| Rye | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | East Sussex |
| Major settlements | Rye |
| 1955–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Hastings |
| Replaced by | Hastings and Rye, Bexhill and Battle and Wealden[1] |
| 1885–1950 | |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Replaced by | Eastbourne, East Grinstead and Hastings |
| 1366–1885 | |
| Seats | 1366–1640: One 1640–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the Parliament of England before 1707, Parliament of Great Britain until 1801 and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.
From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat.
The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.