Welcome to the Eastbourne Constituency Labour Party website 

Eastbourne is a town of around 120,000 people. Eastbourne Constituency Labour Party has a membership of around 1000 people, including registered supporters.

Eastbourne was created as one of nine constituencies in Sussex in 1885. There has never been a Labour Party MP in Eastbourne. Since the seat’s creation it has been won by candidates from either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats (and their early forebears, the Liberal Party and the Unionist Party).  For 94 years of the 20th Century, the seat was represented by Conservative MPs. It was a ‘safe’ seat.

Nowadays, Eastbourne is considered a swing seat. Since 1997 its winner’s majority has been at most 7.86% of the vote; (with a 8.9% majority Tory re-gain took place in 1992). From 1910 until 1987 the seat returned Conservative Party candidates at every election. Since 2010 the seat has changed hands (between the two parties mentioned) all four possible times. The seat was re-won in 2019 by Conservative Party Caroline Ansell, who ousted Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd; she earlier did so in 2015.

It has now swung back again and the current MP is Josh Babarinde who won by a 12,204 majority for the Liberal Democrats in July 2024

So, you can see, we have our work cut out for us. There is a huge problem in Eastbourne with tactical voting. People will often say they would like to vote Labour but instead vote Lib Dem to keep the Tories out.

We want to build a Britain that works for the majority. That means building the homes we need to rent and buy, keeping our communities safe, giving our schools the funding they need, and restoring the NHS to its place as the envy of the world.

We need your help to do this so please come and get involved to help build a Britain that works for the many and not the few.

As always, the strength of our local Labour Party is our brilliant members.  You may wish to join us at our monthly meetings, or join in with community events that we support, or volunteer for some of the local labour organising. Please contact our email address for more information if you wish to become more involved locally:

• Eastbourne Labour Party

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To keep up-to-date with all the latest information about what Eastbourne Labour Party is up to please follow us on social media:-

• Eastbourne Labour Public Facebook Page 

Key Contacts:

The Executive Committee Members for Eastbourne:  

• Chair – Dave Brinson
• Vice Chair, Campaigns -Sonya Picott
• Vice Chair, Membership –Angela Goodchild
• Treasurer – Wendy Lambert
• Secretary -Lisa Gillette
• Policy Officers – Colin Gill  and Steven Wood (job share)
• Four Lay Branch Reps (one representative from each of our CLP’s informal campaign organising branches)
  • Devonshire and Meads – Matt Pitts
  • Hampden Park, Ratton and Willingdon -John Lambert
  • Langney, St Anthony’s, Sovereign Harbour – John Sailing
  • Old Town and Upperton – Paul Richards
• Four Lay Union Reps (one representatives from affiliated Trade Unions and/or socialist societies).
  • Usdaw –
  • Unite Community – Phil Mills
  • Unison –
• Coop Party Rep (Nominated by the Coop Party) – Paul Richards
• Election officer – Roy Noble

Election Information

Remember you must now take Voter ID with you to vote at your local polling station. You can instead vote by post. Find out more about new Voter ID and postal votes here.

If you are not sure which ward you are in, see more detailed map of ward boundaries here.