Arundel and South Downs is a constituency in West Sussex created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Griffith,a Conservative,since 2019.
Eastbourne is a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created as one of nine in Sussex in 1885,since when it has reduced in geographic size reflecting the growth of its main settlement,Eastbourne.
Chichester is a constituency in West Sussex,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jess Brown-Fuller,a Liberal Democrat.
Crawley is a constituency in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since
Mid Sussex is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Alison Bennett,a Liberal Democrat.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. The current leader of the party is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest party in the United Kingdom,with 72 members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons. They have 84 members of the House of Lords,four members of the Scottish Parliament,one member in the Welsh Senedd,and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference,at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' rules,the Lib Dems grant all members attending its Conference the right to speak in debates and vote on party policy,under a one member,one vote system. The party also allows its members to vote online for its policies and in the election of a new leader.
Anne Marie Morris is a former British Conservative politician and lawyer,who represented Newton Abbot as a Member of Parliament (MP) between May 2010 and May 2024. During her 14 year term in office,she twice lost the party whip for a period of nine months between July and December 2017,and then again between January and May 2022.
The 2003 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex,England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.
The 2011 Wealden District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Wealden District Council in East Sussex,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. It was the first of three general elections to be held under the rules of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 and was the last general election to be held before the United Kingdom voted to end its membership of the European Union (EU) in June 2016. Local elections took place in most areas of England on the same day and is to date the most recent general election to coincide with local elections. The governing Conservative Party led by the prime minister,David Cameron,won an unexpected victory;opinion polls and political commentators had predicted that the results of the election would cause a second consecutive hung parliament whose composition would be similar to the previous Parliament,which was in effect from the previous national election in 2010. However,opinion polls underestimated the Conservatives,as they won 330 of the 650 seats and 36.9 per cent of the votes,giving them a majority of ten seats.
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017,two years after the previous general election in 2015;it was the first since 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections. The governing Conservative Party led by the prime minister Theresa May remained the largest single party in the House of Commons but lost its small overall majority,resulting in the formation of a Conservative minority government with a confidence and supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland.
Caroline Julie Porte Ansell is a Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne from 2019 to 2024. She was first elected at the 2015 general election,but was defeated at the snap 2017 general election.
Daisy Cooper is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020,as well as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health,Wellbeing and Social Care since 2021.
Richard John Foord is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Honiton and Sidmouth since 2024,and previously for its predecessor constituency Tiverton and Honiton in Devon from 2022 until the constituency was abolished in 2024. He won the seat in a by-election held on 23 June 2022,following the resignation due to scandal of the previous Conservative MP Neil Parish.
Fareham and Waterlooville is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested in the 2024 general election.
Oliver Guy Nicholas Glover is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Didcot and Wantage since 2024. Glover was elected with a 39.8% vote share as the inaugural MP for the newly created constituency. Previously,he had stood in the 2019 general election for the London constituency of Tooting.
Lee Raymond James Dillon is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury since 2024. He gained the seat from Conservative,Laura Farris.
Joshua Peter Reynolds is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead since 2024. He took the seat from the Conservative Party after the former prime minister Theresa May stood down at the 2024 general election.
Angus MacDonald is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverness,Skye and West Ross-shire since 2024.
