Worthing (UK Parliament constituency)

Worthing
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County	West Sussex
1945 (1945)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	East Worthing & Shoreham and Worthing West
Created from	Horsham and Worthing

Worthing was a parliamentary constituency in West Sussex, centred on the town of Worthing in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1945 general election by dividing Horsham and Worthing, and abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Worthing West and East Worthing and Shoreham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1945	Otho Prior-Palmer	Conservative
	1964	Terence Higgins	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Worthing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Higgins	34,198	57.0	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs S Bucknall	17,665	29.4	+0.7
	Labour	JLW Deen	6,679	11.1	+1.5
	Green	Mrs PJ Beever	806	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal	NJ Goble	679	1.1	-27.6
Majority			16,533	27.5	-5.5
Turnout			60,027	77.4	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Worthing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Higgins	34,579	61.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	BA Clare	16,072	28.7
	Labour	J Deen	5,387	9.6
Majority			18,501	33.0
Turnout			56,032	72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Worthing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Higgins	32,807	60.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A Clare	17,554	32.6
	Labour	Ashley Minto	3,158	5.7
	National Front	Martin Wingfield	292	0.5
	BNP	D Monks	103	0.2
Majority			15,253	28.3
Turnout			53,914	71.2
	Conservative hold		Swing