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Eastbourne — 2019

Caroline Ansell (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,951 votes48.9% of 55,134 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 48.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,134

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
1Caroline Ansell Conservative Party 26,95148.9%−1.1 ptsElected
2Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrats 22,62041.0%
3Jake Lambert Labour Party 3,8487.0%
4Stephen Gander The Brexit Party 1,5302.8%
5Ken Pollock Independent 1850.3%

Electorate 79,307 · Turnout 69.5% · Majority 4,331 · 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.