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Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horsham (/ˈhɔːrʃəm/) is a constituency[lower-alpha 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament,[lower-alpha 2] centred on the eponymous town in West Sussex, its former rural district and part of another rural district. Its Member of Parliament (MP) was Francis Maude between 1997 and 2015; followed by Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party, until 2024 when the seat was won from the Conservative MP Quin by John Milne of the Liberal Democrats, making it the first time since 1876 that a non-Conservative Party candidate won the seat.
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Horsham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | West Sussex |
Electorate | 76,981 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | John Milne (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
1945–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Horsham and Worthing |
Replaced by | Horsham and Crawley |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Horsham, Midhurst and West Sussex |
Replaced by | Horsham and Worthing |
1295–1885 | |
Seats |
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Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham |
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