Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)
Horsham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Horsham in West Sussex. | |
Location of West Sussex within England. | |
County | West Sussex |
Electorate | 77,001 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Jeremy Quin (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1945–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham and Crawley |
Created from | Horsham and Worthing |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham and Worthing |
Created from | Horsham, Midhurst and West Sussex |
1295–1885 | |
Number of members | Two until 1832, then one until 1885 |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Horsham is /ˈhɔːrʃəm/ a constituency[n 1] centred on the historic satellite town to London, its rural district and part of another rural district in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament[n 2] between 1997 and 2015 by Francis Maude, and since 2015 by Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries and profile
1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth, and the civil parish of Crawley.
1945-1950: The Urban Districts of Horsham, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Southwick, and the Rural Districts of Chanctonbury and Horsham.
1950-1974: The Urban District of Horsham, and the Rural Districts of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth.
1983-1997: The District of Horsham.
1997-2010: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst, Broadbridge Heath, Cowfold, Denne, Forest, Holbrook, Itchingfield and Shipley, Nuthurst, Riverside, Roffey North, Rudgwick, Rusper, Slinfold, Southwater, Trafalgar, and Warnham, the District of Mid Sussex wards of Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down, Slaugham, and Turners Hill, and the District of Chichester wards of Plaistow and Wisborough Green.
2010-present: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst and Shipley, Broadbridge Heath, Denne, Forest, Holbrook East, Holbrook West, Horsham Park, Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham, Nuthurst, Roffey North, Roffey South, Rudgwick, Rusper and Colgate, Southwater, and Trafalgar, and the District of Mid Sussex wards of Ardingly and Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, and Crawley Down and Turners Hill.
The constituency is located in a northern part of West Sussex, bordering the constituencies of Arundel and South Downs, Mid Sussex. It is centred slightly east of the town of Horsham and is rectangular with the exception of a noticeable gap formed by the smaller constituency of Crawley.
The constituency (including its brief larger versions under other names) has been represented by members of the Conservative Party since 1880, making it the longest held Conservative seat and not normally with marginal majorities making it a safe seat, though just outside the top twenty Conservative seats sorted by majority.[2]
History
Horsham has existed as a constituency for three distinct periods. It first sent members to Parliament in 1295. However, the constituency was abolished in 1918 to make way for Horsham and Worthing. In 1945 the constituency was recreated, until 1974 when Horsham and Crawley was created. In 1983 the constituency of Horsham was again created and has existed since.
Members of Parliament
MPs before 1660
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1386 | Henry Boteler | (?William Rydel)ere I[3] |
1388 (Feb) | Roger Wyldegose | William Rydelere I[3] |
1388 (Sep) | John Baker | Thomas Jewdry[3] |
1390 (Jan) | Henry Boteler[3] | |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Henry Boteler | Thomas Jewdry[3] |
1393 | William Chode | William Rydelere II[3] |
1394 | ||
1395 | Henry Boteler | Roger Eylove[3] |
1397 (Jan) | William Rydelere I | Roger Wyldegose[3] |
1397 (Sep) | Henry Boteler | Richard Coudene[3] |
1399 | William Chode | Richard Coudene[3] |
1401 | ||
1402 | Thomas Bolter | Robert atte Lynde[3] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | Thomas Chode | John Stoute[3] |
1407 | Thomas Bolter | Thomas Chode[3] |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Henry Boteler II | Thomas Pylfold[3] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | Thomas Chode | Thomas Wodehach[3] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | Henry Boteler II | Walter Urry[3] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | John Haselhurst | William Hynekere[3] |
1419 | William Stoute | Walter Ury[3] |
1420 | William Hynekere | William Stoute[3] |
1421 (May) | Thomas Chode | Peter Hent[3] |
1421 (Dec) | Henry Boteler II | Roger Elyot[3] |
1510-1523 | No names known[4] | |
1529 | Alfred Berwick | Henry Hussey[4] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | ? | |
1545 | Sir Anthony Wingfield[5] | Francis Knollys[4] |
1547 | Andrew Baynton[6] | John Vaughan[4] |
1553 (Mar) | Henry Hussey | Edward Lewknor[4] |
1553 (Oct) | Anthony Hussey | John Michell[4] |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Baker | John Baker[4] |
1554 (Nov) | William Tooke | John Purvey[4] |
1555 | Robert Colshill | William Hogan[4] |
1558 | John Blennerhassett | Richard Fulmerston[4] |
1558 (Dec) | Richard Lestrange | Nicholas Mynn[7] |
1562/3 | Peter Osborne | Robert Buxton[7] |
1571 | John Hussey | John Gresham[7] |
1572 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare[7] |
1584 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare[7] |
1586 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare[7] |
1588/9 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare[7] |
1593 | John Hare | Richard Franke[7] |
1597 | John Hare | James Booth[7] |
1601 | Sir William Hervey | Michael Hicks[7] |
1604 | John Dodderidge | Michael Hicks |
1614 | John Middleton | Sir Thomas Vavasour |
1621 | Thomas Cornwallis | John Middleton |
1624 | John Borough | John Middleton |
1625 | John Borough | John Middleton |
1626 | John Borough | John Middleton |
1628 | Dudley North | John Middleton |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
MPs 1660–1832
- Representation reduced to one (1832)
MPs 1832-1945
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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1832 | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1841 | Robert Scarlett | Conservative | |
1844 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1847 | John Jervis | Liberal | |
1848 by-election | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative | |
1848 by-election | Lord Edward Howard | Liberal | |
1852 | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative | |
1865 | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1868 | John Aldridge[9] | Conservative | |
1869[9] | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1874 | Sir William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative | |
1875 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1876 by-election | James Clifton Brown | Liberal | |
1880 | Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt | Conservative | |
1885 | Sir Walter Barttelot, Bt | Conservative | |
1893 by-election | John Heywood Johnstone | Conservative | |
1904 by-election | Viscount Turnour | Conservative | |
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Horsham and Worthing |
MPs 1945-1974
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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1945 | The Earl Winterton | Conservative | |
1951 | Frederick Gough | Conservative | |
1964 | Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Horsham and Crawley |
MPs since 1983
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
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1983 | Sir Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
1997 | Francis Maude | Conservative | |
2015 | Jeremy Quin | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Quin[11] | 32,627 | 57.3 | +4.6 | |
UKIP | Roger Arthur[12][13] | 7,969 | 14.0 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Morwen Millson | 6,647 | 11.7 | -20.5 | |
Labour | Martyn Davis[14] | 6,499 | 11.4 | +3.9 | |
Green | Darrin Green[15] | 2,198 | 3.9 | +2.8 | |
Something New | James Smith[16] | 375 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Peace | Jim Duggan[17] | 307 | 0.5 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Jim Rae[18] | 303 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 24,658 | 43.3 | |||
Turnout | 56,925 | 72.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 29,447 | 52.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Godfrey Newman | 17,987 | 32.2 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Andrew Skudder | 4,189 | 7.5 | -9.6 | |
UKIP | Harry Aldridge | 2,839 | 5.1 | +0.4 | |
Green | Nick Fitter | 570 | 1.0 | ||
Christian | Steve Lyon | 469 | 0.8 | ||
Peace | Jim Duggan | 253 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Derek Kissach | 87 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 11,460 | 20.5 | |||
Turnout | 55,841 | 72.12 | +3.97 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 27,240 | 50.0 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rosie Sharpley | 14,613 | 26.8 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Rehman Chishti | 9,320 | 17.1 | -3.1 | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 2,552 | 4.7 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 416 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
People of Horsham First Party | Martin Jeremiah | 354 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,627 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 54,495 | 68.15 | 3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 26,134 | 51.5 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Hubert Carr | 12,468 | 24.6 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Janet Sully | 10,267 | 20.2 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 1,472 | 2.9 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 429 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,666 | 26.9 | |||
Turnout | 50,770 | 63.8 | -11.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 29,015 | 50.7 | -11.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Morwen Millson | 14,153 | 24.8 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Maureen Walsh | 10,691 | 18.7 | +6.8 | |
Referendum | Robin Grant | 2,281 | 4.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 819 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Malcolm Courbould | 206 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,862 | 25.9 | |||
Turnout | 57,165 | 75.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 42,210 | 61.7 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Julie Stainton | 17,138 | 25.0 | -0.4 | |
Labour | SPP Unwins | 6,745 | 9.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | JA Elliot | 1,281 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Green | TJ King | 692 | 1.0 | -1.2 | |
Independent | JJ Duggan | 332 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 25,072 | 36.7 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 68,398 | 81.3 | +8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 39,775 | 63.7 | +0.5 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | J Pearce | 15,868 | 25.4 | -1.5 | |
Labour | Michael Shrimpton | 5,435 | 8.7 | +0.4 | |
Green | TE Metheringham | 1,383 | 2.2 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 23,907 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 62,461 | 72.5 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 37,897 | 63.2 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic) | G C Archibald | 16,112 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Ward | 4,999 | 8.3 | ||
Ecology | PH Spurrier | 925 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 21,785 | 36.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,933 | 74.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections 1945-70
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 41,994 | 53.65 | ||
Labour | AJ Edwards | 27,706 | 35.40 | ||
Liberal | H Gill | 8,574 | 10.95 | ||
Majority | 14,288 | 18.25 | |||
Turnout | 73.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Peter Hordern | 32,139 | 45.80 | ||
Labour | JM Bowyer | 26,098 | 37.19 | ||
Liberal | OGN Burne | 11,930 | 17.00 | ||
Majority | 6,041 | 8.61 | |||
Turnout | 78.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 32,318 | 47.39 | ||
Labour | AE Pegler | 22,450 | 32.92 | ||
Liberal | OGN Burne | 12,570 | 18.43 | ||
Christian Progressive | J Lee | 865 | 1.27 | ||
Majority | 9,868 | 14.47 | |||
Turnout | 79.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 37,275 | 60.82 | ||
Labour | AE Pegler | 24,012 | 39.18 | ||
Majority | 13,263 | 21.64 | |||
Turnout | 79.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 28,598 | 62.60 | ||
Labour | WA Baker | 17,088 | 37.40 | ||
Majority | 11,510 | 25.19 | |||
Turnout | 76.43 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 25,204 | 66.31 | ||
Labour | Russell Whiston Kerr | 12,803 | 33.69 | ||
Majority | 12,401 | 32.63 | |||
Turnout | 77.71 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | The Earl Winterton | 21,627 | 56.36 | ||
Labour | HR Nicholls | 11,204 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Ella Margaret Marchant | 5,539 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 10,423 | 27.16 | |||
Turnout | 79.78 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | The Earl Winterton | 21,814 | 54.96 | ||
Labour | Augustus Frederick Herbert Lindner | 11,664 | 29.38 | ||
Liberal | Charles Arthur Wellesley Williamson | 6,216 | 15.66 | ||
Majority | 10,150 | 25.57 | |||
Turnout | 68.40 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Constituency Profile from Electoral Calculus - an opinion poll modelled analysis of seats
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ↑ Carter, P. R. N. "Wingfield, Anthony". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29733. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Baynton, Andrew". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
- 1 2 After the 1868 election, petitions were lodged against both candidates and Aldridge chose not to defend his claim so Hurst was declared elected in 1869
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Jeremy Quin has won the selection in Horsham". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/roger-arthur-why-i-quit-top-tory-post-to-join-ukip-1-4969793
- ↑ http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/ukip-challenger-to-horsham-mp-francis-maude-launches-election-campaign-1-6405262
- ↑ "Labour picks Horsham candidate for General Election". West Sussex County Times. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ↑ http://midsussex.greenparty.org.uk/2013-08-08/local-party-elects-prospective-parliamentary-candidates-for-horsham-and-mid-sussex.html
- ↑ "Father of two launches bid to be Horsham's next MP". West Sussex County Times. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "Peace Party". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Deselected Councillor will contest May election for Horsham MP". District Post. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Sources
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2010 (Guardian)
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Caernarvon Boroughs |
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1945–1951 |
Succeeded by Antrim North |