North East Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the

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of the

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since 2010 by

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, a

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Constituency profile

This large and rural seat is in

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and has a significant farming and food production sector. Residents are less wealthy and healthy than the UK average.

History

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, former Liberal MP for

Isle of Ely The Isle of Ely () is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county. Etymology Its name has been said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures tha ...

from 1973, represented the seat from its creation in 1983 until 1987, when he was defeated by the

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and since then it has been served by one other

MP, namely

, first elected in 2010. On 16 November 2018, Barclay was appointed

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Boundaries and boundary changes

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. The seat was created for the 1983 general election which followed on from the merger under the

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, of the two

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Huntingdon and Peterborough Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire. Formation The Local Government Act 1888 created f ...

and

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. In 1974 it became part of an enlarged Cambridgeshire. Formation The Local Government Act 1888 created four ...

to form the

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of Cambridgeshire, with effect from 1 April 1974. It was formed from the abolished constituency of

, with the exception of the city of

Ely Ely or ELY may refer to: Places Ireland * Éile, a medieval kingdom commonly anglicised Ely * Ely Place, Dublin, a street United Kingdom * Ely, Cambridgeshire, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England ** Ely Cathedral ** Ely Rural District, a ...

itself, which was included in the new County Constituency of South East Cambridgeshire. The three

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wards were transferred from the Borough Constituency of

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. 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. Minor loss to South East Cambridgeshire. 2010–present: The District of Fenland, and the District of East Cambridgeshire wards of Downham Villages, Littleport East, Littleport West, and Sutton. The City of Peterborough wards were returned to the constituency thereof. No other changes.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cambridgeshire North East Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983