List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_West_Sussex

List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

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

Constituencies

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat ¤

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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.

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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

  • Arundel and South Downs (part)
  • Chichester (part)

Containing electoral wards from Crawley

Containing electoral wards from Horsham

  • Arundel and South Downs (part)

Containing electoral wards from Mid Sussex

Containing electoral wards from Worthing

  • East Worthing and Shoreham (part)
  • Worthing West (part)

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:

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Percentage votes

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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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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

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1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Liberal

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1950 to 1983

  Conservative

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1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour

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. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. "Tim's thoughts on the Boundary Commission's revised proposals". Tim Loughton MP. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. "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.
  6. 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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