Riding profile

North East Cambridgeshire

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

North East Cambridgeshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

North East Cambridgeshire, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 34% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Steve Barclay

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
0.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.7%
  • Conservative 34.1%
  • Labour 10.8%
  • Green 8.9%
  • Lib Dems 7.1%
  • Other 4.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereNorth East Cambridgeshire 34.7%34.1%10.8%8.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.4 18.9% +15.2 21.7% −10.9 11.8% −2.9

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
18.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-17.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Steve Barclay Elected Conservative 16,246 41.5
Chris Thornhill Reform UK 9,057 23.1
Javeria Hussain Labour 8,008 20.4
David Chalmers Lib Dems 2,716 6.9
Andrew Crawford Green 2,001 5.1
David Patrick Other 958 2.5
Clayton Payne Other 190 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,035
Median age
45
Employment rate
78.3%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029