2021 Worthing Borough Council election

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2021 Worthing Borough Council election
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13 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 election23 seats, 36.5%10 seats, 31.0%3 seats, 14.8%
Seats won661
Seats after19153
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg5Steady2.svg
Popular vote13,97910,7973,307
Percentage44.8%34.6%10.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.3%Increase2.svg 3.6%Decrease2.svg 4.0%
 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Green UKIP
Last election0 seats, 9.9%1 seat, 7.2%
Seats won00
Seats after00
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote2,9900
Percentage9.6%0.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.3%Decrease2.svg 7.2%
Worthing UK local election 2021 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 2021 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council, on the same day as other UK local elections. This election was originally scheduled to take place on 7 May 2020, but was delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic; [1] 2021 was originally scheduled to be an off-year for Worthing Borough Council elections. A third of the council was up for election, a total of 13 councillors. Candidates elected in 2016 had their term expire at this election.

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The Conservative Party was seeking to maintain its majority, which it had held in the town since 2004. In the 2018 election, the Labour Party emerged as the largest opposition party in Worthing; this election was the first since the incorporation of the borough council in 1974 in which it was technically possible for Labour to win a majority. [2]

The Labour Party and The Conservative Party won 6 seats each in this election, with the Liberal Democrats winning 1. Labour gained 5 seats and held 1; a net gain of 5 seats. The Conservatives lost 5 seats to Labour, but gained one from UKIP in Northbrook Ward, and held 5; a net loss of 4 seats. The Liberal Democrats held on to their seat in Tarring Ward. [3]

The Conservative majority was cut to 1. With a Conservative councillor then becoming an independent and a loss in a by-election, it would become a minority administration before the 2022 elections.

Results summary

2021 Worthing Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 6Decrease2.svg 446.2131951.413,97944.8+8.3
  Labour 6Increase2.svg 546.291540.510,79734.6+3.6
  Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg7.7238.13,37810.8-4.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,9909.6-0.3
  Libertarian 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0460.1N/A
  UKIP 0Decrease2.svg 10.0000.0N/AN/AN/A

Ward results

Broadwater

Broadwater [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cathy Glynn-Davies 1,139 45.3 +0.3
Conservative Paisley Thomson100439.9+8.6
Green Richard Battson1927.6-4.8
Liberal Democrats John Apsey1656.6-4.7
Majority1355.4
Rejected ballots160.6
Turnout 36.7 [note 1]
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Castle

Castle [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Wills 956 41.9 +6.5
Labour Ibsha Choudhury88038.5+19.7
Liberal Democrats Nick Wiltshire25311.1-7.3
Green Julie Dawe1828.0-3.5
Majority763.4
Rejected ballots130.6
Turnout 32.5 [note 1]
Conservative hold Swing

Central

Central [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosey Whorlow 1,127 44.2 -0.7
Conservative Alex Harman76329.9+5.0
Green Jo Paul45517.8-2.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Brown1766.9-2.8
Majority36414.3
Rejected ballots291.1
Turnout 33.0 [note 1]
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Durrington

Durrington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dan Coxhill 783 55.2 -1.8
Labour Graham McKnight31021.9+0.6
Liberal Democrats Emma Norton21014.8-6.5
Green James Darrall1037.3N/A
Majority47333.3
Rejected ballots120.8
Turnout 31.2 [note 1]
Conservative hold Swing

This ward had no election in 2019, so changes are shown from 2018.

Gaisford

Gaisford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Turley 1,235 42.3 -4.7
Conservative Val Turner111438.1+1.3
Green Stephen Carleysmith2849.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Caroline Gentry2618.9-7.3
Majority1214.2
Rejected ballots281.0
Turnout 41.0 [note 1]
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Goring

Goring [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Waight 1,785 60.9 +11.8
Labour Jane Cropper60120.5+7.4
Green Sharon Huls2799.5-3.1
Liberal Democrats Robin Rogers2488.5-2.7
Majority118440.4
Rejected ballots200.7
Turnout 42.4 [note 1]
Conservative hold Swing

Heene

Heene
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Taylor 1,091 43.2 +4.0
Conservative Paul High92436.6+2.3
Green Ian Davey34713.7+1.2
Liberal Democrats Cyril Cannings1305.1-2.3
Majority1676.6
Rejected ballots331.3
Turnout 37.8 [note 1]
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marine

Marine
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beccy Cooper 1,456 46.6 +14.0
Conservative Gavin Poole1,32442.4+1.4
Green Trevor Hopkins1815.8-3.8
Liberal Democrats Antony Brown1404.5-3.9
Majority1324.2
Rejected ballots230.7
Turnout 47.0 [note 1]
Labour hold Swing

Northbrook

Northbrook [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russ Cochran 647 50.5 -0.6
Labour Ingrid Allan37829.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Sunderland13010.2-3.5
Green Joe Pearce1138.8N/A
Majority26921.0
Rejected ballots120.9
Turnout 25.2 [note 1]
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

This ward had no election in 2019, so changes are shown from 2018.

Offington

Offington [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Sparkes 1,693 64.7 +11.5
Labour Helen Abrahams42116.1+1.7
Green Sonya Mallin2439.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Iona Harte2359.0-11.0
Majority127248.6
Rejected ballots230.9
Turnout 40.0 [note 1]
Conservative hold Swing

Salvington

Salvington [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Nowak 1,508 59.0 +14.4
Labour Lysanne Skinner44017.2+3.5
Liberal Democrats Jackie Cranefield37214.5+2.2
Green Stephen Rhodes2208.6-2.0
Majority106841.8
Rejected ballots180.7
Turnout 35.6 [note 1]
Conservative hold Swing

Selden

Selden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Roser 1,115 46.4 -1.6
Conservative Sarah Blake84835.3+4.9
Green Melanie Ling2269.4-3.2
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Leonard1385.7-3.2
Majority26711.1
Rejected ballots773.2
Turnout 37.9 [note 1]
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tarring

Tarring [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Thorpe 920 38.5 -3.8
Conservative John Salisbury63026.4+9.1
Labour Pauline Fraser60425.3+3.0
Green Constantine De Goguel1656.9-0.5
Libertarian Marco Di Paola461.9N/A
Majority29012.1
Rejected ballots221.0
Turnout 37.1 [note 1]
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

Marine

Marine: 2 December 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vicki Wells 1,239 50.2 +3.2
Conservative Syed Ahmed97239.4-3.3
Green Sonya Mallin1455.9±0.0
Liberal Democrats Emma Norton1124.5±0.0
Majority26710.8
Turnout 2,46837.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg3.2

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Turnout figures taken from directly from website. As such, it is unsure whether it includes rejected ballots or not. All vote share percentages are calculated including rejected ballots.

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  1. ↑ "Postponement of May 2020 elections". GOV.UK.
  2. ↑ "Labour wins first Worthing Borough Council seat in more than 40 years". www.worthingherald.co.uk. 4 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "2021 Election results - Adur & Worthing Councils". www.adur-worthing.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Broadwater Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Castle Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Central Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Durrington Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gaisford Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Goring Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Northbrook Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Offington Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Salvington Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Tarring Ward". Adur and Worthing Councils . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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