Editing St Ives, Cambridgeshire (section)

==Governance==
[[File:St Ives Town Hall.jpg|thumb|[[St Ives Town Hall]]]]
As a civil parish, St Ives has a [[Parish councils in England|town council]], based at [[St Ives Town Hall]], consisting of seventeen councillors including a [[Mayors in England|Town Mayor]] and a deputy Town Mayor.<ref>{{cite web|title=St Ives Town Council: Councillors|url=http://www.stivestowncouncil.gov.uk/index.php/council/councillors|website=www.stivestowncouncil.gov.uk|publisher=St Ives Town Council|access-date=8 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311125847/http://www.stivestowncouncil.gov.uk/index.php/council/councillors|archive-date=11 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The second tier of local government is [[Huntingdonshire District Council]], a [[non-metropolitan district]] of Cambridgeshire. St Ives has three district wards for the district council; ''St Ives East'', ''St Ives South'', and ''St Ives West''.<ref name="OSelec">{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/# |title=Ordnance Survey Election Maps |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220103943/https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |archive-date=20 February 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''St Ives East'' and ''St Ives South'' are both represented by two district councillors, and ''St Ives West'' is represented on the district council by one councillor.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/council-democracy/meetings-and-decision-making/councillors/ |title=Huntingdonshire District Council: Councillors |website=www.huntsdc.gov.uk |publisher=Huntingdonshire District Council |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> For St Ives the highest tier of local government is [[Cambridgeshire County Council]]. St Ives is part of the electoral division of ''St Ives'' <ref name="OSelec" /> and is represented on the county council by two councillors.<ref name="CCC1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20087/councillors_and_meetings/313/county_councillors|title=Cambridgeshire County Council: Councillors|website=www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk|publisher=Cambridgeshire County Council|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222112615/http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20087/councillors_and_meetings/313/county_councillors|archive-date=22 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

St Ives was in the historic and [[administrative county]] of Huntingdonshire until 1965. From 1965, the town was part of the new administrative county of [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]]. In 1974, following the [[Local Government Act 1972]], St Ives became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire.

At Westminster St Ives is in the parliamentary constituency of [[Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdon]],<ref name="OSelec" /> and since 2024 has been represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] by [[Ben Obese-Jecty]] ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]).