Wealden | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Wealden in East Sussex | |
![]() Location of East Sussex within England | |
County | East Sussex |
Electorate | 82,998 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Crowborough, Uckfield |
1983–2024 | |
Created from | East Grinstead, Lewes and Rye[2] |
Replaced by | Sussex 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.
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