The county of West Sussex is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies - 2 borough constituencies and 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  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.

2010 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
  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
Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

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

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% Decrease0.6% 8 0
Labour 103,446 22.6% Decrease6.2% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 75,512 16.5% Increase8.2% 0 0
Greens 17,239 3.8% Increase1.1% 0 0
Others 3,920 0.8% Decrease2.5% 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

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

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.

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.

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 (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  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. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Tim's thoughts on the Boundary Commission's revised proposals". Tim Loughton MP. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 990-1012. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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