North East Cambridgeshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of North East Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire.
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Location of Cambridgeshire within England.
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County | Cambridgeshire |
Electorate | 83,661 (December 2010) |
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 |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°25′59″N 0°22′30″E / 52.433°N 0.375°E
North East Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stephen Barclay, a Conservative.
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.
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.