Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hastings and Rye County constituency

Hastings and Rye shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Michael Foster
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Hastings and Rye is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is formed from the larger town of Hastings and smaller nearby town of Rye. It includes the whole of the Borough of Hastings and the four wards of the District of Rother; Brede Valley, Eastern Rother, Marsham, Rye.

[edit] History

The constituency is set in a relatively isolated part of Sussex and so does not enjoy some of the more general affluence of this part of the country. Rye is a largely historic tourist town, though with a small port. Hastings is a traditional seaside resort, but with some light industry. It is considered a deprived area. In the days of Kenneth Warren MP this was a staunchly conservative seat, with liberals regularly in second place. This switched dramatically in 1997 to Labour first, conservatives second. This was partly due to splits and breakaway candidates within the local liberal party.

Prior to 1983, the bulk of the constituency was contained in the Hastings seat. Oddly for the area, Hastings and Rye underwent no boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1992: Kenneth Warren, Conservative
1992 — 1997: Jacqui Lait, Conservative
1997 — present: Michael Foster, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Hastings and Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Foster	18,107	42.1	-5.0
	Conservative	Mark Coote	16,081	37.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stevens	6,479	15.1	+4.8
	UK Independence	Terry Grant	1,098	2.6	+0.4
	Green	Sally Phillips	1,032	2.4	+0.7
	Monster Raving Loony	Viscount Clarkey of Rochdale Canal Ord-Clarke	207	0.5	0.0
Majority			2,026	4.7
Turnout			43,004	67.8	9.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.9

General Election 2001: Hastings and Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Foster	19,402	47.1	+12.7
	Conservative	Mark Coote	15,094	36.6	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graem Peters	4,266	10.3	-17.6
	UK Independence	Alan Coomber	911	2.2	+1.2
	Green	Sally Phillips	721	1.7	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Gillian Bargery	486	1.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	John Ord-Clarke	198	0.5	+0.2
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Brett McLean	140	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,308	10.5
Turnout			41,218	58.3	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Hastings and Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Foster	16,867	34.4	+18.6
	Conservative	Jacqui Lait	14,307	29.2	-18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Monroe Palmer	13,717	28.0	-7.3
	Referendum Party	Christopher McGovern	2,511	5.1	N/A
	Liberal	Jane Amstad	1,046	2.1	N/A
	UK Independence	W N Andrews	472	1.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Derek Tiverton	149	0.3	0.0
Majority			2,560	5.2
Turnout			49,069	69.7	-5.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.5

General Election 1992: Hastings and Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqui Lait	25,573	47.6	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Monroe Palmer	18,939	35.2	-0.8
	Labour	Richard Stevens	8,458	15.7	+2.6
	Green	Sally Philips	640	1.2	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Derek Tiverton	168	0.3	-0.1
Majority			6,634	12.4
Turnout			53,778	74.9	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

General Election 1987: Hastings and Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Warren	26,163	50.1	-3.2
	Liberal	D J Amies	18,816	36.0	+5.5
	Labour	Richard Stevens	6,825	13.1	-2.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Derek Tiverton	242	0.4	N/A
	Independent (politician)	S P Davies	194	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,347	14.1
Turnout			52,240	71.8	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.4

General Election 1983: Hastings and Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Warren	25,626	53.3
	Liberal	D J Amies	14,646	30.5
	Labour	N Knowles	7,304	15.2
	Independent (politician)	G L McNally	503	1.0
Majority			10,980	22.8
Turnout			48,079	68.9

[edit] Sources

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)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)