Riding profile

Worthing West

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Worthing West: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Worthing West, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 27% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Dr Beccy Cooper

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
1.5
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 27.3%
  • Reform UK 26.0%
  • Labour 24.9%
  • Green 12.6%
  • Lib Dems 7.1%
  • Other 1.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Green
HereWorthing West 27.3%26.0%24.9%12.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +8.4 25.3% +0.6 21.7% +3.2 11.8% +0.7

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
7.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-6.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Beccy Cooper Elected Labour 20,519 40.2
Peter Bottomley Conservative 16,570 32.5
Edmund Rooke Reform UK 7,562 14.8
Sonya Mallin Green 3,274 6.4
Morag Chugg Lib Dems 2,708 5.3
Kathryn Attwood Other 364 0.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
100,568
Median age
48
Employment rate
82.5%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029