Horsham and Worthing (UK Parliament constituency)

Horsham and Worthing was a county constituency in West Sussex, centred on the towns of Horsham and Worthing in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Horsham and Worthing
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1945
Seats	one
Created from	Horsham, Lewes and Chichester
Replaced by	Horsham and Worthing

History

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1945 general election. Its territory was then divided between the new constituencies of Worthing and Horsham.

Boundaries

The Borough of Worthing, the Urban Districts of Horsham, Shoreham, and Southwick, and the Rural Districts of Horsham, Steyning West, and Thakeham.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Earl Winterton	Conservative
1945		constituency abolished: see Horsham and Worthing

Throughout its existence, the constituency elected the same MP, Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, who had previously been MP for Horsham. When the Horsham constituency was re-established in 1945, Turnour was re-elected there, and held that seat until he stepped down at the 1951 general election after 47 years in Parliament.

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Horsham and Worthing^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Edward Turnour	15,644	86.0
	Independent	Emmanuel Rodocanachi[3]	2,544	14.0
Majority			13,100	72.0
Turnout			18,188	42.2
Registered electors			43,142
	Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Horsham and Worthing^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Turnour	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1923: Horsham and Worthing ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Turnour	17,925	66.8	N/A
	Labour	Ernest Stanford	8,892	33.2	New
Majority			9,033	33.6	N/A
Turnout			26,817	59.0	N/A
Registered electors			46,438
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1924: Horsham and Worthing^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Turnour	23,715	75.9	+9.1
	Labour	Ernest Stanford	7,537	24.1	−9.1
Majority			16,178	51.8	+18.2
Turnout			31,252	65.7	+6.7
Registered electors			47,557
	Unionist hold		Swing	+9.1

General election 1929: Horsham and Worthing ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edward Turnour	27,872	60.1	−15.8
	Liberal	Percy Boyden	10,905	23.5	New
	Labour	Helen Keynes	7,611	16.4	−7.7
Majority			16,967	36.6	−15.2
Turnout			46,388	66.1	+0.4
Registered electors			70,220
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Horsham and Worthing^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Turnour	44,886	88.33
	Labour	Helen Keynes	5,932	11.67
Majority			38,954	76.66
Turnout			50,818	67.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1935: Horsham and Worthing^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Turnour	41,478	76.89
	Labour	Harold William Paton	12,466	23.11
Majority			29,012	53.78
Turnout			53,944	60.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Edward Turnour
• Labour: A W Wright^[10]
• British Union: Jorian Jenks