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United Kingdom general election, 2010^[1]

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All 8 East Sussex seats to the House of Commons

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Cameron	Nick Clegg	Caroline Lucas
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Green
Leader since	6 December 2005	18 December 2007	5 September 2008
Last election	3 Seats	1 Seat	0 Seats
Seats before	3	1	0
Seats won	5	2	1
Seat change	+2	+1	+1
Popular vote	166,115	113,799	23,248
Percentage	40.9%	28.0%	5.7%

Constituency map of East Sussex, coloured by winning party

Prime Minister before election

Gordon Brown
Labour

Subsequent Prime Minister

David Cameron
Conservative

Results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in East Sussex were announced on May 7, 2010. Eight parliamentary constituencies were up for election in East Sussex, consisting of four borough constituencies and four county constituencies, and including the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove.

The Conservative Party gained three seats from the Labour Party, including two in Brighton & Hove, leaving them with five constituencies. The Labour Party lost all four seats they held in the county, while the Liberal Democrats gained Eastbourne from the Conservatives. The Green Party also won their first ever parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom by taking Brighton Pavilion.

Contents

1 Overall results
2 Results by constituency
3 See also
4 References

Overall results

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%
	Conservative Party	5	+2	166,115	40.9%
	Liberal Democrats	2	+1	113,799	28.0%
	Green Party	1	+1	23,248	5.7%
	Labour Party/Labour Co-op	0	-4	81,589	20.0%
	UKIP	0	0	11,287	2.7%
	British National Party	0	0	4,793	1.2%
	Trust	0	0	2,699	0.6%
	Independent	0	0	1,686	0.4%
	English Democrats	0	0	339	0.1%
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	0	0	194	0.1%
	Socialist Labour Party	0	0	148	0.1%
	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	0	0	61	0.1%
Turnout				405,958	72.2%

Results by constituency

Constituency	Incumbent		Result		Majority	Swing	Ref
Bexhill and Battle	Gregory Baker	Conservative	Gregory Baker	Conservative	12,880	-4.0	^[2]
Brighton Kemptown	Des Turner	Labour	Simon Kirby	Conservative	1,328	+4.0	^[3]
Brighton Pavilion	David Lepper	Labour Co-op	Caroline Lucas	Green	1,252	+8.4	^[4]
Eastbourne	Nigel Waterson	Conservative	Stephen Lloyd	Liberal Democrat	3,435	+4.0	^[5]
Hastings and Rye	Michael Foster	Labour	Amber Rudd	Conservative	1,993	+3.3	^[6]
Hove	Celia Barlow	Labour	Mike Weatherley	Conservative	1,868	+2.4	^[7]
Lewes	Norman Baker	Liberal Democrat	Norman Baker	Liberal Democrat	7,647	-0.8	^[8]
Wealden	Charles Hendry	Conservative	Charles Hendry	Conservative	17,179	+2.8	^[9]

References

^ Election 2010 United Kingdom - National Results BBC News
^ "Bexill and Battle constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a28.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Brighton Kemptown constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a68.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Brighton Pavilion constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a69.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Eastbourne constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b56.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Hastings and Rye constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c08.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Hove constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c28.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Lewes constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c59.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.
^ "Wealden constituency results". BBC. May 7 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e98.stm. Retrieved April 12 2011.

v t e United Kingdom general election, 2010

Boundary changes · Constituencies · Debates · MPs elected · MPs standing down · Newspaper endorsements · Opinion polling · Parties · Results breakdown · Results by constituency · MPs by seniority · Post-election events Incumbent Prime Minister: Gordon Brown (Labour) · Subsequent Prime Minister: David Cameron (Conservative)

Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative · Labour · Liberal Democrats · Democratic Unionist Party · Scottish National Party · Sinn Féin · Plaid Cymru · Social Democratic and Labour Party · Green Party of England and Wales · Alliance Party of Northern Ireland · Independent

Leaders	David Cameron · Gordon Brown · Nick Clegg · Peter Robinson · Alex Salmond · Gerry Adams · Ieuan Wyn Jones · Margaret Ritchie · Caroline Lucas · David Ford · Sylvia Hermon

Parties represented in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London, or Europe	British National Party · Green Party in Northern Ireland · Progressive Unionist Party · Scottish Green Party · Ulster Unionist Party · United Kingdom Independence Party

Leaders	Nick Griffin · Mark Bailey/Karly Greene · Dawn Purvis · Eleanor Scott/Patrick Harvie · Sir Reg Empey · Lord Pearson

Results by area	Bristol · Cornwall · East Sussex · Glasgow · Lancashire · Surrey · Scotland · Wales · England

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