Worthing Borough Council election, 2018

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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.

Worthing Town & Borough in England

Worthing is a large seaside town in England, and district with borough status in West Sussex. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, 10 miles (16 km) west of Brighton, and 18 miles (29 km) east of the county town of Chichester. With an estimated population of 104,600 and an area of 12.5 square miles (32.37 km2) the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, which makes it part of the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Since 2010 northern parts of the borough, including the Worthing Downland Estate, have formed part of the South Downs National Park.

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

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Council results

Worthing [1]
CandidatesVotes
Party Stood Elected Gained UnseatedNet % of total % № Net %
  Conservative 13 8 1 3 -2 61.5 45.9 13,150
  Labour 13 4 4 0 +4 30.8 34.5 9,869
  Liberal Democrat 13 1 0 0 ±0 7.7 13.4 3,826
  Green 8 0 0 1 -1 0.0 4.1 1,181
  UKIP 6 0 0 1 -1 0.0 2.2 617

Ward results

Broadwater ward

Broadwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Howard 1,026 47.6 +21.2
Conservative Steve McKeown 836 38.8 +2.7
Liberal Democrat John Apsey 229 10.6 -0.1
Green Kate Sweeny 147 6.8 -1.7
Majority 190 8.8
Turnout 2,155 31.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle ward

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Karen Harman 864 41.8 +9.5
Liberal Democrat Martin McCabe 531 25.7 +9.1
Labour Samuel Theodoridi 453 21.9 +4.6
UKIP Heba Saraway 123 5.9 -24.7
Green Julian Warwick 97 4.7 -0.5
Majority 333 16.1
Turnout 2,069 30.5
Conservative hold Swing 1.5

Central ward

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Deen 1,534 56.7 +30.1
Conservative Harvey Robinson 777 28.7 +0.5
Green James Doyle 202 7.5 -11.0
Liberal Democrat Christine Brown 184 6.8 -3.0
Majority 757 28.0
Turnout 2,706 35.2
Labour gain from Green Swing

Durrington ward

Durrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles James 791 57.0 +21.8
Labour Jillian Guest 296 21.3 +9.3
Liberal Democrat Emma Norton 295 21.3 +0.5
Majority 495 35.7
Turnout 1,387 31.0
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

Gaisford ward

Gaisford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kevin Jenkins 1,002 41.9 +3.5
Labour Joseph Thornton 950 39.7 +14.7
Liberal Democrat Stephen Martin 222 9.3 -2.5
Green Stephen Carleysmith 211 8.8 -0.8
Majority 52 2.2
Turnout 2,390 34.0
Conservative hold Swing

Goring ward

Goring
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicola Waight 1,625 60.0 +8.3
Labour Jane Cropper 561 20.7 +6.1
Liberal Democrat Cyril Cannings 192 7.1 +1.1
Green David Aherne 184 6.8 -0.7
UKIP Richard Bater 144 5.3 -14.8
Majority 1,064 39.3
Turnout 2,709 39.3
Conservative hold Swing

Heene ward

Heene
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Mulholland 1,029 45.3 +12.5
Conservative Diane Guest 964 42.4 +6.0
Green Joseph Pearce 139 6.1 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Christine Allen 134 5.9 -0.1
Majority 65 2.9
Turnout 2,273 35.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marine ward

Marine
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Edward Crouch 1,460 50.6 +5.4
Labour Samuel Baeza 1,136 39.3 +19.8
Liberal Democrat Caroline Griffiths 194 6.7 -3.5
UKIP Barry Pinchen 94 3.3 -13.1
Majority 324 11.2
Turnout 2,888 43.2
Conservative hold Swing

Northbrook ward

Northbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sean McDonald 497 51.1 +23.4
Labour John Martin 268 27.5 +9.3
Liberal Democrat Keith Sunderland 133 13.7 -8.8
UKIP Stuart Field 75 7.7 -22.9
Majority 229 23.5
Turnout 973 22.3
Conservative hold Swing

Offington ward

Offington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Louise Murphy 1,452 63.8
Labour Bernard Eustice 496 21.8
Liberal Democrat Antony Brown 231 10.1
UKIP John Strange 93 4.1
Majority 956 42.0
Turnout 2,276 35.2
Conservative hold Swing

Salvington ward

Salvington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Heather Mercer 1,396 62.5
Labour Helen Silman 461 20.6
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Cranefield 356 15.9
Majority 935 41.9
Turnout 2,233 30.8
Conservative hold Swing

Selden ward

Selden
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Barrett 1,162 49.2
Conservative Callum Buxton 963 40.8
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Leonard 134 5.7
Green Constantine de Goguel 95 4.0
Majority 199 8.4
Turnout 2,360 37.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tarring ward

Tarring
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Robert Smytherman 991 44.9
Conservative Steven Peck 523 23.7
Labour Pauline Fraser 497 22.5
Green Joanna Ponto 106 4.8
UKIP Adrian Price 88 4.0
Majority 468 21.2
Turnout 2,207 34.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Election results 2018". Adur & Worthing Councils . Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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