North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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 | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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] |
Constituency profile
editThis 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
editClement 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
edit1983–1997
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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.
Current
editFurther to the 2023 periodic 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
editElection | Member[8] | Party | |
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Isle of Ely prior to 1983 | |||
1983 | Clement Freud | Liberal | |
1987 | Malcolm Moss | Conservative | |
2010 | Steve Barclay | Conservative |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Barclay | 16,246 | 41.5 | −32.4 | |
Reform UK | Chris Thornhill | 9,057 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Javeria Hussain | 8,008 | 20.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Chalmers | 2,716 | 6.9 | +0.2 | |
Green | Andrew Crawford | 2,001 | 5.1 | +1.7 | |
Independent | David Patrick | 958 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Workers Party | Clayton Payne | 190 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,189 | 18.4 | –38.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,176 | 54.8 | –8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 71,511 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019 notional result[10] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 32,934 | 73.9 | |
Labour | 7,155 | 16.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,992 | 6.7 | |
Green | 1,503 | 3.4 | |
Turnout | 44,584 | 63.0 | |
Electorate | 70,806 |
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 | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
Independent | Debra Jordan | 566 | 1.1 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Graham Murphy | 387 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,425 | 31.4 | +13.9 | ||
Turnout | 52,264 | 71.4 | +12.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | 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 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Tony Hoey | 238 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,373 | 13.2 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,051 | 60.1 | −12.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | 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 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Chris J. Bennett | 851 | 1.5 | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Marion Chalmers | 227 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,093 | 23.7 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 63,454 | 79.3 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | 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) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "'Cambridgeshire North East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Cambridgeshire+North+East
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
- ^ "ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for the NORTH EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTITUENCY" (PDF). Fenland District Council. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire North East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire North East parliamentary constituency – Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire North East – Election 2015". BBC News.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Cambridgeshire North East". BBC News.
- ^ a b Cambridgeshire North East, guardian.co.uk
- ^ a b c "British Parliamentary Election results 1983–97: English Counties". www.election.demon.co.uk.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
External links
edit- North East Cambridgeshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- North East Cambridgeshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- North East Cambridgeshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK