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Parliamentary elections

Lewes District is situated within two Parliamentary Constituencies: Brighton Kemp Town and Lewes. Members of parliament are elected to the House of Commons at a General Election. When a seat becomes vacant between General Elections, a by-election is held.

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Tel: 01273 484116 , Fax: 01273 484146 , Minicom: 01273 484488, Email: electoral@lewes.gov.uk
You can visit us at: 32 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2LX

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For more information on MPs and Parliament see the United Kingdom Parliament website (link below) or here for a list of the European Parliament Members.

The two constituencies covered by the Lewes District are:

Brighton Kemp Town	Dr Desmond Turner MP (Labour)
(wards of East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven East, Peacehaven North and Peacehaven West)	179 Preston Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 6AG Tel: 01273 330610 Email: turnerd@parliament.uk

At 1 May 2008, the electorate for the Brighton Kemp Town Parliamentary Constituency was 67,458

Lewes	Mr Norman Baker MP (Liberal Democrat)
(wards of Barcombe and Hamsey, Chailey and Wivelsfield, Ditchling and Westmeston, Kingston, Lewes Bridge, Lewes Castle, Lewes Priory, Newick, Newhaven Denton and Meeching, Newhaven Valley, Ouse Valley and Ringmer, Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington and St John (Without), Seaford Central, Seaford East, Seaford North, Seaford South and Seaford West)	23 East Street Lewes East Sussex BN7 2LJ Tel: 01273 480268 Fax: 01273 480287 Email: normanbaker@cix.co.uk

At 1 May 2008, the electorate for the Parliamentary Constituency of Lewes, which also includes part of Wealden District, was 66,951.

Relevant Documents



Parliamentary Election - 5 May 2005 Lewes Constituency Results

The following PDF document goes to the statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll for the parliamentary election in the Lewes Constituency on Thursday, 5 May 2005
PDF Statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll (11.21kb, elect_May05candidates.pdf)

The following Word document goes to the statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll for the parliamentary election in the Lewes Constituency on Thursday, 5 May 2005
Word Statement as to persons nominated and notice of poll (30.50kb, elect_May05candidates.doc)

Useful Links

Detailed information on the House of Commons, House of Lords and how parliament works. Search the index for Acts of Parliament: local acts from 1991 and public acts from 1988, Bills, Committees, election results and Hansard via the external link below.
www.parliament.uk/index.cfm

The following external link goes to East Sussex County Council's website which has a list of MPs and MEPs in East Sussex, together with links to their individual websites
www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/mps/

The website for Norman Baker, MP for Lewes, can be found via the external link below
www.normanbaker.org.uk/

Use the external link below to go to the website for Desmond Turner, MP for Brighton Kemptown
www.desturnermp.co.uk/

Find out who you local MP is and what they have recently done in Parliament, comment on recent debates in parliament and more by using the external link below to the They Work For You website.
www.theyworkforyou.com/

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