Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 50°46′41″N 0°17′10″E / 50.778°N 0.286°E
Eastbourne | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Eastbourne in East Sussex. | |
Location of East Sussex within England. | |
County | East Sussex |
Electorate | 78,262 (May 2015)[1] |
Major settlements | Eastbourne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Caroline Ansell (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | East Sussex |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Eastbourne is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Caroline Ansell (Conservative).[n 2]
Constituency profile
Before 1990 almost always a safe Conservative seat, and with larger borders, Eastbourne since 1983 has been narrowed to the town and its immediate outskirts, primarily in the South Downs National Park. The town is towards the edge of the reasonable London Commuter Belt and is a coastal resort town that has had only marginal majorities following the 1990 by-election between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats for many years. A Liberal Democrat gained the seat at the 2010 general election, in an election which saw the 6th lowest Labour share of the vote of the 631 candidates who stood at the election, on 4.8%.[2]
Boundaries
The constituency comprises all nine electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough, as well as the wards of Willingdon and Wannock in the Wealden district.
History
This seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its territory had previously been incorporated in the East Sussex constituency, which in turn had been created by the Reform Act 1832 as a division of the Sussex constituency.
There have been four by-elections in the constituency:
- Eastbourne by-election, 1925 (held by the Conservatives), following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir George Ambrose Lloyd
- Eastbourne by-election, 1932 (held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP Edward Marjoribanks
- Eastbourne by-election, 1935 (held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP John Slater
- Eastbourne by-election, 1990 (won by the Liberal Democrats), following the assassination of the Conservative MP Ian Gow
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
This is second on the Liberal Democrats target list for the next election and their previous incumbent Stephen Lloyd will be standing once again.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Ansell | 20,934 | 39.6 | -1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Lloyd | 20,201 | 38.2 | -9.1 | |
UKIP | Nigel Jones | 6,139 | 11.6 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Jake Lambert[6] | 4,143 | 7.8 | +3.0 | |
Green | Andrew Durling[7] | 1,351 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Paul Howard | 139 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 733 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 52,907 | 67.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Lloyd | 24,658 | 47.3 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Nigel Waterson | 21,223 | 40.7 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Dave Brinson | 2,497 | 4.8 | −6.0 | |
Independent | Stephen Shing | 1,327 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Roger Needham | 1,305 | 2.5 | +0.0 | |
BNP | Colin Poulter | 939 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Baldry | 101 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Keith Gell | 74 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,435 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 52,124 | 67.0 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Waterson | 21,033 | 43.5 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Lloyd | 19,909 | 41.1 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Andrew Jones | 5,268 | 10.9 | −2.4 | |
UKIP | Andrew Meggs | 1,233 | 2.5 | +0.5 | |
Green | Clive Gross | 949 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,124 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 48,392 | 64.8 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Waterson | 19,738 | 44.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris Berry | 17,584 | 39.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Gillian Roles | 5,967 | 13.3 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Barry Jones | 907 | 2.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Theresia Williamson | 574 | 1.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,154 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,770 | 59.6 | −13.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Waterson | 22,183 | 42.1 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris Berry | 20,189 | 38.3 | −2.9 | |
Labour | David Lines | 6,576 | 12.5 | +7.8 | |
Referendum | Trevor Lowe | 2,724 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Theresia Williamson | 741 | 1.4 | ||
UKIP | John Dawkins | 254 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,994 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 52,667 | 72.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Waterson | 31,792 | 51.6 | −8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Bellotti | 26,311 | 42.7 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Ivan A. Gibbons | 2,834 | 4.6 | −4.2 | |
Green | David Aherne | 391 | 0.6 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Mrs MT Williamson | 296 | 0.5 | −29.3 | |
Majority | 5,481 | 8.9 | −21.3 | ||
Turnout | 61,624 | 80.9 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −10.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Bellotti | 23,415 | 50.8 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Hickmet | 18,865 | 41.0 | -18.9 | |
Labour | Charlotte Atkins | 2,308 | 5.0 | -3.8 | |
Green | David Aherne | 553 | 1.2 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Theresia Williamson | 526 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Corrective Party | Lady Whiplash | 216 | 0.5 | N/A | |
National Front | John McAuley | 154 | 0.3 | ||
Ironside Party | Eric Page | 35 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 4,550 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 46,072 | 60.7 | -14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gow | 33,587 | 59.9 | ||
Liberal | Peter Driver | 16,664 | 29.7 | ||
Labour | Ash Patel | 4,928 | 8.8 | ||
Green | Ruth Addison | 867 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 16,923 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 56,046 | 75.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gow | 31,501 | 59.1 | ||
Liberal | Peter Driver | 18,015 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | Charles Clark | 3,790 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 13,486 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 53,306 | 73.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gow | 37,168 | 63.05 | ||
Liberal | David Bellotti | 11,084 | 18.80 | ||
Labour | Len Caine | 10,166 | 17.24 | ||
National Front | C Mitchell | 533 | 0.90 | ||
Majority | 26,084 | 44.25 | |||
Turnout | 58,951 | 76.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gow | 30,442 | 54.66 | ||
Liberal | Gurth Hoyer-Millar | 14,417 | 25.89 | ||
Labour | Len Caine | 10,830 | 19.45 | ||
Majority | 16,025 | 28.78 | |||
Turnout | 55,689 | 74.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Gow | 31,462 | 51.31 | ||
Liberal | Stephen Terrell | 23,987 | 39.12 | ||
Labour | David Dawson | 5,874 | 9.58 | ||
Majority | 7,475 | 12.19 | |||
Turnout | 61,323 | 82.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Charles Stuart Taylor | 30,296 | 48.80 | ||
Liberal | Stephen Terrell | 23,308 | 37.55 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Cyril G Abley | 8,475 | 13.65 | ||
Majority | 6,988 | 11.26 | |||
Turnout | 62,079 | 73.67 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | - | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 26,039 | 46.26 | ||
Liberal | Stephen Terrell | 16,746 | 29.75 | ||
Labour | J H High | 12,620 | 22.42 | ||
Independent | V H Petty | 883 | 1.57 | ||
Majority | 9,293 | 16.51 | |||
Turnout | 56,288 | 77.24 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 26,410 | 49.01 | ||
Liberal | Stephen Terrell | 15,441 | 28.66 | ||
Labour | J E M Baker | 12,034 | 22.33 | ||
Majority | 10,969 | 20.36 | |||
Turnout | 53,885 | 76.70 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 27,874 | 57.28 | ||
Labour | A A Dumont | 11,837 | 24.32 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe | 8,955 | 18.40 | ||
Majority | 16,037 | 32.95 | |||
Turnout | 48,666 | 77.28 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 29,779 | 65.68 | ||
Labour | J.A. Lewis | 15,561 | 34.32 | ||
Majority | 14,218 | 31.36 | |||
Turnout | 75.81 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 39,278 | 67.15 | ||
Labour | Christopher Attlee | 19,217 | 32.85 | ||
Majority | 20,061 | 34.30 | |||
Turnout | 81.93 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 35,425 | 59.54 | ||
Labour | Reginald Groves | 18,304 | 30.77 | ||
Liberal | Cecil Herbert Louis Douglas Bate | 5,766 | 9.69 | ||
Majority | 17,121 | 28.78 | |||
Turnout | 85.08 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | 18,173 | 53.24 | ||
Labour | Duncan Newman Smith | 12,637 | 37.02 | ||
Liberal | John Stafford Gowland | 2,797 | 8.19 | ||
Independent National | William Reginald Hipwell | 524 | 1.54 | ||
Majority | 5,536 | 16.22 | |||
Turnout | 77.35 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Taylor | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Slater | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Marjoribanks | 31,240 | 85.31 | ||
Labour | A.J. Marshall | 5,379 | 14.69 | ||
Majority | 25,861 | 70.62 | |||
Turnout | 71.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edward Marjoribanks | 18,157 | 49.9 | -8.5 | |
Labour | R S Chatfield | 8,204 | 22.5 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Clive Stuart Saxon Burt | 7,812 | 21.4 | -3.3 | |
Independent Unionist | P E Hurst | 2,277 | 6.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,953 | 27.4 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,450 | 74.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir William Reginald Hall | 12,741 | 58.4 | -9.5 | |
Liberal | Harcourt Johnstone | 5,386 | 24.7 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams | 3,696 | 16.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 7,355 | 33.7 | -18.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,823 | 60.7 | -14.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rt Hon. Sir George Ambrose Lloyd | 17,533 | 67.9 | +14.1 | |
Liberal | J J Davies | 4,168 | 16.1 | -30.1 | |
Labour | D J Davis | 4,138 | 16.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 13,365 | 51.8 | +44.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,839 | 77.6 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +22.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rupert Sackville Gwynne | 13,276 | 53.8 | -6.7 | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Thomas Wiles | 11,396 | 46.2 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,880 | 7.6 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 77.0 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Rupert Sackville Gwynne | 14,601 | 60.5 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Duke | 9,550 | 39.5 | +29.1 | |
Majority | 5,051 | 21.0 | -16.6 | ||
Turnout | 77.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -16.1 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 11,357 | 63.6 | |||
Labour | Thomas Burleigh Hasdell | 4,641 | 26.0 | ||
Liberal | Sir Alfred John Callaghan | 1,852 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 6,716 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 59.8 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hubert George Beaumont | 5,933 | 52.8 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Sir Lindsay Hogg | 5,303 | 47.2 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 630 | 5.6 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 87.0 | +5.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.6 | |||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Eastbourne - Election Results". House of Commons Library. May 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000684
- ↑ http://eastbournelabour.blogspot.co.uk/p/parliamentary-selection.html
- ↑ http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/green-party-announces-eastbourne-candidate-1-6526449
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Eastborne election results". BBC. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992
- Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
- Election results, 1950 - 2001 (Keele University)
- The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
- Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.