Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
Horsham is a parliamentary constituency
represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. It elects one Member of Parliament
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
, bordering the constituencies of Arundel and South Downs
, Mid Sussex
and Crawley
. It is centred around the town of Horsham
.
, the Boundary Commission for England has made alterations to all existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The modified Horsham constituency is created with the following electoral wards:
. 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.
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
The constituency is located in a northern part of West SussexWest Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, bordering the constituencies of Arundel and South Downs
Arundel and South Downs
Arundel and South Downs is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
, Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Sussex is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
and Crawley
Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)
Crawley is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
. It is centred around the town of Horsham
Horsham
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in West SussexWest Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, the Boundary Commission for England has made alterations to all existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The modified Horsham constituency is created with the following electoral wards:
- The Horsham districtHorsham (district)Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur....
wards of BillingshurstBillingshurstBillingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough....
and ShipleyShipley, West SussexShipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington....
, Broadbridge HeathBroadbridge Heath-Notable residents:The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born at Field Place, which stands about a mile to the north of the village.The bestselling novelist Georgette Heyer lived at the Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath, for several months in 1931....
, Denne, Forest, Holbrook East, Holbrook West, Horsham Park, ItchingfieldItchingfieldItchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Barns Green to Broadbridge Heath road southwest of Horsham.The main settlement in the parish is Barns Green.-References:...
, SlinfoldSlinfoldSlinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 3.4 miles west of Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1695 hectares...
and WarnhamWarnhamWarnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is some three kilometres north west of central Horsham to the west of the A24 road...
, NuthurstNuthurstNuthurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, 2.5 miles south Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1697 hectares . In the 2001 census 1711 people lived in 702 households, of whom 875 were economically active.Its Church of England parish church...
, Roffey North, Roffey South, RudgwickRudgwickRudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village....
, RusperRusperRusper is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the town of Horsham and west of Crawley. Rusper is the centre of Rusper Parish which covers most of the northern area between Horsham and Crawley. Rusper is governed by the Horsham District...
and ColgateColgate, West SussexColgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles north east of Horsham.A small village, with it's origins at the northern edge of St. Leonards Forest, it has no shops or retail facilities. There is a pub "The Dragon", and a church and a...
, SouthwaterSouthwaterSouthwater is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 10,000. The village is administered from the Horsham District Council Offices. Much of the population of Southwater originated from the brick industry which thrived in the...
, and Trafalgar - The Mid SussexMid SussexMid Sussex is a local government district in the English county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill....
wards of ArdinglyArdinglyArdingly is a village and civil parish in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty about north of Haywards Heath in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. The village is about south of London, south-south-west of East Grinstead, southeast of Crawley, north of Brighton and ...
and BalcombeBalcombe, West SussexBalcombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Crawley to the northwest and Haywards Heath to the south southeast...
, CopthorneCopthorne, West SussexCopthorne is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies close to Gatwick Airport, south of London, north of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Nearby towns include Crawley to the southwest and East Grinstead to the east...
and WorthWorth, West SussexThe civil parish of Worth, which includes the villages of Copthorne, West Sussex and Crawley Down, covers an area of and has a population of 9888 persons. The ecclesiastical parish was one of the larger West Sussex parishes, encompassing the entire area along the West Sussex/Surrey border between...
, and Crawley DownCrawley DownCrawley Down is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. There is one church, one school, and a number of social groups. It lies seven miles from Gatwick Airport. Nearest railway stations are Three Bridges and East Grinstead...
and Turners HillTurners HillTurners Hill is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The civil parish covers an area of , and has a population of 1,849 ....
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 WorthingHorsham 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 to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:The constituency was...
. In 1945 the constituency was recreated, until 1974 when Horsham and Crawley
Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)
Horsham and Crawley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Horsham and Crawley in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
was created. In 1983 the constituency of Horsham was again created and has existed since.
MPs before 1660
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Henry Boteler | (?William Rydel)ere I |
| 1388 (Feb) | Roger Wyldegose | William Rydelere I |
| 1388 (Sep) | John Baker | Thomas Jewdry |
| 1390 (Jan) | Henry Boteler | |
| 1390 (Nov) | ||
| 1391 | Henry Boteler | Thomas Jewdry |
| 1393 | William Chode | William Rydelere II |
| 1394 | ||
| 1395 | Henry Boteler | Roger Eylove I |
| 1397 (Jan) | William Rydelere I | Roger Wyldegose |
| 1397 (Sep) | Henry Boteler | Richard Coudene |
| 1399 | William Chode | Richard Coudene |
| 1401 | ||
| 1402 | Thomas Bolter | Robert atte Lynde |
| 1404 (Jan) | ||
| 1404 (Oct) | ||
| 1406 | Thomas Chode | John Stoute |
| 1407 | Thomas Bolter | Thomas Chode |
| 1410 | ||
| 1411 | ||
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | Henry Boteler II | Thomas Pylfold |
| 1414 (Apr) | ||
| 1414 (Nov) | Thomas Chode | Thomas Wodehach |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | Henry Boteler II | Walter Urry |
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | John Haselhurst | William Hynekere |
| 1419 | William Stoute | Walter Ury |
| 1420 | William Hynekere | William Stoute |
| 1421 (May) | Thomas Chode | Peter Hent |
| 1421 (Dec) | Henry Boteler II | Roger Elyot |
| 1510-1523 | No names known | |
| 1529 | Alfred Berwick | Henry Hussey |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | ? | |
| 1542 | ? | |
| 1545 | Sir Anthony Wingfield | Francis Knollys |
| 1547 | Andrew Baynton Andrew Baynton Sir Andrew Baynton , was an English scholar.Baynton was son and heir of Sir Edward Baynton, of Bromham-Baynton, Wiltshire, a favourite courtier of Henry VIII, vice-chamberlain to three of his queens, and a friend and patron of Hugh Latimer, some of the correspondence between them Sir Andrew Baynton... |
John Vaughan |
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Henry Hussey | Edward Lewknor |
| 1553 (Oct) | Anthony Hussey | John Michell |
| 1554 (Apr) | Richard Baker | John Baker II |
| 1554 (Nov) | William Tooke | John Purvey |
| 1555 | Robert Colshill | William Hogan |
| 1558 | John Blennerhassett | Richard Fulmerston |
| 1558 (Dec) | Richard Lestrange | Nicholas Mynn |
| 1562/3 | Peter Osborne | Robert Buxton |
| 1571 | John Hussey | John Gresham |
| 1572 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare |
| 1584 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare |
| 1586 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare |
| 1588/9 | Nicholas Hare | John Hare |
| 1593 | John Hare | Richard Franke |
| 1597 | John Hare | James Booth |
| 1601 | Sir William Harvey | Michael Hicks |
| 1604 | John Dodderidge | Michael Hicks |
| 1614 | John Middleton | Sir Thomas Vavasor |
| 1621 | Thomas Cornwallis | John Middleton |
| 1624 | John Borough | John Middleton |
| 1625 | John Borough | John Middleton |
| 1626 | John Borough | John Middleton |
| 1628 | Dudley North Dudley North Sir Dudley North was an English merchant, politician and economist, a writer on free trade.-Life:He was the fourth son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North. In his early years he was carried off by Gypsies and recovered by his family... |
John Middleton |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
MPs 1660–1832
| Year | |Second member | Second Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 | Thomas Middleton Thomas Middleton (Sussex) Thomas Middleton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War.Middleton was the son of John Middleton of Hill's Place Horsham... |
Hall Ravenscroft Hall Ravenscroft Hall Ravenscroft was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660.Ravenscroft was the son of John Ravenscroft of Horsham, Sussex and his wife Judith Ferne, daughter of George Ferne.... |
||||
| 1661 | Sir John Covert, Bt Sir John Covert, 1st Baronet Sir John Covert, 1st Baronet , was an English politician.Covert was the son of Sir Walter Covert, of Maidstone, Kent, by Ann Covert, daughter and heiress of John Covert, of Slaugham, Sussex. He was created a Baronet, of Slaugham in the County of Sussex, on 2 July 1660... |
Henry Chowne Henry Chowne Henry Chowne was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1668.Chowne was the son of Thomas Chowne of Place House, Alfriston and his wife Rachel Campion, daughter of William Campion of Combwell, Goudhurst, Kent. He was apprenticed to the father of... |
||||
| 1669 | Orlando Bridgeman Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Ridley Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet FRS was an English baronet and politician.-Background:Bridgeman was the second son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of John Saunders. He was educated at Westminster College from 1662 and after two years went to Magdalene... |
|||||
| 1679 | Anthony Eversfield | John Michell | ||||
| 1681 | John Machell | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| June 1715 | The Viscount of Irvine | Arthur Ingram (of Barrowby) | ||||
| 1721 | Charles Eversfield | |||||
| 1722 | The Viscount of Irvine | |||||
| 1737 | General Charles Ingram | |||||
| 1741 | Sir Richard Mill | |||||
| 1747 | Charles Ingram | |||||
| 1748 | Sir Lionel Pilkington, Bt | |||||
| 1763 | Robert Pratt | |||||
| 1768 | James Grenville James Grenville James Grenville was a British politician.He was born at Wotton in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics... |
|||||
| 1770 | James Wallace James Wallace (politician) James Wallace was an English barrister, Member of Parliament, Solicitor General and Attorney General.-Life:The son of Thomas Wallace, of Asholme, Northumberland, attorney-at-law, Wallace was called to the Bar in 1757. In 1770, he was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for Horsham in Sussex... |
|||||
| 1774 | Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson Jeremiah Dyson was a British civil servant and politician.He studied at Edinburgh University and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William... |
|||||
| 1776 | The Earl of Drogheda Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda KP, PC was a British peer and military officer, styled Viscount Moore until 1758.-Military career:... |
|||||
| September 1780 | Viscount Lewisham George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lewisham until 1801, was a British politician.-Background:... |
|||||
| November 1780 | Sir George Osborn, Bt Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet was born into the British aristocracy. He fought in the American Revolutionary War as a British officer. He served as a Member of Parliament before, during, and after that conflict. In 1777 he led a detachment of the Guards Brigade at the battles of Brandywine and... |
|||||
| 1783 | James Crauford | |||||
| 1784 | Jeremiah Crutchley | Philip Metcalfe Philip Metcalfe Philip Metcalfe was a distiller in London, UK and member of Parliament from Horsham from 1784. He representedPlympton Erle, Devon from 1790 to 1796 and Malmesbury Wiltshire from 1796.... |
||||
| 1790 | Timothy Shelley | Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
Wilson Braddyll | |||
| 1792 | Lord William Gordon | James Baillie | ||||
| 1793 | William Fullarton William Fullarton William Fullarton was a Scottish colonial administrator and Member of Parliament.-Early life:He was only son of William Fullarton of Fullarton, a wealthy Ayrshire gentleman. After spending some time at the Edinburgh University he was sent to travel on the continent with Patrick Brydone, at one... |
|||||
| 1796 | Sir John MacPherson John MacPherson (governor of India) John Macpherson, 1st Baronet , from Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland, was a Scottish administrator in India. He was the acting Governor-General of India from 1785 to 1786.-Early life:... |
James Fox-Lane | ||||
| 1802 | Edward Hilliard | Patrick Ross | ||||
| 1804 | Viscount FitzHarris | |||||
| 1806 | Francis John Wilder | Love Jones-Parry | ||||
| 1807 | Sir Samuel Romilly Samuel Romilly Sir Samuel Romilly , was a British legal reformer.-Background and education:Romilly was born in Frith Street, Soho, London, the second son of Peter Romilly, a watchmaker and jeweller... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
||||
| 1808 | Joseph Marryat | Henry Goulburn Henry Goulburn Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:... |
||||
| 1812 | Sir Arthur Leary Piggott | Robert Hurst Robert Hurst (1750–1843) Robert Hurst was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament for boroughs from 1806 to 1829.At the 1802 general election, Hurst was elected to the House of Commons for two constituencies: Shaftesbury and Steyning... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
|||
| 1818 | George Phillips Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet was a British Whig politician.He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1818 to 1820, for Steyning from 1820 to 1824, for Kidderminster from 1835 to 1837, and for Poole from 1841 to 1852.He was the son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet.- External links :... |
|||||
| 1820 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet was a British politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. Aubrey was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church,... |
|||||
| 1826 | Henry Fox Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland, of Holland, 4th Baron Holland, of Foxley, MP was briefly a British Whig politician and later an ambassador.... |
Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule... |
||||
| 1827 | Nicholas Ridley-Colborne Nicholas Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne was a British politician.-Background:Born Nicholas Ridley, he was the younger son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet, and Mary , daughter of Benjamin Colborne... |
|||||
| 1829 | The Earl of Arundel |
- Representation reduced to one (1832)
MPs 1832-1945
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
Robert Henry Hurst Robert Henry Hurst (senior) Robert Henry Hurst was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1832 to 1841, and from 1844 to 1847.... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987... |
Robert Scarlett Robert Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger Robert Campbell Scarlett, 2nd Baron Abinger DL was a British barrister-at-law and politician.Born in London, he was the oldest son of James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger and his first wife, third daughter of Peter Campbell. In 1844, he succeeded his father as baron... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1844 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst Robert Henry Hurst (senior) Robert Henry Hurst was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1832 to 1841, and from 1844 to 1847.... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
John Jervis | Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1848 by-election | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1848 by-election | Lord Edward Howard Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop Edward George Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop PC , styled Lord Edward Howard between 1842 and 1869, was a British Liberal politician... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising... |
William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same... |
Robert Henry Hurst Robert Henry Hurst (junior) Robert Henry Hurst was an English Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1865 to 1868, and from 1875 to 1876.... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom... |
John Aldridge | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1869 | Robert Henry Hurst Robert Henry Hurst (junior) Robert Henry Hurst was an English Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1865 to 1868, and from 1875 to 1876.... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
Sir William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1875 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst Robert Henry Hurst (junior) Robert Henry Hurst was an English Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1865 to 1868, and from 1875 to 1876.... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1876 by-election | James Clifton Brown James Clifton Brown James Clifton Brown JP was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament .He was the second son of Alexander Brown and his wife Sarah Benedict Brown, daughter of James Brown. His paternal grandfather was the banker and merchant Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, and his younger brother the Liberal... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
|
| 1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Sir Walter Barttelot, Bt | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1893 by-election | John Heywood Johnstone | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1904 by-election | Viscount Turnour Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC , known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
Constituency abolished: see Horsham and Worthing 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 to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:The constituency was... |
||
MPs 1945-1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to... |
The Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC , known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951 The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats... |
Frederick Gough Frederick Gough Colonel Charles Frederick Howard Gough, MC, TD was a British Territorial Army officer, company director and politician.-Navy education:... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power... |
Peter Hordern Peter Hordern Sir Peter Maudslay Hordern, D.L., P.C., is a British Conservative Party politician.Hordern was educated at Geelong Grammar School, Australia and Christ Church, Oxford. He served with the 60th Rifles, 1947–49, joining the regiment of his father and great uncle : Brig... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| Feb 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
constituency abolished: see Horsham and Crawley Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency) Horsham and Crawley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Horsham and Crawley in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.... |
||
MPs since 1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945... |
Sir Peter Hordern Peter Hordern Sir Peter Maudslay Hordern, D.L., P.C., is a British Conservative Party politician.Hordern was educated at Geelong Grammar School, Australia and Christ Church, Oxford. He served with the 60th Rifles, 1947–49, joining the regiment of his father and great uncle : Brig... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
| 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Francis Maude Francis Maude Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently serves as the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, and as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Horsham... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
|
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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.Elections in the 1980s
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)