Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox 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

The constituency covers the western portion of Worthing in West Sussex. Eastern parts of the town are in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency. It also contains the towns of East Preston and Rustington in the district of Arun.

History

The constituency was created in 1997 when the previous constituency, Worthing was divided in two. Prior to 1945, the territory of this constituency had been contained in the Horsham and Worthing seat.

The MP since the seat's creation is the Conservative Peter Bottomley. He previously represented the Eltham area in south-east London from 1975 to 1997.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1997)

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Peter Bottomley	Conservative

Elections

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	2,374	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

General Election 1997: Worthing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bottomley	23,733	46.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hare	16,020	31.1
	Labour	John Adams	8,347	16.2
	Referendum	N. John	2,313	4.5
	UKIP	Tim Cross	1,029	2.0
Majority			7,713
Turnout			51,442	72.1

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex