CHICHESTER (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Chichester' is a 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.

Contents

Boundaries

Boundary review

History

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295-1868

MPs since 1868

Elections

Sources

See also

External links

Boundaries

The constituency is based in the western portion of West Sussex, centered on the city of Chichester and covers the majority of the Chichester district. Other towns in the constituency include Midhurst and Selsey.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in West Sussex, the Boundary Commission for England has made alterations to all existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The modified Chichester constituency is created with the following electoral wards:

★ From the Chichester district - Bosham, Boxgrove, Chichester East, Chichester North, Chichester South, Chichester West, Donnington, Easebourne, East Wittering, Fernhurst, Fishbourne, Funtington, Harting, Lavant, Midhurst, North Mundham, Plaistow, Rogate, Selsey] North, Selsey South, Sidlesham, Southbourne, Stedham, Tangmere, West Wittering, and Westbourne.

History

Chichester is one of the oldest constituencies in the UK having been created when commoners were first called to Parliament in the 13th century, originally returning two members. It was reduced to one member in 1868 by the Reform Act 1867.
Prior to the boundary changes implemented in 1974, Chichester was a much more compact constituency, but the growth of population in new towns such as nearby Crawley meant that the constituency was expanded to the north to give it equal population.
In its various forms, Chichester has been a Conservative stronghold for decades.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295-1868

★ ''Constituency created'' (1295)

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1660	Henry Peckham		John Farrington
		1661			William Garway
		1673	Richard May
		February 1679			John Braman
		September 1679	John Farrington
		1681	Richard Farington	Whig
		1685	Sir Richard May		George Gounter
		1689	Thomas Miller		Thomas May
		1695	The Earl of Ranelagh		William Elson
		1698	Sir Richard Farington, 1st Bt	Whig	John Miller	Tory
		January 1701	Sir Thomas May		William Elson
		November 1701	John Miller	Tory
		May 1705	Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Bt	Whig
		November 1705			Thomas Onslow
		1708	Thomas Carr	Tory	Sir Richard Farington, 1st Bt	Whig
		1710	Sir John Miller, 2nd Bt	Tory
		1713	William Elson		James Brudenell
		1715	Sir Richard Farington, 1st Bt	Whig	Thomas Miller
		1719	Henry Kelsall
		1722	Earl of March
		1724	Lord William Beauclerk
		1727			Charles Lumley
		1729			James Lumley
		1733	Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet
		1734	James Brudenell		Thomas Yates
		1741			John Page
		1746	Viscount Bury
		1755	Augustus Keppel	Whig
		1761	Lord George Henry Lennox
		1767	William Keppel
		1768			Thomas Conolly
		1780			Thomas Steele
		1782	Percy Charles Wyndham
		1784	George White-Thomas
		1807			James du Pre
		1812	Charles Lennox, Earl of March	Tory	William Huskisson	Tory
		1819	Lord John Lennox	Whig
		1823			William Stephen Poyntz
		1830			John Abel Smith	Whig
		1831	Lord Arthur Lennox	Conservative
		1846	Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox	Conservative
		1859			Humphrey William Freeland
		1863			John Abel Smith	Liberal

MPs since 1868

★ ''Representation reduced to one'' (1868)

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March	Conservative
	1888	Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox	Conservative
	1894	Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot	Conservative
	1918		Coalition Conservative
	1921	Sir William Barrott Montfort Bird	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Charles Mark Clement Rudkin	Liberal
	1924	John Sewell Courtauld	Conservative
	1942	Lancelot Joynson-Hicks	Conservative
	1958	Walter Loveys	Conservative
	1969	Christopher Chataway	Conservative
	1974	Richard Anthony Nelson	Conservative
	1997	Andrew Tyrie	Conservative

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Elections

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.

Sources

★ Historical List of MPs

★ Election result, 2005 (BBC)

★ Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)

★ Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)

★ Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)

★ Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian) (UKIP result for 2001 is incorrect)

★ The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935, , , , Politico's (reprint), 2003, ISBN 1-84275-033-X

★ The Times House of Commons 1945, , , , ''The Times'', 1945,

★ The Times House of Commons 1950, , , , ''The Times'', 1950,

★ The Times House of Commons 1955, , , , ''The Times'', 1955,

See also

★ List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

External links

★ Make Votes Count in West Sussex