North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°25′59″N 0°22′30″E / 52.433°N 0.375°E

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	83,661 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Wisbech, March, Whittlesey and Chatteris
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Stephen Barclay (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Isle of Ely Peterborough[2]
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

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

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.

Boundaries

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.

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.

2010-present: The District of Fenland, and the District of East Cambridgeshire wards of Downham Villages, Littleport East, Littleport West, and Sutton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
Isle of Ely prior to 1983
	1983	Clement Freud	Liberal
	1987	Malcolm Moss	Conservative
	2010	Stephen Barclay	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North East Cambridgeshire^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Barclay	28,524	55.1	+3.5
	UKIP	Andrew Charalambous[5]	11,650	22.5	+17.1
	Labour	Ken Rustidge [6]	7,476	14.4	−3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lucy Nethsingha [7]	2,314	4.5	−15.6
	Green	Helen Scott-Daniels[8]	1,816	3.5	+3.5
Majority			16,874	32.6
Turnout			51,780	62.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: North East Cambridgeshire^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Barclay	26,862	51.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	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	+3.3
	Independent	Debra Jordan	566	1.1	+1.1
	English Democrat	Graham Murphy	387	0.7	+0.7
Majority			16,425	31.4
Turnout			52,264	71.4	+12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Moss	24,181	47.5	−0.6
	Labour	ffinlo Costain	15,280	30.0	−4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Dean	8,693	17.1	+3.1
	UKIP	Len Baynes	2,723	5.4	+2.9
Majority			8,901	17.5
Turnout			50,877	59.8	−0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

General Election 2001: North East Cambridgeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Moss	23,132	48.1	+5.1
	Labour	Dil Owen	16,759	34.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			48,051	60.1	−12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North East Cambridgeshire^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Moss	23,855	43.0	−11.0
	Labour	Virginia Bucknor	18,754	33.8	+20.0
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			55,425	72.6	−6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−15.5

General Election 1992: North East Cambridgeshire^[10][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Moss	34,288	54.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Maurice Leeke	19,195	30.3	−14.2
	Labour	Ronald James Harris	8,746	13.8	+5.3
	Liberal	Chris D. Ash	998	1.6	N/A
	Natural Law	Marion Joy Chalmers	227	0.3	N/A
Majority			15,093	23.7
Turnout			63,454	79.3	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: North East Cambridgeshire^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Malcolm Moss	26,983	47.0	+6.2
	Liberal	Clement Freud	25,555	44.5	−6.0
	Labour	Ronald James Harris	4,891	8.5	−0.2
Majority			1,428	2.5
Turnout			57,429	77.4	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.1

General Election 1983: North East Cambridgeshire^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Clement Freud	26,936	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	Nicholas Christopher Duval	21,741	40.8	N/A
	Labour	Ronald James Harris	4,625	8.7	N/A
Majority			5,195	9.7	N/A
Turnout			53,302	76.3	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

Notes and references

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. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. "'Cambridgeshire North East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
4. "Cambridgeshire North East - Election 2015". BBC News.
5. https://yournextmp.com/constituency/66063/
6. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/cambridgeshire-north-east-2015.html
7. http://fenlandlibdems.org.uk/en/page/lucy-nethsingha
8. http://peterborough.greenparty.org.uk/news/nec-parliamentary-candidate.html
9. "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Cambridgeshire North East". BBC News.
10. Cambridgeshire North East, guardian.co.uk
11. British Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: English Counties
12. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.