UK Explained

North East Cambridgeshire

Represented in Parliament by Steve Barclay (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Steve Barclay, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How North East Cambridgeshire compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 521 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £688£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 429 areas and lower than 219.

UK 3.9%This area 3.9%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
North East Cambridgeshire£6883.9%
Lowestoft£6894.0%
Darlington£6843.8%
Wallasey£6963.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in North East Cambridgeshire

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people102,45759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher19%34%15 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%4 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Steve Barclay

Conservative

MAJORITY
7,189

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
55%

of people who could vote did

Steve Barclay won with 41% of the votes, and Chris Thornhill (Reform UK) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Conservative41% · 16,246
Reform UK23% · 9,057
Labour20% · 8,008
Liberal Democrat7% · 2,716
Green Party5% · 2,001
Independent2% · 958
Everyone else0% · 190
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Steve BarclayConservative16,24641.5%
Chris ThornhillReform UK9,05723.1%
Javeria HussainLabour8,00820.4%
David ChalmersLiberal Democrat2,7166.9%
Andrew CrawfordGreen Party2,0015.1%
David PatrickIndependent9582.4%
Clayton PayneWorkers Party of Britain1900.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£688 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.9%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026