List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex
# List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

The ceremonial county of East Sussex, (which includes the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove) is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies - 4 borough constituencies and 4 county constituencies.

## Constituencies

Conservative †  Labour ‡  Liberal Democrat ¤  Green ♣

| Constituency | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bexhill and Battle CC | 81,963 | 26,059 | Huw Merriman † | Christine Bayliss ‡ | Rother District Council: Battle Town, Central, Collington, Crowhurst, Darwell, Ewhurst and Sedlescombe, Kewhurst, Old Town, Rother Levels, Sackville, St Marks, St Michaels, St Stephens, Salehurst, Sidley, Ticehurst and Etchingham. Wealden District Council: Cross In Hand/Five Ashes, Heathfield East, Heathfield North and Central, Herstmonceux, Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling, Pevensey and Westham. |
| Brighton, Kemptown BC | 69,833 | 8,061 | Lloyd Russell-Moyle ‡ | Joe Miller † | Brighton and Hove City Council: East Brighton, 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 | 79,057 | 19,940 | Caroline Lucas ♣ | Adam Imanpour ‡ | Brighton and Hove City Council: Hanover and Elm Grove, Hollingbury and Stanmer, Patcham, Preston Park, Regency, St Peter's and North Laine, Withdean. |
| Eastbourne BC | 79,307 | 4,331 | Caroline Ansell † | Stephen Lloyd ¤ | Eastbourne Borough Council: Devonshire, Hampden Park, Langney, Meads, Old Town, Ratton, St Anthony's, Sovereign, Upperton; Wealden District Council: Willingdon |
| Hastings and Rye CC | 80,524 | 4,043 | Sally-Ann Hart † | Peter Chowney ‡ | Hastings Borough Council: Ashdown, Baird, Braybrooke, Castle, Central St Leonards, Conquest, Gensing, Hollington, Maze Hill, Old Hastings, Ore, St Helens, Silverhill, Tressell, West St Leonards, Wishing Tree. Rother District Council: Brede Valley, Eastern Rother, Marsham, Rye. |
| Hove BC | 74,313 | 17,044 | Peter Kyle ‡ | Robert Nemeth † | Brighton and Hove City Council: Brunswick and Adelaide, Central Hove, Goldsmid, Hangleton and Knoll, North Portslade, South Portslade, Stanford, Westbourne, Wish. |
| Lewes CC | 71,503 | 2,457 | Maria Caulfield † | Oli Henman ¤ | Lewes District Council: Barcombe and Hamsey, Chailey and Wivelsfield, Ditchling and Westmeston, Kingston, Lewes Bridge, Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Newhaven Denton and Meeching, Newhaven Valley, Newick, Ouse Valley and Ringmer, Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington and St John (Without), Seaford Central, Seaford East, Seaford North, Seaford South, Seaford West. Wealden District Council: Alfriston, East Dean, Polegate North, Polegate South. |
| Wealden CC | 82,998 | 25,655 | Nus Ghani † | Chris Bowers ¤ | Wealden District Council: Buxted and Maresfield, Chiddingly and East Hoathly, Crowborough East, Crowborough Jarvis Brook, Crowborough North, Crowborough St. Johns, Crowborough West, Danehill/Fletching/Nutley, Forest Row, Framfield, Frant/Withyham, Hailsham Central and North, Hailsham East, Hailsham South and West, Hartfield, Hellingly, Horam, Mayfield, Rotherfield, Uckfield Central, Uckfield New Town, Uckfield North, Uckfield Ridgewood, Wadhurst. |

## 2010 boundary changes

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–present |
| - | - | - |
| Bexhill and Battle CC Brighton, Kemptown BC Brighton, Pavilion BC Eastbourne BC Hastings and Rye CC Hove BC Lewes CC Wealden CC | Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex | Proposed Revision |

## Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that East Sussex be combined 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 would entail the abolition of Wealden and the creation of the new constituency of Sussex Weald. Brighton Kemptown will be renamed Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, and, although its boundaries are unchanged, it is proposed that Hove be renamed Hove and Portslade.

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Brighton and Hove

* Brighton Kemptown (part)
* Brighton Pavilion
* Hove and Portslade

Containing electoral wards from Eastbourne

* Eastbourne

Containing electoral wards from Hastings

* Hastings and Rye (part)

Containing electoral wards from Lewes

* Brighton Kemptown (part)
* East Grinstead and Uckfield $(part)^1$
* Lewes (part)

Containing electoral wards from Rother

* Bexhill and Battle (part)
* Hastings and Rye (part)

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

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

### 2019

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:

| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 197,728 | 44.2% | 0.1% | 5 | 1 |
| Labour | 121,935 | 27.3% | 4.9% | 2 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 75,754 | 16.9% | 2.8% | 0 | 1 |
| Greens | 45,128 | 10.1% | 2.3% | 1 | 0 |
| Brexit | 4,738 | 1.1% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 1,898 | 0.4% | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 447,181 | 100.0 | | 8 | |

### Percentage votes

| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 58.4 | 57.8 | 52.8 | 39.4 | 39.6 | 39.8 | 40.9 | 42.3 | 44.3 | 44.2 |
| Labour | 13.6 | 15.2 | 17.5 | 29.2 | 30.2 | 25.4 | 20.1 | 22.9 | 32.2 | 27.3 |
| Liberal $Democrat^1$ | 27.2 | 26.3 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 26.3 | 28.0 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 16.9 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 5.7 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 10.1 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.8 | 11.6 | 1.3 | * |
| Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1 |
| Other | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |

$^11983$ & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

### Seats

| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Liberal $Democrat^1$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

$^11983$ & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

### Maps

**1885-1910**

* 1885
* 1886
* 1892
* 1895
* 1900
* 1906
* Jan 1910
* Dec 1910

**1918-1945**

* 1918
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935
* 1945

**1950-1979**

* 1950
* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* Feb 1974
* Oct 1974
* 1979

**1983-present**

* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019

## Historic representation by party

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

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 | Smith | Robertson | Loder | Loder | Loder | Loder | Loder | Loder | Villiers | Villiers | Villiers | Tryon | Tryon | Tryon | Tryon | Tryon |
| Brighton (Two members) | Marriott | Marriott | Marriott | Marriott | Marriott | Vernon-Wentworth | Vernon-Wentworth | Vernon-Wentworth | Vernon-Wentworth | Vernon-Wentworth | Ridsdale | Ridsdale | Rice | Rice | Rice | Gordon | Thomas-Stanford |
| East Grinstead | Gregory | Gathorne-Hardy | Gathorne-Hardy | Gathorne-Hardy | Gathorne-Hardy | Gathorne-Hardy | Goschen | Goschen | Goschen | Goschen | Corbett | Corbett | Cautley | Cautley | Cautley | Cautley | Cautley |
| Eastbourne | Field | Field | Field | Field | Field | Field | Field | Hogg | Hogg | Hogg | Beaumont | Beaumont | Gwynne | Gwynne | Gwynne | Gwynne | Gwynne |
| Hastings | Brassey | Noble | Noble | Noble | Noble | Noble | Lucas-Shadwell | Freeman-Thomas | Freeman-Thomas | Freeman-Thomas | H. du Cros | A. du Cros | A. du Cros | A. du Cros | A. du Cros | A. du Cros | A. du Cros |
| Lewes | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Aubrey-Fletcher | Campion | Campion | Campion | Campion |
| Rye | Brookfield | Brookfield | Brookfield | Brookfield | Brookfield | Brookfield | Brookfield | Brookfield | Hutchinson | Hutchinson | Courthope | Courthope | Courthope | Courthope | Courthope | Courthope | Courthope |

### 1918 to 1950

Conservative

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

### 1950 to 1983

Conservative  Labour

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

### 1983 to present

Conservative  Green  Independent  Labour  Liberal Democrats

| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 90 | 1992 | 1997 | 01 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 18 | 19 | 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brighton Kemptown | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Turner | Turner | Turner | Turner | Kirby | Kirby | Russell-Moyle | Russell-Moyle | Russell-Moyle | Russell-Moyle |
| Brighton Pavilion | Amery | Amery | Amery | Spencer | Lepper | Lepper | Lepper | Lepper | Lucas | Lucas | Lucas | Lucas | Lucas | Lucas |
| Hastings and Rye | Warren | Warren | Warren | Lait | Foster | Foster | Foster | Foster | Rudd | Rudd | Rudd | Rudd | → | Hart |
| Hove | Sainsbury | Sainsbury | Sainsbury | Sainsbury | Caplin | Caplin | Caplin | Barlow | Weatherley | Kyle | Kyle | Kyle | Kyle | Kyle |
| Lewes | Rathbone | Rathbone | Rathbone | Rathbone | Baker | Baker | Baker | Baker | Baker | Caulfield | Caulfield | Caulfield | Caulfield | Caulfield |
| Eastbourne | Gow | Gow | Bellotti | Waterson | Waterson | Waterson | Waterson | Waterson | Lloyd | Ansell | Lloyd | → | → | Ansell |
| Bexhill and Battle | Wardle | Wardle | Wardle | Wardle | Wardle | → | Barker | Barker | Barker | Merriman | Merriman | Merriman | Merriman | Merriman |
| Wealden | Johnson Smith | Johnson Smith | Johnson Smith | Johnson Smith | Johnson Smith | Johnson Smith | Hendry | Hendry | Hendry | Ghani | Ghani | Ghani | Ghani | Ghani |
