History
This seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its territory had previously been incorporated in the East Sussex constituency, which in turn had been created by the Reform Act 1832 as a division of the Sussex constituency.
There have been four by-elections in the constituency:
- Eastbourne by-election, 1925 (held by the Conservatives), following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir George Ambrose Lloyd
- Eastbourne by-election, 1932 (held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP Edward Marjoribanks
- Eastbourne by-election, 1935 (held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP John Slater
- Eastbourne by-election, 1990 (won by the Liberal Democrats), following the death of the Conservative MP Ian Gow
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