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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South East
73,322 electors
Active Seat

Eastbourne

Current MP
Josh Babarinde
Josh Babarinde

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
68.0%
Avg Turnout
4
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat Josh Babarinde Gain from Conservative
Majority 12,204
Turnout 62.8% ↓6.7pp
Total Votes 45,605
Winner Swing ↑3.2pp
✓ Josh Babarinde
Liberal Democrats
23,742 52.1%
↑9.2pp
Caroline Ansell
Conservative
11,538 25.3%
↓21.8pp
Mark Ashdown
Reform UK
6,061 13.3%
↑10.5pp
Paul Richards
Labour
2,689 5.9%
↓1.1pp
Mike Munson
Green Party
1,421 3.1%
—
Ian Garbutt
UK Independence Party
154 0.3%
—
Conservative Caroline Ansell Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 4,331
Turnout 69.5% ↓3.4pp
Total Votes 55,134
Winner Swing ↑2.0pp
✓ Caroline Ansell
Conservative
26,951 48.9%
↑4.8pp
Stephen Lloyd
Liberal Democrats
22,620 41.0%
↓5.9pp
Jake Lambert
Labour
3,848 7.0%
↓1.2pp
Stephen Gander
—
1,530 2.8%
—
Ken Pollock
—
185 0.3%
—
Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd Gain from Conservative
Majority 1,609
Turnout 72.9% ↑5.3pp
Total Votes 57,420
Winner Swing ↑7.3pp
✓ Stephen Lloyd
Liberal Democrats
26,924 46.9%
↑8.7pp
Caroline Ansell
Conservative
25,315 44.1%
↑4.5pp
Jake Lambert
Labour
4,671 8.1%
↑0.3pp
Alex Hough
Green Party
510 0.9%
↓1.7pp
Conservative Caroline Ansell Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 733
Turnout 67.6% ↑0.6pp
Total Votes 52,907
Winner Swing ↓7.7pp
✓ Caroline Ansell
Conservative
20,934 39.6%
↓1.2pp
Stephen Lloyd
Liberal Democrats
20,201 38.2%
↓9.1pp
Nigel Jones
—
6,139 11.6%
↑9.1pp
Jake Lambert
Labour
4,143 7.8%
↑3.0pp
Andrew Durling
Green Party
1,351 2.6%
—
Paul Howard
—
139 0.3%
—
Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd Hold
Majority 3,435
Turnout 67.0%
Total Votes 52,124
✓ Stephen Lloyd
Liberal Democrats
24,658 47.3%
↑5.6pp
Nigel Waterson
Conservative
21,223 40.7%
↓2.3pp
Dave Brinson
Labour
2,497 4.8%
↓6.0pp
Stephen Shing
—
1,327 2.6%
—
Roger Needham
—
1,305 2.5%
↑0.0pp
Colin Poulter
—
939 1.8%
—
Michael Baldry
—
101 0.2%
—
Keith Gell
—
74 0.1%
—

Turnout Trend

67.0%
'10
67.6%
'15
72.9%
'17
69.5%
'19
62.8%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
24.9% ▲1.7pp
50 to 64
19.8%
0 to 17
18.9%
35 to 49
18.0%
25 to 34
11.3%
18 to 24
7.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
90.8%
Asian or Asian British
3.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.8%
Other
1.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.3%
📊 Age
65 and over
24.9%
45 to 64
19.8%
Under 18
18.9%
18 to 29
18.4%
30 to 44
18.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
45.9%
No religion
43.2%
Not answered
6.7%
Muslim
2.2%
Other religion
0.7%
Buddhist
0.6%
Hindu
0.5%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.3%
Asian or Asian British
2.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.7%
Other ethnic group
0.5%
📊 Age
45 to 64
25.3%
65 and over
23.2%
Under 18
19.1%
30 to 44
18.1%
18 to 29
14.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
60.1%
No religion
28.8%
Religion not stated
8.0%
Muslim
1.4%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.5%
Hindu
0.4%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Caroline Ansell Conservative 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat 2017-06-08 2019-11-06
Mr Nigel Waterson Conservative 1992-04-09 2010-05-06
David Bellotti Liberal Democrat 1990-10-18 1992-04-09
Ian Gow Conservative 1974-02-28 1990-07-30