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| Borough of Worthing | |
|---|---|
Shown within West Sussex | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | West Sussex |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 335th 32.48 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Worthing |
| ONS code: | 45UH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 223rd 97,436 3,000 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 97.2% White |
| Politics | |
| Worthing Borough Council http://www.worthing.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Tim LoughtonTimothy Paul Loughton (born 30 May 1962) is a Conservative member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represents Worthing East and Shoreham, and has been an MP since 1997. Loughton, Tim., Peter BottomleyPeter Bottomley (born 30 July 1944 is a British politician. He is Conservative member of Parliament for Worthing West, and husband to fellow MP, Virginia Bottomley: they have a son and two daughters. He studied economics at Trinity College in Cambridge Un |
Worthing is the largest town and a local government districtThe Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. England is first divided into governmental regions, then administrative counties. Counties are then subdivided into districts. Status Most districts ca in West Sussex, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England. It has a population of almost 100,000 and is situated between the coast and the South DownsNear Beachy Head The South Downs is one of the two areas of chalk downland in southern England. The North & South Downs run parallel to each other, and would once have formed part of the same dome-shaped chalk outcrop. Erosion, however, has removed the ch. It is often considered a retirement town, and has the third busiest crematorium in Europe; it has also had an active underground cultureDuring the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i. those people who did not necessarily conform to the mainstream of human experience such as e. hippies, Punks, and Mods. Terry A for many years, though. The Worthing Workshop (a late-60s meeting place for musicians, actors and poets whose famous sons include The Damned’s Brian James, Leo Sayer, Billy IdolBilly Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad on November 30, 1955 in Middlesex, England) is a British-born hard rock musician. Idol lived in Worthing before attending Sussex University for only a year before joining the Bromley Contingent of keen Sex Pis, Martin Quittenton (who wrote Rod Stewart’s Maggie May) and Track Record’s supremo Ian Grant); Deadline (Featuring Jamie Hewlett's Tank Girl); and more recently the Revolutionary Arts Groop.
It has two MPs Tim Loughton (Conservative) for East Worthing and Shoreham, and Peter Bottomley (Conservative) for Worthing West .
Worthing is twinned with Le Pays des Olonnes ( France) and Elztal region ( Germany).