Worthing West
South East · County constituency
About the Worthing West constituency
Worthing West is a county constituency in the South East, spanning parts of Worthing, Arun and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Dr Beccy Cooper (Labour), first elected in July 2024.
At the 2024 general election, Labour won Worthing West with 40.2% of the vote, ahead of the Conservatives on 32.5%, a majority of 3,949 votes. Turnout was 66.2%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has Labour on 29.2% and Reform UK on 27.1% in Worthing West, a margin of 2.0 points. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Worthing West is a Leave-leaning area (an estimated 56.0% voted Leave in 2016). About 30.8% of residents hold a degree, 69.2% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 48 (2021 Census).
Across the last 5 general elections on record, the seat has been won by the Conservatives 4 times, Labour 1 time (earlier years may be on predecessor boundaries).
Who lives in Worthing West? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
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
Current projection
Map of Worthing West
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Worthing West within Worthing and Arun
Worthing West crosses multiple council boundaries: Worthing (75%), Arun (25%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council where they were held; for councils not in the 2026 election cycle the most recent available ward result is shown instead. 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.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Worthing | 75% | View projection › |
| Arun | 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.
| Division | Winner | Top 3 vote shares | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angmering & Findon | Con | Con 34% Ref 31% Grn 15% | 47.6% |
| Durrington & Salvington | Ref | Ref 38% Con 22% Lab 15% | 45.4% |
| East Preston & Ferring | Con | Con 39% Ref 32% Grn 12% | 56.0% |
| Goring | Grn | Grn 35% Ref 27% Con 26% | 55.8% |
| Northbrook | Ref | Ref 32% Lab 22% Con 19% | 41.2% |
| Tarring | Lab | Lab 25% Ref 24% LD 23% | 51.2% |
| Worthing Pier | Grn | Grn 36% Lab 24% Ref 21% | 44.2% |
| Worthing West | Lab | Lab 33% Con 22% Ref 21% | 53.6% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
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 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con hold | Peter Bottomley | 11.8% | 51.7% | 27.9% | 11,729 | 64.7% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Peter Bottomley | 15.7% | 51.5% | 8.8% | 16,855 | 67.1%+2.4 |
| 2017 | Con hold | Peter Bottomley | 33.2% | 55.4% | 5.5% | 12,090 | 70.1%+3.0 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Peter Bottomley 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 29.5% | 56.0% | 9.9% | 13,912 | 68.9%-1.2 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Beccy Cooper | 40.2% | 32.5% | 5.3% | 3,949 | 66.2%-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.
- ↑Age 65+31.2 / 31.5vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied69.2 / 70.5vs 61.9
- ↓Social rent10.0 / 9.8vs 16.8
- ↑Age 65+31.2 / 31.6vs 22.7
- ↓Under 3523.6 / 22.9vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied69.2 / 72.8vs 61.9
- ↑Age 65+31.2 / 30.6vs 22.7
- ↓Under 3523.6 / 23.6vs 30.2
- ↓Social rent10.0 / 11.1vs 16.8
- ↑Age 65+31.2 / 32.1vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied69.2 / 71.0vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3523.6 / 22.6vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+31.2 / 33.6vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied69.2 / 69.4vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3523.6 / 21.2vs 30.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 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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