Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)

Wealden
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Wealden in East Sussex
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Location of East Sussex within England
CountyEast Sussex
Electorate82,998 (December 2019)[1]
Major settlementsCrowborough, Uckfield
19832024
Created fromEast Grinstead, Lewes and Rye[2]
Replaced bySussex Weald

Wealden was a constituency[n 1] in East Sussex in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented by members of the Conservative Party since its creation in 1983. Its final MP from 2015 to 2024, Nus Ghani, is the first Muslim woman to be elected as a Conservative member of Parliament.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes - including losing the town of Uckfield to the newly created constituency of East Grinstead and Uckfield, and gaining the smaller town of Heathfield in part compensation - it will be reformed as Sussex Weald, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.

  1. ^ "Election history of Wealden". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ "'Wealden', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.


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