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Revision as of 05:19, 6 May 2005
Worthing West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
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Member of Parliament
Peter Bottomley
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legalise Cannabis Alliance | Chris Baldwin | 550 | 1.2 | + 1.2 | |
Labour | Antony Bignell | 8,630 | 19.2 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 21,383 | 47.6 | + 0.1 | |
UKIP | Timothy Cross | 2374 | 5.3 | + 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Potter | 12,004 | 26.7 | + 0.2 | |
Majority | 9,379 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 44,941 | 62.6 | +2.1 | ||
winner = Con | swing = +.1
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Bottomley | 20,508 | 47.5 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Walsh | 11,471 | 26.5 | −4.6 | |
Labour | Alan Butcher | 9,270 | 21.5 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Tim Cross | 1,960 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 9,037 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 43,209 | 59.7 | −12.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Politics and history of the constituency
This is a fairly new seat, created when the old seat of Worthing was split.