Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°49′41″N 0°19′44″W / 51.828°N 0.329°W
| Worthing West Borough constituency |
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| Worthing West shown within West Sussex, and West Sussex shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| Electorate: | 74,468 (December 2010) |
| MP: | Sir Peter Bottomley |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Sussex |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Worthing West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the western portion of Worthing in West Sussex. Eastern parts of the town are in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency. It also contains the towns of East Preston and Rustington in the district of Arun.
[edit] History
The constituency was created in 1997 when the previous constituency, Worthing was divided in two. Prior to 1945, the territory of this constituency had been contained in the Horsham and Worthing seat.
The MP since the seat's creation is the Conservative Peter Bottomley. He previously represented the Eltham area in south-east London from 1975 to 1997.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Peter Bottomley | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Worthing West[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 25,416 | 51.7 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Hazel Thorpe | 13,687 | 27.9 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | Ian Ross | 5,800 | 11.8 | -7.4 | |
| UKIP | John Wallace | 2,924 | 6.0 | +0.7 | |
| Green | David Aherne | 996 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Christian | Stuart Dearsley | 300 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 11,729 | 23.9 | |||
| Turnout | 49,123 | 64.7 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Worthing West[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 21,383 | 47.6 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 9,379 | 20.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,906 | 62.6 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Worthing West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 20,508 | 47.5 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Walsh | 11,471 | 26.5 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | Alan Butcher | 9,270 | 21.5 | +5.2 | |
| UKIP | Tim Cross | 1,960 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 9,037 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 43,209 | 59.7 | −12.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Worthing West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 23,733 | 46.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Christopher Hare | 16,020 | 31.1 | ||
| Labour | John Adams | 8,347 | 16.2 | ||
| Referendum Party | Nick John | 2,313 | 4.5 | ||
| UKIP | Tim Cross | 1,029 | 2.0 | ||
| Majority | 7,713 | ||||
| Turnout | 51,442 | 72.1 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ "Worthing West". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f31.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ http://www.worthing.gov.uk/worthings-services/electionselectoralregisterandvoting/previouselectionresults/elections2005-parliamentarycountycouncil/
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
