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Bexhill and Battle — 2019

Huw Merriman (Conservative Party) was elected with 37,590 votes63.6% of 59,093 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 63.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +13.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 59,093

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Huw Merriman Conservative Party 37,59063.6%+13.6 ptsElected
2Christine Bayliss Labour Party 11,53119.5%
3Martin Saunders Liberal Democrats 7,28012.3%
4Jonathan Kent Green Party 2,6924.6%

Electorate 81,963 · Turnout 72.1% · Majority 26,059 · Back to 2019 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.