The county of West Sussex is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 6 county 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 | |||
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 | |||
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.
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 8 constituencies in West Sussex, with minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with those of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.
Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. [5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that West Sussex be combined with East Sussex as a sub-region of the South East Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named East Grinstead and Uckfield. [6] [7]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Adur
Containing electoral wards from Arun
Containing electoral wards from Chichester
Containing electoral wards from Crawley
Containing electoral wards from Horsham
Containing electoral wards from Mid Sussex
Containing electoral wards from Worthing
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [8]
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 |
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 Democrat 1 | 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
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 |
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.
Since 1885 only two MPs have won elections who were not members of the Conservative Party: one Liberal MP in 1923 and one Labour MP in 1997, 2001 and 2005.
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 |
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 |
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 |
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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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 |
East Worthing and Shoreham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Tim Loughton of the Conservative Party.
Worthing West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Sir Peter Bottomley, a Conservative, who is the Father of the House of Commons.
Arundel and South Downs is a constituency in West Sussex created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Andrew Griffith of the Conservative Party.
Crawley is a constituency in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Henry Smith of the Conservative Party.
Horsham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, centred on the eponymous town in West Sussex, its former rural district and part of another rural district. Its Member of Parliament (MP) was Francis Maude between 1997 and 2015; since then it has been Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party.
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