East Cambridgeshire

East Cambridgeshire District
Non-metropolitan district
Ely Cathedral
East Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Cambridgeshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Ely
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	East Cambridgeshire District Council
• Leadership	Alternative – Sec. 31 (Conservative)
• MPs	Steve Barclay Charlotte Cane
Area [1]
• Total	251 sq mi (651 km2)
• Rank	53rd (of 296)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	89,394
• Rank	267th (of 296)
• Density	360/sq mi (140/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [3]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.5% White 2.1% Mixed 1.9% Asian 0.8% Black 0.7% other
Religion (2021) [3]
• Religion	List 48.5% Christianity 42.9% no religion 8% other 0.6% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	12UC (ONS) E07000009 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL535799

East Cambridgeshire (locally known as East Cambs) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in the cathedral city of Ely. The district also contains the towns of Littleport and Soham and surrounding rural areas, including parts of the Fens.

Since 2017 the district has been a constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by the directly elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.^[4]

The neighbouring districts are South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Fenland, King's Lynn and West Norfolk and West Suffolk.