2024 Worthing Borough Council election

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2024 Worthing Borough Council election
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13 of 37 Seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Beccy Cooper Kevin Jenkins
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seatMarineGoring
Last election24 seats, 45.7%11 seats, 31.5%
Seats before2411
Seats won93
Seats after269
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote12,8579,065
Percentage45.1%31.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.6%Increase2.svg 0.3%
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderClare HuntHazel Thorpe
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatGoringTarring (Defeated)
Last election1 seat, 13.3%1 seat, 6.8%
Seats before11
Seats won10
Seats after20
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote3,8652,703
Percentage13.6%9.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.3%Increase2.svg 0.6%
Worthing UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Worthing Borough Council election
Leader before election

Beccy Cooper
Labour

Leader after election

Beccy Cooper
Labour

The 2024 Worthing Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections being held in the United Kingdom on the same day. [1]

Contents

Labour retained their majority on the council. [2] Three days after the election, three Labour councillors resigned from the party, although the party retained its majority. [3]

By-elections

At the 2024 United Kingdom General Election, Council leader Dr Beccy Cooper was elected as the MP for Worthing West. [4] As a result, she resigned as Leader and as a Councillor on Wednesday July 10th, neccecitating a by-election in Marine Ward. [5] Cllr Sophie Cox replaced Beccy as Leader on Tuesday 23rd July 2024. [6]

Background

Worthing Borough Council elects a third of its councillors 3 out of every 4 years, with elections to West Sussex County Council in the 4th year. [7] 13 seats out of 37 were up for election in 2024.

At the previous election, held in 2023, the Labour Party increased the number of seats they had on the council by 1 to have 24 seats. The Conservative Party lost 2 seats and the Greens gained 1. [8] As a result, the council remained under Labour control. [8] [9]

The Liberal Democrats went into the election defending their last seat on the Council, in Tarring ward, having been in overall control of the Council as recently as 2003. [10]

Pre-Election Composition
24
11
1
1
PartySeats
Labour 24
Conservative 11
Green 1
Lib Dem 1

Ward Results

All 13 wards have a full slate of candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, the Greens and the Lib Dems.

The Candidates nominated for each ward are as follows (* indicates incumbent):

Broadwater

Broadwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Glynn-Davies* 1,218 58.8 +1.7
Conservative John Robert Salisbury51524.8−2.7
Green Valerie Eileen Daphne Knight1909.1+1.2
Liberal Democrats John Christopher Apsey1497.2−0.2
Majority70334.01
Turnout 2,09630.61−3.00
Registered electors 6,847
Labour hold Swing

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sam Theodoridi(*) 895 47.0 −3.3
Conservative Tom Taylor59131.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Nick Wiltshire25313.3+2.8
Green Nellie De Goguel1668.7+1.4
Majority30416.0
Turnout 1,92127.69−3.16
Registered electors 6,937
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosey Whorlow* 1,372 59.2 −0.6
Conservative Diane Guest51922.4−1.4
Green Jo Paul27211.7+0.9
Liberal Democrats David Kingston1566.7−2.9
Majority86036.8
Turnout 2,34630.55−1.08
Registered electors 7,679
Labour hold Swing

Durrington

Durrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josh Harris 583 42.7 −5.1
Labour Mary Bridget Mernagh53839.4+3.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Donin16812.3−3.5
Green Jimi Taylor775.6N/A
Majority453.3
Turnout 1,38330.76
Registered electors 4,496
Conservative hold Swing

Gaisford

Gaisford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Turley* 1,364 55.9 −0.5
Conservative Bryan Turner66927.4+0.5
Green Stephen Wardle Carlysmith24910.2+2.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Etchells1586.5+0.7
Majority69528.5
Turnout 2,45535.15−3.37
Registered electors 6,984
Labour hold Swing

Goring

Goring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ian Arthur Davey 1,696 55.8 +5.3
Conservative Paisley Thompson98232.3−2.6
Labour Tshepo Ronald Skwambane2718.2−3.5
Liberal Democrats Merlin Jones892.9−0.1
Majority71423.5
Turnout 3,06644.51−1.76
Registered electors 6,888
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Heene

Heene
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Ellum 1,245 56.3 −0.2
Conservative Roy Barraclough58026.2−1.3
Green Constantine De Goguel23210.5+2.1
Liberal Democrats Matt Hoyland1536.9−0.7
Majority66530.1
Turnout 2,22833.81−0.68
Registered electors 6,589
Labour hold Swing

Marine

Marine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebecca Cooper* 1,501 56.0 +3.2
Conservative Oliver Jones83331.1−1.7
Green Julie Dawe1987.4−1.8
Liberal Democrats Trudi Ann Starling1495.6+0.4
Majority66824.9
Turnout 2,69940.40−1.26
Registered electors 6,680
Labour hold Swing

Northbrook

Northbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dom Ford 647 47.9 +3.3
Conservative Russ Cochran*51738.2−5.3
Liberal Democrats Robin Thurston Rodgers1037.6−4.3
Green James Edmund Raymond Darrall856.3N/A
Majority1309.7
Turnout 1,35824.98
Registered electors 5,436
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Offington

Offington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Sparkes* 1,256 52.7 −1.2
Labour Liz Nicholson78232.8+4.5
Green Steve Rhodes1867.8−1.9
Liberal Democrats Iona Harte1616.8−1.4
Majority47419.9
Turnout 2,40236.81−0.47
Registered electors 6,525
Conservative hold Swing

Salvington

Salvington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Nowak* 1,154 47.8 +0.9
Labour Anthony Paul Squires84735.1±0.0
Liberal Democrats Emma Kate Norton24210.0−0.6
Green Sonya Lynne Mallin1707.1−0.2
Majority30712.7
Turnout 2,43534.12−0.61
Registered electors 7,136
Conservative hold Swing

Selden

Selden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Roser* 1,168 57.1 −5.4
Conservative Sarah Louise Blake52925.8+2.8
Green Clare Ann Marshall1939.4+1.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Beryl Brown1577.7+1.0
Majority63931.3
Turnout 2,06133.50−2.45
Registered electors 6,152
Labour hold Swing

Tarring

Tarring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lysanne Charlotte Skinner 1,009 44.6 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Hazel Thorpe*76533.8+7.5
Conservative Christina Shane-Chan33714.9−1.0
Green Karen Elizabeth Brooks1516.7+0.7
Majority23410.8
Turnout 2,29235.96−2.13
Registered electors 6,373
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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