Worthing (UK Parliament constituency)
Worthing | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Sussex |
1945–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Horsham and Worthing |
Replaced by | East Worthing & Shoreham and Worthing West |
Worthing was a parliamentary constituency in West Sussex, centred on the town of Worthing in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the 1945 general election by dividing Horsham and Worthing, and abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Worthing West and East Worthing and Shoreham.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1945 | Sir Otho Prior-Palmer | Conservative | |
1964 | Sir Terence Higgins | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Otho Prior-Palmer | 31,337 | 64.45 | ||
Labour | Arthur Wellesley Wright | 11,570 | 23.43 | ||
Liberal | Walter Parnell-Smith | 6,483 | 13.13 | ||
Majority | 19,767 | 40.02 | |||
Turnout | 49,390 | 72.21 | |||
Registered electors | 68,393 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Otho Prior-Palmer | 29,475 | 66.76 | +3.31 | |
Labour | E Duchin | 10,028 | 22.71 | −0.72 | |
Liberal | William Horne | 4,647 | 10.53 | −2.60 | |
Majority | 19.447 | 44.05 | +4.03 | ||
Turnout | 44,150 | 83.98 | +11.77 | ||
Registered electors | 52,573 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.02 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Otho Prior-Palmer | 32,302 | 74.63 | +7.87 | |
Labour | Gerry Reynolds | 10,978 | 25.37 | +2.66 | |
Majority | 21,324 | 49.26 | +5.21 | ||
Turnout | 43,280 | 79.96 | −4.02 | ||
Registered electors | 54,125 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Otho Prior-Palmer | 31,106 | 77.12 | +2.49 | |
Labour | Brian Ronald Stevens | 9,231 | 22.88 | −2.49 | |
Majority | 21,875 | 54.24 | +4.98 | ||
Turnout | 40,337 | 72.75 | −7.21 | ||
Registered electors | 55,449 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.49 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Otho Prior-Palmer | 31,396 | 68.16 | −8.96 | |
Labour | Frederick Roy Mason | 7,618 | 16.54 | −6.34 | |
Liberal | Deryck Abel | 7,045 | 15.30 | New | |
Majority | 23,778 | 51.62 | −2.62 | ||
Turnout | 46,059 | 76.12 | +3.37 | ||
Registered electors | 60,505 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.31 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 30,203 | 61.02 | −7.14 | |
Liberal | Paul L Rose | 11,320 | 22.87 | +7.57 | |
Labour | Russell L Butler | 7,976 | 16.11 | −0.43 | |
Majority | 18,883 | 38.15 | −13.48 | ||
Turnout | 49,499 | 79.93 | +3.81 | ||
Registered electors | 61,931 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 29,903 | 59.59 | −1.43 | |
Labour | Anthony Lester | 10,281 | 20.49 | +4.38 | |
Liberal | Robert Roberts | 8,955 | 17.84 | −5.03 | |
Ind. Conservative | Edward Moloney | 1,044 | 2.08 | New | |
Majority | 19,622 | 39.10 | +0.95 | ||
Turnout | 50,183 | 75.71 | −4.22 | ||
Registered electors | 66,279 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.91 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 33,051 | 65.61 | ||
Labour | Suzanne M Bartlett | 8,989 | 17.84 | ||
Liberal | Michael J Rooke | 8,336 | 16.55 | ||
Majority | 24,062 | 47.77 | |||
Turnout | 50,376 | 69.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 33,613 | 59.41 | ||
Liberal | MHC Foley | 14,683 | 25.95 | ||
Labour | Michael Neves | 8,286 | 14.64 | ||
Majority | 18,930 | 33.46 | |||
Turnout | 56,582 | 78.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 30,036 | 58.19 | ||
Liberal | MHC Foley | 12,691 | 24.59 | ||
Labour | Michael Neves | 8,890 | 17.22 | ||
Majority | 17,345 | 33.60 | |||
Turnout | 51,617 | 71.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 33,624 | 61.22 | ||
Liberal | B Sudbury | 13,244 | 24.11 | ||
Labour | K Underwood | 7,163 | 13.04 | ||
National Front | A Hough | 893 | 1.63 | New | |
Majority | 20,380 | 37.11 | |||
Turnout | 54,924 | 73.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 32,807 | 60.9 | −0.3 | |
Alliance | Bob Clare | 17,554 | 32.6 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Ashley Minto | 3,158 | 5.7 | −6.3 | |
National Front | Martin Wingfield | 292 | 0.5 | New | |
BNP | D Monks | 103 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 15,253 | 28.3 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,914 | 71.2 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 34,579 | 61.7 | +0.8 | |
Alliance | Bob Clare | 16,072 | 28.7 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Jim L.W. Deen | 5,387 | 9.6 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 18,501 | 33.0 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,032 | 72.8 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Higgins | 34,198 | 57.0 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Bucknall | 17,665 | 29.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Jim L.W. Deen | 6,679 | 11.1 | +1.5 | |
Green | P.J. Beever | 806 | 1.3 | New | |
Liberal | Nicholas J. Goble | 679 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,533 | 27.5 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 60,027 | 77.4 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.7 |
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ a b c d e f g British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, FWS Craig
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.