An electrical connector (1; 21; 41;61) for a twisted pair cable comprising: a connector main body portion; a shell member attached to the connector main body portion, said shell member including a base portion (4; 63), a cable holding portion, and a shell cover portion, said base portion (4; 63) having a front end portion on a side of the connector main body portion and a basal end portion, said shell cover portion being arranged opposite the base portion (4; 63) in direction to the connector main body portion, and the cable holding portion being situated between the base portion (4; 63) and the shell cover portion, characterized in that the electrical connector (1; 21; 41; 61) further comprises a cable fastening securing section; and a cable cover member (6; 42) and/or lanced sections (5, 22, 65); wherein the base portion, the lanced sections (5; 65) and the cable cover member or the base portion and cable cover member are arranged in use to a shielding portion closed in circumferential direction; wherein the cable fastening securing section is conductively connected to the base portion (4; 63) and to the cover member 6; 42) and/or the shielding lanced sections (5, 22, 65) and to the shell cover portion; wherein the cable fastening securing section, the base portion (4; 63), the cable cover member (6; 42), the shielding lanced section (5, 22, 65), the shell cover portion and the base portion (4; 63) are formed of a conductive material. a connector main body portion; a shell member attached to the connector main body portion, said shell member including a base portion (4; 63), a cable holding portion, and a shell cover portion, said base portion (4; 63) having a front end portion on a side of the connector main body portion and a basal end portion, said shell cover portion being arranged opposite the base portion (4; 63) in direction to the connector main body portion, and the cable holding portion being situated between the base portion (4; 63) and the shell cover portion, characterized in that a base portion (4; 63), a cable holding portion, and a shell cover portion, said base portion (4; 63) having a front end portion on a side of the connector main body portion and a basal end portion, said shell cover portion being arranged opposite the base portion (4; 63) in direction to the connector main body portion, and the cable holding portion being situated between the base portion (4; 63) and the shell cover portion, characterized in that characterized in that a cable fastening securing section; and a cable cover member (6; 42) and/or lanced sections (5, 22, 65); wherein the base portion, the lanced sections (5; 65) and the cable cover member or the base portion and cable cover member are arranged in use to a shielding portion closed in circumferential direction; wherein the cable fastening securing section is conductively connected to the base portion (4; 63) and to the cover member 6; 42) and/or the shielding lanced sections (5, 22, 65) and to the shell cover portion; wherein the cable fastening securing section, the base portion (4; 63), the cable cover member (6; 42), the shielding lanced section (5, 22, 65), the shell cover portion and the base portion (4; 63) are formed of a conductive material.