A connector to be connected to a flexible conductor , the connector comprising: a base member including two or more projections ; two or more contacts made of a conductive material and including projection accommodating portions of recess shape into which the two or more projections are separately inserted; a housing holding the two or more contacts and arranged to face the base member; and a cutting portion for cutting the flexible conductor between a pair of contacts among the two or more contacts to divide the flexible conductor into a pair of flexible conductor pieces , when a pair of projections corresponding to the pair of contacts among the two or more projections are separately inserted into the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts together with the flexible conductor , the flexible conductor being arranged between the base member and the housing and extending over the pair of contacts adjacent to each other, wherein the cutting portion includes a cutting protrusion portion projecting on one of the base member and the housing and a cutting groove formed on the other of the base member and the housing and receiving the cutting protrusion portion when the pair of projections are inserted into the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts, wherein the pair of flexible conductor pieces divided by the cutting portion are sandwiched between lateral surfaces of the pair of projections and inner surfaces of the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts and come into contact with the inner surfaces of the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts, whereby the pair of contacts are electrically connected to the pair of flexible conductor pieces by the two conductor pieces being independently connected to the two corresponding contacts . a base member including two or more projections ; two or more contacts made of a conductive material and including projection accommodating portions of recess shape into which the two or more projections are separately inserted; a housing holding the two or more contacts and arranged to face the base member; and a cutting portion for cutting the flexible conductor between a pair of contacts among the two or more contacts to divide the flexible conductor into a pair of flexible conductor pieces , when a pair of projections corresponding to the pair of contacts among the two or more projections are separately inserted into the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts together with the flexible conductor , the flexible conductor being arranged between the base member and the housing and extending over the pair of contacts adjacent to each other, wherein the cutting portion includes a cutting protrusion portion projecting on one of the base member and the housing and a cutting groove formed on the other of the base member and the housing and receiving the cutting protrusion portion when the pair of projections are inserted into the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts, wherein the pair of flexible conductor pieces divided by the cutting portion are sandwiched between lateral surfaces of the pair of projections and inner surfaces of the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts and come into contact with the inner surfaces of the projection accommodating portions of the pair of contacts, whereby the pair of contacts are electrically connected to the pair of flexible conductor pieces by the two conductor pieces being independently connected to the two corresponding contacts . <EOS>