Caroline Ansell was briefly the Conservative MP for Eastbourne between 2015 and 2017. Having lost the seat to the Liberal Democrats in 2017, Ansell won it back again in 2019 with a majority of 4,331.
Eastbourne is well known as one of the retirement capitals of the UK and a quarter of the population here are said to be of pensionable age. Located on the East Sussex coast, the seat is focussed on the town of Eastbourne itself, alongside Polegate and just a handful of villages inland. Formerly represented in Parliament by the Conservative Ian Gow, who was killed by an IRA bomb whilst an MP, Eastbourne has been a very tightly fought Liberal Democrat and Conservative marginal for much of the last thirty years.
Ansell, previously resigned as a government PPS over the government’s response to the free school meals campaign led by Marcus Rashford.
Born in 1971, Caroline Ansell is a former French teacher and school inspector. She was educated at Holloway and Brighton Universities.
Prior to her election to Parliament, she was Councillor on Eastbourne Borough Council between 2012 and 2015.
She supported Brexit, and is an evangelical Christian. She is married with three children.
Ansell is Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Hospitality and Tourism; Conception to the Age of 2.
Email – caroline.ansell.mp@parliament.uk
Personal Website: http://carolineansell.co.uk/
Twitter: twitter.com/Caroline_Ansell
Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/caroline.ansell
