North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North East Cambridgeshire County constituency |
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| North East Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire, and Cambridgeshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Malcolm Moss |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Cambridgeshire |
| EP constituency: | East of England |
North East Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified North East Cambridgeshire constituency to be fought at the Next United Kingdom general election are:
- The entire district of Fenland
- The East Cambridgeshire wards of - Downham Villages, Littleport East, Littleport West, and Sutton.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1983)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Clement Freud | Liberal | |
| 1987 | Malcolm Moss | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: North East Cambridgeshire | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | ||||
