UK general elections › 2019 › Eastbourne
Eastbourne — 2019
Caroline Ansell (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,951 votes— 48.9% 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
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroline Ansell | Conservative Party | 26,951 | 48.9% | −1.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | 22,620 | 41.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jake Lambert | Labour Party | 3,848 | 7.0% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Gander | The Brexit Party | 1,530 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Ken Pollock | Independent | 185 | 0.3% | — |
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.