List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

Constituencies

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Electoral wards[3][4] Map
Arundel and South Downs CC 81,726 22,521   Andrew Griffith   Alison Bennett ¤ Arun: Angmering, Arundel, Barnham, Findon, Walberton
Chichester: Bury, Petworth, Wisborough Green
Horsham: Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote, Chanctonbury, Chantry, Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead, Henfield, Pulborough & Coldwaltham, Steyning
Mid Sussex: Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint & Downs
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CC 77,446 22,503   Nick Gibb   Alan Butcher ‡ Arun: Aldwick East, Aldwick West, Beach, Bersted, Brookfield, Felpham East, Felpham West, Ham, Hotham, Marine, Middleton-on-Sea, Orchard, Pagham & Rose Green, Pevensey, River, Wick with Toddington, Yapton
Chichester CC 85,499 21,490   Gillian Keegan   Kate O'Kelly ¤ Chichester: Bosham, Boxgrove, Chichester East, Chichester North, Chichester South, Chichester West, Donnington, Easebourne, East Wittering, Fernhurst, Fishbourne, Funtington, Harting, Lavant, Midhurst, North Mundham, Plaistow, Rogate, Selsey North, Selsey South, Sidlesham, Southbourne, Stedham, Tangmere, West Wittering, Westbourne
Crawley BC 74,207 8,360   Henry Smith   Peter Lamb ‡ Crawley: Bewbush, Broadfield North, Broadfield South, Furnace Green, Gossops Green, Ifield, Langley Green, Maidenbower, Northgate, Pound Hill North, Pound Hill South & Worth, Southgate, Three Bridges, Tilgate, West Green
East Worthing and Shoreham CC 75,194 7,441   Tim Loughton   Lavinia O'Connor ‡ Adur: Buckingham, Churchill, Cokeland, Eastbrook, Hillside, Manor, Marine, Mash Barn, Peverel, St Mary's, St Nicolas, Southlands, Southwick Green, Widewater
Worthing: Broadwater, Gaisford, Offington, Selden
Horsham CC 86,730 21,127   Jeremy Quin   Louise Potter ¤ Horsham: Billingshurst & Shipley, Broadbridge Heath, Denne, Forest, Holbrook East, Holbrook West, Horsham Park, Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham, Nuthurst, Roffey North, Roffey South, Rudgwick, Rusper & Colgate, Southwater, Trafalgar
Mid Sussex: Ardingly & Balcombe, Copthorne & Worth, Crawley Down & Turners Hill
Mid Sussex CC 85,146 19,197   Mims Davies   Robert Eggleston ¤ Mid Sussex: Ashurst Wood, Bolney, Burgess Hill Dunstall, Burgess Hill Franklands, Burgess Hill Leylands, Burgess Hill Meeds, Burgess Hill St Andrews, Burgess Hill Victoria, Cuckfield, East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne, East Grinstead Town, Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Bentswood, Hayward Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Heath, Haywards Heath Lucastes, High Weald, Lindfield
Worthing West BC 78,585 14,823   Peter Bottomley   Beccy Cooper ‡ Arun: East Preston with Kingston, Ferring, Rustington East, Rustington West
Worthing: Castle, Central, Durrington, Goring, Heene, Marine, Northbrook, Salvington, Tarring

Historic List of Constituencies in West Sussex

Used from 1950 to 1974

Used from 1974 to 1983

Used from 1983 to 1997

The Local Government Act 1972 moved the District of Mid Sussex into West Sussex from East Sussex. This change was put into effect in the Parliamentary constituency boundaries for the 1983 boundary changes.

Boundary changes

NamePrevious boundariesCurrent boundaries
  1. Arundel and South Downs CC
  2. Bognor Regis and Littlehampton CC
  3. Chichester CC
  4. Crawley BC
  5. East Worthing and Shoreham CC
  6. Horsham CC
  7. Mid Sussex CC
  8. Worthing West BC
Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Sussex in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 257,463 56.3% 0.6% 8 0
Labour 103,446 22.6% 6.2% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 75,512 16.5% 8.2% 0 0
Greens 17,239 3.8% 1.1% 0 0
Others 3,920 0.8% 2.5% 0 0
Total 457,580 100.0 8

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 59.9 60.0 57.3 44.7 46.0 46.7 51.8 54.2 56.8 56.3
Labour 9.8 11.8 14.6 24.3 25.9 21.3 13.1 16.1 28.8 22.6
Liberal Democrat1 29.3 27.6 25.7 25.6 23.0 26.1 27.4 8.4 8.3 16.5
Green Party - * * * * * 0.9 4.9 2.6 3.8
UKIP - - - * * * 5.2 15.6 2.4 *
Other 1.0 0.6 2.3 5.5 5.1 6.0 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.9

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
Labour 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Total 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Maps

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

The Local Government Act 1972 moved the District of Mid Sussex into West Sussex from East Sussex. This change was put into effect in the Parliamentary constituency boundaries for the 1983 boundary changes.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative

Constituency 1885 1886 88 1892 93 94 1895 1900 04 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910
Chichester C. Gordon-Lennox W. Gordon-Lennox Talbot
Horsham Barttelot Johnstone Turnour

1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1918 21 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 42 1945
Chichester Talbot Bird Rudkin Courtauld Joynson-Hicks
Horsham and Worthing / Horsham (1945) Turnour
Worthing Prior-Palmer

1950 to 1983

  Conservative

Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 58 1959 1964 1966 69 1970 71 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Arundel and Shoreham / Shoreham (1974) Cuthbert Kerby Luce
Chichester Joynson-Hicks Loveys Chataway Nelson
Horsham / Horsham and Crawley (1974) Turnour Gough Hordern
Worthing Prior-Palmer Higgins
Arundel Marshall

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Arundel / Arundel and South Downs (1997) Marshall Flight Herbert Griffith
Chichester Nelson Tyrie Keegan
Crawley Soames Moffatt Smith
Horsham Hordern Maude Quin
Shoreham / East Worthing and Shoreham (1997) Luce Stephen Loughton
Mid Sussex Renton Soames Davies
Worthing / Worthing West (1997) Higgins Bottomley
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Gibb

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  5. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  7. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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