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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South East
75,091 electors
Active Seat

Lewes

Current MP
James MacCleary
James MacCleary

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
73.7%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat James MacCleary Gain from Conservative
Majority 12,624
Turnout 69.8% ↓6.9pp
Total Votes 53,173
Winner Swing ↑2.7pp
✓ James MacCleary
Liberal Democrats
26,895 50.6%
↑9.5pp
Maria Caulfield
Conservative
14,271 26.8%
↓21.7pp
Bernard Brown
Reform UK
6,335 11.9%
↑11.7pp
Danny Sweeney
Labour
3,574 6.7%
↓0.4pp
Paul Keene
Green Party
1,869 3.5%
↑0.7pp
Rowena Easton
Social Democratic Party
229 0.4%
—
Conservative Maria Caulfield Hold
Majority 2,457
Turnout 76.7% ↑0.3pp
Total Votes 54,851
Winner Swing ↓1.6pp
✓ Maria Caulfield
Conservative
26,268 47.9%
↓1.6pp
Oli Henman
Liberal Democrats
23,811 43.4%
↑4.1pp
Kate Chappell
Labour
3,206 5.8%
↓5.3pp
Johnny Denis
Green Party
1,453 2.7%
—
Paul Cragg
—
113 0.2%
—
Conservative Maria Caulfield Hold
Majority 5,508
Turnout 76.4% ↑3.7pp
Total Votes 54,192
Winner Swing ↑11.5pp
✓ Maria Caulfield
Conservative
26,820 49.5%
↑11.5pp
Kelly-Marie Blundell
Liberal Democrats
21,312 39.3%
↑3.5pp
Daniel Chapman
Labour
6,060 11.2%
↑1.3pp
Conservative Maria Caulfield Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 1,083
Turnout 72.7% ↓0.2pp
Total Votes 50,540
Winner Swing ↓14.0pp
✓ Maria Caulfield
Conservative
19,206 38.0%
↑1.3pp
Norman Baker
Liberal Democrats
18,123 35.9%
↓16.2pp
Ray Finch
—
5,427 10.7%
↑7.3pp
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Labour
5,000 9.9%
↑4.9pp
Alfie Stirling
Green Party
2,784 5.5%
↑4.1pp
Liberal Democrat Norman Baker Hold
Majority 7,647
Turnout 72.9%
Total Votes 50,088
✓ Norman Baker
Liberal Democrats
26,048 52.0%
↑0.5pp
Jason Sugarman
Conservative
18,401 36.7%
↑2.1pp
Hratche Koundarjian
Labour
2,508 5.0%
↓4.3pp
Peter Charlton
—
1,728 3.5%
↑1.2pp
Susan Murray
Green Party
729 1.5%
↓0.8pp
David Lloyd
—
594 1.2%
—
Ondrej Soucek
—
80 0.2%
—

Turnout Trend

72.9%
'10
72.7%
'15
76.4%
'17
76.7%
'19
69.8%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
28.7% ▲4.5pp
50 to 64
21.5%
0 to 17
17.9%
35 to 49
16.8%
25 to 34
9.0%
18 to 24
6.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
95.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.2%
Asian or Asian British
1.7%
Other
0.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
📊 Age
65 and over
28.7%
45 to 64
21.5%
Under 18
17.9%
30 to 44
16.8%
18 to 29
15.0%
⛪ Religion
No religion
47.2%
Christian
43.7%
Not answered
6.5%
Other religion
0.7%
Muslim
0.7%
Buddhist
0.5%
Jewish
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.0%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
28.7%
65 and over
24.2%
Under 18
19.3%
30 to 44
16.8%
18 to 29
11.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
57.5%
No religion
32.1%
Religion not stated
8.3%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.5%
Muslim
0.4%
Jewish
0.3%
Hindu
0.2%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Maria Caulfield Conservative 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Norman Baker Liberal Democrat 1997-05-01 2015-03-30
Tim Rathbone Conservative 1974-02-28 1997-05-01