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Lewes

James MacCleary
Current MP
75,091
Electorate
5
Elections
73.7%
Avg turnout
2
Times changed

Election history

LD James MacCleary Gain
2024-07-04
Majority 12,624 Turnout 69.8% Votes 53,173
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ James MacCleary LD
26,895 50.6% +9.5pp
Maria Caulfield CON
14,271 26.8% -21.7pp
Bernard Brown REF
6,335 11.9% +11.7pp
Danny Sweeney LAB
3,574 6.7% -0.4pp
Paul Keene GRN
1,869 3.5% +0.7pp
Rowena Easton SOC
229 0.4%

Demographics

Changes shown vs 2001 Census

📊 Age

65 and over
28.7%
50 to 64
21.5%
0 to 17
17.9%
35 to 49
16.8%
25 to 34
9.0%
18 to 24
6.0%

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group 0.5% 0.2% 2.8% -0.3pp +2.6pp +2.3pp
Asian or Asian British 0.5% 1.2% 1.7% +0.8pp +0.4pp +1.2pp
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% +0.1pp +0.3pp +0.4pp
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.6% 1.2% 2.2% +0.6pp +0.9pp +1.5pp
White 98.2% 97.0% 95.0% -1.2pp -2.1pp -3.2pp

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Buddhist 0.3% 0.5% 0.5% +0.2pp 0.0pp +0.2pp
Christian 72.4% 57.5% 43.7% -14.9pp -13.8pp -28.7pp
Hindu 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% +0.1pp +0.1pp +0.2pp
Jewish 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% +0.1pp 0.0pp +0.1pp
Muslim 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% +0.1pp +0.3pp +0.4pp
Sikh 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0pp 0.0pp 0.0pp
No religion 18.1% 32.1% 47.2% +14.0pp +15.1pp +29.1pp
Other religion 0.4% 0.6% 1.6% +0.2pp +1.0pp +1.2pp
Not answered 8.2% 8.3% 6.5% +0.2pp -1.9pp -1.7pp

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Apprenticeship 3.2% 5.6% +2.4pp
Level 4 qualifications or above 22.4% 31.4% 34.8% +9.0pp +3.4pp +12.4pp
Level 1 and entry level qualifications 16.3% 13.2% 10.1% -3.1pp -3.0pp -6.1pp
Level 2 qualifications 20.5% 15.6% 14.3% -4.9pp -1.3pp -6.2pp
Level 3 qualifications 8.2% 11.5% 16.5% +3.4pp +5.0pp +8.4pp
No qualifications 25.4% 20.9% 15.8% -4.5pp -5.0pp -9.5pp
Other qualifications 7.3% 4.2% 2.8% -3.1pp -1.4pp -4.5pp

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers 78.5% 73.7% 73.9% -4.8pp +0.2pp -4.6pp
Private renters 8.7% 14.1% 16.3% +5.5pp +2.2pp +7.7pp
Rent free 2.4% 1.4% 0.1% -1.0pp -1.3pp -2.3pp
Social renters 11.0% 10.7% 9.6% -0.3pp -1.1pp -1.4pp

Previous MPs

3
MPPartyFromTo
Maria Caulfield CON 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Norman Baker LD 1997-05-01 2015-03-30
Tim Rathbone CON 1974-02-28 1997-05-01