Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Lewes in EastSussex.
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County | East Sussex |
Electorate | 67,590 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of parliament | Maria Caulfield (Conservative) |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Lewes is a constituency[n 1] in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Maria Caulfield, a Conservative.
Contents
Boundaries and constituency profile
The constituency is centred on the town of Lewes, for which it is named. However, the constituency also covers most of the Lewes district, including the coastal towns of Seaford and Newhaven, and parts of the Wealden district which are rural and semi-rural and all in outer parts of the London Commuter Belt, though with a high number of people who have retired from across the country.[2]
History
The constituency of Lewes has existed since commoners were first summoned to Parliament in 1295, the Model Parliament. This is the county town, though less significant in population today, far surpassed by the City of Brighton and Hove — it has nonetheless been continuously represented since that date.
From 1874 the constituency's electorate in elections sent only Conservative MPs except between 1997 and 2015.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295-1660
- Constituency created 1295
MPs 1660-1868
MPs since 1868
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maria Caulfield[9] | 19,206 | 38.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker[10] | 18,123 | 35.9 | -16.1 | |
UKIP | Ray Finch[11] | 5,427 | 10.7 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Lloyd Russell-Moyle[12] | 5,000 | 9.9 | +4.9 | |
Green | Alfie Stirling[13] | 2,784 | 5.5 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 50,540 | 72.7 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 26,048 | 52.0 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Jason Sugarman | 18,401 | 36.7 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Hratche Koundarjian | 2,508 | 5.0 | −4.3 | |
UKIP | Peter Charlton | 1,728 | 3.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Susan Murray | 729 | 1.5 | −0.8 | |
BNP | David Lloyd | 594 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Ondrej Soucek | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,647 | 15.3 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,088 | 72.9 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 24,376 | 52.4 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Rory Love | 15,902 | 34.2 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Richard Black | 4,169 | 9.0 | +1.7 | |
Green | Susan Murray | 1,071 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | John Petley | 1,034 | 2.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 8,474 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 46,552 | 69.4 | 0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 25,588 | 56.3 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Sinnatt | 15,878 | 34.9 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Paul Richards | 3,317 | 7.3 | −3.3 | |
UKIP | John Harvey | 650 | 1.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 9,710 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,433 | 68.5 | −7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 21,250 | 43.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 19,950 | 40.6 | −10.8 | |
Labour | Mark Patton | 5,232 | 10.6 | +2.4 | |
Referendum | Lucille Butler | 2,481 | 5.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Harvey | 256 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,300 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 49,169 | 76.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 33,042 | 54.6 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Norman Baker | 20,867 | 34.5 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Alison Chapman | 5,758 | 9.5 | +0.7 | |
Green | A. E. Beaumont | 719 | 1.2 | −0.5 | |
Natural Law | N. F. Clinch | 87 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,175 | 20.1 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 60,473 | 81.8 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 32,016 | 56.8 | −1.8 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | David Bellotti | 18,396 | 32.7 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Ralph Philip Taylor | 4,973 | 8.8 | +0.3 | |
Green | Andrew Godfrey Purvis Sherwood | 970 | 1.7 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 13,620 | 24.1 | |||
Turnout | 56,355 | 77.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 29,261 | 58.4 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | David Bellotti | 15,357 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | Debbie Sander | 4,244 | 8.5 | ||
Ecology | R. P. C. Mutter | 1,221 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 13,904 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,083 | 74.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 33,992 | 58.42 | ||
Liberal | G. Hook | 12,279 | 21.10 | ||
Labour | T. Forrester | 11,152 | 19.17 | ||
National Front | B. Webb | 764 | 1.31 | ||
Majority | 21,713 | 37.32 | |||
Turnout | 58,187 | 76.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 27,588 | 51.87 | ||
Liberal | G. Hook | 13,741 | 25.84 | ||
Labour | J. F. Little | 11,857 | 22.29 | ||
Majority | 13,847 | 26.04 | |||
Turnout | 53,186 | 73.81 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New constituency boundaries.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Rathbone | 30,423 | 52.94 | ||
Liberal | Malcolm Holt | 16,166 | 28.13 | ||
Labour | J. F. Little | 10,875 | 18.92 | ||
Majority | 14,257 | 24.81 | |||
Turnout | 57,464 | 80.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 33,592 | 58.34 | ||
Labour | Quintin Barry | 14,904 | 25.88 | ||
Liberal | Malcolm Holt | 9,083 | 15.77 | ||
Majority | 18,688 | 32.46 | |||
Turnout | 57,579 | 72.79 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 27,529 | 53.44 | ||
Labour | Roy Ellison Manley | 14,561 | 28.32 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Arthur Dowden | 9,328 | 18.14 | ||
Majority | 12,968 | 25.22 | |||
Turnout | 51,418 | 76.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 26,818 | 55.30 | ||
Labour | Reginald Edgar Fitch | 12,757 | 26.30 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Arthur Dowden | 8,924 | 18.40 | ||
Majority | 14,061 | 28.99 | |||
Turnout | 48,499 | 76.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 29,642 | 69.41 | ||
Labour | William Reay | 13,065 | 30.59 | ||
Majority | 16,577 | 38.82 | |||
Turnout | 42,707 | 75.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 24,938 | 66.80 | ||
Labour | John Lloyd-Eley | 12,392 | 33.20 | ||
Majority | 12,546 | 33.61 | |||
Turnout | 37,330 | 74.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 34,345 | 66.78 | ||
Labour | Albert William Briggs | 17,082 | 33.22 | ||
Majority | 17,263 | 33.57 | |||
Turnout | 51,478 | 78.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 30,430 | 58.50 | ||
Labour | Albert William Briggs | 15,023 | 28.88 | ||
Liberal | Florinda Kingdon-Ward | 6,565 | 12.62 | ||
Majority | 15,407 | 29.62 | |||
Turnout | 80.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 26,176 | 51.26 | ||
Labour | Albert Edward Oram | 18,511 | 36.25 | ||
Liberal | Peter Cadogan | 6,374 | 12.48 | ||
Majority | 7,665 | 15.01 | |||
Turnout | 71.87 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish | 14,646 | |||
Labour | Alban Godwin Gordon | 7,557 | |||
Majority | 7,089 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John de Vere Loder | 24,644 | 70.01 | ||
Labour | Frank Rivers Hancock | 10,559 | 29.99 | ||
Majority | 14,085 | 40.01 | |||
Turnout | 64.41 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John de Vere Loder | 25,181 | 81.29 | ||
Labour | Frank Rivers Hancock | 5,795 | 18.71 | ||
Majority | 19,386 | 62.58 | |||
Turnout | 70.87 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish | 15,230 | 53.7 | -19.0 | |
Labour | Alban Goodwin Gordon | 7,698 | 27.1 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Plunket Woodgate | 5,452 | 19.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,532 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 70.4 | +5.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish | 13,399 | 72.7 | ||
Labour | Basil William Reid Hall | 5,043 | 27.3 | ||
Majority | 8,356 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 64.7 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish | 9,584 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | Basil William Reid Hall | 6,112 | 33.2 | ||
Liberal | H Williams | 2,718 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 3,472 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 67.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Robert Campion | 9,474 | 59.6 | -8.4 | |
Labour | Basil William Reid Hall | 6,422 | 40.4 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 3,052 | 19.2 | -16.8 | ||
Turnout | 58.1 | -6.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | William Robert Campion | 11,345 | 68.0 | ||
Labour | Hugh Millier Black | 5,328 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 6,017 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 64.6 | +9.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | *Lt-Col. William Robert Campion | 7,792 | 62.8 | ||
Labour | Tom Pargeter | 4,164 | 33.6 | ||
Independent | Lt. Albert Edward Gardiner | 452 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 3,628 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 55.1 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
* endorsed by the Coalition Government
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.44 3.45 3.46 3.47 3.48 3.49 3.50 3.51 3.52 3.53 3.54 3.55 3.56 3.57 3.58 3.59 3.60 3.61 3.62 3.63 3.64 3.65 3.66 3.67 3.68 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ National Archives - The Glynde Place Archives
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lewes-2015.html
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lewes-2015.html
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/lewes/
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lewes-2015.html
- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lewes-2015.html
- ↑ UKPollingReport, Lewes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Sources
- The Parliamentary History of the Borough of Lewes 1295-1885
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
- Election results, 1951 - 2001 (Keele University)
- F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973. (ISBN 0-900178-07-8)
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1295
- Politics of East Sussex
- Lewes
- Politics of Wealden