The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 75,915 · 2023 boundaries

North West Cambridgeshire.

Labour Party MP Sam Carling holds the seat on 33.3% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentSam Carling · Labour Party
CouncilsPeterborough · Huntingdonshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001401
Electorate · 2024
75.9k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
33.3%
Labour Party · +0.1pp over Con
Settlements
14
Largest: Peterborough
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
16.9
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

One of Labour's 2024 intake, Sam Carling has carved out a visible presence in less than two years. His most notable recent action was raising at PMQs the issue of religious charities promoting misogyny -- citing a National Secular Society report -- and pressing for legal reform, work that drew coverage from national secular and political press. He also secured a government commitment to overhaul taxi licensing rules, with ministers explicitly crediting his campaign -- a concrete win on a local safety issue. Earlier this year he drew on personal experience of being raised as a Jehovah's Witness to publicly argue for mandatory reporting laws on child abuse, backing that with a broader legislative push.

Carling votes at 92% participation -- above the Commons average -- and has not once broken from the Labour whip across 476 recorded votes. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, low alignment with Lords scrutiny and parliamentary oversight. His deviations from the Labour average cluster around assisted dying: he sits slightly more sceptical of assisted dying access and slightly more supportive of civil liberties measures than his parliamentary colleagues, though the differences are modest.

His 151 contributions span local government, the economy, social care, crime, and housing -- a generalist workload that reflects constituency breadth. He sits on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, which aligns with a pattern of interest in accountability and legal reform. News coverage over the past 90 days runs to over 100 articles, though average sentiment scores are close to neutral, suggesting steady local coverage rather than any single controversy. Overall, the data shows an active, loyalist backbencher building a profile through personal campaigning rather than parliamentary rebellion.

33.3%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
13
Wards · 18 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.13 wards · 18 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Barnack Kevin Tighe524Peterborough ConMay 2025
Fletton Ed Murphy1,007Peterborough ConMay 2026
Fletton Stanground Christian Hogg919Peterborough ConMay 2026
Glinton Castor Neil David Boyce714Peterborough ConMay 2024
Hampton Vale Paul Wiggin558Peterborough ConMay 2026
Hargate Hempsted Vishal Vichare674Peterborough ConMay 2026
Orton Longueville Philip Anthony Whitworth775Peterborough ConMay 2026
Orton Waterville Alex Bowerbanks1,187Peterborough ConMay 2026
Ramsey(3 seats)Tobias · Maheshwari · Coogan3,264Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
Stanground South Peter David Reeve902Peterborough ConMay 2026
Stilton Folksworth Washingley(2 seats)Beuttell · Alban2,487Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026
Wittering Gavin Anthony Elsey395Peterborough ConMay 2024
Yaxley(3 seats)Wood · Francis · Gammons3,512Huntingdonshire ConMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.14 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Peterborough (71,414), with Yaxley (Huntingdonshire) (9,603) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 111,930.

city 71,414town 15,951village 24,565

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Peterborough71,414city
Yaxley (Huntingdonshire)9,603town
Rural & dispersed6,348town
Ramsey4,873village
Wittering3,362village
Stilton3,038village
Showing 6 of 14·All 14 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate63.4%57.1%+11%
Owner-occupied63.3%63.1%0%
Private rented21.9%20.0%+9%
Social rented14.8%16.8%-12%

Ethnicity.

White84.8%
Asian6.7%
Black3.8%
Mixed3.2%
Other1.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.3% Female 50.7% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£27,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£37,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,595
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
50
39 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
66.1%
Attainment 8: 45.7

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£361m
Taxpayers60,000
Median per taxpayer£2,870
Mean per taxpayer£5,980

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Peterborough and Huntingdonshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
16.9
-19% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.6
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
41% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences6.9
Anti-social behaviour2.8
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Other theft1.0
Public order1.0
Shoplifting0.7
Burglary0.7

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Sam CarlingWONLab14,78533.3
Shailesh VaraCon14,74633.2
James SidlowRef8,74119.7
Bridget SmithLD3,1927.2
Elliot TongGrn2,9606.7

Turnout 44,424

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Shailesh VaraCon62.5
2017Shailesh VaraCon58.6
2015Shailesh VaraCon52.5
2010Vara, ShaileshCon50.5
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission