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Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)

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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]

Worthing West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Worthing West in South East England
CountyWest Sussex
Electorate76,293 (2023) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentBeccy Cooper (Labour)
Created from

Boundaries

Map of 1997–2024 boundaries

1997–2024

  • 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

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

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

Worthing prior to 1997

ElectionMember[4]Party
1997Peter BottomleyConservative
2024Beccy CooperLabour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Worthing West[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBeccy Cooper[6] 20,519 40.2 +10.7
ConservativePeter Bottomley[7]16,57032.5-23.5
Reform UKEdmund Rooke[8]7,56214.8New
GreenSonya Mallin3,2746.4+2.8
Liberal DemocratsMorag Chugg[9]2,7085.3-4.6
IndependentKathryn Attwood3640.7+0.7
Majority3,9497.7
Turnout50,99766-2.7
Registered electors77,038
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing+16.1

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Worthing West[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 30,475 55.8 +0.4
LabourBeccy Cooper15,65228.6-4.6
Liberal DemocratsJamie Bennett6,02411.0+5.5
GreenJoanne Paul2,0083.7+0.7
IndependentDavid Aherne4890.9New
Majority14,82327.2+5.0
Turnout54,64869.5-0.7
Conservative holdSwing+2.5
General election 2017: Worthing West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 30,181 55.4 +3.9
LabourBeccy Cooper18,09133.2+17.5
Liberal DemocratsHazel Thorpe2,9825.5-3.3
UKIPMark Withers1,6353.0-15.3
GreenBenjamin Cornish1,6143.0-2.8
Majority12,09022.2-11.0
Turnout54,61470.2+3.1
Conservative holdSwing-6.8
General election 2015: Worthing West[11][12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 26,124 51.5 −0.2
UKIPTimothy Cross9,26918.3+12.3
LabourJim Deen7,95515.7+3.9
Liberal DemocratsHazel Thorpe4,4778.8−19.1
GreenDavid Aherne2,9385.8+3.8
Majority16,85533.2+9.4
Turnout50,76367.1+2.4
Conservative holdSwing-6.3
General election 2010: Worthing West[13][14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 25,416 51.7 +4.1
Liberal DemocratsHazel Thorpe13,68727.9+1.2
LabourIan Ross5,80011.8−7.4
UKIPJohn Wallace2,9246.0+0.7
GreenDavid Aherne9962.0New
ChristianStuart Dearsley3000.6New
Majority11,72923.8+2.9
Turnout49,12364.7+2.1
Conservative holdSwing+1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Worthing West[15][16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 21,383 47.6 +0.1
Liberal DemocratsClaire Potter12,00426.7+0.2
LabourAntony Bignell8,63019.2−2.3
UKIPTimothy Cross2,3745.3+0.8
Legalise CannabisChris Baldwin5151.2New
Majority9,37920.9-0.1
Turnout44,90662.6+2.9
Conservative holdSwing-0.1
General election 2001: Worthing West[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 20,508 47.5 +1.4
Liberal DemocratsJames Walsh11,47126.5−4.6
LabourAlan Butcher9,27021.5+5.3
UKIPTimothy Cross1,9604.5+2.5
Majority9,03721.0+6.0
Turnout43,20959.7−12.1
Conservative holdSwing+3.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Worthing West[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
ConservativePeter Bottomley 23,733 46.1
Liberal DemocratsChristopher Hare16,02031.1
LabourJohn Adams8,34716.2
ReferendumNick John2,3134.5
UKIPTimothy Cross1,0292.0
Majority7,71315.0
Turnout51,44271.8
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

References

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