List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
The county of West Sussex is divided into 8 Parliamentary constituencies - 2 Borough constituencies and 6 County constituencies.
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 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Name | Previous boundaries | Current boundaries |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
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
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 88 | 1892 | 93 | 94 | 1895 | 1900 | 04 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 |
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Chichester | C. Gordon-Lennox | W. Gordon-Lennox | Talbot | |||||||||
Horsham | Barttelot | Johnstone | Turnour |
1918 to 1950
Constituency | 1918 | 21 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 42 | 1945 |
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Chichester | Talbot | Bird | Rudkin | Courtauld | Joynson-Hicks | |||||
Horsham and Worthing / Horsham (1945) | Turnour | |||||||||
Worthing | Prior-Palmer |
1950 to 1983
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 54 | 1955 | 58 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 69 | 1970 | 71 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 |
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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
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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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 |
Notes
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
- Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (2020-01-28). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Cite journal requires
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- "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
- "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
- "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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