Constituency profile

North East Cambridgeshire

East of England · County constituency · Fenland borough

Steve Barclay MP
Sitting MP

Steve Barclay

Conservative

First elected May 2010

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
County constituency, Fenland council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
69.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +17.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +5.1pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Conservative projected to lose)
SouthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the North East Cambridgeshire constituency

North East Cambridgeshire is a county constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Steve Barclay (Conservative), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 41.5% to 23.1% for Reform UK, a majority of 7,189 votes on a 54.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 38.5% and the Conservatives on 33.4%, a margin of 5.1 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.

Who lives in North East Cambridgeshire? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
69.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
19.0%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
25.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
66.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
45.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
27.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.6%
UK average ~28%

How did North East Cambridgeshire vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 7,189 votes (18.4pp) · turnout 54.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of North East Cambridgeshire

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

North East Cambridgeshire within Fenland

North East Cambridgeshire sits entirely within Fenland Council. Fenland was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Fenland
56 LSOAs
100%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
23 Oct 2025Whittlesey North West
Fenland
Con HOLDCon 48% Ref 34% Other 12%
5 Jul 2024Whittlesey South
Fenland
Con HOLD—

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Chatteris North & ManeaConservative 40.0%vs Reform 22.8%2023 Conservative 62.2%vs Green 25.9%-25.0%
Chatteris SouthConservative 39.4%vs Reform 23.9%2023 Conservative 52.9%vs Independent 22.4%-26.0%
Doddington & WimblingtonConservative 44.3%vs Reform 22.4%2023 Conservative 66.7%vs Labour 23.2%-30.8%
Elm & ChristchurchConservative 39.3%vs Reform 25.9%2023 Independent 47.9%vs Conservative 40.2%-27.1%
Leverington & Wisbech RuralConservative 47.0%vs Reform 22.1%2023 Conservative 72.5%vs Others 11.7%-30.0%
March EastConservative 38.9%vs Reform 24.6%2023 Conservative 38.8%vs Labour 33.4%-28.2%
March NorthConservative 38.8%vs Labour 24.4%2023 Conservative 36.1%vs Labour 28.4%-37.2%
March SouthConservative 40.9%vs Reform 22.6%2023 Conservative 56.2%vs Labour 32.0%-27.0%
March West & BenwickConservative 43.5%vs Reform 21.5%2023 Conservative 75.1%vs Labour 24.9%-25.0%
Parson Drove & Wisbech St MaryConservative 40.8%vs Reform 22.4%2023 Conservative 48.3%vs Lib Dem 46.3%-38.0%
Whittlesey East & VillagesConservative 44.2%vs Reform 21.9%2023 Conservative 62.7%vs Independent 17.1%-26.0%
Whittlesey LatterseyConservative 41.1%vs Reform 23.1%2023 Conservative 61.3%vs Labour 38.7%-25.0%
Whittlesey North WestConservative 44.0%vs Reform 22.1%2023 Conservative 71.5%vs Labour 14.8%-26.0%
Whittlesey SouthConservative 41.7%vs Reform 23.7%2023 Conservative 54.5%vs Independent 45.5%-29.0%
Wisbech NorthConservative 39.7%vs Reform 26.4%2023 Conservative 60.2%vs Independent 39.8%-17.0%
Wisbech RiversideConservative 40.2%vs Reform 23.4%2023 Conservative 76.9%vs Labour 23.1%-20.0%
Wisbech SouthConservative 41.4%vs Reform 24.7%2023 Conservative 71.5%vs Independent 28.5%-25.0%
Wisbech Walsoken & WaterleesConservative 41.0%vs Reform 24.3%2023 Conservative 54.8%vs Independent 45.2%-25.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for North East Cambridgeshire at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won North East Cambridgeshire at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdStephen Barclay17.8%51.6%20.0%5.4% UKIP-5.2%16,42571.1%
2015Con holdStephen Barclay14.4%55.1%4.5%22.5% UKIP3.5%-16,87462.4%-8.7
2017Con holdStephen Barclay24.5%64.4%4.5%4.1% UKIP1.9%0.5%21,27063.1%+0.7
2019notionalConservative winnerStephen Barclay 2019 MP, pre-review boundary16.0%73.9%6.7%-3.4%-25,77963.0%-0.1
2024Con holdSteve Barclay20.4%41.5%6.9%23.1% Ref5.1%2.9%7,18954.8%-8.2

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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