2016 Worthing Borough Council election

2016 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   Party Conservative UKIP Liberal Democrats Seats before 30 2 4 Seats won 11 1 1 Seats after 32 2 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 9857 5332 3223 Percentage 38.63 20.90 12.63
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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The 2016 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Council results[]

Worthing[2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	13	11	2	0	+2	84.62	38.63	9857
	UKIP	13	1	1	1	±0	7.69	20.90	5332
	Liberal Democrats	13	1	0	2	-2	7.69	12.63	3223
	Labour	13	0	0	0	±0	0.0	20.28	5175
	Green	13	0	0	0	±0	0.0	7.55	1927

Ward results[]

Broadwater ward[]

Broadwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Baker	664	35.9
	Labour	Lorna Beaumont	489	26.4
	UKIP	Tony Anderson	344	18.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Apsey	198	10.7
	Green	Richard Battson	157	8.5
Majority			175	9.5
Turnout			1852	27.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle ward[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Wills	650	32.3
	UKIP	Charles James	615	30.6
	Labour	Ian Walker	348	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trudi Starling	293	14.6
	Green	Julian Warwick	105	5.2
Majority			35	1.7
Turnout			2011	31.95
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Central ward[]

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Westover	587	28.2
	Labour	Richard Mulholland	553	26.6
	Green	Gari Owen	384	18.5
	UKIP	Malcolm Milne	351	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Allen	203	9.8
Majority			34	1.6
Turnout			2078	29.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

Durrington ward[]

Durrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Sim	498	35.2
	UKIP	Mike Jelliss	404	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Cranefield	294	20.8
	Labour	Guy Chadwick	170	12.0
	Green	Thom French	48	3.4
Majority			94	6.6
Turnout			1414	32.11
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gaisford ward[]

Gaisford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Turner*	808	38.4
	Labour	Joe Thornton	527	25.0
	UKIP	Christopher Gould	319	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brown	248	11.8
	Green	Rosie Turner	202	9.6
Majority			281	13.4
Turnout			2104	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goring ward[]

Goring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Waight	1,345	51.7
	UKIP	Sybil Betts	524	20.1
	Labour	Peggy Harris	380	14.6
	Green	David Aherne	195	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dimitri Seirlis	157	6.0
Majority			821	31.6
Turnout			2601	38.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heene ward[]

Heene

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul High*	700	36.4
	Labour	Jim Deen	629	32.7
	UKIP	Geoffrey Brown	331	17.2
	Green	Joseph Pearce	149	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fullilove	116	6.0
Majority			71	3.7
Turnout			1925	31.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine ward[]

Marine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bradley*	961	45.2
	Labour	Jill Guest	415	19.5
	UKIP	Kirk Dickenson	348	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Finch	217	10.2
	Green	Antony Grace	185	8.7
Majority
Turnout				32.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northbrook ward[]

Northbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mark Withers	311	30.6
	Conservative	Karen Harman	282	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Sunderland*	198	19.5
	Labour	Darren Pearce	185	18.2
	Green	Graham McKnight	41	4.0
Majority
Turnout				27.26
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Offington ward[]

Offington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Sparkes*	1,253
	UKIP	John Strange	433
	Labour	Jed Smith	238
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Izod	169
	Green	Anne Weinhold	117
Majority
Turnout				34.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington ward[]

Salvington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Baker	946
	UKIP	David Smith	622
	Labour	David Lace	266
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cranefield	231
	Green	Lauren Salvage	100
Majority
Turnout				30.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selden ward[]

Selden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bickers*	695
	Labour	Michael Barrett	667
	UKIP	Graham Adams	337
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	165
	Green	Valerie Ellis	137
Majority
Turnout				33.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tarring ward[]

Tarring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Thorpe	734
	Conservative	Lin Salter	468
	UKIP	Adrian Price	393
	Labour	Gina Deen	308
	Green	Caroline Ponto	107
Majority
Turnout				31.90
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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