North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
52°25′59″N 0°22′30″E / 52.433°N 0.375°E
North East Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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) |
Seats | One |
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 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 | |||
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Clement Freud | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1987 | Malcolm Moss | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Stephen Barclay | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Barclay | 34,340 | 64.4 | +9.4 | |
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 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 21,270 | 38.1 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,284 | 63.1 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Barclay | 28,524 | 55.1 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Andrew Charalambous | 11,650 | 22.5 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Ken Rustidge | 7,476 | 14.4 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Nethsingha | 2,314 | 4.5 | −15.6 | |
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 | Stephen 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 | +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
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 | |||
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 | +1.0 | |
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 | |||
Turnout | 48,051 | 60.1 | −12.4 | ||
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 | 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 |
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 | |||
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 | Clement Freud | 25,555 | 44.5 | −6.0 | |
Labour | Ronald 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Clement Freud | 26,936 | 50.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nicholas Duval | 21,741 | 40.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Ronald 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
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "'Cambridgeshire North East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000842
- ^ "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
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.