Constituency profile

Worthing West

South East · County constituency

Dr Beccy Cooper MP
Sitting MP

Dr Beccy Cooper

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
56.0% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +4.1pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +6.6pp
vs Reform UK 27.4%
SouthernLeave-leaning

About the Worthing West constituency

Worthing West is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Dr Beccy Cooper (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 40.2% to 32.5% for the Conservatives, a majority of 3,949 votes on a 66.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 34.0% and Reform UK on 27.4%, a margin of 6.6 points.

Who lives in Worthing West? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
56.0%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
30.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
17.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
69.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
30.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
47.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
31.2%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Worthing West 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 3,949 votes (7.7pp) · turnout 66.2%

Current projection

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

Map of Worthing West

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)

Worthing West within Worthing and Arun

Worthing West crosses council boundaries: Worthing (75%), Arun (25%). 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
Worthing
46 LSOAs
75%View projection ›
Arun
15 LSOAs
25%

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
Angmering & FindonConCon 34% Ref 31% Grn 15%47.6%
Durrington & SalvingtonRefRef 38% Con 22% Lab 15%45.4%
East Preston & FerringConCon 39% Ref 32% Grn 12%56.0%
GoringGrnGrn 35% Ref 27% Con 26%55.8%
NorthbrookRefRef 32% Lab 22% Con 19%41.2%
TarringLabLab 25% Ref 24% LD 23%51.2%
Worthing PierGrnGrn 36% Lab 24% Ref 21%44.2%
Worthing WestLabLab 33% Con 22% Ref 21%53.6%

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
Angmering & FindonConservative 35.8%vs Labour 35.2%2023 Conservative 53.0%vs Lib Dem 16.6%-53.0%
CastleLabour 44.3%vs Conservative 30.3%May 2026 Reform 31.4%vs Labour 23.8%
Labour→Reform
+18.7pp
43.5%
CentralLabour 50.0%vs Conservative 23.1%May 2026 Green 36.6%vs Labour 27.0%
Labour→Green
+26.7pp
44.2%
DurringtonLabour 37.3%vs Conservative 33.0%May 2026 Reform 39.0%vs Conservative 22.2%
Labour→Reform
+21.4pp
45.1%
East PrestonConservative 37.2%vs Labour 31.8%2023 Conservative 60.2%vs Lib Dem 19.7%-48.2%
FerringConservative 39.7%vs Labour 31.7%2023 Conservative 66.5%vs Labour 13.6%-46.4%
GoringConservative 40.3%vs Labour 31.9%May 2026 Green 37.4%vs Conservative 27.9%
Conservative→Green
+20.4pp
60.3%
HeeneLabour 47.4%vs Conservative 26.1%May 2026 Green 32.7%vs Labour 27.0%
Labour→Green
+23.7pp
47.4%
MarineLabour 47.1%vs Conservative 31.4%May 2026 Labour 34.9%vs Conservative 23.4%
Labour share
-12.2pp
55.8%
NorthbrookLabour 39.9%vs Conservative 32.8%May 2026 Reform 33.7%vs Labour 22.1%
Labour→Reform
+18.0pp
37.6%
SalvingtonConservative 36.4%vs Labour 36.1%May 2026 Reform 37.2%vs Conservative 24.7%
Conservative→Reform
+16.2pp
49.3%
TarringLabour 47.5%vs Conservative 25.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 27.4%vs Reform 24.2%
Labour→Lib Dem
+21.1pp
50.7%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Worthing West 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 holdPeter Bottomley11.8%51.7%27.9%6.0% UKIP2.0%0.6%11,72964.7%
2015Con holdPeter Bottomley15.7%51.5%8.8%18.3% UKIP5.8%-16,85567.1%+2.4
2017Con holdPeter Bottomley33.2%55.4%5.5%3.0% UKIP3.0%-12,09070.1%+3.0
2019notionalConservative winnerPeter Bottomley 2019 MP, pre-review boundary29.5%56.0%9.9%-3.6%1.0%13,91268.9%-1.2
2024Lab gain from ConBeccy Cooper40.2%32.5%5.3%14.8% Ref6.4%0.7%3,94966.2%-2.7

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

Constituencies most like Worthing West

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Worthing West. 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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