Hastings and Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Hastings and Rye County constituency |
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| 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.
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[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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UKIP | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UKIP | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UKIP | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Warren | 26,163 | 50.1 | -3.2 | |
| Liberal | David 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Warren | 25,626 | 53.3 | ||
| Liberal | David 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)
