History
Immediately prior to its creation in 1997, the Shoreham portion of this constituency had been in the Shoreham seat and the East Worthing portion had been in the Worthing seat. Prior to 1974, the Shoreham portion had been a part of the Arundel and Shoreham seat.
Between 1945 and 1950, the entirety of this constituency was subsumed within the Worthing seat and between 1918 and 1945 within the Horsham and Worthing seat.
Emily Benn, granddaughter of Tony Benn and niece of Hilary Benn, was selected in September 2007, at the age of 17, to contest the seat for Labour at the 2010 general election, making her the youngest ever Labour parliamentary candidate. Had she been elected, she would have been the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832.
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