2015 Worthing Borough Council election

2015 Worthing Borough Council election
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11 of the 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP
Last election 27 seats, 36.2% 7 seats, 12.6% 1 seats, 28.9%
Seats before 28 6 2
Seats won 11 0 0
Seats after 30 4 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 21,268 5,354 9,004
Percentage 44.8% 11.3% 19.0%
Swing Increase 8.6% Decrease 1.3% Decrease 9.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Green Labour
Last election 1 seats, 10.6% 0 seats, 11.7%
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 4,456 7,347
Percentage 9.4% 15.5%
Swing Decrease 1.2% Increase 3.8%
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 2015 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 general election. The Conservative Party retained its control of the council, winning every seat that was up for election.

There was no local election in Durrington or Northbrook wards this year.

Ward results

Broadwater[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Morgan 1,809 41.0 +6.8
UKIP Tony Anderson 915 20.7 −10.6
Labour John Turley 778 17.6 +4.6
Liberal Democrats John Apsey 272 10.9 −1.4
Green Richard Battson 202 9.7 +0.5
Majority 894 20.3 +17.4
Turnout 2,207 63.7 +31.3%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Castle[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Harman 1,490 37.6 +5.4
UKIP Pauline James 1,029 25.9 −4.0
Labour Ian Walker 633 16.0 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Trudy Starling 592 14.9 −4.0
Green Julian Warrick 222 5.6 +1.6
Majority 461 11.7 +9.5
Turnout 3,966 61.5 +26.4
Conservative hold Swing
Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Roberts 1,331 32.0 +6.1
Green Daniel Parsonage 926 22.2 −4.1
Labour Michelle Harfield 782 18.8 +3.2
UKIP Trevor England 729 17.5 −6.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Allen 395 9.5 +1.4
Majority 405 9.8 +10.2
Turnout 4,163 58.1 +26.3
Conservative hold Swing
Gaisford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Turner 1,922 43.8 +6.4
Labour Joe Thornton 817 18.6 +5.3
UKIP John Harwood 703 16.0 −6.9
Green Rosemarie Turner 502 11.4 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Dimitri Seirlis 300 10.0 −2.8
Majority 1,105 25.2 +9.8
Turnout 4,387 64.8 +30.5
Conservative hold Swing
Goring[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Barraclough 2,946 57.6 +9.1
UKIP David Smith 853 16.7 −10.9
Labour Margaret Harris 568 11.1 +0.8
Liberal Democrats David Elford 437 8.5 +2.2
Green Samuel Lovely 314 6.1 −0.8
Majority 2,093 40.7 +19.9
Turnout 5,118 73.5 +29.7
Conservative hold Swing
Heene[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua High 1,449 38.7 +4.7
Green Stefan Sykes 802 21.4 −2.8
Labour Richard Mulholland 604 16.1 +5.5
UKIP Geoff Brown 599 16.0 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Cranefield 289 7.7 +0.2
Majority 647 17.3 +7.4
Turnout 3,743 58.7 +25.9
Conservative hold Swing
Marine[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Yallop 2,296 49.6 +6.0
UKIP Kirk Dickenson 741 16.0 −11.1
Labour Alex Wagstaff 663 14.3 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Finch 472 10.2 +2.8
Green Katy Parsonage 455 9.8 −0.5
Majority 1,555 33.6 +17.1
Turnout 4,627 68.7 +29.8
Conservative hold Swing
Offington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Humphreys 2,749 58.3 +10.6
UKIP John Strange 836 17.7 −13.1
Labour Jed Smith 437 9.3 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Pat Izod 410 8.7 +1.2
Green Anne Weinhold 283 6.0 −0.3
Majority 1,913 40.6 +23.5
Turnout 4,715 72.3 +31.5
Conservative hold Swing
Salvington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Noel Atkins 2,397 49.9 +10.9
UKIP Mike Jelliss 1,139 23.7 −14.5
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Cranefield 638 13.3 +6.4
Labour Jill Guest 627 13.1 +4.0
Majority 1,258 26.2 +25.3
Turnout 4,801 66.9 +30.5
Conservative hold Swing
Selden[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Harman 1,415 36.8 +6.4
Labour Mike Barrett 851 22.2 +4.3
UKIP Graham Adams 706 18.4 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Leonard 439 11.4 −3.7
Green Valerie Ellis 429 11.2 +1.1
Majority 564 14.6 +10.8
Turnout 3,840 62.2 +30.8
Conservative hold Swing
Tarring[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Wye 1,464 34.6 +13.8
Liberal Democrats Hazel Thorpe 1,110 26.2 −5.4
UKIP Adrian Price 754 17.8 −11.6
Labour Jim Deen 587 13.9 +4.3
Green Ross Johnson 321 7.6 −1.1
Majority 354 8.4 19.2
Turnout 4,236 65.8 +30.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2015 Election Results". Adur and Worthing Councils. Retrieved 15 November 2023.


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