UK general elections › 2010 › Worthing West
Worthing West — 2010
Peter Bottomley (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,416 votes— 51.7% of 49,123 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,123
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Bottomley | Conservative Party | 25,416 | 51.7% | +1.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Hazel Thorpe | Liberal Democrats | 13,687 | 27.9% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Ross | Labour Party | 5,800 | 11.8% | — | |
| 4 | John Wallace | UK Independence Party | 2,924 | 6.0% | — | |
| 5 | David Aherne | Green Party | 996 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | Stuart Dearsley | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 300 | 0.6% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.