About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Steve Barclay) represents you, and all of the people who live in North East Cambridgeshire, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for North East Cambridgeshire

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @SteveBarclay
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Steve Barclay campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Home Department
• Home Office
• Defence
• Treasury
• Departmental Procurement
• Radicalism
• Senior Civil Servants
• Departmental Dismissal
• Departmental Expenditure

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Dec 2024)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 4 Dec 2024)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (since 4 Dec 2024)
• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (since 4 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Finance Committee (Commons) (since 3 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Finance Committee (Commons) (since 3 Dec 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (25 Nov 2024 to 3 Dec 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (13 Nov 2023 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (25 Oct 2022 to 13 Nov 2023)
• Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ( 5 Jul 2022 to 6 Sep 2022)
• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( 8 Feb 2022 to 5 Jul 2022)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission ( 1 Oct 2021 to 7 Dec 2021)
• Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (16 Sep 2021 to 8 Feb 2022)
• The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (13 Feb 2020 to 16 Sep 2021)
• The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (16 Nov 2018 to 31 Jan 2020)
• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) ( 9 Jan 2018 to 16 Nov 2018)
• The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (14 Jun 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (17 Jul 2016 to 14 Jun 2017)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (13 May 2015 to 17 Jul 2016)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 23 Jun 2014)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Malcolm Moss
• Clement Freud

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Savings (Government Contributions) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Trade Union Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall 22 Jul 2025

  Future of gene editing in the UK – Steve Barclay. Westminster Hall debate; 11:00 am – 11:30 am

• Local Government Reform: Cambridgeshire 8 Jul 2025

  If it is the Minister’s argument, as he has just set out, that it is not for Government to dictate the territory that would be covered, why do two different Government Departments appear to be dictating two different things? On ICBs, there is one geography, and then from his Department there are three options that cover a different alignment. I will just take the example of transport. In...

• Local Government Reform: Cambridgeshire 8 Jul 2025

  My neighbour and hon. Friend is making an extremely effective case illustrating just how cosmetic the consultation is. His councillors’ concerns are shared by councillors in Fenland. Specifically, there is no detail on the different assets of local authorities, and no detail on key services that matter hugely. In Fenland, for example, we have free car parking. It is strongly valued by...

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