2014 Worthing Borough Council election

2014 Worthing Borough Council election
13 out of 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council ; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the election results. Each ward had one seat up for election.
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election; ; Conservative

Last updated April 01, 2024

The 2014 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. The election took place on the same day as elections to the European Parliament, and saw one third of the council up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, gaining four seats, but losing one to the UK Independence Party. The Liberal Democrats suffered five losses, including one to the Green Party, who gaining their first elected seats on the Council.

Election result

Worthing local election result 2014
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	10	4	1	+3	76.9	36.2	10,365	-10.2
UKIP	1	1	0	+1	7.7	28.9	8,277	+21.5
Liberal Democrats	1	0	5	-5	7.7	12.6	3,600	-27.3
Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	11.7	3,348	+5.4
Green	1	1	0	+1	7.7	10.6	3,049	+10.6

Ward results

Broadwater^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Vaughan	754	34.2	-7.1
	UKIP	Elise Mason	691	31.3	+23.9
	Labour	John Turley	288	13.0	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Apsey	272	12.3	-28.1
	Green	Richard Battson	202	9.2	+9.2
Majority			63	2.9	+2.0
Turnout			2,207	32.4	-30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.5% Con to UKIP

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Proudfoot	702	32.2	-8.5
	UKIP	Dave Shipley	653	29.9	+29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Wiltshire	414	18.9	-39.2
	Labour	Jim Deen	324	14.9	+14.9
	Green	Daniel Aherne	88	4.0	+4.0
Majority			49	2.2	+2.2
Turnout			2,181	35.1	-24.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	15.4% LD to Con

Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Doyle	610	26.3	+26.3
	Conservative	Alex Harman	601	25.9	-10.5
	UKIP	Malcolm Milne	559	24.1	+17.6
	Labour	Peter Barnes	362	15.6	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Allen	188	8.1	-34.8
Majority			9	0.4	+0.4
Turnout			2,320	31.8	-22.2
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	30.6% LD to Green

Durrington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Susan Jelliss	526	33.6	+23.1
	Conservative	Steve Waight	494	31.5	-13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Cranefield	345	22.0	-21.7
	Labour	Guy Chadwick	152	9.7	+9.7
	Green	Fiona Ramasami	50	3.2	+3.2
Majority			32	2.0	+2.0
Turnout			1,567	34.7	-30.3
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	18.4% Con to UKIP

Gaisford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Jenkins	874	37.4	-4.8
	UKIP	John Dawkins	537	22.9	+15.5
	Green	William Morris	317	15.8	+15.8
	Labour	Joe Thornton	312	13.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dimitri Seirlis	300	12.8	-29.4
Majority			337	14.4	+14.4
Turnout			2,340	34.3	-29.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	12.3% LD to Con

Goring^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Nolan	1,435	48.5	-8.1
	UKIP	Trevor England	817	27.6	+18.5
	Labour	Margaret Harris	305	10.3	-1.3
	Green	David Aherne	217	7.3	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trudi Starling	186	6.3	-15.7
Majority			618	20.8	-13.9
Turnout			2,960	43.8	-28.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.3% Con to UKIP

Heene^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Guest	714	34.0	-12.5
	Green	Stefan Sykes	507	24.2	+24.2
	UKIP	Rick Setford	498	23.7	+23.7
	Labour	Jill Guest	222	10.6	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Finch	158	7.5	-30.3
Majority			207	9.9	+1.3
Turnout			2,099	32.8	-23.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.4% Con to Green

Marine^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Crouch	1,114	43.6	+15.4
	UKIP	Charles James	692	27.1	+20.5
	Labour	Alex Wagstaff	298	11.7	+11.7
	Green	Melanie Muir	264	10.3	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Izod	189	7.4	-10.9
Majority			422	16.5
Turnout			2,557	38.9	-26.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6% Con to UKIP

Northbrook^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean McDonald	355	35.8	-9.8
	UKIP	Mike Jelliss	328	33.1	+33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Jones	169	17.0	-36.6
	Labour	Philip Dufty	86	8.7	+8.7
	Green	Katherine Kohl	54	5.4	+5.4
Majority			27	2.7	+2.7
Turnout			992	27.9	-25.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	21.5% Con to UKIP

Offington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Murphy	1,240	47.9	-8.3
	UKIP	Toby Brothers	798	30.8	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams	194	7.5	-16.7
	Labour	Ann Saunders	191	7.4	-0.9
	Green	Stephen Nethercott-Cable	164	6.3	+6.3
Majority			442	17.1	-14.0
Turnout			2,587	40.8	-31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.2% Con to UKIP

Salvington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Mercer	1,011	39.0	-11.6
	UKIP	Pauline James	988	38.2	+25.5
	Labour	David Lace	236	9.1	+9.1
	Green	Julia Owen	181	7.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Val Capon	173	6.9	-28.9
Majority			23	0.9	-13.9
Turnout			2,589	36.4	-27.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.6% Con to UKIP

Selden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Callum Buxton	601	30.4	-5.4
	UKIP	John Harwood	526	26.6	+19.5
	Labour	Mike Barrett	354	17.9	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	298	15.1	-30.6
	Green	Valerie Ellis	199	10.1	+10.1
Majority			75	3.8	+3.8
Turnout			1,978	31.4	-28.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tarring^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Smytherman	714	31.6	-20.9
	UKIP	Adrian Price	664	29.4	+18.1
	Conservative	David Messer	470	20.8	-14.5
	Labour	Michelle Forsyth	218	9.6	+9.6
	Green	Ross Johnson	196	8.7	+8.7
Majority			50	2.2	-15.0
Turnout			2,262	34.9	-29.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	19.5% LD to UKIP

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2014 Worthing Borough Council election

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