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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Eastbourne</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">Borough constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/South_East_England_-_Eastbourne_constituency.svg/255px-South_East_England_-_Eastbourne_constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="255" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/South_East_England_-_Eastbourne_constituency.svg/383px-South_East_England_-_Eastbourne_constituency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/South_East_England_-_Eastbourne_constituency.svg/510px-South_East_England_-_Eastbourne_constituency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="946" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boundary of Eastbourne in South East England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_registration_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Electoral registration in the United Kingdom">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">73,322 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Major settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Current constituency</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Babarinde" title="Josh Babarinde">Josh Babarinde</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">One</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Sussex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)">East Sussex</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eastbourne</b> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies">constituency</a> for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a>. It was created as one of nine in <a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a> in <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">1885</a>, since when it has reduced in geographic size reflecting the growth of its main settlement, <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat has been represented since 2024 by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Babarinde" title="Josh Babarinde">Josh Babarinde</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constituency_profile">Constituency profile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Constituency profile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The constituency contains urban and suburban developments, with its boundaries since 2024 matching those of <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_Borough_Council" title="Eastbourne Borough Council">Eastbourne Borough Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-consituencies-order-2023_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-consituencies-order-2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a> itself is on the edge of the <a href="/wiki/London_Commuter_Belt" class="mw-redirect" title="London Commuter Belt">London Commuter Belt</a> and is a <a href="/wiki/Coastal_resort_town" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal resort town">coastal resort town</a>. The Eastbourne seat has narrowed at every <a href="/wiki/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)" title="Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commission</a> Periodic Review, as the population of the core town has grown, having previously included neighbouring towns such as <a href="/wiki/Willingdon_and_Jevington" title="Willingdon and Jevington">Willingdon</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Dean_and_Friston" title="East Dean and Friston">East Dean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Polegate" title="Polegate">Polegate</a>. </p><p>Chris Hanretty, the Professor of Politics at Royal Holloway, estimated that Eastbourne voted 57.6% to 42.4% in favour of <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">leaving the European Union</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin">Origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This seat was created by the <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">Redistribution of Seats Act 1885</a>. This zone had been in the <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)">East Sussex constituency</a>, which in turn had been created with two seats by the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Act_1832" title="Reform Act 1832">Reform Act 1832</a> as a division of the 13th century-founded <a href="/wiki/Sussex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)">Sussex parliamentary county</a> which had two seats (returned two <a href="/wiki/Knights_of_the_shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knights of the shire">knights of the shire</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_safe_seat_to_marginal_seat">From safe seat to marginal seat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: From safe seat to marginal seat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg/350px-Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg/525px-Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg/700px-Results_for_Eastbourne_since_1987.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="376" /></a><figcaption>Results of all deposit-keeping candidates in their bid be the MP for Eastbourne (UK House of Commons), from 1990 to 2019 inclusive</figcaption></figure> <p>With the exception of the landslide <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> victory in <a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a>, the seat returned Conservative Party candidates at every election from its creation in 1885 until 1987. The seat in the 1930s saw three unopposed candidates: in 1932, March 1935 and <a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">November 1935</a>. The large rural vote within the seat, until boundary changes in 1983, resulted in strong Conservative support – rural English voters tended to be richer and more right-wing (anti-<a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a>, pro-Empire before 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Establishmentarianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Establishmentarianism">pro-Established Church</a> and pro-defence) compared to other voters. </p><p>The seat was first won by the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> at the 1990 by-election. Although it was recaptured by the Conservatives at the subsequent <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">general election in 1992</a> and held until 2010, it became a <a href="/wiki/Marginal_seat" title="Marginal seat">marginal, or swing seat</a>, from 1990 onwards, being closely fought for between the two locally dominant parties. In the nine elections from 1990 to 2019, the winning majority was never more than 10%, and the seat has changed hands between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates at each of the five elections from 2010 to 2024 inclusive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_results">Recent results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recent results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Liberal Democrat, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a>, regained the seat at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, in a vote which saw Eastbourne return the sixth-lowest <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> share of the vote of the 631 candidates who stood at the election, with only 4.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the seat was won by <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a>, making it the 9th most marginal of the Conservative Party's 331 seats, by share of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ansell held the seat from 2015 to 2017 and again from 2019 to 2024, in both cases beating the Lloyd, who held it from 2010 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, the seat was once again recaptured for the Liberal Democrats by <a href="/wiki/Josh_Babarinde" title="Josh Babarinde">Josh Babarinde</a>, this time with a healthy majority of 26.8%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic">Historic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 260px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="260" data-overlays="["_aca2388312d3b1f094d3f76ab488394d8b7e0664"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,300x260.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Eastbourne_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&revid=1255603864&groups=_aca2388312d3b1f094d3f76ab488394d8b7e0664" width="300" height="260" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,300x260@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Eastbourne_%28UK_Parliament_constituency%29&revid=1255603864&groups=_aca2388312d3b1f094d3f76ab488394d8b7e0664 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Map of boundaries 2010–2024</div></div></div> <p><b>1885–1918</b>: The Corporate Towns of Pevensey and Seaford, the Sessional Divisions of Hailsham and Uckfield (except the parishes of East Hoathly and Waldron), and part of the Sessional Division of Lewes. </p><p><b>1918–1950</b>: The Borough of Eastbourne, the Rural District of Eastbourne, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the parishes of Arlington, Chalvington, Chiddingly, Hailsham, Hellingly, Laughton, and Ripe. </p><p><b>1950–1955</b>: The Boroughs of Eastbourne and Bexhill, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the parishes of East Dean, Friston, Hooe, Jevington, Ninfield, Pevensey, Polegate, Wartling, Westham, and Willingdon. </p><p><b>1955–1974</b>: The Borough of Eastbourne, and part of the Rural District of Hailsham. </p><p><b>1974–1983</b>: The Borough of Eastbourne, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the parishes of East Dean, Friston, Jevington, Pevensey, Polegate, Westdean, Westham, and Willingdon. </p><p><b>1983–1997</b>: The Borough of Eastbourne, and the District of Wealden wards of Polegate North, Polegate South, and Willingdon. </p><p><b>1997–2010</b>: As prior, substituting East Dean for the Polegate wards. </p><p><b>2010–2024</b>: As prior, less East Dean. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Further to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a> which came into effect for the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, the boundaries of the constituency are now coterminous with the Borough of Eastbourne.<sup id="cite_ref-consituencies-order-2023_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-consituencies-order-2023-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>In order to bring its electorate within the permitted range, the parts within the District of Wealden were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Lewes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewes</a> constituency.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/East_Sussex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)">East Sussex</a> prior to 1885</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election </th> <th>Member<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Field_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Field (MP)">Edward Field</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lindsay_Lindsay-Hogg,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg, 1st Baronet">Sir Lindsay Hogg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Beaumont_(Liberal_politician)" title="Hubert Beaumont (Liberal politician)">Hubert Beaumont</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">January 1910</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Lloyd,_1st_Baron_Lloyd" title="George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd">Sir George Lloyd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1925 Eastbourne by-election">1925 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Hall" title="Reginald Hall">Sir Reginald Hall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks_(Conservative_politician)" title="Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician)">Edward Marjoribanks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1932_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1932 Eastbourne by-election">1932 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Slater_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Slater (UK politician)">John Slater</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1935_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1935 Eastbourne by-election">1935 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Sir Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1990 Eastbourne by-election">1990 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Bellotti" title="David Bellotti">David Bellotti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Waterson" title="Nigel Waterson">Nigel Waterson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td> <i>December 2018</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td> <i>September 2019</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Babarinde" title="Josh Babarinde">Josh Babarinde</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By-elections">By-elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: By-elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1925_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1925 Eastbourne by-election">1925 Eastbourne by-election</a> (Con, hold), following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Ambrose_Lloyd,_1st_Baron_Lloyd" class="mw-redirect" title="George Ambrose Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd">George Ambrose Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1932 Eastbourne by-election">1932 Eastbourne by-election</a> (Con, hold), following the death of the Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks_(Conservative_politician)" title="Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician)">Edward Marjoribanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1935 Eastbourne by-election">1935 Eastbourne by-election</a> (Con, hold), following the death of the Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/John_Slater_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Slater (UK politician)">John Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1990 Eastbourne by-election">1990 Eastbourne by-election</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">LD</a>, gain), following the assassination of the Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow#Assassination" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> by members of the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional IRA</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2020s">Elections in the 2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">General election 2024</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Josh_Babarinde" title="Josh Babarinde">Josh Babarinde</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,742 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,538 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_UK" title="Reform UK">Reform UK</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mark Ashdown </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,061 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Richards </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,689 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Mike Munson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,424 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ian Garbutt </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45,608 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">72,592 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>15.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2010s">Elections in the 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> <a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">notional result</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2">Party </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px">Vote </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">24,137</td> <td align="right">47.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">21,969</td> <td align="right">42.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E4003B; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">3,560</td> <td align="right">6.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#12B6CF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a></td> <td align="right">1,408</td> <td align="right">2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td>Others</td> <td align="right">185</td> <td align="right">0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Turnout</b> </td> <td align="right">51,259 </td> <td align="right">69.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Electorate</b> </td> <td align="right">73,322 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">General election 2019</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,951 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,620 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jake Lambert </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,848 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #12B6CF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/The_Brexit_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="The Brexit Party">Brexit Party</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stephen Gander </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,530 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ken Pollock </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">185 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,331 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55,134 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">General election 2017</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,924 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,315 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jake Lambert </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,671 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alex Hough </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">510 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,609 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57,420 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_in_United_Kingdom_constituencies,_2010%E2%80%9315#Eastbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15">Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Eastbourne</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">General election 2015</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Ansell" title="Caroline Ansell">Caroline Ansell</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,934 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>39.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,201 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Nigel Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,139 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jake Lambert </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,143 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew Durling </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,351 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Paul Howard </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">139 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">733 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52,907 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">General election 2010</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2010_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2010-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,658 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Waterson" title="Nigel Waterson">Nigel Waterson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,223 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dave Brinson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,497 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Stephen Shing </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,327 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independence_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roger Needham </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,305 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">±0.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2e3b74; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Colin Poulter </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">939 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Michael Baldry </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">101 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Keith Gell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,435 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52,124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_2000s">Elections in the 2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections in the 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">General election 2005</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2005_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2005-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Waterson" title="Nigel Waterson">Nigel Waterson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,033 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>43.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−0.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lloyd" title="Stephen Lloyd">Stephen Lloyd</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,909 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,268 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independence_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Andrew Meggs </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,233 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clive Gross </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">949 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,392 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">General election 2001</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus2001_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus2001-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Waterson" title="Nigel Waterson">Nigel Waterson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>19,738 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Berry </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,584 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gillian Roles </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,967 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6D3177; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independence_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td class="fn">Barry Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">907 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theresia Williamson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">574 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44,770 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1990s">Elections in the 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">General election 1997</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1997_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1997-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Waterson" title="Nigel Waterson">Nigel Waterson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,183 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−10.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Chris Berry </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,189 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Lines </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,576 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #bf475c; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Party" title="Referendum Party">Referendum</a> </td> <td class="fn">Trevor Lowe </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,724 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theresia Williamson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">741 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #ffe4e1; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Dawkins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">254 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,994 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">52,667 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">72.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>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. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">General election 1992</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1992_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1992-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Waterson" title="Nigel Waterson">Nigel Waterson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,792 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Bellotti" title="David Bellotti">David Bellotti</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ivan A. Gibbons </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,834 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Aherne </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">391 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">MT Williamson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">296 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−29.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,481 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−21.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61,624 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−10.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1990_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1990 Eastbourne by-election">By-election 1990</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FAA61A; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/David_Bellotti" title="David Bellotti">David Bellotti</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,415 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+21.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hickmet" title="Richard Hickmet">Richard Hickmet</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,865 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Atkins" title="Charlotte Atkins">Charlotte Atkins</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,308 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #02A95B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Aherne </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">553 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #EB7A43; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Theresia Williamson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">526 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Corrective Party </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lindi_St_Claire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lindi St Claire">Lady Whiplash</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">216 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: MidnightBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> </td> <td class="fn">John McAuley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">154 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Ironside Party </td> <td class="fn">Eric Page </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,550 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,072 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+20.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1980s">Elections in the 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">General election 1987</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1987_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1987-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>33,587 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Driver </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,664 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ash Patel </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,928 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #528D6B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(UK)" title="Green Party (UK)">Green</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ruth Addison </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">867 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,923 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56,046 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">General election 1983</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus1983_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus1983-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,501 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Peter Driver </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,015 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+15.0 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Clark </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,790 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,486 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53,306 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-9.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>37,168 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+8.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Bellotti" title="David Bellotti">David Bellotti</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,084 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Len Caine </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,166 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: MidnightBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> </td> <td class="fn">C Mitchell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">533 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,084 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+15.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58,951 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+7.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,442 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gurth_Hoyer-Millar" title="Gurth Hoyer-Millar">Gurth Hoyer-Millar</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,417 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Len Caine </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,830 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,025 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55,689 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.55 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+8.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Ian Gow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,462 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Terrell" title="Stephen Terrell">Stephen Terrell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,987 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.1 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">David Dawson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.6 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,475 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.19 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61,323 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,296 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Terrell" title="Stephen Terrell">Stephen Terrell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,308 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.6 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Cyril George Abley </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,475 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.7 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,988 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62,079 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.67 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,039 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.26 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Terrell" title="Stephen Terrell">Stephen Terrell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,746 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.75 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Harold High </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,620 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.42 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Vernon Hubert Petty </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">883 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.57 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,293 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.51 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56,288 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,410 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.01 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Terrell" title="Stephen Terrell">Stephen Terrell</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,441 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.66 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joan E. M. Baker </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,034 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.33 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,969 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.35 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53,885 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.70 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27,874 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.28 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anthony Albert Dumont </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,837 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.32 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Gardner-Thorpe" title="Ronald Gardner-Thorpe">Ronald Gardner-Thorpe</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,955 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.40 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,037 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.96 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48,666 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29,779 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">65.68 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">John A. Lewis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,561 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.32 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,218 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.36 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">45,340 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,278 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.15 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christopher Attlee </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,217 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32.85 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,061 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34.30 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.93 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35,425 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.54 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Reginald Groves </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,304 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30.77 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Cecil Herbert Louis Douglas-Bate </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,766 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.69 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,121 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.77 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.08 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_in_the_1940s">Election in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Election in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,173 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">53.24 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Duncan Newman Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,637 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.02 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Stafford Gowland </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,797 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.19 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Independent National </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Reginald_Hipwell" title="William Reginald Hipwell">Reg Hipwell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">524 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.54 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,536 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,131 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.35 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1930s">Elections in the 1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">General election 1935</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1935 Eastbourne by-election">1935 Eastbourne by-election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(MP_for_Eastbourne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne)">Charles Taylor</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1932_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1932 Eastbourne by-election">1932 Eastbourne by-election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Slater_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Slater (UK politician)">John Slater</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election 1931</a>: Eastbourne </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks_(Conservative_politician)" title="Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician)">Edward Marjoribanks</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,240 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>85.31 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">A.J. Marshall </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,379 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.69 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,861 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.62 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,619 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">71.86 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1920s">Elections in the 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>1929 general election: Eastbourne <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Marjoribanks_(Conservative_politician)" title="Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician)">Edward Marjoribanks</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>18,157 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>49.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard S Chatfield </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,204 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Clive Stuart Saxon Burt </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,812 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.3 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">P E Hurst </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,277 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,953 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,450 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+13.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1925_Eastbourne_by-election" title="1925 Eastbourne by-election">1925 Eastbourne by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Hall" title="Reginald Hall">Reginald Hall</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,741 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−9.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harcourt_Johnstone" title="Harcourt Johnstone">Harcourt Johnstone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,386 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Williams_(Labour_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Williams (Labour politician)">Thomas Williams</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,696 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,355 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,823 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-9.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>1924 general election: Eastbourne <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Lloyd,_1st_Baron_Lloyd" title="George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd">George Lloyd</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,533 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>67.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+14.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joseph James Davies </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,168 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−30.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">D J Davis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,138 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,365 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">51.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+44.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,839 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+22.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">General election 1923</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-Craig,_F._W._S._1983_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig,_F._W._S._1983-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,276 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−6.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wiles" title="Thomas Wiles">Thomas Wiles</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,396 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,880 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,672 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-6.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">General election 1922</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-Craig,_F._W._S._1983_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig,_F._W._S._1983-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,601 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edward Duke </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,550 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+29.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,051 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−16.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,151 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">-16.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rupert_Gwynne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Rupert_Gwynne.jpg/120px-Rupert_Gwynne.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Rupert_Gwynne.jpg/180px-Rupert_Gwynne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Rupert_Gwynne.jpg/240px-Rupert_Gwynne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption>Gwynne</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">General election 1918</a>: Eastbourne <sup id="cite_ref-Craig,_F._W._S._1983_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig,_F._W._S._1983-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px"><b><a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon"><span style="color:white">C</span></a></b> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>11,357</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>63.6</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><b>+5.3 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Burleigh Hasdell </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,641 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_John_Callaghan" title="Alfred John Callaghan">Alfred John Callaghan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,852 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−31.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,716 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+21.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,850 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−23.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+18.3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>C</b> <small>indicates <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Coupon" title="Coalition Coupon">candidate endorsed by the coalition government</a>.</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>General Election 1914–15</b>: </p><p>Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; </p> <ul><li><b>Unionist</b>: <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a></li> <li><b>Liberal</b>:</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hector_Morison.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Hector_Morison.jpg/120px-Hector_Morison.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Hector_Morison.jpg/180px-Hector_Morison.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Hector_Morison.jpg/240px-Hector_Morison.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="1023" /></a><figcaption>Morison</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election December 1910</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-auto_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,873 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−0.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hector_Morison" title="Hector Morison">Hector Morison</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,920 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,953 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,793 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">83.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14,172 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election January 1910</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-auto_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,553 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+11.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hector_Morison" title="Hector Morison">Hector Morison</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,249 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,304 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,802 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">90.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14,172 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+11.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hubert_Beaumont_(London_Daily_News_portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Hubert_Beaumont_%28London_Daily_News_portrait%29.jpg/120px-Hubert_Beaumont_%28London_Daily_News_portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Hubert_Beaumont_%28London_Daily_News_portrait%29.jpg/180px-Hubert_Beaumont_%28London_Daily_News_portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Hubert_Beaumont_%28London_Daily_News_portrait%29.jpg/240px-Hubert_Beaumont_%28London_Daily_News_portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>Beaumont</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">General election 1906</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Beaumont_(Liberal_politician)" title="Hubert Beaumont (Liberal politician)">Hubert Beaumont</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,933 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lindsay_Lindsay-Hogg,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg, 1st Baronet">Lindsay Hogg</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,303 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−6.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">630 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,236 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">87.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">12,913 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">General election 1900</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_Lindsay_Lindsay-Hogg,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg, 1st Baronet">Lindsay Hogg</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,948 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Seymour Brand </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,254 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">694 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,202 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">11,248 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.4 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">General election 1895</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Field_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Edward Field (Royal Navy officer)">Edward Field</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,139 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Seymour Brand </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,079 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,218 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,563 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">General election 1892</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Field_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Edward Field (Royal Navy officer)">Edward Field</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>4,037 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−7.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Seymour Brand </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,674 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">47.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+7.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">363 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−15.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,711 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">10,029 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−7.7 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1880s">Elections in the 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">General election 1886</a>: Eastbourne<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Field_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Edward Field (Royal Navy officer)">Edward Field</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,760 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Clifton_Brown" title="James Clifton Brown">James Clifton Brown</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,501 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,259 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+19.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,261 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−9.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,504 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">General election 1885</a>: Eastbourne <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-craig1885_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Field_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Edward Field (Royal Navy officer)">Edward Field</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>3,561 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Ambrose Wallis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,497 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">49.5 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,058 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">83.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">8,504 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_East_Sussex" title="List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex">List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_constituencies_in_South_East_England" title="Parliamentary constituencies in South East England">List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Commissions_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+Data+1983&rft.pub=Electoral+Calculus&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcalculus.co.uk%2Felectdata_1983.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEastbourne+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Craig,_F._W._S._1983-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Craig,_F._W._S._1983_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Craig,_F._W._S._1983_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Craig,_F._W._S._1983_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X">0-900178-06-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-craig1885-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-craig1885_28-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1974" class="citation book cs1">Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). <i>British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918</i>. London: Macmillan Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781349022984" title="Special:BookSources/9781349022984"><bdi>9781349022984</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Parliamentary+Election+Results%3A+1885%E2%80%931918&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macmillan+Press&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=9781349022984&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEastbourne+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceB-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceB_29-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Liberal Year Book, 1907</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceC-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceC_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceC_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001928/18860623/143/0008">"Meeting of the Council"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_Gazette" title="Eastbourne Gazette">Eastbourne Gazette</a></i>. 23 June 1886. p. 8<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 November</span> 2017</span> – via <a href="/wiki/British_Newspaper_Archive" title="British Newspaper Archive">British Newspaper Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Eastbourne+Gazette&rft.atitle=Meeting+of+the+Council&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1886-06-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0001928%2F18860623%2F143%2F0008&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEastbourne+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/222.stm">Election result, 2005</a> (BBC)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/222.stm">Election results, 1997–2001</a> (BBC)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EB.html">Election results, 1997–2001</a> (Election Demon)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EB.html">Election results, 1983–1992</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000819081531/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EB.html">Archived</a> 19 August 2000 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-908,00.html">Election results, 1992–2005</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120829014410/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-908,00.html">Archived</a> 29 August 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Guardian)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm">Election results, 1950–2001</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040505172753/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm">Archived</a> 5 May 2004 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Keele University)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Times House of Commons 1945</i>. 1945.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Times+House+of+Commons+1945&rft.date=1945&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEastbourne+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIain_Dale2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Dale" title="Iain Dale">Iain Dale</a>, ed. (2003). <i>The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935</i>. Politico's (reprint). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84275-033-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-84275-033-X"><bdi>1-84275-033-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Times+House+of+Commons+1929%2C+1931%2C+1935&rft.pub=Politico%27s+%28reprint%29&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=1-84275-033-X&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEastbourne+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1983" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">Craig, F. W. S.</a> (1983) [1969]. <i>British parliamentary election results 1918–1949</i> (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X"><bdi>0-900178-06-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+parliamentary+election+results+1918%E2%80%931949&rft.place=Chichester&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Parliamentary+Research+Services&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-900178-06-X&rft.aulast=Craig&rft.aufirst=F.+W.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEastbourne+%28UK+Parliament+constituency%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastbourne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: External 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href="/wiki/Reading_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reading Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Reading Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_West_and_Mid_Berkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Reading West and Mid Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Reading West and Mid Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_and_Strood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency)">Rochester and Strood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sittingbourne_and_Sheppey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)">Sittingbourne and Sheppey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Slough (UK Parliament constituency)">Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Itchen_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)">Southampton Itchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_Test_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" 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href="/wiki/Farnham_and_Bordon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Farnham and Bordon (UK Parliament constituency)">Farnham and Bordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faversham_and_Mid_Kent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Faversham and Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency)">Faversham and Mid Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godalming_and_Ash_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Godalming and Ash (UK Parliament constituency)">Godalming and Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosport_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gosport (UK Parliament constituency)">Gosport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamble_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hamble Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havant_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Havant (UK Parliament constituency)">Havant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay_and_Sandwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Herne Bay and Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Herne Bay and Sandwich</a></li> <li><a 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