North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North East Cambridgeshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
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Boundary of North East Cambridgeshire in the East of England
County Cambridgeshire
Electorate 70,806 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Wisbech, March, Whittlesey and Chatteris
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Steve Barclay (Conservative)
Created from Isle of Ely
Peterborough [2]

North East Cambridgeshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Barclay, a Conservative. [n 2]

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Constituency profile

This large and rural seat is in the Cambridgeshire Fens and has a port and a significant farming and food production sector. The electorate has a higher car and house ownership than average and are older, less wealthy and healthy than the UK average. [3]

History

Clement Freud, former Liberal MP for Isle of Ely from 1973, represented the seat from its creation in 1983 until 1987, when he was defeated by the Conservative Malcolm Moss and since then it has been served by one other Conservative MP, namely Steve Barclay, first elected in 2010.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1983–1997

The seat was created for the 1983 general election which followed on from the merger under the Local Government Act 1972, of the two administrative counties of Huntingdon and Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely to form the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, with effect from 1 April 1974. It was formed from the abolished constituency of Isle of Ely, with the exception of the city of Ely itself, which was included in the new constituency of South East Cambridgeshire. The three City of Peterborough wards were transferred from the constituency of Peterborough.

1997–2010

Minor loss to South East Cambridgeshire.

North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

2010–2024

The City of Peterborough wards were returned to the constituency thereof. No other changes.

Current

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was reduced in size following the transfer of the parts in the District of East Cambridgeshire to the new seat of Ely and East Cambridgeshire. Its boundaries are therefore now coterminous with the District of Fenland. [7]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
Isle of Ely prior to 1983
1983 Clement Freud Liberal
1987 Malcolm Moss Conservative
2010 Steve Barclay Conservative

Elections

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North East Cambridgeshire election results 1983–2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North East Cambridgeshire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Barclay 16,246 41.5 −32.4
Reform UK Chris Thornhill9,05723.1N/A
Labour Javeria Hussain8,00820.4+4.4
Liberal Democrats David Chalmers2,7166.9+0.2
Green Andrew Crawford2,0015.1+1.7
Independent David Patrick9582.4N/A
Workers Party Clayton Payne1900.5N/A
Majority 7,18918.4−38.2
Turnout 39,17654.8−8.2
Registered electors 71,511
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [10]
PartyVote %
Conservative 32,93473.9
Labour 7,15516.0
Liberal Democrats 2,9926.7
Green 1,5033.4
Turnout44,58463.0
Electorate70,806
General election 2019: North East Cambridgeshire [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Barclay 38,423 72.5 +8.1
Labour Diane Boyd8,43015.9−8.6
Liberal Democrats Rupert Moss-Eccardt4,2988.1+3.6
Green Ruth Johnson1,8133.4+1.5
Majority 29,99356.6+16.7
Turnout 52,96463.3+0.2
Conservative hold Swing +8.4
General election 2017: North East Cambridgeshire [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Barclay 34,340 64.4 +9.3
Labour Ken Rustidge13,07024.5+10.1
Liberal Democrats Darren Fower2,3834.50.0
UKIP Robin Talbot2,1744.1−18.4
Green Ruth Johnson1,0241.9−1.6
English Democrat Stephen Goldspink2930.5N/A
Majority 21,27039.9+7.3
Turnout 53,28463.1+0.7
Conservative hold Swing −0.4
General election 2015: North East Cambridgeshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Barclay 28,524 55.1 +3.7
UKIP Andrew Charalambous 11,65022.5+16.8
Labour Ken Rustidge7,47614.4−3.3
Liberal Democrats Lucy Nethsingha 2,3144.5−15.5
Green Helen Scott-Daniels1,8163.5N/A
Majority 16,87432.6+1.2
Turnout 51,78062.4−9.0
Conservative hold Swing −6.8
General election 2010: North East Cambridgeshire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Barclay 26,862 51.4 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Lorna Spenceley10,43720.0+2.9
Labour Peter Roberts9,27417.7−12.9
UKIP Robin Talbot2,9915.7+0.4
BNP Susan Clapp1,7473.3N/A
Independent Debra Jordan5661.1N/A
English Democrat Graham Murphy3870.7N/A
Majority 16,42531.4+13.9
Turnout 52,26471.4+12.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North East Cambridgeshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Moss 24,181 47.5 −0.6
Labour Ffinlo Costain15,28030.0−4.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Dean8,69317.1+3.1
UKIP Len Baynes2,7235.4+2.9
Majority 8,90117.5+4.3
Turnout 50,87759.8−0.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
General election 2001: North East Cambridgeshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Moss 23,132 48.1 +5.1
Labour Dil Owen16,75934.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Renaut6,73314.0−2.4
UKIP John Stevens1,1892.5N/A
ProLife Alliance Tony Hoey2380.5N/A
Majority 6,37313.2+4.0
Turnout 48,05160.1−12.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North East Cambridgeshire [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Moss 23,855 43.0 −11.0
Labour Virginia Bucknor18,75433.8+20.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Nash9,07016.4−13.9
Referendum Michael W. Bacon2,6364.8N/A
Socialist Labour Chris J. Bennett8511.5N/A
Natural Law Luke K.C. Leighton2590.5+0.2
Majority 5,1019.2−14.5
Turnout 55,42572.6−6.7
Conservative hold Swing −15.5
General election 1992: North East Cambridgeshire [15] [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Moss 34,288 54.0 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Maurice Leeke19,19530.3−14.2
Labour Ronald Harris8,74613.8+5.3
Liberal Chris D. Ash9981.6N/A
Natural Law Marion Chalmers2270.3N/A
Majority 15,09323.7+21.2
Turnout 63,45479.3+1.9
Conservative hold Swing +10.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North East Cambridgeshire [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Moss 26,983 47.0 +6.2
Liberal (Alliance) Clement Freud 25,55544.5−6.0
Labour Ronald Harris4,8918.5−0.2
Majority 1,4282.5N/A
Turnout 57,42977.4+1.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.1
General election 1983: North East Cambridgeshire [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal (Alliance) Clement Freud 26,936 50.5
Conservative Nicholas Duval21,74140.8
Labour Ronald Harris4,6258.7
Majority 5,1959.7
Turnout 53,30276.3
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Eastern". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "'Cambridgeshire North East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Cambridgeshire+North+East
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
  8. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  9. ↑ "ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for the NORTH EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTITUENCY" (PDF). Fenland District Council . Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Cambridgeshire North East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Cambridgeshire North East parliamentary constituency – Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Cambridgeshire North East – Election 2015". BBC News.
  14. ↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Cambridgeshire North East". BBC News.
  15. 1 2 Cambridgeshire North East, guardian.co.uk
  16. 1 2 3 "British Parliamentary Election results 1983–97: English Counties". www.election.demon.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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