County East Sussex Electorate 78,602 (December 2010) Created from Eastbourne and Rye Member of parliament Huw Merriman Replaced by Eastbourne, Rye | Population 100,727 (2011 census) Created 1983 European Parliament constituency South East England Number of members 1 | |
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Bexhill and battle uk parliament constituency
Bexhill and Battle /ˈbɛks.hɪl ænd ˈbætəl/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Huw Merriman of the Conservative Party.
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Boundaries
1983-2010: The District of Rother wards of Ashburnham, Battle, Beckley and Peasmarsh, Bodiam and Ewhurst, Brede and Udimore, Burwash, Catsfield and Crowhurst, Central, Collington, Etchingham and Hurst Green, Northiam, Old Town, Sackville, St Mark's, St Michael's, St Stephen's, Salehurst, Sedlescombe and Whatlington, Sidley, Ticehurst, and Westfield, and the District of Wealden wards of Herstmonceux, Ninfield, and Pevensey and Westham.
2010-present: The District of Rother wards of Battle Town, Central, Collington, Crowhurst, Darwell, Ewhurst and Sedlescombe, Kewhurst, Old Town, Rother Levels, Sackville, St Mark's, St Michael's, St Stephen's, Salehurst, Sidley, and Ticehurst and Etchingham, and the District of Wealden wards of Cross In Hand/Five Ashes, Heathfield East, Heathfield North and Central, Herstmonceux, Ninfield and Hooe with Wartling, and Pevensey and Westham.
The constituency is based around the district of Rother in East Sussex.
Constituency profile
The main towns in the constituency, from which it takes its name, are the seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea and the historic town of Battle, location of the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
History
The seat's first MP, Charles Wardle, served as a junior Home Office minister in the government of John Major; Wardle had the Conservative whip removed shortly before the 2001 election. The seat was held by Gregory Barker from 2001 until 2015; Barker was a junior minister at the Department for Energy and Climate Change between the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition after the 2010 general election and the major government reshuffle of July 2014, when he resigned and announced his intention to retire from Parliament at the next general election. In the 2015 election new MP, Huw Merriman was elected.
Elections in the 1990s
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.