Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)

Horsham
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 (the civil parishes of Amberley, Ashington, Ashurst, Bramber, Coldwaltham, Henfield, Parham, Pulborough, Shermanbury, Steyning, Storrington, Sullington, Thakenham, Upper Beeding, Washington, West Chiltington, Wiston, and Woodmancote) and Horsham (the civil parishes of Billingshurst, Cowfold, Crawley, Horsham Rural, Itchingfield, Lower Beeding, Nuthurst, Rudgwick, Rusper, Shipley, Slinfold, Warnham, and West Grinstead).

1950-1974: The Urban District of Horsham, and the Rural Districts of Horsham, Midhurst (the civil parishes of Bepton, Chithurst, Cocking, Easebourne, East Lavington, Elsted, Fernhurst, Graffham, Harting, Heyshott, Iping, Linch, Linchmere, Lodsworth, Lurgashall, Midhurst, North Ambersham, Rogate, South Ambersham, Stedham, Terwick, Tillington, Treyford, Trotton, West Lavington, and Woolbeding), and Petworth (the civil parishes of Barlavington, Bignor, Burton, Bury, Duncton, Fittleworth, Kirdford, Loxwood, North Chapel, Petworth, Plaistow, Stopham, Sutton, and Wisborough Green).

1983-1997: The District of Horsham (the wards of Bramber and Upper Beeding, Billingshurst, Broadbridge Heath, Chanctonbury, Cowfold, Denne, Forest, Henfield, Holbrook, Itchingfield and Shipley, Nuthurst, Pulborough, Riverside, Roffey North, Rudgwick, Rusper, Slinfold, Southwater, Steyning, Storrington, Sullington, Trafalgar, Warnham, West Chiltington, and West Grinstead).

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
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

Year	First member[8]		First Party	Second member[8]		Second Party
1660		Thomas Middleton			Hall Ravenscroft
1661		Sir John Covert, Bt			Henry Chowne
1669					Orlando Bridgeman
1679		Anthony Eversfield			John Michell
1681		John Machel
1685					Anthony Eversfield
1690					Thomas White
1695					Henry Yates
January 1701		Henry Cowper
November 1701		John Wicker
1702					Henry Cowper
1705		Charles Eversfield
1707					Henry Goring
1708					John Wicker
1710		John Middleton
1713					Charles Eversfield
January 1715		Sir Henry Goring, Bt
June 1715		Hon. Arthur Ingram			Arthur Ingram
1721		Charles Eversfield
1722					Hon. Henry Ingram
1737					Hon. Charles Ingram
1741		Sir Richard Mill, Bt
1747		Charles Ingram
1748					Sir Lionel Pilkington, Bt
1763		Robert Pratt
1768					James Grenville
1770					James Wallace
1774		Jeremiah Dyson
1776		The Earl of Drogheda
September 1780		Viscount Lewisham
November 1780		Sir George Osborn, Bt
1783					James Crauford
1784		Jeremiah Crutchley			Philip Metcalfe
1790		Timothy Shelley	Whig		Wilson Braddyll
1792		Lord William Gordon			James Baillie
1793					William Fullarton
1796		Sir John MacPherson			James Fox-Lane
1802		Edward Hilliard			Patrick Ross
1804					Viscount FitzHarris
1806		Francis John Wilder			Love Jones-Parry
1807		Sir Samuel Romilly	Whig
1808		Joseph Marryat			Henry Goulburn
1812		Sir Arthur Leary Piggott			Robert Hurst	Whig
1818		George Phillips
1820		Sir John Aubrey, Bt
1826		Henry Fox	Whig
1827		Nicholas Ridley-Colborne
1829					The Earl of Arundel

• Representation reduced to one (1832)

MPs 1832-1945

Election		Member[8]	Party
	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
	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
	1983	Sir Peter Hordern	Conservative
	1997	Francis Maude	Conservative
	2015	Jeremy Quin	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Horsham[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2010: Horsham[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2005: Horsham[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2001: Horsham[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1997: Horsham[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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.

General Election 1992: Horsham[23][24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1987: Horsham[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1983: Horsham[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1970: Horsham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1966: Horsham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 1964: Horsham
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

General Election 1959: Horsham
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

General Election 1955: Horsham
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

General Election 1951: Horsham
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

General Election 1950: Horsham
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

General Election 1945: Horsham
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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
• Horsham

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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

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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)