Hastings And Rye (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 50°54′36″N 0°39′25″E / 50.910°N 0.657°E / 50.910; 0.657
| Hastings and Rye | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Hastings and Rye in East Sussex. |
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Location of East Sussex within England. |
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| County | East Sussex |
| Electorate | 76,422 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 (1983) |
| Member of Parliament | Amber Rudd (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Hastings and Rye |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Hastings and Rye is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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“Janie works hard, of course, and she’s a good wife and mother, but do you know she’s never once made a gingerbread house with her children?”
—Mildred Hastings (b. 1924)
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