Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)
| Worthing West | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Worthing West in South East England | |
| County | West Sussex |
| Electorate | 76,293 (2023) [1] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Beccy Cooper (Labour) |
| Created from | |
Worthing West is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Beccy Cooper of the Labour Party. She defeated the long serving incumbent Sir Peter Bottomley, a Conservative who was the Father of the House of Commons from 2019.[n 2]
Boundaries
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Map of 1997–2024 boundaries
1997–2024
[edit]- Worthing wards of: Castle, Central, Durrington, Goring, Heene, Marine, Northbrook, Salvington, and Tarring.
- Arun wards of: East Preston, Ferring, Rustington West and Rustington East.
The constituency covers the central and western two-thirds portion of Worthing, plus the villages of Ferring, East Preston and Rustington in the district of Arun. The eastern parts of the town are in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency.
2024–present
[edit]Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Arun wards of: Angmering & Findon; East Preston; Ferring.
- The Borough of Worthing wards of: Castle; Central; Durrington; Goring; Heene; Marine; Northbrook; Salvington; Tarring.[2]
The 2023 Boundary Review proposes to expand the area of the constituency to include the ward of Angmering & Findon while losing the wards of Rustington East and Rustington West.[3]
History
[edit]The seat was created in 1997 as Worthing and Shoreham were re-divided.
Before 1945, this exact land was in the Horsham and Worthing seat.
The MP from 1997 to 2024 was the Conservative Sir Peter Bottomley. He represented the Woolwich West and related Eltham in south-east London from 1975 to 1997. The current MP since 2024 is the Labour member Beccy Cooper.
In the timing of the 2019 results this seat gave the Conservatives a majority, being the 326th counted up.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Worthing prior to 1997
| Election | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Peter Bottomley | Conservative | |
| 2024 | Beccy Cooper | Labour | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Beccy Cooper[6] | 20,519 | 40.2 | +10.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley[7] | 16,570 | 32.5 | −23.5 | |
| Reform UK | Edmund Rooke[8] | 7,562 | 14.8 | N/A | |
| Green | Sonya Mallin | 3,274 | 6.4 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Morag Chugg[9] | 2,708 | 5.3 | −4.6 | |
| Independent | Kathryn Attwood | 364 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,949 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 50,997 | 66.2 | –2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,038 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |  16.1
|
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Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 29,433 | 56.0 | |
| Labour | 15,521 | 29.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5,213 | 9.9 | |
| Green | 1,904 | 3.6 | |
| Others | 489 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | 52,560 | 68.9 | |
| Electorate | 76,293 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 30,475 | 55.8 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | Beccy Cooper | 15,652 | 28.6 | −4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Bennett | 6,024 | 11.0 | +5.5 | |
| Green | Joanne Paul | 2,008 | 3.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | David Aherne | 489 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 14,823 | 27.2 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 54,648 | 69.5 | −0.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 30,181 | 55.4 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Beccy Cooper | 18,091 | 33.2 | +17.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Thorpe | 2,982 | 5.5 | −3.3 | |
| UKIP | Mark Withers | 1,635 | 3.0 | −15.3 | |
| Green | Benjamin Cornish | 1,614 | 3.0 | −2.8 | |
| Majority | 12,090 | 22.2 | −11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 54,614 | 70.2 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 26,124 | 51.5 | −0.2 | |
| UKIP | Timothy Cross | 9,269 | 18.3 | +12.3 | |
| Labour | Jim Deen | 7,955 | 15.7 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Thorpe | 4,477 | 8.8 | −19.1 | |
| Green | David Aherne | 2,938 | 5.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 16,855 | 33.2 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,763 | 67.1 | +2.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 25,416 | 51.7 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Thorpe | 13,687 | 27.9 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Ian Ross | 5,800 | 11.8 | −7.4 | |
| UKIP | John Wallace | 2,924 | 6.0 | +0.7 | |
| Green | David Aherne | 996 | 2.0 | New | |
| Christian | Stuart Dearsley | 300 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 11,729 | 23.8 | +2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 49,123 | 64.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 21,383 | 47.6 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Potter | 12,004 | 26.7 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Antony Bignell | 8,630 | 19.2 | −2.3 | |
| UKIP | Timothy Cross | 2,374 | 5.3 | +0.8 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Chris Baldwin | 515 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 9,379 | 20.9 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 44,906 | 62.6 | +2.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 20,508 | 47.5 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Walsh | 11,471 | 26.5 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | Alan Butcher | 9,270 | 21.5 | +5.3 | |
| UKIP | Timothy Cross | 1,960 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 9,037 | 21.0 | +6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 43,209 | 59.7 | −12.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 23,733 | 46.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Hare | 16,020 | 31.1 | ||
| Labour | John Adams | 8,347 | 16.2 | ||
| Referendum | Nick John | 2,313 | 4.5 | ||
| UKIP | Timothy Cross | 1,029 | 2.0 | ||
| Majority | 7,713 | 15.0 | |||
| Turnout | 51,442 | 71.8 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ SE_90_Worthing West CC.pdf, 2023 Proposed boundaries for Worthing West by the Boundary Commission for England.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ Worthing West
- ^ "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Worthing MP Sir Peter Bottomley to stand at next general election". The Argus. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Worthing West Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Worthing West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Worthing West parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Worthing West". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Worthing Borough Council - Elections 2005 - Parliamentary & County Council". Archived from the original on 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Election result, 2015 (BBC)
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)
- Worthing West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Worthing West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
