Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Peterborough
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Peterborough in the East of England
County	Cambridgeshire
Electorate	72,273 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Andrew Pakes (Labour)
Seats	One
1918–1974 (1974)
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
1541–1918
Seats	1541–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since July 2024 by Andrew Pakes of the Labour Party. The constituency was previously represented by Conservative Party politician Paul Bristow who had been elected in 2019.

Its current form is the direct, unbroken successor of a smaller constituency that was created in the mid-16th century returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system of election and represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. From 1885 onwards, the seat has elected one MP using the first-past-the-post system.