Wisbech (UK Parliament constituency) Wisbech (UK Parliament constituency) Wisbech is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of an undivided Cambridgeshire county constituency in 1885 and was itself abolished in 1918. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 split the former three-member Cambridgeshire parliamentary county into three single-member divisions. One of these was the Northern or Wisbech Division. During the committee stage of the 1885 bill, the MP for Cambridge University, Henry Raikes made an unsuccessful attempt to rename the constituency as the "Northern or Isle of Ely Division". The constituency consisted of the towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and
Port of Wisbech marshes provided rich productive farmland, bringing prosperity to the port of Wisbech. Regular shipments of corn and oil seed rape to the coast and continent, and imports which included coal from the North and timber from the Baltic. In 2004 the port was taken over by Fenland district council. Approx annual tonnage - 800,000. Connections to major transport links - A17, A47 east coast to A1/M1 carriageway. Port of Wisbech Port of Wisbech is an inland port on River Nene in Wisbech, United Kingdom. It is mainly used for cargo and industrial purposes nowadays. Southern part of the port houses