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Eastbourne — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Eastbourne was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 12,204 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Eastbourne from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Edward Field (Conservative) 3,561 50.5% George Ambrose Wallis (Liberal) 64 (0.9 pts) 83.0%
1886 Edward Field (Conservative) 3,760 60.1% James Clifton Brown (Liberal) 1,259 (20.1 pts) 73.6%
1892 Edward Field (Conservative) 4,037 52.4% Thomas Seymour Brand (Liberal) 363 (4.7 pts) 76.9%
1895 Edward Field (Conservative) 4,139 50.4% Thomas Seymour Brand (Liberal) 60 (0.7 pts) 77.8%
1900 Lindsay Hogg (Conservative) 4,948 53.8% Thomas Seymour Brand (Liberal) 694 (7.5 pts) 81.8%
1906 Hubert George Beaumont (Liberal) 5,933 52.8% Lindsay Hogg (Conservative) 630 (5.6 pts) 87.0%
Dec 1910 Rupert Sackville Gwynne (Conservative) 6,873 58.3% Hector Morison (Liberal) 1,953 (16.6 pts) 83.2%
Jan 1910 Rupert Sackville Gwynne (Conservative) 7,553 59.0% Hector Morison (Liberal) 2,304 (18.0 pts) 90.3%
1918 Rupert Sackville Gwynne (Unionist) 11,357 63.6% Thomas Burleigh Hasdell (Labour) 6,716 (37.6 pts) 59.8%
1922 Rupert Sackville Gwynne (Unionist) 14,601 60.5% Edward Duke (Liberal) 5,051 (20.9 pts) 77.2%
1923 Rupert Sackville Gwynne (Unionist) 13,276 53.8% Thomas Wiles (Liberal) 1,880 (7.6 pts) 77.0%
1924 George Ambrose Lloyd (Unionist) 17,533 67.9% Joseph James Davies (Liberal) 13,365 (51.7 pts) 77.6%
1929 Edward Marjoribanks (Unionist) 18,157 49.8% Richard Spencer Chatfield (Labour) 9,953 (27.3 pts) 74.5%
1931 Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative) 31,240 85.3% Alfred James Marshall (Labour) 25,861 (70.6 pts) 71.9%
1935 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1945 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) 18,173 53.2% Duncan Newman Smith (Labour) 5,536 (16.2 pts) 77.2%
1950 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) 35,425 59.5% Reginald Groves (Labour) 17,121 (28.8 pts) 85.1%
1951 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) 39,278 67.1% Christopher Attlee (Labour) 20,061 (34.3 pts) 81.9%
1955 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) 29,779 65.7% John A Lewis (Labour) 14,218 (31.4 pts) 75.8%
1959 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) 27,874 57.3% Anthony Albert Dumont (Labour) 16,037 (33.0 pts) 77.3%
1964 Charles Stuart Taylor (Conservative) 26,410 49.0% Stephen Terrell (Liberal) 10,969 (20.4 pts) 76.7%
1966 Charles Taylor (Conservative) 26,039 46.3% Stephen Terrell (Liberal) 9,293 (16.5 pts) 77.2%
1970 Sir Charles Taylor (Conservative) 30,296 48.8% Stephen Terrell (Liberal) 6,988 (11.3 pts) 73.7%
Feb 1974 Ian Gow (Conservative) 31,462 51.3% Stephen Terrell (Liberal) 7,475 (12.2 pts) 82.6%
Oct 1974 Ian Gow (Conservative) 30,442 54.7% Gurth Hoyer-Millar (Liberal) 16,025 (28.8 pts) 74.6%
1979 Ian Gow (Conservative) 37,168 63.0% David Bellotti (Liberal) 26,084 (44.2 pts) 76.7%
1983 Ian Gow (Conservative) 31,501 59.1% Peter Driver (Liberal) 13,486 (25.3 pts) 73.0%
1987 Ian Gow (Conservative) 33,587 59.9% Peter Driver (Liberal) 16,923 (30.2 pts) 75.6%
1992 Nigel Waterson (Conservative) 31,792 51.6% David Bellotti (Liberal Democrat) 5,481 (8.9 pts) 81.0%
1997 Nigel Waterson (Conservative) 22,183 42.1% Chris Berry (Liberal Democrat) 1,994 (3.8 pts) 72.8%
2001 Nigel Waterson (Conservative) 19,738 44.1% Chris Berry (Liberal Democrat) 2,154 (4.8 pts) 60.7%
2005 Nigel Waterson (Conservative) 21,033 43.5% Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) 1,124 (2.3 pts) 64.8%
2010 Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) 24,658 47.3% Nigel Waterson (Conservative) 3,435 (6.6 pts) 67.1%
2015 Caroline Ansell (Conservative) 20,934 39.6% Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) 733 (1.4 pts) 67.8%
2017 Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) 26,924 46.9% Caroline Ansell (Conservative) 1,609 (2.8 pts) 73.0%
2019 Caroline Ansell (Conservative) 26,951 48.9% Stephen Lloyd (Liberal Democrat) 4,331 (7.9 pts) 69.7%
2024 Josh Babarinde (Liberal Democrat) 23,742 52.1% Caroline Ansell (Conservative) 12,204 (26.8 pts) 63.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Field Conservative 3,56150.5% Yes
George Ambrose Wallis Liberal 3,49749.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Field Conservative 3,76060.1% Yes
James Clifton Brown Liberal 2,50139.9% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Field Conservative 4,03752.4% Yes
Thomas Seymour Brand Liberal 3,67447.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Field Conservative 4,13950.4% Yes
Thomas Seymour Brand Liberal 4,07949.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hogg Conservative 4,94853.8% Yes
Thomas Seymour Brand Liberal 4,25446.2% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hubert George Beaumont Liberal 5,93352.8% Yes
Lindsay Hogg Conservative 5,30347.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert Sackville Gwynne Conservative 6,87358.3% Yes
Hector Morison Liberal 4,92041.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert Sackville Gwynne Conservative 7,55359.0% Yes
Hector Morison Liberal 5,24941.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert Sackville Gwynne Unionist 11,35763.6% Yes
Thomas Burleigh Hasdell Labour 4,64126.0% No
Alfred John Callaghan Liberal 1,85210.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert Sackville Gwynne Unionist 14,60160.5% Yes
Edward Duke Liberal 9,55039.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert Sackville Gwynne Unionist 13,27653.8% Yes
Thomas Wiles Liberal 11,39646.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Ambrose Lloyd Unionist 17,53367.9% Yes
Joseph James Davies Liberal 4,16816.1% No
David John Davis Labour 4,13816.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marjoribanks Unionist 18,15749.8% Yes
Richard Spencer Chatfield Labour 8,20422.5% No
Clive Stuart Saxon Burt Liberal 7,81221.4% No
Percy Ernest Hurst Independent Unionist 2,2776.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Marjoribanks Conservative 31,24085.3% Yes
Alfred James Marshall Labour 5,37914.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative Unopposed Yes

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative 18,17353.2% Yes
Duncan Newman Smith Labour 12,63737.0% No
John Stafford Gowland Liberal 2,7978.2% No
William Reginald Hipwell Independent National 5241.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative 35,42559.5% Yes
Reginald Groves Labour 18,30430.8% No
Cecil Herbert Louis Douglas Bate Liberal 5,7669.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative 39,27867.1% Yes
Christopher Attlee Labour 19,21732.9% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative 29,77965.7% Yes
John A Lewis Labour 15,56134.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative 27,87457.3% Yes
Anthony Albert Dumont Labour 11,83724.3% No
Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe Liberal 8,95518.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Stuart Taylor Conservative 26,41049.0% Yes
Stephen Terrell Liberal 15,44128.7% No
Joan Eileen Minnie Baker Labour 12,03422.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Taylor Conservative 26,03946.3% Yes
Stephen Terrell Liberal 16,74629.8% No
John Harold High Labour 12,62022.4% No
Vernon Hubert Petty Independent 8831.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Charles Taylor Conservative 30,29648.8% Yes
Stephen Terrell Liberal 23,30837.5% No
Cyril Abley Labour 8,47513.7% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Gow Conservative 31,46251.3% Yes
Stephen Terrell Liberal 23,98739.1% No
David Dawson Labour 5,8749.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Gow Conservative 30,44254.7% Yes
Gurth Hoyer-Millar Liberal 14,41725.9% No
Len Caine Labour 10,83019.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Gow Conservative 37,16863.0% Yes
David Bellotti Liberal 11,08418.8% No
Len Caine Labour 10,16617.2% No
Charles Andrew Mitchell National Front 5330.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Gow Conservative 31,50159.1% Yes
Peter Driver Liberal 18,01533.8% No
Charles Clark Labour 3,7907.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ian Gow Conservative 33,58759.9% Yes
Peter Driver Liberal 16,66429.7% No
Ash Patel Labour 4,9288.8% No
Ruth Addison Green 8671.5% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Waterson Conservative 31,79251.6% Yes
David Bellotti Liberal Democrat 26,31142.7% No
Ivan Gibbons Labour 2,8344.6% No
David Aherne Green 3910.6% No
Maria Theresia Williamson Liberal 2960.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Waterson Conservative 22,18342.1% Yes
Chris Berry Liberal Democrat 20,18938.3% No
David Lines Labour 6,57612.5% No
Trevor Lowe Referendum Party 2,7245.2% No
Theresia Williamson Liberal 7411.4% No
John Dawkins UKIP 2540.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Waterson Conservative 19,73844.1% Yes
Chris Berry Liberal Democrat 17,58439.3% No
Gillian Roles Labour 5,96713.3% No
Barry Jones UKIP 9072.0% No
Theresia Williamson Liberal 5741.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Waterson Conservative 21,03343.5% Yes
Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat 19,90941.1% No
Andrew Jones Labour 5,26810.9% No
Andrew Meggs UKIP 1,2332.5% No
Clive Gross Green 9492.0% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat 24,65847.3% Yes
Nigel Waterson Conservative 21,22340.7% No
Dave Brinson Labour 2,4974.8% No
Stephen Shing Independent 1,3272.5% No
Roger Needham UKIP 1,3052.5% No
Colin Poulter BNP 9391.8% No
Michael Baldry Independent 1010.2% No
Keith Gell Independent 740.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Caroline Ansell Conservative 20,93439.6% Yes
Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat 20,20138.2% No
Nigel Jones UKIP 6,13911.6% No
Jake Lambert Labour 4,1437.8% No
Andrew Durling Green 1,3512.6% No
Paul Howard Independent 1390.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat 26,92446.9% Yes
Caroline Ansell Conservative 25,31544.1% No
Jake Lambert Labour 4,6718.1% No
Alex Hough Green 5100.9% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Caroline Ansell Conservative 26,95148.9% Yes
Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat 22,62041.0% No
Jake Lambert Labour 3,8487.0% No
Stephen Gander Brexit Party 1,5302.8% No
Ken Pollock Independent 1850.3% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josh Babarinde Liberal Democrat 23,74252.1% Yes
Caroline Ansell Conservative 11,53825.3% No
Mark Ashdown Reform UK 6,06113.3% No
Paul Richards Labour 2,6895.9% No
Mike Munson Green 1,4213.1% No
Ian Garbutt UKIP 1540.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 0.9 pts 1886: Conservative margin 20.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 4.7 pts 1895: Conservative margin 0.7 pts 1900: Conservative margin 7.5 pts 1906: Liberal margin 5.6 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 16.6 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 18.0 pts 1918: Unionist margin 37.6 pts 1922: Unionist margin 20.9 pts 1923: Unionist margin 7.6 pts 1924: Unionist margin 51.7 pts 1929: Unionist margin 27.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 70.6 pts 1945: Conservative margin 16.2 pts 1950: Conservative margin 28.8 pts 1951: Conservative margin 34.3 pts 1955: Conservative margin 31.4 pts 1959: Conservative margin 33.0 pts 1964: Conservative margin 20.4 pts 1966: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1970: Conservative margin 11.3 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 12.2 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 28.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 44.2 pts 1983: Conservative margin 25.3 pts 1987: Conservative margin 30.2 pts 1992: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1997: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 2001: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 2005: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 6.6 pts 2015: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 2017: Liberal Democrat margin 2.8 pts 2019: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 26.8 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Eastbourne has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Eastbourne in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Eastbourne in 2024 with 23,742 votes (52.1%), a majority of 12,204 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Eastbourne since 1885?

Since 1885, Eastbourne has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Eastbourne?

The closest result on record for Eastbourne was 1895, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 60 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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