Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | |
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County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Bognor Regis and Littlehampton in West Sussex for the 2010 general election. |
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Location of West Sussex within England. |
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County | West Sussex |
Electorate | 70,535 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Nick Gibb (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 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. The current MP is Nick Gibb of the Conservative Party, elected at the 1997 general election.
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The constituency is elongated in shape, running along the south coast of England. It includes the towns of Bognor Regis and Littlehampton.
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 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton constituency is created with the following electoral wards:
Immediately prior to this seat's creation in 1997, the two eponymous towns were part of the Arundel constituency. Prior to 1974, Bognor Regis was part of the Chichester constituency, while Littlehampton was part of the Arundel and Shoreham constituency.
Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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1997 | Nick Gibb | Conservative |
General Election 2010: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nick Gibb | 24,087 | 51.4 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon McDougall | 11,024 | 23.5 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Michael Jones | 6,580 | 14.0 | -11.4 | |
UKIP | Douglas Denny | 3.036 | 6.5 | -1.5 | |
BNP | Andrew Moffat | 1,890 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Melissa Briggs | 235 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,063 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,852 | 66.2 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 2005: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nick Gibb | 18,183 | 44.6 | -0.6 | |
Labour | George O'Neill | 10,361 | 25.4 | -5.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon McDougall | 8,927 | 21.9 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | Adrian Lithgow | 3,276 | 8.0 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 7,822 | 19.2 | |||
Turnout | 40,747 | 62.1 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
General Election 2001: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nick Gibb | 17,602 | 45.2 | +1.0 | |
Labour | George O’Neill | 11,959 | 30.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pamela Peskett | 6,846 | 17.6 | -6.4 | |
UKIP | George Stride | 1,779 | 4.6 | +1.3 | |
Green | Lilias Cheyne | 782 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,643 | 14.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,968 | 58.2 | -11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
General Election 1997: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Nick Gibb | 20,537 | 44.2 | -12.6 | |
Labour | Roger Nash | 13,216 | 28.5 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dr James Walsh | 11,153 | 24.0 | -2.7 | |
UKIP | George Stride | 1,537 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 7,321 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 46,443 | 69.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.8 |