Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)

Worthing West is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Sir Peter Bottomley, a Conservative, who is the Father of the House of Commons. ^{[n 2]}

Worthing West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Worthing West in West Sussex
Location of West Sussex within England
County	West Sussex
Electorate	74,468 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Durrington, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Sir Peter Bottomley (Conservative)

Boundaries

 

Map of current boundaries

• Worthing wards: Castle, Central, Durrington, Goring, Heene, Marine, Northbrook, Salvington, and Tarring.
• Arun wards: 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.

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.^[1]

History

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 since 1997 is the Conservative Sir Peter Bottomley. He represented the Woolwich West and related Eltham in south-east London from 1975 to 1997.

In the timing of the 2019 results this seat gave the Conservatives a majority, being the 326th counted up.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1997	Peter Bottomley	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Worthing West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bottomley	30,475	55.8	+0.4
	Labour	Rebecca 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

General election 2017: Worthing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bottomley	30,181	55.4	+3.9
	Labour	Rebecca 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

General election 2015: Worthing West^[4][5]

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

General election 2010: Worthing West^[6][7]

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

General election 2005: Worthing West^[8][9]

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

General election 2001: Worthing West^[10]

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

General election 1997: Worthing West^[11]

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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

1. SE_90_Worthing West CC.pdf, 2023 Proposed boundaries for Worthing West by the Boundary Commission for England.
3. "Worthing West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
4. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Worthing West parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
6. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Worthing West". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
8. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. . Archived from the original on 3 February 2011.
10. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Election result, 2015 (BBC)
• Election result, 2010 (BBC)
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)

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