Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)
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Eastbourne is a parliamentary constituency
represented in the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. It elects one Member of Parliament
(MP) by the first-past-the-post
system of election. Traditionally a safe Conservative seat, Eastbourne became very marginal following the 1990 by-election between the Conservative
s and Liberal Democrats
for many years. The Liberal Democrats gained the seat at the 2010 general election.
in East Sussex
, in particular the whole Borough of Eastbourne, along with some nearby villages such as Willingdon
and Wannock.
. 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:
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
represented in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) by the first-past-the-post
First-past-the-post
First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...
system of election. Traditionally a safe Conservative seat, Eastbourne became very marginal following the 1990 by-election between the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
s and Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
for many years. The Liberal Democrats gained the seat at the 2010 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency is presently made up of all nine electoral wards of Eastbourne Borough Council, as well as Willingdon ward from Wealden District Council. It covers the town of EastbourneEastbourne
Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head...
in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, in particular the whole Borough of Eastbourne, along with some nearby villages such as Willingdon
Willingdon and Jevington
Willingdon and Jevington is one of the civil parishes in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The two villages lie one mile south of Polegate. The two parishes, two decades ago, were separate; the merger of the two has produced a parish of over 6,000 people...
and Wannock.
History
This seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...
. Its territory had previously been incorporated in the East Sussex constituency
East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
East Sussex was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system....
, which in turn had been created by the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
as a division of the Sussex constituency
Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
Sussex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
.
There have been four by-elections in the constituency:
- Eastbourne by-election, 1925Eastbourne by-election, 1925The Eastbourne by-election, 1925 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 17 June 1925 for the House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex.- Vacanacy :...
(held by the Conservatives), following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir George Ambrose Lloyd - Eastbourne by-election, 1932Eastbourne by-election, 1932The Eastbourne by-election, 1932 was a by-election held on 28 April 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex....
(held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP Edward MarjoribanksEdward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician)Edward Marjoribanks was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the 1929 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Eastbourne in East Sussex, and held the seat at the 1931 general election... - Eastbourne by-election, 1935Eastbourne by-election, 1935The Eastbourne by-election, 1935 was a by-election held on 29th March 1935 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex....
(held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP John SlaterJohn Slater (UK politician)John Slater was an English Conservative Party politician.In 1932, Slater was elected as Member of Parliament for Eastbourne in East Sussex, in an unopposed by-election on 29th March following the death of Conservative MP Edward Marjoribanks.Slater held the seat for less than three years, dying... - Eastbourne by-election, 1990Eastbourne by-election, 1990The Eastbourne by-election, 1990 was a by-election held on 18 October 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex....
(won by the Liberal Democrats), following the death of the Conservative MP Ian GowIan GowIan Reginald Edward Gow TD was a British Conservative politician and solicitor. While serving as Member of Parliament for Eastbourne, he was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army who exploded a bomb under his car outside his home in East Sussex.-Life:Ian Gow was born at 3 Upper...
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Edward Field Edward Field (MP) Edward Field was a Royal Navy officer and English Conservative politician. Field was born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire and joined the Royal Navy, becoming a lieutenant on 20 December 1851. From 1 January 1857 he was a lieutenant on gunneryship HMS Excellent at Portsmouth. He was promoted to... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
Sir Lindsay Hogg Sir Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg, 1st Baronet Sir Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg, 1st Baronet was a British horse breeder and Member of Parliament for Eastbourne from 1900 to 1906.-Life:... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
Hubert Beaumont Hubert Beaumont (Liberal politician) Hubert George Beaumont , styled The Honourable from 1906, was a British politician.He was third the son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale and his wife Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh, daughter of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. Beaumont was educated at Eton College and then at... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| Jan 1910 | Rupert Gwynne Rupert Gwynne Rupert Sackville Gwynne , was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Eastbourne from 1910 to 1924.-Early years:... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *... |
Sir George Lloyd | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1925 by-election Eastbourne by-election, 1925 The Eastbourne by-election, 1925 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 17 June 1925 for the House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex.- Vacanacy :... |
Sir William Hall William Reginald Hall Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall, KCMG, CB, RN was the British Director of Naval Intelligence from 1914 to 1919... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***... |
Edward Marjoribanks Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician) Edward Marjoribanks was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.At the 1929 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Eastbourne in East Sussex, and held the seat at the 1931 general election... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1932 by-election Eastbourne by-election, 1932 The Eastbourne by-election, 1932 was a by-election held on 28 April 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex.... |
John Slater John Slater (UK politician) John Slater was an English Conservative Party politician.In 1932, Slater was elected as Member of Parliament for Eastbourne in East Sussex, in an unopposed by-election on 29th March following the death of Conservative MP Edward Marjoribanks.Slater held the seat for less than three years, dying... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1935 Eastbourne by-election, 1935 The Eastbourne by-election, 1935 was a by-election held on 29th March 1935 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex.... |
Sir Charles Taylor Charles Taylor (UK politician) Sir Charles Stuart Taylor was an English businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1935 to 1974.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| Feb 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
Ian Gow Ian Gow Ian Reginald Edward Gow TD was a British Conservative politician and solicitor. While serving as Member of Parliament for Eastbourne, he was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army who exploded a bomb under his car outside his home in East Sussex.-Life:Ian Gow was born at 3 Upper... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1990 by-election Eastbourne by-election, 1990 The Eastbourne by-election, 1990 was a by-election held on 18 October 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex.... |
David Bellotti David Bellotti David Frank Bellotti is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was Member of Parliament for the Eastbourne constituency from 1990 to 1992.... |
Liberal Democrat | |
| 1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil... |
Nigel Waterson Nigel Waterson Nigel Christopher Waterson is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Conservative Party member of Parliament for Eastbourne until the 2010 election. He was first elected in 1992... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 2010 | Stephen Lloyd Stephen Lloyd Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd is a British Liberal Democrat politician and business development consultant. He is the Member of Parliament for Eastbourne.-Biography:... |
Liberal Democrat | |
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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.Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1920s
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)