United Kingdom general election, 2010 (East Sussex)

United Kingdom general election, 2010^[1]
← outgoing members Members elected →
All 8 East Sussex seats to the House of Commons
	Constituency map of East Sussex, coloured by winning party
Prime Minister before election; Gordon Brown; Labour	Subsequent Prime Minister ; David Cameron; Conservative

Results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in East Sussex were announced on 7 May 2010. Eight parliamentary constituencies were up for election in East Sussex, consisting of four borough constituencies and four county constituencies, and including the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove.

The Conservative Party gained three seats from the Labour Party, including two in Brighton & Hove, leaving them with five constituencies. The Labour Party lost all four seats they held in the county, while the Liberal Democrats gained Eastbourne from the Conservatives. The Green Party also won their first ever parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom by taking Brighton Pavilion.

Overall results

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Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative Party	5	+2	166,115	40.9%
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Liberal Democrats	2	+1	113,799	28.0%
bgcolor="Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" \|	Green Party	1	+1	23,248	5.7%
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour Party/Labour Co-op	0	-4	81,589	20.0%
bgcolor="Template:United Kingdom Independence Party/meta/color" \|	UKIP	0	0	11,287	2.7%
bgcolor="Template:British National Party/meta/color" \|	British National Party	0	0	4,793	1.2%
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Trust	0	0	2,699	0.6%
Independent	0	0	1,686	0.4%
English Democrat	0	0	339	0.1%
TUSC	0	0	194	0.1%
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Socialist Labour Party	0	0	148	0.1%
	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	0	0	61	0.1%
Turnout				405,958	72.2%

Results by constituency

Constituency	Incumbent			Result			Majority
Bexhill and Battle	Gregory Baker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Gregory Baker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	12,880	-4.0	^[2]
Brighton Kemptown	Des Turner style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Simon Kirby style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	1,328	+4.0	^[3]
Brighton Pavilion	David Lepper style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Co-operative" \|	Labour Co-op	Caroline Lucas style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" \|	Green	1,252	+8.4	^[4]
Eastbourne	Nigel Waterson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Stephen Lloyd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	3,435	+4.0	^[5]
Hastings and Rye	Michael Foster style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Amber Rudd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	1,993	+3.3	^[6]
Hove	Celia Barlow style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Mike Weatherley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	1,868	+2.4	^[7]
Lewes	Norman Baker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Norman Baker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	7,647	-0.8	^[8]
Wealden	Charles Hendry style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Charles Hendry style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	17,179	+2.8	^[9]

References

^ Election 2010 United Kingdom – National Results BBC News
^ "Bexill and Battle constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Brighton Kemptown constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Brighton Pavilion constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Eastbourne constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Hastings and Rye constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Hove constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Lewes constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Wealden constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[BBCRes-1] Election 2010 United Kingdom – National Results BBC News

[2] "Bexill and Battle constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[3] "Brighton Kemptown constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[4] "Brighton Pavilion constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[5] "Eastbourne constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[6] "Hastings and Rye constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[7] "Hove constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[8] "Lewes constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

[9] "Wealden constituency results". BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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v t e 2010 United Kingdom general election
Boundary changes Constituencies marginal seats Debates Endorsements MPs elected seniority lost their seat stood down Opinion polling Parties Post-election events Results breakdown by constituency
Incumbent prime minister: Gordon Brown (Labour) Appointed prime minister: David Cameron (Conservative)
Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (David Cameron) Labour (Gordon Brown) Liberal Democrats (Nick Clegg) Democratic Unionist Party (Peter Robinson) Scottish National Party (Alex Salmond) Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams) Plaid Cymru (Ieuan Wyn Jones) Social Democratic and Labour Party (Margaret Ritchie) Green Party of England and Wales (Caroline Lucas) Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (David Ford) Independent (Sylvia Hermon)
Parties represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or the EU	British National Party (Nick Griffin) Green Party Northern Ireland (Mark Bailey / Karly Greene) Progressive Unionist Party (Dawn Purvis) Scottish Greens (Eleanor Scott / Patrick Harvie) Ulster Unionist Party (Sir Reg Empey) United Kingdom Independence Party (Lord Pearson)
Results by area	England (list) East Midlands region Northern Ireland (list) Scotland (list) Wales (list)
See also	The Battle for Barking Coalition ToryBoy The Movie Power 2010 Cameron Cutie Holby City woman
2010 United Kingdom local elections

Overall results

Results by constituency

See also

References