hastings and rye Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE86,353 voters
AREA70 sq. miles


Hastings and Rye is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Amber Rudd of the Conservative party.

The Hastings and Rye constituency has a total population of 108,324, of which 86,353 are eligible (18+) to vote (79.7%).

Hastings and Rye ranks 240th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 108th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Amber Rudd

Amber Rudd

Amber Rudd (born London, 1 August 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the East Sussex constituency of Hastings and Rye at the May 2010 general election, defeating the incumbent Labour MP Michael Foster.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Rudd

MP DETAILS
AddressAmber Rudd MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressamber@amberrudd.co.uk
ConstituencyHastings and Rye
GenderFemale
Date of Birth01/08/1963
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
Wikipedia PageVisit Wiki

2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
44.5%
35.1%
3.2%
3.8 %
13.3%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Hastings And Rye constituency in 2015 was 67.80%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Amber RuddConservativeFemale01 August 1963 (61)--
Andrew MichaelUK Independence PartyMale---
Jake BowersGreenMale---
Nick PerryLiberal DemocratMale---
Sarah OwenLabourFemale--http://www.sarahowen.org.uk/

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
41.09%
37.09%
15.71%
%
%
%
2.63%
2.8%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
TOTALS
Turnout63.9%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeRudd, Amber
LabourFoster, Michael
Liberal DemocratPerry, Nicholas
BNPPrince, Nicholas
UKIPSmith, Anthony
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Hastings And Rye constituency in 2010 was 63.9%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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