Worthing (UK Parliament constituency)

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Worthing Borough constituency
Created:	1945
Abolished:	1997
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Worthing was a parliamentary constituency in West Sussex, centred on the town of Worthing in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election Results 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Worthing West and East Worthing and Shoreham.

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1945	Sir Otho Prior-Palmer	Conservative
	1964	Terence Higgins	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Worthing West and East Worthing & Shoreham

[edit] Election Results

General Election 1992: Worthing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Higgins	34,198	57.0
	Liberal Democrat	S Bucknall	17,665	29.4
	Labour	J Deen	6,679	11.1
	Green	P Beever	806	1.3
	Liberal	N Goble	679	1.1
Majority			16,533	27.5
Turnout			60,027	77.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Worthing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Higgins	34,579	61.7
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	BA Clare	16,072	28.7
	Labour	J Deen	5,387	9.6
Majority			18,501	33.0
Turnout			56,032	72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Worthing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Higgins	32,807	60.9
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	A Clare	17,554	32.6
	Labour	A Minto	3,158	5.7
	National Front	M Wingfield	292	0.5
	British National Party	D Monks	103	0.2
Majority			15,253	28.3
Turnout			53,914	71.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page