MPs and MEPs

Eastbourne's Member of Parliament is Nigel Waterson (Conservative). He was was first elected in 1992 and retained his seat at the 2005 election.

Other MPs for East Sussex and Brighton & Hove are:

• Bexhill & Battle - Gregory Barker (Con)
• Brighton, Kemptown - Dr Desmond Turner (Lab)
• Brighton, Pavilion - David Lepper (Lab/Co-op)
• Hastings & Rye - Michael Jabez Foster (Lab)
• Hove - Ms Celia Barlow (Lab)
• Lewes - Norman Baker (Lib Dem)
• Wealden - Charles Hendry (Con)

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)

MEPs are elected to represent a region, in Eastbourne's case, the South East. MEPs for the South East are:

• Mr Daniel Hannan (Con)
• Mr Nigel Farage (UK Independence)
• Mr Nirj Deva (Con)
• Baroness (Emma) Nicholson of Winterbourne (Lib Dem)
• Mr Peter Skinner (Lab)
• Mr James Elles (Con)
• Mr Ashley Mote (UK Independence)
• Mr Richard Ashworth (Con)
• Dr Caroline Lucas (Green)
• Mrs Sharon Bowles (Lib Dem)

Further details of these MEPs are available on the European Parliament website.