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List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

The ceremonial county of East Sussex, (which includes the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove) is divided into 9 parliamentary constituencies - 4 borough constituencies and 5 county constituencies, one of which crosses the county border with West Sussex.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤   Green ♣

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[1] Map
Bexhill and Battle CC 72,209 2,657   Kieran Mullan † Christine Bayliss ‡ Rother District Council: Bexhill Central, Bexhill Collington, Bexhill Kewhurst, Bexhill Old Town and Worsham, Bexhill Pebsham and St. Michaels, Bexhill Sackville, Bexhill St. Marks, Bexhill St. Stephens, Bexhill Sidley, Brede and Udimore, Burwash and the Weald, Catsfield and Crowhurst, Hurst Green and Ticehurst, North Battle, Netherfield and Whatlington, Northern Rother, Robertsbridge, Sedlescombe and Westfield, South Battle and Telham. Wealden District Council: Herstmonceux and Pevensey Levels, Pevensey Bay.
 
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven BC 68,784 9,609   Chris Ward ‡   Khobi Vallais † Brighton and Hove City Council: East Brighton, Hanover and Elm Grove (polling district PHEA and polling district PHEF to the east of Queen's Park Road), Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, Queen's Park, Rottingdean Coastal, Woodingdean. Lewes District Council: East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven East, Peacehaven North, Peacehaven West.
 
Brighton Pavilion BC 74,786 14,290   Siân Berry ♣   Tom Gray ‡ Brighton and Hove City Council: Hanover and Elm Grove (polling districts PHEB, PHEC, PHED and PHEE, and polling district PHEF to the west of Queen’s Park Road), Hollingdean and Stanmer, Patcham, Preston Park, Regency, St Peter's and North Laine, Withdean.
 
East Grinstead and Uckfield CC (part) 75,385 8,480   Mims Davies † Benedict Dempsey ¤ Lewes District Council: Chailey, Barcombe and Hamsey, Newick, Wivelsfield. Mid Sussex District Council: Ardingly and Balcombe, Ashurst Wood, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down and Turners Hill, East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne, East Grinstead Town, High Weald. Wealden District Council: Buxted, Danehill and Fletching, Forest Row, Maresfield, Uckfield East, Uckfield New Town, Uckfield North, Uckfield Ridgewood and Little Horsted.
 
Eastbourne BC 72,592 12,204 Josh Babarinde ¤   Caroline Ansell † Eastbourne Borough Council: Devonshire, Hampden Park, Langney, Meads, Old Town, Ratton, St Anthony's, Sovereign, Upperton.
 
Hastings and Rye CC 75,939 8,653   Helena Dollimore ‡   Sally-Ann Hart † Hastings Borough Council: Ashdown, Baird, Braybrooke, Castle, Central St Leonards, Conquest, Gensing, Hollington, Maze Hill, Old Hastings, Ore, Silverhill, St Helens, Tressell, West St Leonards, Wishing Tree. Rother District Council: Eastern Rother, Rye and Winchelsea, Southern Rother.
 
Hove and Portslade BC 74,063 19,881   Peter Kyle ‡   Sophie Broadbent ♣ Brighton and Hove City Council: Brunswick and Adelaide, Central Hove, Goldsmid, Hangleton and Knoll, North Portslade, South Portslade, Westbourne, Wish.
 
Lewes CC 76,166 12,624 James MacCleary ¤   Maria Caulfield † Lewes District Council: Ditchling and Westmeston, Kingston, Lewes Bridge, Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Newhaven North, Newhaven South, Ouse Valley and Ringmer, Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington and St. John, Seaford Central, Seaford East, Seaford North, Seaford South, Seaford West. Wealden District Council: Arlington, Lower Willingdon, Polegate Central, Polegate North, Polegate South and Willingdon Watermill, South Downs, Stone Cross, Upper Willingdon.
 
Sussex Weald CC 72,897 6,842   Nus Ghani † Danielle Newson ¤ Wealden District Council: Chiddingly, East Hoathly and Waldron, Crowborough Central, Crowborough Jarvis Brook, Crowborough North, Crowborough St. Johns, Crowborough South East, Crowborough South West, Framfield and Cross-in-Hand, Frant and Wadhurst, Hadlow Down and Rotherfield, Hailsham Central, Hailsham East, Hailsham North, Hailsham North West, Hailsham South, Hailsham West, Hartfield, Heathfield North, Heathfield South, Hellingly, Horam and Punnetts Town, Mayfield and Five Ashes, Withyham.
 

Boundary changes

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2010

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Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 8 constituencies in East Sussex, with minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with those of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Bexhill and Battle CC
  2. Brighton, Kemptown BC
  3. Brighton, Pavilion BC
  4. Eastbourne BC
  5. Hastings and Rye CC
  6. Hove BC
  7. Lewes CC
  8. Wealden CC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex
 
Proposed Revision

2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Bexhill and Battle CC
  2. Brighton, Kemptown BC
  3. Brighton, Pavilion BC
  4. Eastbourne BC
  5. Hastings and Rye CC
  6. Hove BC
  7. Lewes CC
  8. Wealden CC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex
  1. Bexhill and Battle CC
  2. Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven BC
  3. Brighton Pavilion BC
  4. East Grinstead and Uckfield CC
  5. Eastbourne BC
  6. Hastings and Rye CC
  7. Hove and Portslade BC
  8. Lewes CC
  9. Sussex Weald CC
 

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine East Sussex with West Sussex as a sub-region of the South East Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named East Grinstead and Uckfield. The resultant changes to existing constituencies entailed the abolition of Wealden and the creation of the new constituency of Sussex Weald. Brighton Kemptown was renamed Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, and, although its boundaries were unchanged, it was proposed that Hove be renamed Hove and Portslade.[2][3][4]

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Brighton and Hove

Containing electoral wards from Eastbourne

Containing electoral wards from Hastings

Containing electoral wards from Lewes

Containing electoral wards from Rother

Containing electoral wards from Wealden

  • Bexhill and Battle (part)
  • East Grinstead and Uckfield (part)1
  • Lewes (part)
  • Sussex Weald

1 Also contains part of Mid Sussex District in West Sussex

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising East Sussex in the 2019 general election were as follows:[nb 3]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 106,732 27.6%  0.3% 3  1
Conservative 88,069 22.8%  21.4% 2  3
Liberal Democrats 75,211 19.5%  2.6% 2  2
Greens 60,012 15.5%  5.4% 1 0
Reform 44,040 11.4%  10.3 0 0
Others 12,536 3.2%  2.8% 0 0
Total 386,600 100.0 8

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 13.6 15.2 17.5 29.2 30.2 25.4 20.1 22.9 32.2 27.3 27.6
Conservative 58.4 57.8 52.8 39.4 39.6 39.8 40.9 42.3 44.3 44.2 22.8
Liberal Democrat1 27.2 26.3 27.5 24.0 24.0 26.3 28.0 12.9 14.1 16.9 19.5
Green Party - * * * * * 5.7 10.1 7.8 10.1 15.5
Reform - - - - - - - - - 1.1 11.4
UKIP - - - * * * 2.8 11.6 1.3 * *
Other 0.9 0.7 2.1 7.4 6.2 8.6 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 3.2

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 4 5 3
Labour 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 1 2 2 3
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
Greens 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Total 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historic representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

The Local Government Act 1972 moved the District of Mid Sussex into West Sussex from East Sussex. This change was put into effect in the Parliamentary constituency boundaries for the 1983 boundary changes.

1885 to 1918

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  Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1885 1886 86 89 1892 93 1895 1900 03 05 1906 08 Jan 1910 10 Dec 1910 11 14
Brighton (Two members) Smith Robertson Loder Villiers Tryon
Marriott Vernon-Wentworth Ridsdale Rice Gordon Thomas-Stanford
East Grinstead Gregory Gathorne-Hardy Goschen Corbett Cautley
Eastbourne Field Hogg Beaumont Gwynne
Hastings Brassey Noble Lucas-Shadwell Freeman-Thomas H. du Cros A. du Cros
Lewes Aubrey-Fletcher Campion
Rye Brookfield Hutchinson Courthope

1918 to 1950

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  Conservative

Constituency 1918 21 1922 1923 24 1924 25 1929 1931 32 35 1935 36 37 40 41 44 1945
Brighton (Two members) Tryon Erskine Marlowe
Thomas-Stanford Rawson Teeling
East Grinstead Cautley Clarke
Eastbourne Gwynne Lloyd Hall Marjoribanks Slater Taylor
Hastings Lyon Percy Hely-Hutchinson Cooper-Key
Lewes Campion T. P. Beamish Loder T. P. Beamish T. V. Beamish
Rye Courthope Cuthbert

1950 to 1983

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 65 1966 69 1970 73 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Brighton Kemptown Johnson James Hobden Bowden
Brighton Pavilion Teeling Amery
East Grinstead Clarke Emmet Johnson Smith
Eastbourne Taylor Gow
Hastings Cooper-Key Warren
Hove Marlowe Maddan Sainsbury
Lewes Beamish Rathbone
Rye Irvine
Sussex Mid Renton

1983 to present

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  Conservative   Green   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 90 1992 1997 01 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 18 19 2019 24 2024
Bexhill and Battle Wardle → Barker Merriman Mullan
Brighton Kemptown / BK & Peacehaven ('24) Bowden Turner Kirby Russell-Moyle → Ward
Brighton Pavilion Amery Spencer Lepper Lucas Berry
Eastbourne Gow Bellotti Waterson Lloyd Ansell Lloyd → Ansell Babarinde
Hastings and Rye Warren Lait Foster Rudd → Hart Dollimore
Hove / Hove and Portslade ('24) Sainsbury Caplin Barlow Weatherley Kyle
Lewes Rathbone Baker Caulfield MacCleary
Wealden / Sussex Weald ('24) Johnson Smith Hendry Ghani
East Grinstead and Uckfield1 Davies

1partly in West Sussex


See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ Vote shares exclude the cross-county constituency of Mid Sussex, which has a predominantly West Sussex electorate

References

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  1. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/1230, retrieved 15 July 2024
  2. ^ Donnelly, Luke (8 June 2021). "How Sussex's constituency map is set to change forever". sussexlive. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ "The Sussex border changes planned that would affect where you live". The Argus. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 968-989. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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