Sussex Weald (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sussex Weald
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundaries since 2024
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Boundary of Sussex Weald in South East England
County Sussex
Electorate 70,075 (2023)[1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of parliament Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from
Overlaps

Sussex Weald (SUS-ix /ˈwld/) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] The constituency name refers to the Weald region of Sussex.[4]

Boundaries

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The District of Wealden wards of: Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron; Crowborough Central; Crowborough Jarvis Brook; Crowborough North; Crowborough St. Johns; Crowborough South East; Crowborough South West; Framfield & Cross-in-Hand; Frant & Wadhurst; Hadlow Down & Rotherfield; Hailsham Central; Hailsham East; Hailsham North; Hailsham North West; Hailsham South; Hailsham West; Hartfield; Heathfield North; Heathfield South; Hellingly; Horam & Punnetts Town; Mayfield & Five Ashes; Withyham.[5]

It will comprise the following areas of East Sussex:

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the proposed seat as "Strong Right", with right-wing economic and social views, high home ownership levels and strong support for Brexit.[7]

Members of Parliament

Wealden prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 Nusrat Ghani Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Sussex Weald[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nusrat Ghani[9] 16,758 34.1 –29.6
Liberal Democrat Danielle Newson[10] 9,916 20.2 +3.4
style="background-color: Template:Reform UK/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Reform UK|Template:Reform UK/meta/shortname]] David Morgan[11] 8,920 18.1 N/A
Labour Dipesh Patel[12] 8,239 16.8 +1.9
Green Austin Henderson 3,762 7.7 +3.1
Independent Shaun Bowler 953 1.9 N/A
Social Democratic Stephen Gander[13] 319 0.6 N/A
style="background-color: Template:Heritage Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Heritage Party (UK)|Template:Heritage Party (UK)/meta/shortname]] Dominie Stemp 156 0.3 N/A
UKIP Chris Magness 152 0.3 N/A
Majority 6,842 13.9 –33.0
Turnout 49,175 67.5 –3.0
Registered electors 72,897
Conservative hold Swing –16.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[14]
Party Vote  %
Conservative 31,486 63.7
Liberal Democrats 8,322 16.8
Labour 7,349 14.9
Green 2,261 4.6
Turnout 49,418 70.5
Electorate 70,075

See also

References

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