East Grinstead and Uckfield

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East Grinstead and Uckfield
County constituency
for the House of Commons
East Grinstead and Uckfield
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Boundary of East Grinstead and Uckfield in South East England
County
Electorate 72,356 (2023) [1]
Major settlements East Grinstead and Uckfield
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Mims Davies (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Mid Sussex, Horsham, Wealden & Lewes (part)

East Grinstead and Uckfield is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] It is currently represented by Mims Davies of the Conservative Party; she was previously MP for Eastleigh from 2015 to 2019 and MP for Mid Sussex from 2019 to 2024. [4]

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Constituency profile

East Grinstead and Uckfield is a rural constituency covering parts of East and West Sussex. Much of the constituency lies within the High Weald National Landscape, a protected area of hills and woodlands. East Grinstead is the constituency's largest town, with a population of around 27,000. [5] Other settlements include the town of Uckfield and the villages of Copthorne, Crawley Down, Forest Row, Maresfield and Buxted. The constituency is affluent, particularly in East Grinstead, [6] and house prices are considerably higher than the national average. [7]

In general, residents of the constituency are older and well-educated. Household income is high and residents are likely to work in professional occupations. White people made up 94% of the population at the 2021 census. [7] At the local council level, East Grinstead is mostly represented by Conservatives, Uckfield mostly by the Labour Party and the rural areas mostly by the Green Party. Voters were evenly split on the question of European Union membership, with an estimated 50% voting for each option in the 2016 referendum. [7]

Boundaries

The constituency, which crosses the boundary between East Sussex and West Sussex, is composed of the following (after taking into account the 2023 local government review in Mid Sussex [8] [9] ):

It comprises the following areas:

Members of Parliament

Mid Sussex, Wealden and Horsham prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Mims Davies Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: East Grinstead and Uckfield [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mims Davies 19,319 38.3 −20.2
Liberal Democrats Benedict Dempsey10,83921.5−1.5
Labour Ben Cox10,44020.7+7.1
Green Christina Coleman5,27710.5+5.6
Independent Ian Gibson2,4824.9N/A
English Democrat William Highton2,0364.0N/A
Majority 8,48016.8−18.7
Turnout 50,39367.5−11.6
Registered electors 75,385
Conservative hold Swing −9.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [12]
PartyVote%
Conservative 33,46258.5
Liberal Democrats 13,17123.0
Labour 7,76813.6
Green 2,8304.9
Turnout57,23179.1
Electorate72,356

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Sussex gets new parliamentary constituencies ahead of election". BBC News. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  4. ↑ "General Election: Mid Sussex MP Mims Davies adopted as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for new East Grinstead and Uckfield seat". Sussex Express . 30 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "East Grinstead". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Seat Details - East Grinstead and Uckfield". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  8. ↑ LGBCE. "Mid Sussex | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  9. ↑ "The Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  10. 1 2 "New Seat Details – East Grinstead and Uckfield". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  11. ↑ East Grinstead and Uckfield
  12. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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