Bognor Regis & Littlehampton.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Alison Griffiths holds the seat on 32.8% of the vote.
8 Jun 2026
Coastal Sussex towns, contested, margin narrowing
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton is a stretch of the West Sussex coast organised around one dominant town. Bognor Regis itself holds just over half the seat's population, with Littlehampton, Rustington, Wick and Yapton forming a chain of smaller towns along the shore and a thin rural fringe behind them. The seat is older and less graduate-heavy than the national picture, with a median age of 48 and roughly a quarter of residents degree-educated. A single local authority, Arun District Council, runs services across all sixteen of the seat's wards.
The ward map is more divided than the parliamentary result alone suggests. Across the most recent contests the Conservatives hold the largest tally, but the Liberal Democrats and Labour together account for more wards than the Conservatives do, with a handful going to independents and one, in 2025, to Reform UK. Most of these ward results date from 2023, so the picture is some way from fresh. At the 2024 general election the Conservatives held the seat on 32.8 per cent, with Labour close behind on 29.1 -- a margin that had narrowed sharply from the comfortable Conservative lead of 2019. Alison Griffiths has represented the seat for the Conservatives since that election.
The seat now reads as genuinely contested rather than settled, with the gap between the leading parties having closed to a few points and the council itself split several ways. Recent local coverage has had a largely civic, administrative character -- council leadership and routine town business rather than national controversy -- and the seat keeps a low national profile. On the figures available, what was once a wide Conservative advantage now looks fluid, and the area appears poised between several parties rather than anchored to one.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldwick East(2 seats) | Patel · Bence | 1,497 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Aldwick West(2 seats) | Needs · Purser | 1,293 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Beach(2 seats) | Blanchard-Cooper · Woodman | 1,479 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Brookfield(2 seats) | Walsh · Long | 1,204 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Courtwick with Toddington(3 seats) | Tandy · May · Northeast | 2,098 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Felpham East(2 seats) | English · Harty | 1,105 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Felpham West(2 seats) | Stainton · Madeley | 1,244 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Hotham(2 seats) | Warr · Goodheart | 791 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Marine | Giuliano Leo Pinnelli | 306 | Arun Con | Apr 2025 |
| Middleton-on-Sea(2 seats) | Pendleton · Haywood | 1,368 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Orchard(2 seats) | Oppler · Batley | 852 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Pevensey(2 seats) | Nash · McDougall | 569 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| River(3 seats) | Butcher · Wiltshire · O'Neill | 2,004 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Rustington East(2 seats) | Cooper · Gunner | 2,059 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Rustington West(3 seats) | Lloyd · Edwards · Partridge | 3,152 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
| Yapton(2 seats) | Worne · Jones | 2,199 | Arun Con | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Bognor Regis (53,682), with Littlehampton (18,482) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 106,591.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Bognor Regis | 53,682 | large town |
| Littlehampton | 18,482 | town |
| Rustington | 13,706 | large town |
| Wick (Arun) | 11,764 | town |
| Yapton | 6,912 | town |
| Rural & dispersed | 2,045 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 52.0% | 57.1% | -9% |
| Owner-occupied | 68.7% | 63.1% | +9% |
| Private rented | 21.1% | 20.0% | +5% |
| Social rented | 10.1% | 16.8% | -40% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £232m |
| Taxpayers | 55,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,310 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,190 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Arun. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison GriffithsWON | Con | 15,678 | 32.8 |
| Clare Walsh | Lab | 13,913 | 29.1 |
| Sandra Daniells | Ref | 10,262 | 21.5 |
| Henry Jones | LD | 5,081 | 10.6 |
| Carol Birch | Grn | 2,185 | 4.6 |
| David Kurten | Ind | 708 | 1.5 |
Turnout 47,827
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nick Gibb | Con | 63.5 |
| 2017 | Nick Gibb | Con | 59.0 |
| 2015 | Nick Gibb | Con | 51.3 |
| 2010 | Gibb, Nick | Con | 51.4 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo