Where we meet

Statistics

Census Data

Key Statistics from the 2001 National Census, relating to the EWAS Constituency

Source: National Statistics
Website: www.statistics.gov.uk
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO

All ages
Population: All 91,848
Population: Male 43,712
Population: Female 48,136
Ethnic Origin: White 97.3%
Ethnic Origin: Black 0.3%
Ethnic Origin: Asian 0.9%
Ethnic Origin: Mixed 1%
Ethnic Origin: Other 0.5%
People aged 16-74
% in full time employment 40.11%
% retired 16.36%
% full-time student 2.53%
% with No Qualifications 28.85%

More statistics for EWAS can be found on this page (external link)

At Westminster...

...East Worthing and Shoreham and it's constituents are represented by Tim Loughton, Tory MP, who has been the sitting MP in the constituency since the 1997 General Election.

Elections

In the 2005 General Election, the Tories enjoyed a relatively small majority of 8,183 votes in EWAS. The Labour candidate received 25.5% of the vote, marginally ahead of the Lib Dems' 24.3%

Conservative 19,548 43.9%
Labour 11,365 25.5%
Liberal Democrats 10,844 24.3%
UKIP 2,109 4.7%
Legalise Canabis 677 1.5%

Our CLP

EWAS Clp has close to 200 members, the majority of which reside in the Shoreham portion of the constituency. We meet about once a month at the Labour Hall, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing. All Labour Party members living in EWAS are welcome to attend these meetings, details of which will be posted on the homepage.

Your PPC is...

Emily Benn

On Wednesday 12th September, East Worthing and Shoreham Constituency Labour Party selected Emily Benn, the United Kingdom's youngest ever parliamentary candidate.

At 17 she already has enviable political and campaigning experience, and a profound commitment to the values and traditions of the Labour movement. Above all, it was clear to our members that Emily embodies the future while caring passionately about the values and achievements of the past.

We look forward to a new era of renewal in our constituency, and to setting an example that will be followed nationally.

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The constituency

East Worthing and Shoreham is a Parliamentary Constituency in West Sussex.

EWAS

East Worthing and Shoreham (EWAS for short) consists mainly of Adur District Council, but also serves a small eastern portion of Worthing Borough Council (the wards of Broadwater, Gaisford, Offington, and Selden). The constituency of East Worthing and Shoreham was created in 1997, before which the Shoreham part of EWAS was in the Shoreham Constituency, and the East Worthing portion was part of the Worthing seat. Prior to that, the Shoreham portion was part of the Arundel and Shoreham seat.

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