East Worthing and Shoreham is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Tom Rutland of the Labour Party.
[2] The constituency covers an eastern portion of Worthing, the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing and three nearby inland villages in the Adur valley, all communities within the county of West Sussex.
It succeeded Crawley as Labour's principal target seat in the county of West Sussex, though still requiring a substantial swing, which it achieved in 2024 after the Conservative vote halved and Tom Rutland was elected.
[6] Shoreham can be viewed with Worthing as less of an economic force than the neighbouring local government district, the City of Brighton and Hove, with a majority of houses with larger gardens, fewer listed buildings but Shoreham's large boat harbour facility an amenity for visitors, residents, – mooring and maintenance for people living close enough to the county, rival harbours being as far away as Chichester and Newhaven.
[9] Worthing and Shoreham prior to 1997 Sophie Cook withdrew from the 2019 election, but she remained on the ballot paper as this decision was made after the statement of persons nominated was released.