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East Worthing and Shoreham

Shows the general election results for East Worthing and Shoreham, which is a constituency in West Sussex. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 75,525 and a turnout of 70.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
Tim Loughton
Majority
5,106
Electorate
75,525
Turnout
70.3%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 48.9%
Lab 39.3%
LD 4.7%
UKIP 2.7%
Green 2.4%
National Health Action Party 1.1%
Ind 0.8%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Tim Loughton  Con 25,988 48.9 -0.5
Sophie Cook  Lab 20,882 39.3 19.8
Oli Henman * LD 2,523 4.7 -2.0
Mike Glennon * UKIP 1,444 2.7 -13.8
Leslie Groves Williams * Green 1,273 2.4 -2.8
Carl Walker * National Health Action Party 575 1.1 -1.4
Andy Lutwyche * Ind 432 0.8 0.8
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD UKIP Green National Health Action Party Ind Eng Dem Oth
2005 43.9% 25.5% 24.3% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
2010 48.5% 16.7% 25.5% 6.2% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0%
2015 49.5% 19.5% 6.7% 16.6% 5.2% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 48.9% 39.3% 4.7% 2.7% 2.4% 1.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
485 East Worthing and Shoreham 9.6%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
500 East Worthing and Shoreham 48.9%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
260 East Worthing and Shoreham 70.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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