THE RESULT
| Rank | MP | Constituency | Score /100 | Band | Evidence-led finding | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Babarinde | Eastbourne | 85.75 | STRONG / EXCELLENT | Outstanding independently corroborated constituency impact, strong parliamentary activity and a comparatively modest IPSA cost base. Shared-credit outcomes remain shared; council/provider/national decisions are not treated as solely attributable to the MP. | HIGH |
| 2 | James MacCleary | Lewes | 77.15 | POSITIVE | Exceptional written scrutiny, strong constituency transport/road-safety advocacy and a comparatively efficient IPSA cost base. Several desired A259/local outcomes remain pending; parliamentary activity is not treated as equivalent to completed constituency delivery. | MEDIUM-HIGH |
| 3 | Helena Dollimore | Hastings & Rye | 76.10 | POSITIVE | Strong independently traceable constituency delivery and campaigning outcomes materially improve her assessment under the constituency-first method. Separate attribution and campaign-accountability questions remain under right to reply; the VFM score is not a finding on those questions. | HIGH |
| 4 | Alison Bennett | Mid Sussex | 75.26 | POSITIVE | Strong parliamentary activity, accessible constituency work and a very efficient IPSA cost base. Some casework/activity evidence is self-reported and is not treated as independently verified delivery. | MEDIUM-HIGH |
| 5 | Jess Brown-Fuller | Chichester | 68.53 | MODERATE+ | Very strong written scrutiny and parliamentary engagement with a comparatively efficient cost base. Her separate WATCH investigation remains open; parliamentary volume is not treated as proof of constituency delivery. | MEDIUM-HIGH |
| 6 | Peter Lamb | Crawley | 68.00 | MODERATE+ | Independently recorded constituency intervention on water issues, accessible local engagement and the lowest cost baseline in the cohort. National funding announcements are not credited as personally secured without causal evidence. | HIGH |
| 7 | John Milne | Horsham | 64.35 | MODERATE | Strong parliamentary activity, low costs and sustained advocacy on rural buses, health, SEND and transport. Fewer completed outcomes with independent causal attribution were located than for MPs above him. | MEDIUM |
| 8 | Siân Berry | Brighton Pavilion | 61.22 | MODERATE | Very strong scrutiny and legislative activity, transparent engagement and broad Brighton advocacy. Several campaigns remain advocacy rather than completed constituency outcomes. | MEDIUM-HIGH |
| 9 | Alison Griffiths | Bognor Regis & Littlehampton | 60.63 | MODERATE | Good parliamentary activity, comparatively efficient costs and extensive constituency engagement. Board membership and government allocations are not scored as money personally secured; some recovery figures are self-reported. | MEDIUM |
| 10 | Mims Davies | East Grinstead & Uckfield | 58.44 | MODERATE | Tangible current-term service outcomes include banking hubs alongside sustained hospital and local-service advocacy. Higher business costs reduce the cost-efficiency component; older achievements are not automatically credited to the current window. | MEDIUM-HIGH |
| 11 | Dr Beccy Cooper | Worthing West | 56.99 | MODERATE | Public-health expertise, committee work and regular constituency access provide positive evidence. Fewer independently verified completed constituency outcomes were located than for higher-ranked MPs. | MEDIUM-HIGH |
| 12 | Tom RutlandMP WATCH focus | East Worthing & Shoreham | 55.88 | MIXED+ | Verified CMS Committee attendance, regular constituency access, strong recorded voting and independently corroborated local work including Widewater Lagoon count positively. Written-question and Hansard totals are comparatively low and FY2024/25 business costs are toward the higher end of the cohort. | HIGH |
| 13 | Nusrat Ghani | Sussex Weald | 54.37 | MIXED+ | Substantial parliamentary responsibility and sustained local advocacy are recorded as evidence and context. Parliamentary office is not an automatic VFM bonus; the current-window constituency evidence and high cost base constrain the score. | HIGH |
| 14 | Chris Ward | Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven | 48.80 | MIXED | Parliamentary/government responsibility and constituency advocacy are evidenced. Relatively thin independent evidence of completed constituency outcomes was located in this pass. | MEDIUM |
| 15 | Dr Kieran Mullan | Bexhill & Battle | 48.00 | MIXED | Active parliamentary and constituency advocacy is recorded. The highest 2024/25 Sussex business-cost baseline and limited independently verified completed local outcomes constrain the score. | MEDIUM |
| 16 | Andrew Griffith | Arundel & South Downs | 46.50 | MIXED | Active parliamentary scrutiny and constituency advocacy are evidenced. Very high costs and relatively limited independently verified current-window constituency delivery reduce the score. | MEDIUM |
| 17 | Peter Kyle | Hove & Portslade | 44.55 | LOWER CURRENT-TERM VFM | Significant national parliamentary/government responsibility is recorded as context. Under this constituency-first current-Parliament test, limited independently verified constituency delivery in the evidence window and a high cost base produce the lowest current score; this is not a judgment on ministerial competence or career value. | MEDIUM |
THE 100-POINT TEST
WHY THE METHOD CHANGED
The original test over-weighted readily countable Westminster output and costs. A subsequent evidence audit showed that this could materially understate constituency delivery. WATCH Sussex therefore withdrew that model as a complete verdict, audited all 17 MPs on a constituency-first basis and retained the old results only as historical audit trail.
Campaigning, announcing, welcoming funding, attending an opening or raising an issue does not by itself count as completed delivery. Full delivery credit requires sufficiently strong independent evidence from a council, regulator, government department, NHS/provider or equivalent. Parliamentary, ministerial, frontbench and House roles are recorded as context but do not replace the constituency-first test.
ALL 17 DEEP DIVES
1. Josh Babarinde — Eastbourne · 85.75/100
Strengths / credit: Outstanding independently corroborated constituency impact, strong parliamentary activity and a comparatively modest IPSA cost base.
Limitations: Shared-credit outcomes remain shared; council/provider/national decisions are not treated as solely attributable to the MP.
Band: STRONG / EXCELLENT · Confidence: HIGH
2. James MacCleary — Lewes · 77.15/100
Strengths / credit: Exceptional written scrutiny, strong constituency transport/road-safety advocacy and a comparatively efficient IPSA cost base.
Limitations: Several desired A259/local outcomes remain pending; parliamentary activity is not treated as equivalent to completed constituency delivery.
Band: POSITIVE · Confidence: MEDIUM-HIGH
3. Helena Dollimore — Hastings & Rye · 76.10/100
Strengths / credit: Strong independently traceable constituency delivery and campaigning outcomes materially improve her assessment under the constituency-first method.
Limitations: Separate attribution and campaign-accountability questions remain under right to reply; the VFM score is not a finding on those questions.
Band: POSITIVE · Confidence: HIGH
4. Alison Bennett — Mid Sussex · 75.26/100
Strengths / credit: Strong parliamentary activity, accessible constituency work and a very efficient IPSA cost base.
Limitations: Some casework/activity evidence is self-reported and is not treated as independently verified delivery.
Band: POSITIVE · Confidence: MEDIUM-HIGH
5. Jess Brown-Fuller — Chichester · 68.53/100
Strengths / credit: Very strong written scrutiny and parliamentary engagement with a comparatively efficient cost base.
Limitations: Her separate WATCH investigation remains open; parliamentary volume is not treated as proof of constituency delivery.
Band: MODERATE+ · Confidence: MEDIUM-HIGH
6. Peter Lamb — Crawley · 68.00/100
Strengths / credit: Independently recorded constituency intervention on water issues, accessible local engagement and the lowest cost baseline in the cohort.
Limitations: National funding announcements are not credited as personally secured without causal evidence.
Band: MODERATE+ · Confidence: HIGH
7. John Milne — Horsham · 64.35/100
Strengths / credit: Strong parliamentary activity, low costs and sustained advocacy on rural buses, health, SEND and transport.
Limitations: Fewer completed outcomes with independent causal attribution were located than for MPs above him.
Band: MODERATE · Confidence: MEDIUM
8. Siân Berry — Brighton Pavilion · 61.22/100
Strengths / credit: Very strong scrutiny and legislative activity, transparent engagement and broad Brighton advocacy.
Limitations: Several campaigns remain advocacy rather than completed constituency outcomes.
Band: MODERATE · Confidence: MEDIUM-HIGH
9. Alison Griffiths — Bognor Regis & Littlehampton · 60.63/100
Strengths / credit: Good parliamentary activity, comparatively efficient costs and extensive constituency engagement.
Limitations: Board membership and government allocations are not scored as money personally secured; some recovery figures are self-reported.
Band: MODERATE · Confidence: MEDIUM
10. Mims Davies — East Grinstead & Uckfield · 58.44/100
Strengths / credit: Tangible current-term service outcomes include banking hubs alongside sustained hospital and local-service advocacy.
Limitations: Higher business costs reduce the cost-efficiency component; older achievements are not automatically credited to the current window.
Band: MODERATE · Confidence: MEDIUM-HIGH
11. Dr Beccy Cooper — Worthing West · 56.99/100
Strengths / credit: Public-health expertise, committee work and regular constituency access provide positive evidence.
Limitations: Fewer independently verified completed constituency outcomes were located than for higher-ranked MPs.
Band: MODERATE · Confidence: MEDIUM-HIGH
12. Tom Rutland — East Worthing & Shoreham · 55.88/100
Strengths / credit: Verified CMS Committee attendance, regular constituency access, strong recorded voting and independently corroborated local work including Widewater Lagoon count positively.
Limitations: Written-question and Hansard totals are comparatively low and FY2024/25 business costs are toward the higher end of the cohort.
Band: MIXED+ · Confidence: HIGH
13. Nusrat Ghani — Sussex Weald · 54.37/100
Strengths / credit: Substantial parliamentary responsibility and sustained local advocacy are recorded as evidence and context.
Limitations: Parliamentary office is not an automatic VFM bonus; the current-window constituency evidence and high cost base constrain the score.
Band: MIXED+ · Confidence: HIGH
14. Chris Ward — Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven · 48.80/100
Strengths / credit: Parliamentary/government responsibility and constituency advocacy are evidenced.
Limitations: Relatively thin independent evidence of completed constituency outcomes was located in this pass.
Band: MIXED · Confidence: MEDIUM
15. Dr Kieran Mullan — Bexhill & Battle · 48.00/100
Strengths / credit: Active parliamentary and constituency advocacy is recorded.
Limitations: The highest 2024/25 Sussex business-cost baseline and limited independently verified completed local outcomes constrain the score.
Band: MIXED · Confidence: MEDIUM
16. Andrew Griffith — Arundel & South Downs · 46.50/100
Strengths / credit: Active parliamentary scrutiny and constituency advocacy are evidenced.
Limitations: Very high costs and relatively limited independently verified current-window constituency delivery reduce the score.
Band: MIXED · Confidence: MEDIUM
17. Peter Kyle — Hove & Portslade · 44.55/100
Strengths / credit: Significant national parliamentary/government responsibility is recorded as context.
Limitations: Under this constituency-first current-Parliament test, limited independently verified constituency delivery in the evidence window and a high cost base produce the lowest current score; this is not a judgment on ministerial competence or career value.
Band: LOWER CURRENT-TERM VFM · Confidence: MEDIUM
DATA & CORRECTIONS
The political/output evidence window is 4 July 2024 to 6 September 2026. FY2024/25 IPSA annual total spend is used for the cost component because it is the latest completed annual total-spend baseline. More recent individual claims are not substituted for a completed annual total.
The ranking is frozen to this evidence snapshot but remains corrigible. If stronger primary evidence or substantive right-to-reply material changes a scored factual premise, WATCH Sussex will amend the score and preserve the correction trail. Documentary corrections can be supplied through the right-to-reply / corrections channel.
This is a WATCH Sussex comparative methodology, not an IPSA audit, legal judgment, assessment of political ideology or claim of objective personal worth.
COMPARE THE ACTUAL COST CATEGORIES
For the underlying public-money comparison — including staffing, accommodation and total IPSA-funded parliamentary business costs for all 17 Sussex MPs — use the separate MP MONEY table.