East Grinstead and Uckfield is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It is currently represented by Mims Davies of the Conservative Party; she was previously MP for Eastleigh from 2015 to 2019 and MP for Mid Sussex from 2019 to 2024.
East Grinstead and Uckfield is a rural constituency covering parts of East and West Sussex. Much of the constituency lies within the High Weald National Landscape, a protected area of hills and woodlands. East Grinstead is the constituency's largest town, with a population of around 27,000. Other settlements include the town of Uckfield and the villages of Copthorne, Crawley Down, Forest Row, Maresfield and Buxted. The constituency is affluent, particularly in East Grinstead, and house prices are considerably higher than the national average.
In general, residents of the constituency are older and well-educated. Household income is high and residents are likely to work in professional occupations. White people made up 94% of the population at the 2021 census. At the local council level, East Grinstead is mostly represented by Conservatives, Uckfield mostly by the Labour Party and the rural areas mostly by the Green Party. Voters were evenly split on the question of European Union membership, with an estimated 50% voting for each option in the 2016 referendum.
The constituency, which crosses the boundary between East Sussex and West Sussex, is composed of the following (after taking into account the 2023 local government review in Mid Sussex):
It comprises the following areas:
Mid Sussex, Wealden and Horsham prior to 2024