Riding profile
Cambridge
The question
Cambridge: a safe seat for Labour?
Editorial read
Cambridge, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 26-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 35% vote share, against 22% for the Green Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Daniel Zeichner
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
Labour
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 10.8
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Labour | Green | Lib Dems | Reform UK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereCambridge | 34.6% | 22.2% | 18.6% | 11.1% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 21.7% +12.9 | 11.8% +10.4 | 11.6% +7.0 | 25.3% −14.3 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Zeichner Elected | Labour | 19,614 | 46.6 | — |
| Cheney Payne | Lib Dems | 8,536 | 20.3 | — |
| Sarah Nicmanis | Green | 6,842 | 16.3 | — |
| Shane Manning | Conservative | 5,073 | 12.1 | — |
| Khalid Abu-Tayyem | Other | 951 | 2.3 | — |
| David Carmona | Other | 819 | 1.9 | — |
| Keith Garrett | Other | 265 | 0.6 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
Around the region
Nearby ridings
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- North East CambridgeshireReform UK Toss-upOpen →
- North East HertfordshireReform UK Toss-upOpen →
- North West EssexConservative Toss-upOpen →
- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029