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Bognor Regis & Littlehampton.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Alison Griffiths holds the seat on 32.8% of the vote.

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Member of ParliamentAlison Griffiths · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilArun
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001108
Electorate · 2024
76.9k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
32.8%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +3.7pp over Lab
Settlements
6
Largest: Bognor Regis
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
22.3
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

32.8%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
16
Wards · 34 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.16 wards · 34 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Aldwick East(2 seats)Patel · Bence1,497Arun ConMay 2023
Aldwick West(2 seats)Needs · Purser1,293Arun ConMay 2023
Beach(2 seats)Blanchard-Cooper · Woodman1,479Arun ConMay 2023
Brookfield(2 seats)Walsh · Long1,204Arun ConMay 2023
Courtwick with Toddington(3 seats)Tandy · May · Northeast2,098Arun ConMay 2023
Felpham East(2 seats)English · Harty1,105Arun ConMay 2023
Felpham West(2 seats)Stainton · Madeley1,244Arun ConMay 2023
Hotham(2 seats)Warr · Goodheart791Arun ConMay 2023
Marine Giuliano Leo Pinnelli306Arun ConApr 2025
Middleton-on-Sea(2 seats)Pendleton · Haywood1,368Arun ConMay 2023
Orchard(2 seats)Oppler · Batley852Arun ConMay 2023
Pevensey(2 seats)Nash · McDougall569Arun ConMay 2023
River(3 seats)Butcher · Wiltshire · O'Neill2,004Arun ConMay 2023
Rustington East(2 seats)Cooper · Gunner2,059Arun ConMay 2023
Rustington West(3 seats)Lloyd · Edwards · Partridge3,152Arun ConMay 2023
Yapton(2 seats)Worne · Jones2,199Arun ConMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.6 named places

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.

large-town 67,388town 37,158village 2,045

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Bognor Regis53,682large town
Littlehampton18,482town
Rustington13,706large town
Wick (Arun)11,764town
Yapton6,912town
Rural & dispersed2,045village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate52.0%57.1%-9%
Owner-occupied68.7%63.1%+9%
Private rented21.1%20.0%+5%
Social rented10.1%16.8%-40%

Ethnicity.

White95.5%
Asian1.8%
Black0.6%
Mixed1.6%
Other0.6%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.3% Female 51.6% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£32,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,280
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
24
19 primary · 3 secondary
GCSE pass
56.8%
Attainment 8: 40.4

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£232m
Taxpayers55,000
Median per taxpayer£2,310
Mean per taxpayer£4,190

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
22.3
+8% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.4
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
32% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.1
Anti-social behaviour3.9
Shoplifting2.6
Criminal damage & arson2.5
Public order1.4
Other theft1.4
Vehicle crime0.8

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Alison GriffithsWONCon15,67832.8
Clare WalshLab13,91329.1
Sandra DaniellsRef10,26221.5
Henry JonesLD5,08110.6
Carol BirchGrn2,1854.6
David KurtenInd7081.5

Turnout 47,827

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Nick GibbCon63.5
2017Nick GibbCon59.0
2015Nick GibbCon51.3
2010Gibb, NickCon51.4
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission