History
The constituency was created in 1974 from parts of the seats of Lewes & East Grinstead, and has undergone significant boundary changes at every periodical review that it has been around for. Prior to 1983, the constituency had actually been a part of East Sussex, but as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, it was largely moved into West Sussex.
At the 1983 general election, it gained some of the wards previously contained in East Grinstead, and at the 1997 election, it gained many of the rural wards between East Grinstead and Crawley.
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