Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)

Horsham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Horsham in West Sussex.
Location of West Sussex within England.
County	West Sussex
Electorate	77,001 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1945–1974
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Horsham and Crawley
Created from	Horsham and Worthing
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Horsham and Worthing
Created from	Horsham, Midhurst and West Sussex
1295–1885
Number of members	Two until 1832, then one until 1885
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Horsham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Horsham is /ˈhɔːrʃəm/ a constituency centred on the historic satellite town to London, its rural district and part of another rural district in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1997 and 2015 by Francis Maude, and since 2015 by Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party.

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth, and the civil parish of Crawley.

1945-1950: The Urban Districts of Horsham, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Southwick, and the Rural Districts of Chanctonbury and Horsham.

1950-1974: The Urban District of Horsham, and the Rural Districts of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth.

1983-1997: The District of Horsham.

1997-2010: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst, Broadbridge Heath, Cowfold, Denne, Forest, Holbrook, Itchingfield and Shipley, Nuthurst, Riverside, Roffey North, Rudgwick, Rusper, Slinfold, Southwater, Trafalgar, and Warnham, the District of Mid Sussex wards of Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down, Slaugham, and Turners Hill, and the District of Chichester wards of Plaistow and Wisborough Green.

2010-present: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst and Shipley, Broadbridge Heath, Denne, Forest, Holbrook East, Holbrook West, Horsham Park, Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham, Nuthurst, Roffey North, Roffey South, Rudgwick, Rusper and Colgate, Southwater, and Trafalgar, and the District of Mid Sussex wards of Ardingly and Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, and Crawley Down and Turners Hill.

The constituency is located in a northern part of West Sussex, bordering the constituencies of Arundel and South Downs, Mid Sussex. It is centred slightly east of the town of Horsham and is rectangular with the exception of a noticeable gap formed by the smaller constituency of Crawley.