Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Member of Parliament

• Peter Bottomley, Conservative (1997 - present)

Election results

General Election 2005: Worthing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bottomley	21,383	47.6	+ 0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Potter	12,004	26.7	+ 0.2
	Labour	Antony Bignell	8,630	19.2	−2.3
	UKIP	Timothy Cross	2374	5.3	+ 0.8
	Legalise Cannabis	Chris Baldwin	550	1.2	+ 1.2
Majority			9,379	20.9
Turnout			44,941	62.6	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2001: Worthing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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.