2018 Worthing Borough Council election

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2018 Worthing Borough Council election
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  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

13 of the 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderDaniel Humphreys Rebecca Cooper Robert Smytherman
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatOffingtonMarineTarring
Last election32 seats, 38.6%0 seats, 20.3%2 seats, 12.6%
Seats before3112
Seats won841
Seats after2952
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote13,1509,8693,826
Percentage45.9%34.5%13.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 7.3%Increase2.svg 14.2%Increase2.svg 0.8%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party UKIP Green
Last election2 seats, 20.9%1 seat, 7.6%
Seats won00
Seats after10
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote6171,927
Percentage2.2%4.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 18.7%Decrease2.svg 3.5%

Worthing UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map showing the election results. Each ward had one seat up for election.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 13 councillors were elected from all of the council's wards.

Contents

Despite suffering a net loss of two seats, the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

Council results

Worthing [1]
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Conservative 13813-261.545.913,150
  Labour 13440+430.834.59,869
  Liberal Democrats 13100±07.713.43,826
  Green 8001-10.04.11,181
  UKIP 6001-10.02.2617

Ward results

Broadwater ward

Broadwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Howard 1,026 47.6 +21.2
Conservative Steve McKeown83638.8+2.7
Liberal Democrats John Apsey22910.6-0.1
Green Kate Sweeny1476.8-1.7
Majority1908.8
Turnout 2,15531.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle ward

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Harman 864 41.8 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Martin McCabe53125.7+9.1
Labour Samuel Theodoridi45321.9+4.6
UKIP Heba Saraway1235.9-24.7
Green Julian Warwick974.7-0.5
Majority33316.1
Turnout 2,06930.5
Conservative hold Swing 1.5

Central ward

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Deen 1,534 56.7 +30.1
Conservative Harvey Robinson77728.7+0.5
Green James Doyle2027.5-11.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Brown1846.8-3.0
Majority75728.0
Turnout 2,70635.2
Labour gain from Green Swing

Durrington ward

Durrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles James 791 57.0 +21.8
Labour Jillian Guest29621.3+9.3
Liberal Democrats Emma Norton29521.3+0.5
Majority49535.7
Turnout 1,38731.0
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

Gaisford ward

Gaisford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Jenkins 1,002 41.9 +3.5
Labour Joseph Thornton95039.7+14.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Martin2229.3-2.5
Green Stephen Carleysmith2118.8-0.8
Majority522.2
Turnout 2,39034.0
Conservative hold Swing

Goring ward

Goring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicola Waight 1,625 60.0 +8.3
Labour Jane Cropper56120.7+6.1
Liberal Democrats Cyril Cannings1927.1+1.1
Green David Aherne1846.8-0.7
UKIP Richard Bater1445.3-14.8
Majority1,06439.3
Turnout 2,70939.3
Conservative hold Swing

Heene ward

Heene
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Mulholland 1,029 45.3 +12.5
Conservative Diane Guest96442.4+6.0
Green Joseph Pearce1396.1-1.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Allen1345.9-0.1
Majority652.9
Turnout 2,27335.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marine ward

Marine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Crouch 1,460 50.6 +5.4
Labour Samuel Baeza1,13639.3+19.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Griffiths1946.7-3.5
UKIP Barry Pinchen943.3-13.1
Majority32411.3
Turnout 2,88843.2
Conservative hold Swing

Northbrook ward

Northbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sean McDonald 497 51.1 +23.4
Labour John Martin26827.5+9.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Sunderland13313.7-8.8
UKIP Stuart Field757.7-22.9
Majority22923.6
Turnout 97322.3
Conservative hold Swing

Offington ward

Offington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Murphy 1,452 63.8
Labour Bernard Eustice49621.8
Liberal Democrats Antony Brown23110.1
UKIP John Strange934.1
Majority95642.0
Turnout 2,27635.2
Conservative hold Swing

Salvington ward

Salvington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heather Mercer 1,396 62.5
Labour Helen Silman46120.6
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Cranefield35615.9
Majority93541.9
Turnout 2,23330.8
Conservative hold Swing

Selden ward

Selden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Barrett 1,162 49.2
Conservative Callum Buxton96340.8
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Leonard1345.7
Green Constantine de Goguel954.0
Majority1998.4
Turnout 2,36037.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tarring ward

Tarring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Smytherman 991 44.9
Conservative Steven Peck52323.7
Labour Pauline Fraser49722.5
Green Joanna Ponto1064.8
UKIP Adrian Price884.0
Majority46821.2
Turnout 2,20734.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

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