 mid-year es 558,323 |
| Ethnicity: | 94.6% White 2.6% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Cambridgeshire County Council http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | ConservativeThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia |
| Members of ParliamentThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at | |
| Anne CampbellAnne Campbell (born 1940) is an English politician. She is the Labour member of Parliament for Cambridge. She has been MP for the city since 1992, and claims to be the first Labour MP to have had a website. In 2003 she resigned as Patricia Hewitt's PPS to, Helen ClarkHelen Clark (born December 23, 1954) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour member of Parliament for Peterborough. Clark, Helen Clark, Helen., Jonathan DjanoglyJonathan Simon Djanogly (born 3 June 1965) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Conservative Party member of Parliament for Huntingdon, since 2001 the seat before then was occupied by John Major. Djanogly, Jonathan., Andrew LansleyAndrew David Lansley (born 11 December 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire. He was first elected in the 1997 general election. Currently he is the Shadow Secretary of State for Heal, Brian Mawhinney, Malcolm Moss, James Paice | |
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Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local government unifications. In 1888 when county councils where introduced, two were set up, following the traditional division of Cambridgeshire into the area in the south around Cambridge, and the liberty of the Isle of Ely. In 1965, these two administrative counties were merged to form Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. In 1974, this then merged with the county to the west, Huntingdon and Peterborough (which had been created in 1965 by the merger of Huntingdonshire with the Soke of Peterborough - a part of Northamptonshire which had its own county council). The resulting county was called simply 'Cambridgeshire'.
Since 1998 the City of Peterborough is now administratively separate again, as a unitary authority, but is associated with Cambridgeshire for various purposes, such as police, fire, and the Lieutenancy.
Famous people from Cambridgeshire include Oliver Cromwell, John Major (Former MP of Huntingdonshire and Prime Minister) and Henry Royce, all from Huntingdonshire.
Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany.