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Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)

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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

Member of Parliament

Peter Bottomley

Election results

General Election 2005: Worthing West
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


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.