Constituency profile

East Worthing and Shoreham

South East · County constituency

Tom Rutland MP
Sitting MP

Tom Rutland

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
53.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +1.8pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +11.3pp
vs Reform UK 27.0%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

About the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency

East Worthing and Shoreham is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Tom Rutland (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.1% to 25.7% for the Conservatives, a majority of 9,519 votes on a 65.7% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 38.2% and Reform UK on 27.0%, a margin of 11.3 points.

Who lives in East Worthing and Shoreham? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
53.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
29.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
17.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
72.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
27.2%
UK average ~36%
Median age
45.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
26.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
24.5%
UK average ~28%

How did East Worthing and Shoreham vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 9,519 votes (19.4pp) · turnout 65.7%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of East Worthing and Shoreham

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

East Worthing and Shoreham within Adur and Worthing

East Worthing and Shoreham crosses council boundaries: Adur (66%), Worthing (34%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. In addition, the West Sussex County Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2026; the county-division results covering this seat are shown below. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Adur
42 LSOAs
66%View projection ›
Worthing
22 LSOAs
34%View projection ›

West Sussex County Council election, Thursday 7 May 2026

The county council is a separate tier of local government from the district council and from Westminster. These are the results for the county divisions covering this seat; vote shares are computed from the declared per-candidate ballots.

DivisionWinnerTop 3 vote sharesTurnout
BroadwaterGrnGrn 35% Ref 23% Lab 23%49.5%
CissburyConCon 33% Ref 32% Lab 16%55.1%
LancingRefRef 37% Lab 25% Con 16%44.4%
Shoreham NorthLabLab 34% Ref 26% Con 17%46.7%
Shoreham SouthGrnGrn 31% Independent 24% Ref 19%55.7%
Sompting & North LancingRefRef 37% Independent 18% Lab 15%45.2%
SouthwickLabLab 32% Ref 27% Con 20%43.1%
Worthing EastGrnGrn 32% Lab 28% Ref 23%48.5%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BroadwaterLabour 51.2%vs Conservative 21.4%May 2026 Green 33.5%vs Reform 25.9%
Labour→Green
+28.0pp
46.8%
BuckinghamLabour 42.5%vs Conservative 27.7%May 2026 Labour 38.5%vs Reform 23.9%
Labour share
-4.0pp
53.7%
ChurchillLabour 40.4%vs Conservative 27.0%May 2026 Reform 29.7%vs Others 25.1%
Labour→Reform
+19.7pp
45.1%
CokehamLabour 42.4%vs Conservative 28.6%May 2026 Reform 42.7%vs Conservative 19.9%
Labour→Reform
+26.0pp
44.5%
EastbrookLabour 47.1%vs Conservative 22.0%May 2026 Labour 36.1%vs Reform 27.3%
Labour share
-11.0pp
42.4%
GaisfordLabour 50.4%vs Conservative 22.6%May 2026 Green 27.9%vs Labour 26.9%
Labour→Green
+22.4pp
51.7%
HillsideLabour 41.7%vs Conservative 26.4%May 2026 Reform 34.1%vs Labour 25.4%
Labour→Reform
+16.7pp
40.6%
ManorLabour 35.7%vs Conservative 34.1%May 2026 Others 38.3%vs Reform 30.2%
Labour→Others
+29.9pp
49.0%
MarineLabour 45.0%vs Conservative 22.0%May 2026 Others 48.7%vs Green 25.9%
Labour→Others
+42.5pp
57.8%
Mash BarnLabour 50.9%vs Conservative 22.2%May 2026 Labour 38.5%vs Reform 36.5%
Labour share
-12.4pp
43.8%
OffingtonLabour 35.5%vs Conservative 34.9%May 2026 Reform 32.3%vs Conservative 30.4%
Labour→Reform
+18.1pp
54.1%
PeverelLabour 39.8%vs Conservative 29.1%May 2026 Reform 38.5%vs Conservative 18.8%
Labour→Reform
+22.0pp
42.2%
SeldenLabour 51.9%vs Conservative 21.0%May 2026 Green 31.7%vs Labour 29.0%
Labour→Green
+24.5pp
49.7%
SouthlandsLabour 48.9%vs Conservative 24.1%May 2026 Reform 35.9%vs Labour 29.6%
Labour→Reform
+20.5pp
41.1%
Southwick GreenLabour 47.0%vs Conservative 23.3%May 2026 Labour 42.8%vs Reform 20.7%
Labour share
-4.2pp
46.4%
St Mary'sLabour 52.2%vs Conservative 20.9%May 2026 Labour 43.6%vs Green 22.4%
Labour share
-8.6pp
48.1%
St NicolasLabour 40.4%vs Conservative 27.6%May 2026 Green 40.8%vs Reform 18.8%
Labour→Green
+27.1pp
58.7%
WidewaterLabour 40.6%vs Conservative 28.5%May 2026 Reform 45.3%vs Green 21.0%
Labour→Reform
+25.8pp
45.3%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for East Worthing and Shoreham at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won East Worthing and Shoreham at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdTim Loughton16.7%48.5%25.5%6.2% UKIP2.3%0.8%11,10565.4%
2015Con holdTim Loughton19.5%49.5%6.7%16.6% UKIP5.2%2.5%14,94966.7%+1.3
2017Con holdTim Loughton39.3%48.9%4.7%2.7% UKIP2.4%1.9%5,10670.3%+3.6
2019notionalConservative winnerTim Loughton 2019 MP, pre-review boundary37.0%51.0%7.8%-3.8%0.4%7,47470.4%+0.1
2024Lab gain from ConTom Rutland45.1%25.7%6.5%14.6% Ref6.6%1.6%9,51965.7%-4.7

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like East Worthing and Shoreham

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to East Worthing and Shoreham. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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