Worthing Borough Council elections

One third of Worthing Borough Council in Worthing, West Sussex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 37 councillors are elected from 13 wards. ^[1]

Results

Composition of the council ^[2]

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats [a]	Labour	Green	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (30 seats)
1973	17	0	1	–	–	12		Conservative
1976	26	0	1	0	–	3		Conservative
1979	16	9	0	0	–	5		Conservative
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
1983	24	12	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1984	24	12	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1986	22	14	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1987	24	12	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1988	26	10	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1990	27	9	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1991	24	12	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1992	22	14	0	0	–	0		Conservative
1994	17	19	0	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
1995	13	23	0	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
1996	11	25	0	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
1998	15	21	0	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
1999	20	16	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2000	20	16	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2002	17	19	0	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2003	18	18	0	0	0	0		No overall control
New ward boundaries (37 seats)
2004	26	11	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2006	23	14	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2007	24	12	0	0	0	1		Conservative
2008	24	13	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2010	25	12	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2011	25	11	0	0	0	1		Conservative
2012	24	12	0	0	0	1		Conservative
2014	27	7	0	1	1	1		Conservative
2015	30	4	0	1	1	1		Conservative
2016	32	2	0	1	2	0		Conservative
2018	29	2	5	0	1	0		Conservative
2019	23	3	10	0	1	0		Conservative
2021	19	3	15	0	0	0		Conservative
2022	13	1	23	0	0	0		Labour
2023	11	1	24	1	0	0		Labour
2024	9	0	26	2	0	0		Labour

Council elections

• 1973 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1976 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1979 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1983 Worthing Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[3]
• 1984 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1986 Worthing Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[4]
• 1987 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1988 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1990 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1991 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1992 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1994 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1995 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1996 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1998 Worthing Borough Council election
• 1999 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2000 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2002 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2003 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2004 Worthing Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1) ^{[5] [6]}
• 2006 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2007 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2008 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2010 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2011 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2012 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2014 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2015 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2016 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2018 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2019 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2021 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2022 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2023 Worthing Borough Council election
• 2024 Worthing Borough Council Election

Borough result maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

Election apportionment diagrams

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  2019 Election apportionment diagram
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  2021 Election apportionment diagram
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  2022 Election apportionment diagram
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  2023 Election apportionment diagram

By-election results

2010-2014

Goring by-election 2 May 2013 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Nolan	997	43.7	6.5
	UKIP	Adrian Price	769	33.7	13.5
	Labour	Janet Haden	195	8.5	6.5
	Green	David Aherne	171	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Campbell	149	6.5	0.6
Majority			228	10.0
Turnout			2,281
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014-2018

Castle by-election 7 August 2014 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Charles James	568	36.9	7.0
	Conservative	Alex Harman	485	31.5	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wiltshire	242	15.7	3.3
	Labour	Jim Deen	197	12.8	2.1
	Green	Stefan Sykes	49	3.2	0.8
Majority			83	5.4
Turnout			1,541
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marine by-election 3 August 2017 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Cooper	1,032	47.4	27.8
	Conservative	Joseph Crouch	846	38.8	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brown	246	11.3	1.1
	Green	Joanna Ponto	55	2.5	6.2
Majority			186	8.6	N/A
Turnout			2,181	32.1	0.56%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	17.6%

2018-2022

Salvington by-election 12 December 2019 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Nowak	2,690	60.4
	Labour	Gill Poole	832	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Norton	928	20.9
Majority			1762	39.6
Turnout			4,450	61.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine by-election 2 December 2021 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicki Wells	1,239	50.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Syed Ahmed	972	39.4	−3.3
	Green	Sonya Mallin	145	5.9	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Norton	112	4.5	+0.0
Majority			267	10.8
Turnout			2,468
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2022-2026

Marine by-election 19 September 2024 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	865	40.7	+9.6
	Labour	Mary Mernagh	781	36.8	−19.2
	Reform UK	Lionel Harman	228	10.7	+10.7
	Green	Jimi Taylor	138	6.5	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Wiltshire	113	5.3	−0.3
Majority			84	4.0
Turnout			2,125
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heene by-election 10 October 2024 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Houghton	742	42.0	+15.8
	Labour	Anthony Squires	704	39.9	−16.4
	Green	Kate Thornton	186	10.5	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trudi Starling	133	7.5	+0.6
Majority			38	2.2
Turnout			1,765
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

1. "Your Council". Worthing Borough Council. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
2. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. The Borough of Worthing (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
4. The Adur, Arun and Worthing (Areas) Order 1985
5. "Worthing council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 4 September 2009.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Worthing (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Goring Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Castle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
9. "Election results 2017". Adur & Worthing Councils. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Salvington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Marine Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Marine Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Heene Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Worthing Borough Council