Eastbourne (UK Parliament constituency)

Eastbourne
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Eastbourne in East Sussex.
Location of East Sussex within England.
County	East Sussex
Electorate	78,262 (May 2015)
Major settlements	Eastbourne
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Caroline Ansell (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	East Sussex
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Coordinates: 50°46′41″N 0°17′10″E / 50.778°N 0.286°E / 50.778; 0.286

Eastbourne is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Caroline Ansell of the Conservative Party.

Before 1990 almost always a safe Conservative seat, and with larger borders, Eastbourne since 1983 has been narrowed to the town and its immediate outskirts, primarily in the South Downs National Park. The town is towards the edge of the reasonable London Commuter Belt and is a coastal resort town that has had only marginal majorities following the 1990 by-election between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats for many years. A Liberal Democrat gained the seat at the 2010 general election, in an election which saw the 6th lowest Labour share of the vote of the 631 candidates who stood at the election, on 4.8%.

During the 2016 referendum to gauge support for the UK remaining a member of or leaving the European Union, the majority of voters in the area voted in favour of exiting the European Union. This was the preferred outcome of Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell.