Hastings and Rye

Hastings and Rye is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the South East region of England. The seat was last held by Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
1,993
Electorate
77,030
Turnout
64.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Rudd, Amber
Conservative
20,468 41.1% 3.0%
Foster, Michael
Labour
18,475 37.1% -3.5%
Perry, Nick
Liberal Democrat
7,825 15.7% -0.1%
Smith, Tony
UK Independence Party
1,397 2.8% 0.1%
Prince, Nicholas
British National Party
1,310 2.6% 2.6%
Bridger, Rod
English Democrats
339 0.7% 0.7%