| Hastings and Rye | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Hastings and Rye inEast Sussex | |
 Location ofEast Sussex within England | |
| County | East Sussex |
| Electorate | 80,524 (December 2019)[1] |
| Major settlements | Hastings,Ore,Rye,St Leonards-on-Sea,Winchelsea |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Hastings,Rye |
Hastings and Rye is aconstituency of the UK Parliament[n 1] inEast Sussex. It was created in 1983. Since then it has been held by theConservativeParty, apart from 1997 to 2010 when it held by Michael Foster for theLabourParty. Between 2010 and 2019 it was represented byAmber Rudd.[2][n 2] Rudd was in theTheresa May'sCabinet. Between 2016 and 2018 she wasHome Secretary, and between 2018 and 2019 she wasSecretary of State for Work and Pensions. Since 2019 it has been represented by Sally-Ann Hart.
| 2019 general election: Hastings and Rye[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sally-Ann Hart | 26,896 | 49.6 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Peter Chowney | 22,853 | 42.1 | -4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Perry | 3,960 | 7.3 | +3.9 | |
| Independent | Paul Crosland | 565 | 1.0 | New | |
| Majority | 4,043 | 7.4 | +6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 54,274 | 67.4 | -4.2 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
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