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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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Peter Bottomley Conservative Party 25,416+1.7 ptsElected
2Hazel Thorpe Liberal Democrats 13,687—
3Ian Ross Labour Party 5,800—
4John Wallace UK Independence Party 2,924—
5David Aherne Green Party 996—
6Stuart Dearsley Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 300—

Electorate 75,945 · Turnout 64.7% · Majority 11,729 · Back to 2010 overview

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.