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Your member of parliament
Daniel Zeichner
LabourLabour won Cambridge at the 2024 general election with a majority of 11,078 votes, or 26.3 points. A swing of 13.2 points to Liberal Democrat would take it. That makes it safer than 523 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 127.
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How safe is this seat?
Safe
A majority of 26.3 points, which is larger than 523 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Liberal Democrat by 11,078 votes.
Majority
11,078
26.3% of votes cast.
Turnout
59.9%
+0.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
42,100 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel ZeichnerElected | Labour | 19,614 | 46.6% | +12.9 |
| Cheney Payne | Liberal Democrat | 8,536 | 20.3% | +8.1 |
| Sarah Nicmanis | Green Party | 6,842 | 16.3% | +9.9 |
| Shane Manning | Conservative | 5,073 | 12.0% | -11.7 |
| Khalid Abu-Tayyem | Workers Party of Britain | 951 | 2.3% | +1.5 |
| David Carmona | Independent | 819 | 1.9% | -0.1 |
| Keith Garrett | Rebooting Democracy | 265 | 0.6% | +0.6 |
Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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