Member of Parliament

Winchelsea is in the parliamentary constituency of Hastings and Rye. The new Member of Parliament is Amber Rudd (Conservative). She won the seat in 2010 from Michael Foster, who was the local MP since 1997, when he took the seat from the Conservatives and held it in 2001 and 2005. The results of the 2010 election were:

• Conservatives 20,468 (41.1% from 37.4% in 2005)
• Labour 18,475 (37.1% from 42.1% in 2005) 
• Liberal Democrats 7,825 (15.7% from 15.1% in 2005)
• Turnout was 64.4% from 67.8% in 2010 

Amber Rudd was born and lives in London, but plans to be based in Hastings. She read history at Edinburgh and has been working as a part-time business consultant. She was aristocratic adviser to the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral"!

You can find out what, if anything, the MP is doing by checking www.faxyourmp.com. This tells you what she has said and done in Parliament. You can also e-mail from this site.