Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)

Wealden
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wealden in East Sussex.
Location of East Sussex within England.
County	East Sussex
Electorate	77,536 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Nus Ghani (Conservative)
Created from	East Grinstead, Lewes and Rye
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Coordinates: 50°59′56″N 0°12′43″E / 50.999°N 0.212°E / 50.999; 0.212

Wealden is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Nus Ghani, a Conservative.

This seat was created in the third periodic review of constituencies in 1983, from a mixture of the previous Mid and Northern divisions of the county (also known as Lewes and East Grinstead).

The seat's history is that of a safe Conservative seat. The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties have so far always presented the main opposition candidate. The best result for the Labour Party was in 2001, however was 29.5% below the share of the vote taken by the winner. Closest in percentage majority was the election of 1997 with a majority of 24% of the vote, still more than a marginal gap separated the two main local parties.

Locally born Charles Hendry served as a Minister of State in the Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2010-2012 following two years in the shadow role in opposition.