2019 Worthing Borough Council election

2019 Worthing Borough Council election

2 May 2019
11 of the 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 29 seats, 45.9% 5 seats, 34.5% 2 seats, 13.4% Seats won 5 5 1 Seats after 23 10 3 Seat change 6 5 1 Popular vote 9,499 8,063 3,850 Percentage 36.5% 31.0% 14.8% Swing 9.4% 2.5% 1.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UKIP Green Last election 1 seat, 2.2% 0 seats, 4.1% Seats won 0 0 Seats after 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 1,871 2,581 Percentage 7.2% 9.9% Swing 5.0% 5.8%
Map showing the election results. Each ward had one seat up for election (bar Durrington and Northbrook).
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2019 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 11 councillors were elected from council's wards, there being no election in Durrington and Northbrook in this cycle.

Council results

Worthing
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	11	5	0	6	-6	45.5	36.5	9,499	-7.8
	Labour	11	5	5	0	+5	45.5	31.0	8,063	+15.7
	Liberal Democrats	11	1	1	0	+1	9	14.8	3,850	+2.9
	Green	9	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	2,581	+0.1
	UKIP	6	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	1,871	-11.6
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.565	147	N/A

Ward results

Broadwater ward

Broadwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Smith	962	45.0
	Conservative	Nigel Morgan	671	31.3
	Green	Richard Battson	266	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Apsey	242	11.3
Majority			191	13.7
Turnout			2141	32.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle ward

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Harman	693	35.4
	Labour	Samuel Theodoridi	369	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Hoyland	362	18.4
	UKIP	Stuart Field	311	15.9
	Green	Julian Warwick	225	11.5
Majority			324	16.6
Turnout			1960	28.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central ward

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Smith	1,131	44.9
	Conservative	Diane Guest	627	24.9
	Green	Jo Paul	517	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Brown	243	9.7
Majority			504	20.0
Turnout			2518	33.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gaisford ward

Gaisford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henna Chowdhury	1,213	47.0
	Conservative	Bryan Turner	951	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Griffiths	418	16.2
Majority			262	10.2
Turnout			2582	37.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Goring ward

Goring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Barraclough	1,295	49.1
	UKIP	Richard Bater	368	14.0
	Labour	Stephanie Powell	347	13.1
	Green	David Aherne	333	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Cannings	296	11.2
Majority			927	35.1
Turnout			2639	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heene ward

Heene

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Silman	866	39.2
	Conservative	Gavin Poole	758	34.3
	Green	Joseph Pearce	277	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Allen	163	7.4
	Independent	Joshy High	147	6.6
Majority			108	4.9
Turnout			2211	34.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Marine ward

Marine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Wills	1,140	41.0
	Labour	Samuel Baeza	907	32.6
	Green	Karen North	267	9.6
	UKIP	Sue Jelliss	234	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brown	232	8.4
Majority			233	8.4
Turnout			2780	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Offington ward

Offington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Humphreys	1,260	53.2
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Norton	474	20.0
	Labour	Jon Roser	342	14.4
	UKIP	John Strange	291	12.3
Majority			786	33.25
Turnout			2367	36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington ward

Salvington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Noel Atkins	1,027	44.6
	UKIP	Michael Jelliss	431	18.7
	Labour	Emma Taylor	316	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Sunderland	284	12.3
	Green	Melanie Ling	245	10.6
Majority			596	25.9
Turnout			2,303	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selden ward

Selden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Walker	1,098	48.0
	Conservative	Alex Harman	696	30.4
	Green	Madeleine Weaver	289	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	204	8.9
Majority			402	17.6
Turnout			2,287	36.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Tarring ward

Tarring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin McCabe	932	42.3
	Labour	Rosey Whorlow	492	22.3
	Conservative	Richard Nowak	381	17.3
	UKIP	Toby Brothers	236	10.7
	Green	Dominic Rhoden	164	7.4
Majority			440	20.0
Turnout			2,205	34.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing