Best Wishes,

Tim Loughton MP


The full result for the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency was as follows:

Name              Party                  Votes        %        +/-
Tim Loughton   Conservative        23,458       48.5     +4.6
James Doyle     Liberal Democrat   12,353       25.5     +1.2
Emily Benn       Labour                8,087         16.7     -8.8
Mike Glennon    UKIP                   2,984         6.2      +1.4
Susan Board    Green                  1,126         2.3      +2.3
Clive Maltby     English Democrats 389            0.8      +0.8
Majority                                   11,105        22.9
Turnout                                   48,397         65.4    +3.6

Locally, the following councillors have been elected in the elections for Adur and Worthing Councils which also took place on May 6th:

Adur

Buckingham: Emma Evans, Conservative, emma.evans@adur.gov.uk

Cokeham: David Simmons, Conservative, david.simmons@adur.gov.uk

Churchill: Carol Albury, Conservative, carol.albury@adur.gov.uk

Eastbrook: Gavin Ayling, Liberal Democrat, gavin.ayling@adur.gov.uk and Jim Funnell, Conservative, jim.funnell@adur.gov.uk

Hillside: Janet Mockridge, Conservative, janet.mockridge@adur.gov.uk

Manor: Stephanie Hedley-Barnes, Conservative, stephanie.hedleybarnes@adur.gov.uk

Marine: Ben Stride, Shoreham Beach Residents, ben.stride@adur.gov.uk

Mash Barn: Richard Burt, Liberal Democrat, richard.burt@adur.gov.uk

Peverel: Brian Boggis, Conservative, brian.boggis@adur.gov.uk

Southlands: Darren Burns, Conservative, darren.burns@adur.gov.uk

Southwick Green: Julie Searle, Conservative, julie.searle@adur.gov.uk

St Mary's: Mike Mendoza, Conservative, mike.mendoza@adur.gov.uk

St Nicholas: Neil Parkin, Conservative, neil.parkin@adur.gov.uk

Widewater: Mary Hamblin, Conservative, mary.hamblin@adur.gov.uk

East Worthing Wards

Broadwater: Vicky Vaughan, Conservative, vicky.vaughan@worthing.gov.uk

Gaisford: Alan Rice, Lib Dem, alan.rice@worthing.gov.uk

Offington: Reg Green, Conservative, reg.green@worthing.gov.uk

Selden: Christine Brown, Lib Dem, christine.brown@worthing.gov.uk

Tim has arranged a new programme of surgery dates. As usual if you would like to book an appointment please ring the Worthing office on  01903 235168  01903 235168 for details. There will also be further street surgeries in coming months starting with the next Shoreham Farmer’s Market on June 12th from 10-12. Just hours after the election results last week Tim was out in the Farmer’s Market with newly elected councillors from the Shoreham wards (pictured here) taking constituents' questions – business as usual.
Friday May 21st 4-6 Shoreham
Friday June 4th 5-7 Southwick
Friday June 18th 5-7 Worthing
Friday July 2nd 5-7 Lancing

Tim was delighted to be invited to launch the official centenary celebrations for Southwick Bowls Club on May 1st and hoist a newly designed club flag over the proceedings after bowling the first woods of the season with Adur Council Chairman Brenda Collard. A new book about the history of the club was produced by President and Chairman Brian Simmonds detailing the original opening event 100 years ago which was performed by the then MP for Lewes. For further details see: http://www.southwickbowlingclub.co.uk/.

The Worthing Philharmonic Choir, of which Tim is President, held a farewell reception to mark the retirement of their conductor and leader for the past 40 years Donovan Brown, at the home of Linda Rockall in Worthing. Donovan was presented with a cake and new stereo system and a lot of thanks for the enormous contribution he has made to the choir. For details of forthcoming concerts see: http://www.worthingphilharmonicchoir.org.uk.

Earlier on St George’s Day April 23rd Tim and Peter Bottomley joined the Deputy Mayor on Worthing Beach to present flags as part of the appeal organised by Paul Holden of the Argus. Tim donated a St George’s flag which will fly on Worthing seafront along with the other many Union flags donated by local people and companies.

For the 13th year running Tim joined scouts, cubs and beavers from Adur Valley to celebrate St George’s Day at a special service at Lancing College Chapel. There was an impressive turn out as local troops paraded their flags inside the chapel after a parade inspection outside by Tim and Adur Council Chairman Brenda Collard. During the service there was a tableau of the St George and the dragon story with some colourful outfits.

The charity Electric Storm Youth which is looking to build a big centre for young people on the old Freshbrook School site in Lancing, held a family fun day on May 8th. Tim, as the charity’s patron, was there to help out on the bouncy castle and has been working with the trustees and the County Council to make the ambitious plans a reality: http://www.electricstormyouth.co.uk.

Adur's amazing skatepark bowl at the Ham in Shoreham was officially opened on May 8th by Council Leader Neil Parkin. Local skateboarders have worked with Adur Council and the skatepark is a credit to their dedication and enthusiasm. This is the first skatepark in Sussex to feature a 'deep bowl' and 'street course'. With £120,000 from the Big Lottery and £30,000 from Viridor, the project is now ready to be enjoyed.

Tim and Mayor Noel Atkins wave an intrepid bunch of drivers in 9 vintage cars off on a rally to the Continent hoping to raise over £25,000 for the Building a Dream Appeal for the new St Barnabas House Hospice being built on Titnore Lane in Worthing.

The 9 teams made a five-day journey from Sussex to Germany and back, organised by friends Alan Nye, Paul Lynch and Jay Harvey who came up with the idea following the death of Mr Harvey's wife, Alison, who was cared for at St Barnabas.

Shoreham Councillor and former KWASH campaigner Rod Hotton called a meeting at St Giles Church Hall on April 30th about the future of Southlands Hospital. The management of the West Sussex Hospitals Trust have recently announced plans to transfer a number of wards and services between Southlands and Worthing hospital sites and this has inevitably caused some concern about the future viability of Southlands. A large audience of residents and staff joined other councillors and Tim to ask questions and voice concerns but the hospital management were not there as it took place during the election period. Rod has now taken names for the formation of an ‘Action Group’ modelled on KWASH if need be and a future meeting with the hospital will be arranged soon so watch this space.