| East Worthing and Shoreham | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of East Worthing and Shoreham 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 | 72,996 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Tim Loughton (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
East Worthing and Shoreham is a county 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.
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The constituency covers the eastern portion of Worthing and the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex.
Following its 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 East Worthing and Shoreham constituency is created with the following electoral wards:
Immediately prior to its creation in 1997, the Shoreham portion of this constituency had been in the Shoreham seat and the East Worthing portion had been in the Worthing seat. Prior to 1974, the Shoreham portion had been a part of the Arundel and Shoreham seat.
Between 1945 and 1950, the entirety of this constituency was subsumed within the Worthing seat and between 1918 and 1945 within the Horsham and Worthing seat.
Emily Benn, granddaughter of Tony Benn and niece of Hilary Benn, was selected in September 2007, at the age of 17, to contest the seat for Labour at the 2010 general election, making her the youngest ever Labour parliamentary candidate. Had she been elected, she would have been the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832.[2]
| Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Tim Loughton | Conservative | |
| General Election 2010: East Worthing and Shoreham[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tim Loughton | 23,458 | 48.5 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Doyle | 12,353 | 25.5 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Emily Benn | 8,087 | 16.7 | -8.8 | |
| UKIP | Mike Glennon | 2,984 | 6.2 | +1.4 | |
| Green | Susan Board | 1,126 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| English Democrats | Clive Maltby | 389 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 11,105 | 22.9 | |||
| Turnout | 48,397 | 65.4 | +3.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2005: East Worthing and Shoreham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tim Loughton | 19,548 | 43.9 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Daniel Yates | 11,365 | 25.5 | −3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Doyle | 10,844 | 24.3 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | Richard Jelf | 2,109 | 4.7 | +1.9 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Chris Baldwin | 677 | 1.5 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 8,183 | 18.4 | |||
| Turnout | 44,543 | 61.6 | 1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: East Worthing and Shoreham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tim Loughton | 18,608 | 43.2 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Daniel Yates | 12,469 | 29.0 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul Elgood | 9,876 | 22.9 | −7.6 | |
| UKIP | Jim McCulloch | 1,195 | 2.8 | +1.0 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Christopher Baldwin | 920 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 6,139 | 14.2 | |||
| Turnout | 43,068 | 59.7 | −13.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: East Worthing and Shoreham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Tim Loughton | 20,864 | 40.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Martin King | 15,766 | 30.6 | ||
| Labour | Mark Williams | 12,335 | 23.9 | ||
| Referendum Party | J. McCulloch | 1,683 | 3.3 | ||
| UKIP | R. Jarvis | 921 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,098 | ||||
| Turnout | 72.9 | ||||