2018 Worthing Borough Council election
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13 of the 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Daniel Humphreys Rebecca Cooper Robert Smytherman
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Offington Marine Tarring
Last election 32 seats, 38.6% 0 seats, 20.3% 2 seats, 12.6%
Seats before 31 1 2
Seats won 8 4 1
Seats after 29 5 2
Seat change Decrease2 Increase4 Steady
Popular vote 13,150 9,869 3,826
Percentage 45.9% 34.5% 13.4%
Swing Increase 7.3% Increase 14.2% Increase 0.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party UKIP Green
Last election 2 seats, 20.9% 1 seat, 7.6%
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 617 1,927
Percentage 2.2% 4.1%
Swing Decrease 18.7% Decrease 3.5%
Map showing the election results. Each ward had one seat up for election.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

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.

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

Council results

Worthing[1]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. 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 Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Howard 1,026 47.6 +21.2
Conservative Steve McKeown 836 38.8 +2.7
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Harman 864 41.8 +9.5
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Democrats Christine Brown 184 6.8 -3.0
Majority 757 28.0
Turnout 2,706 35.2
Labour gain from Green Swing

Durrington ward

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

Gaisford ward

Gaisford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Jenkins 1,002 41.9 +3.5
Labour Joseph Thornton 950 39.7 +14.7
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicola Waight 1,625 60.0 +8.3
Labour Jane Cropper 561 20.7 +6.1
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Democrats Christine Allen 134 5.9 -0.1
Majority 65 2.9
Turnout 2,273 35.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marine ward

Marine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Crouch 1,460 50.6 +5.4
Labour Samuel Baeza 1,136 39.3 +19.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Griffiths 194 6.7 -3.5
UKIP Barry Pinchen 94 3.3 -13.1
Majority 324 11.3
Turnout 2,888 43.2
Conservative hold Swing

Northbrook ward

Northbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sean McDonald 497 51.1 +23.4
Labour John Martin 268 27.5 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Sunderland 133 13.7 -8.8
UKIP Stuart Field 75 7.7 -22.9
Majority 229 23.6
Turnout 973 22.3
Conservative hold Swing

Offington ward

Offington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louise Murphy 1,452 63.8
Labour Bernard Eustice 496 21.8
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heather Mercer 1,396 62.5
Labour Helen Silman 461 20.6
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Cranefield 356 15.9
Majority 935 41.9
Turnout 2,233 30.8
Conservative hold Swing

Selden ward

Selden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Barrett 1,162 49.2
Conservative Callum Buxton 963 40.8
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "Election results 2018". Adur & Worthing Councils. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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