Mid Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Sussex County constituency
Mid Sussex shown within West Sussex, and West Sussex shown within England
Created:	1974
MP:	Nicholas Soames
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Mid Sussex is a parliamentary 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 Sources 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is located in the north east of West Sussex, bordering with East Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in West Sussex, the Boundary Commission for England has made alterations to all existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The modified Mid Sussex constituency is created with the following electoral wards:

• Ashurst Wood, Bolney, Burgess Hill Dunstall, Burgess Hill Franklands, Burgess Hill Leylands, Burgess Hill Meeds, Burgess Hill St Andrews, Burgess Hill Victoria, Cuckfield, East Grinstead Ashplats, East Grinstead Baldwins, East Grinstead Herontye, East Grinstead Imberhorne, East Grinstead Town, Haywards Heath Ashenground, Haywards Heath Bentswood, Haywards Heath Franklands, Haywards Heath Heath, Haywards Heath Lucastes, High Weald, and Lindfield.

[edit] History

This constituency has undergone significant boundary changes at every periodical review that it has been around for. Prior to 1983, the constituency had actually been a part of East Sussex, but as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, it was largely moved into West Sussex

At the 1983 general election, it gained some of the wards previously contained in the historic East Grinstead constituency, and then at the 1997 election, it gained many of the rural wards between East Grinstead and Crawley.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1974)
• 1974 — 1997: Timothy Renton, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Nicholas Soames, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Soames	23,765	48.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Serena Tierney	17,875	36.1	+5.0
	Labour	Robert Fromant	6,280	12.7	-6.3
	UK Independence	Harold Piggott	1,574	3.2	+0.7
Majority			5,890	11.9
Turnout			49,494	68.6	3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.6

General Election 2001: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Soames	21,150	46.2	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Wilkins	14,252	31.1	+0.5
	Labour	Paul Mitchell	8,693	19.0	+0.3
	UK Independence	Petrina Holdsworth	1,126	2.5	+1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron Von Thunderclap Berry	601	1.3	N/A
Majority			6,898	15.1
Turnout			45,822	64.9	-12.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Soames	23,231	43.5	-15.5
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Collins	16,377	30.6	+2.4
	Labour	Mervyn Hamilton	9,969	18.6	+8.0
	Referendum Party	Tam Large	3,146	5.9	N/A
	UK Independence	J V Barnett	606	1.1	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Ernest Tudway	134	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,854	12.8
Turnout			53,463	77.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Renton	39,524	59.0	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Collins	18,996	28.4	-3.1
	Labour	L C Gregory	6,951	10.4	+3.0
	Green	H G Stevens	772	1.1	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	P B Berry	392	0.6	N/A
	Independent (politician)	P D Hodkin	246	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Dr A M A Hankey	89	0.1	N/A
Majority			20,528	30.6
Turnout			66,970	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.7

General Election 1987: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Renton	37,781	61.1	-0.3
	Liberal	N S E Westbrook	19,489	31.5	-0.8
	Labour	R S E Hughes	4,573	7.4	+1.4
Majority			18,292	29.6
Turnout			61,843	77.2	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Renton	35,310	61.4
	Liberal	J M Campbell	18,566	32.3
	Labour	P A Hawkes	3,470	6.0
	Independent (politician)	J Bray	196	0.3
Majority			16,744	29.1
Turnout			57,542	74.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of the change in share of vote is not possible.

General Election 1979: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Renton	32,548	61.2
	Liberal	J M Campbell	11,705	22.0
	Labour	D S Turner	8,260	15.5
	Independent Conservative	S M H Haslett	697	1.3
Majority			20,843	39.2
Turnout			53,210	78.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Renton	25,126	53.9
	Liberal	R A Symes-Schutzman	13,129	28.1
	Labour	M R Fraser	8,404	18.0
Majority			11,997	25.7
Turnout			46,659	76.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Mid Sussex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Renton	27,317	54.1
	Liberal	R A Symes-Schutzman	15,162	30.0
	Labour	M R Fraser	7,993	15.8
Majority			12,155	24.1
Turnout			50,472	83.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1997 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
• Election results, 1974 - 2001 (Keele University)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

[edit] External links

• Make Votes Count in West Sussex

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