Cambridgeshire_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
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]
| North East Cambridgeshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of North East Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire | |
Location of Cambridgeshire within England | |
| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Electorate | 83,286 (2018)[1] |
| Major settlements | Wisbech, March, Whittlesey and Chatteris |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Steve Barclay (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Isle of Ely Peterborough[2] |
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]
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.
1983–1997
- The District of Fenland;
- The District of East Cambridgeshire wards of Downham, Haddenham, Littleport, Stretham, Sutton, and Witchford; and
- The City of Peterborough wards of Eye, Newborough, and Thorney.[4]
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
- The District of Fenland;
- The District of East Cambridgeshire wards of Downham, Littleport, and Sutton; and
- The City of Peterborough wards of Eye, Newborough, and Thorney.[5]
Minor loss to South East Cambridgeshire.
2010–2024
- The District of Fenland; and
- The District of East Cambridgeshire wards of Downham Villages, Littleport East, Littleport West, and Sutton.[6]
The City of Peterborough wards were returned to the constituency thereof. No other changes.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be 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 will therefore be coterminous with the District of Fenland.[7]
- The District of Fenland
| Election | Member[8] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Ely prior to 1983 | |||
| 1983 | Clement Freud | Liberal | |
| 1987 | Malcolm Moss | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Steve Barclay | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Andrew Crawford[9] | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Barclay | 38,423 | 72.5 | +8.1 | |
| Labour | Diane Boyd | 8,430 | 15.9 | -8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rupert Moss-Eccardt | 4,298 | 8.1 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Ruth Johnson | 1,813 | 3.4 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 29,993 | 56.6 | +16.7 | ||
| Turnout | 52,964 | 63.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Barclay | 34,340 | 64.4 | +9.3 | |
| Labour | Ken Rustidge | 13,070 | 24.5 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Darren Fower | 2,383 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| UKIP | Robin Talbot | 2,174 | 4.1 | -18.4 | |
| Green | Ruth Johnson | 1,024 | 1.9 | -1.6 | |
| English Democrat | Stephen Goldspink | 293 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 21,270 | 39.9 | +7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 53,284 | 63.1 | +0.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Barclay | 28,524 | 55.1 | +3.7 | |
| UKIP | Andrew Charalambous | 11,650 | 22.5 | +16.8 | |
| Labour | Ken Rustidge | 7,476 | 14.4 | −3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Nethsingha | 2,314 | 4.5 | −15.5 | |
| Green | Helen Scott-Daniels | 1,816 | 3.5 | New | |
| Majority | 16,874 | 32.6 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 51,780 | 62.4 | -9.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Barclay | 26,862 | 51.4 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Spenceley | 10,437 | 20.0 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | Peter Roberts | 9,274 | 17.7 | −12.9 | |
| UKIP | Robin Talbot | 2,991 | 5.7 | +0.4 | |
| BNP | Susan Clapp | 1,747 | 3.3 | New | |
| Independent | Debra Jordan | 566 | 1.1 | New | |
| English Democrat | Graham Murphy | 387 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 16,425 | 31.4 | +13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 52,264 | 71.4 | +12.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Moss | 24,181 | 47.5 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | ffinlo Costain | 15,280 | 30.0 | −4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Dean | 8,693 | 17.1 | +3.1 | |
| UKIP | Len Baynes | 2,723 | 5.4 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 8,901 | 17.5 | +4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 50,877 | 59.8 | −0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Moss | 23,132 | 48.1 | +5.1 | |
| Labour | Dil Owen | 16,759 | 34.9 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Renaut | 6,733 | 14.0 | −2.4 | |
| UKIP | John Stevens | 1,189 | 2.5 | New | |
| ProLife Alliance | Tony Hoey | 238 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 6,373 | 13.2 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 48,051 | 60.1 | −12.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Moss | 23,855 | 43.0 | −11.0 | |
| Labour | Virginia Bucknor | 18,754 | 33.8 | +20.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Nash | 9,070 | 16.4 | −13.9 | |
| Referendum | Michael W. Bacon | 2,636 | 4.8 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Chris J. Bennett | 851 | 1.5 | New | |
| Natural Law | Luke K.C. Leighton | 259 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,101 | 9.2 | -14.5 | ||
| Turnout | 55,425 | 72.6 | −6.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −15.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Moss | 34,288 | 54.0 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Leeke | 19,195 | 30.3 | −14.2 | |
| Labour | Ronald Harris | 8,746 | 13.8 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal | Chris D. Ash | 998 | 1.6 | New | |
| Natural Law | Marion Chalmers | 227 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 15,093 | 23.7 | +21.2 | ||
| Turnout | 63,454 | 79.3 | +1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Moss | 26,983 | 47.0 | +6.2 | |
| Liberal (Alliance) | Clement Freud | 25,555 | 44.5 | −6.0 | |
| Labour | Ronald Harris | 4,891 | 8.5 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 1,428 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 57,429 | 77.4 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal (Alliance) | Clement Freud | 26,936 | 50.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Duval | 21,741 | 40.8 | ||
| Labour | Ronald Harris | 4,625 | 8.7 | ||
| Majority | 5,195 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 53,302 | 76.3 | |||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- 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.
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