in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Water Newton became a part of the county of Cambridgeshire. The second tier of local government is Huntingdonshire District Council which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and has its headquarters in Huntingdon. Huntingdonshire District Council has 52 councillors representing 29 district wards. Huntingdonshire District Council collects the council tax, and provides services such as building regulations, local planning, environmental health, leisure and tourism. Water Newton is a part of the district ward of Elton and Folksworth and is represented on the district council by one councillor. District councillors serve for four-year terms following elections to Huntingdonshire District Council. For Water Newton the highest tier of local government is Cambridgeshire County Council which has administration buildings in Cambridge. The county council provides county-wide services such as major road infrastructure, fire and rescue, education, social services, libraries and heritage services. Cambridgeshire County Council consists of 69 councillors representing 60 electoral divisions. Water Newton is part of the electoral division of Norman Cross and is represented on the county council by two councillors. At Westminster Water Newton is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Cambridgeshire, and elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Water Newton is represented in the House of Commons by Shailesh Vara (Conservative). Shailesh Vara has represented the constituency since 2005. The previous member of parliament was Brian Mawhinney (Conservative) who represented the constituency between 1997 and 2005. Demography Population In the period 1801 to 1901 the population of Water Newton was recorded every ten years by the UK census. During this time the population was in the range of 88 (the lowest was in 1811) and 161 (the highest was in 1871). From 1901, a census was taken every ten years with the exception of 1941 (due to the Second World War). All population census figures from report Historic Census figures Cambridgeshire to 2011 by Cambridgeshire Insight. In 2011, the parish covered an area of and the population density of Water Newton in 2011 was 63.6 persons per square mile (24.6 per square kilometre). References External links Official description Roman Britain: Durobrivae Catvvelorvm British Museum: the Water Newton Treasure The Water Newton Treasure GENUKI(tm) page Villages in Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire