Editing West Sussex (section)

==Politics==
{{Further|History of local government in Sussex}}

=== Members of Parliament ===
Since the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], West Sussex has been represented by two [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], Three [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and three [[Liberal Democrat (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs).<ref>{{cite web |title=General election 2024 in maps and charts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nglegege1o |website=BBC News |date=4 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Member of Parliament
!Party
|-
|[[Arundel & South Downs (UK Parliament constituency)|Arundel & South Downs]]
|[[Andrew Griffith]]
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Bognor Regis & Littlehampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Bognor Regis & Littlehampton]]
|[[Alison Griffiths (politician)|Alison Griffiths]]
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester]]
|[[Jess Brown-Fuller]]
|[[Liberal Democrat (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
|-
|[[Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)|Crawley]]
|[[Peter Lamb (politician)|Peter Lamb]]
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|[[Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham]]
|[[John Milne (British politician)|John Milne]]
|[[Liberal Democrat (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
|-
|[[Mid Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Sussex]]
|[[Alison Bennett]]
|[[Liberal Democrat (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
|-
|[[East Worthing and Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)|East Worthing and Shoreham]]
|[[Tom Rutland]]
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|[[Worthing West (UK Parliament constituency)|Worthing West]]
|[[Beccy Cooper]]
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|}

===County Council===
{{update|section|date=July 2024}}
{{main|West Sussex County Council}}
[[File:Arms of West Sussex County Council.svg|thumb|178x178px|The coat of arms of West Sussex County Council]]
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is the authority that governs the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. The county contains 7 district and borough councils ([[Adur (district)|Adur]], [[Arun District|Arun]], [[Chichester (district)|Chichester]], [[Crawley]], [[Horsham (district)|Horsham]], [[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex]] and [[Worthing]]), and 159 town, parish and neighbourhood councils.

West Sussex County Council has 70 [[councillor]]s; the majority of them being Conservative. There are 46 Conservative councillors, 11 [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], 9 [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillors and 4 Green and Independent Alliance councillors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Sussex County Council: Council structure<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/about-the-council/how-the-council-works/council-structure/ |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref>  The Chief Executive and their team of executive directors are responsible for the day-to-day running of the council.

West Sussex County Council is based at [[County Hall, Chichester]] and provides a large range of services including education, social services, fire and rescue, libraries, trading standards, town and country planning, refuse disposal and consumer services.

===West Sussex Youth Cabinet===
The West Sussex Youth Cabinet is a group of local representatives and four [[UK Youth Parliament]] (UKYP) representatives, who are elected by young people in West Sussex.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/could-you-be-a-west-sussex-youth-mp-1-4375922 |title=Could you be a West Sussex youth MP? – News |work=Worthing Herald |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210015018/http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/could-you-be-a-west-sussex-youth-mp-1-4375922 |archive-date=10 February 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Youth Cabinet represents the views of the young people West Sussex at county level. Elections for the Youth Cabinet and UKYP in West Sussex run every year in March.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}