LEWES (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Lewes' is a constituency located in East Sussex and centred on the town of Lewes. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a safe Conservative seat until 1997, but the Liberal Democrats have gained a strong foothold.

Contents

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295-1660

MPs 1660-1868

1868-present

Election results

Sources

See also

Boundaries

The constituency is centred around the town of Lewes, for which it is named after. However, the constituency also covers most of the Lewes district and parts of the Wealden district.

History

The constituency of Lewes has existed since Commoners were first summoned to Parliament in 1295. It is notable for the fact that between 1874 and 1997 it elected only Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs). This run was brought to an end by the election of the current MP, a Liberal Democrat.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295-1660

★ ''Constituency created'' (1295)

MPs 1660-1868

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1660		Nizel Rivers			John Stapley
1661		Thomas Woodcock
Feb 1679		William Morley			Richard Bridger
Aug 1679		Thomas Pelham
1695					Henry Pelham
Jan 1701					Thomas Trevor
Nov 1701					Henry Pelham
Jul 1702					Richard Payne
Nov 1702		Nicholas Pelham
1705		Thomas Pelham
May 1708					Peter Gott
Dec 1708					Samuel Gott
1710					Peter Gott
1712					John Morley Trevor
1719					Philip Yorke
1722					Henry Pelham
1726					Nicholas Pelham
1727					Thomas Pelham
1738					John Trevor
1741		Thomas Pelham
1743		John Shelley			Francis Poole
1747		Thomas Sergison
1763					William Plumer
1766		Charles Edward Bentinck
1768		Thomas Hampden			Thomas Hay
1774		Thomas Miller
1780		Henry Pelham			Thomas Kemp
1796		John Cressett-Pelham
1802		Henry Shelley			Lord Francis Osborne
1806					Thomas Kemp
1811					Thomas Read Kemp
1812		George Shiffner
1816					John Shelley
1826		Thomas Read Kemp
1831					Charles Richard Blunt
1837		Henry Fitzroy
1840					George John Frederick Sackville
1841		Summers Harford	Liberal		Howard Elphinstone	Liberal
1842		Henry Fitzroy
1847					Robert Perfect
1852					Henry Brand	Liberal
1860		John George Blencowe
1865		Lord Pelham	Liberal
1868	''Representation reduced to one''

1868-present

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Lord Pelham	Liberal
	1874	William Langham Christie	Conservative
	1885	Henry Aubrey-Fletcher	Conservative
	1910 by-election	William Campion	Conservative
	1924	Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish	Conservative
	1931	John de Vere Loder	Conservative
	1936 by-election	Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish	Conservative
	1945	Sir Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Tim Rathbone	Conservative
	1997	Norman Baker	Liberal Democrat

Election results

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.
New constituency boundaries.

Sources

★ Historical List of MPs

★ Election result, 2005 (BBC)

★ Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)

★ Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)

★ Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)

★ Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

★ Election results, 1951 - 2001 (Keele University)

★ F. W. S. Craig. ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973''. (ISBN 0-900178-07-8)

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex