2019 Worthing Borough Council election

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2019 Worthing Borough Council election
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  2018 2 May 2019 2021  

11 of the 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election29 seats, 45.9%5 seats, 34.5%2 seats, 13.4%
Seats won551
Seats after23103
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg5Increase2.svg1
Popular vote9,4998,0633,850
Percentage36.5%31.0%14.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 9.4%Decrease2.svg 2.5%Increase2.svg 1.4%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party UKIP Green
Last election1 seat, 2.2%0 seats, 4.1%
Seats won00
Seats after10
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,8712,581
Percentage7.2%9.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.0%Increase2.svg 5.8%

Worthing UK local election 2019 map.svg
Map showing the election results. Each ward had one seat up for election (bar Durrington and Northbrook).

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 11 councillors were elected from council's wards, there being no election in Durrington and Northbrook in this cycle. [1]

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Council results

Worthing
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Conservative 11506-645.536.59,499-7.8
  Labour 11550+545.531.08,063+15.7
  Liberal Democrats 11110+1914.83,850+2.9
  Green 9000009.92,581+0.1
  UKIP 6000007.21,871-11.6
  Independent 1000000.565147N/A

Ward results

Broadwater ward

Broadwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dawn Smith 962 45.0
Conservative Nigel Morgan67131.3
Green Richard Battson26612.4
Liberal Democrats John Apsey24211.3
Majority19113.7
Turnout 214132.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle ward

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lionel Harman 693 35.4
Labour Samuel Theodoridi36918.8
Liberal Democrats Matt Hoyland36218.4
UKIP Stuart Field31115.9
Green Julian Warwick22511.5
Majority32416.6
Turnout 196028.9
Conservative hold Swing

Central ward

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sally Smith 1,131 44.9
Conservative Diane Guest62724.9
Green Jo Paul51720.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Brown2439.7
Majority50420.0
Turnout 251833.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Gaisford ward

Gaisford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henna Chowdhury 1,213 47.0
Conservative Bryan Turner95136.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Griffiths41816.2
Majority26210.2
Turnout 258237.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Goring ward

Goring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Barraclough 1,295 49.1
UKIP Richard Bater36814.0
Labour Stephanie Powell34713.1
Green David Aherne33312.6
Liberal Democrats Cyril Cannings29611.2
Majority92735.1
Turnout 263938.6
Conservative hold Swing

Heene ward

Heene
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Silman 866 39.2
Conservative Gavin Poole75834.3
Green Joseph Pearce27712.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Allen1637.4
Independent Joshy High1476.6
Majority1084.9
Turnout 221134.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marine ward

Marine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Wills 1,140 41.0
Labour Samuel Baeza90732.6
Green Karen North2679.6
UKIP Sue Jelliss2348.4
Liberal Democrats Antony Brown2328.4
Majority2338.4
Turnout 278041.7
Conservative hold Swing

Offington ward

Offington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Humphreys 1,260 53.2
Liberal Democrats Emma Norton47420.0
Labour Jon Roser34214.4
UKIP John Strange29112.3
Majority78633.25
Turnout 236736.8
Conservative hold Swing

Salvington ward

Salvington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Noel Atkins 1,027 44.6
UKIP Michael Jelliss43118.7
Labour Emma Taylor31613.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Sunderland28412.3
Green Melanie Ling24510.6
Majority59625.9
Turnout 2,30332.4
Conservative hold Swing

Selden ward

Selden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carl Walker 1,098 48.0
Conservative Alex Harman69630.4
Green Madeleine Weaver28912.6
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Leonard2048.9
Majority40217.6
Turnout 2,28736.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tarring ward

Tarring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin McCabe 932 42.3
Labour Rosey Whorlow49222.3
Conservative Richard Nowak38117.3
UKIP Toby Brothers23610.7
Green Dominic Rhoden1647.4
Majority44020.0
Turnout 2,20534.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. "Election Results". Worthing District Council Election Results 2019. Worthing District Council.