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People and place
A population and household snapshot for Lewes, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population97,384
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationSouth East
Age profile
0 to 1717.9% · 17,456 people
18 to 246.0% · 5,843 people
25 to 349.0% · 8,805 people
35 to 4916.8% · 16,342 people
50 to 6421.5% · 20,941 people
65 and over28.7% · 27,997 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
42,024 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners73.2% · 30,743 households
Private renters16.3% · 6,859 households
Social renters9.6% · 4,042 households
Other tenure0.9% · 380 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
42,024 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households31.2% · 13,128 households
Families with dependent children24.1% · 10,145 households
Other single-family households41.1% · 17,257 households
Other household types3.6% · 1,494 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
95,099 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot8.0% · 7,641 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little12.5% · 11,842 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5% · 75,616 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
This constituency in Parliament
A high-confidence subset of current-session parliamentary records from this constituency's current MP where the full constituency name is stated explicitly in the written question, debate title or recorded section.
This is not a complete record of every local issue raised in Parliament. Project Open Gov does not currently infer a constituency connection from the MP relationship alone, speech text, nearby place names or other local entities.
Written question13 July 2026
ADHD: Lewes
Raised by James MacCleary MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average wait time for an ADHD assessment in the Lewes constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Lewes constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of accessibility to NHS mental health services, including average waiting times for assessment and treatment for residents in Lewes constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of migration from analogue landlines to Digital Voice in Lewes constituency.
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026
Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
Signatures in this constituency798
Signatures nationally118,715
Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded91
Total awarded£6,153,573
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026
Extension 2027-28: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
Glyndebourne Productions Limited
£853,524
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Extension 2027-28: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd - Music - NPO 2023-26
National Lottery grantAwarded 18 May 2026
Newhaven Youth Wellbeing Café
Newhaven Young People's Forum
£15,149
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Newhaven Young People's Forum - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 12 May 2026
Meeting the Audience Where They Are. An R&D exploring street theatre for unplanned audiences
Grant to individual
£13,418
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
Meeting the Audience Where They Are. An R&D exploring street theatre for unplanned audiences - Not discipline specific - National Lottery Project Grants
National Lottery grantAwarded 22 April 2026
Eco-Active
Naturebytes C.I.C.
£11,840
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Naturebytes C.I.C. - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 8 April 2026
On Your Bike Baffo - make and tour
OH! PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
£30,621
Arts Council England · Arts
About this award
On Your Bike Baffo - make and tour - Theatre - National Lottery Project Grants
86 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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