Worthing West (electoral division)

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Worthing West
Worthing West
Shown within West Sussex
District: Worthing
UK Parliament Constituency: Worthing West
Ceremonial county: West Sussex
Electorate (2009): 8605
County Councillor
Paul High (Con)

Worthing West is an electoral division of West Sussex in England, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The ward has existed since 2005 and was first used in the 2005 elections.

Extent

The division covers the neighbourhood of West Worthing, which forms part of the urban area of the town of Worthing.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Worthing Borough and comprises the following borough wards: the north part of Heene Ward, and Marine Ward.

List of councillors

Councillor Party From To
John Livermore Conservative May 2005 May 2013
Paul High Conservative May 2013 5 May 2021
Beccy Cooper Labour 6 May 2021 Jul 2022
Graham McKnight Labour 7 Jul 2022 Present

Election results

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Worthing West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mr J Livermore 2,357 45.22
Liberal Democrats Mr A S Rice 1,295 24.8
Labour Mr B F Slater 820 15.7
Green Mrs L Colkett 392 7.5
UKIP Mr P A Ruddock 266 5.1
Independent Mr J D Robers 82 1.6
Majority 1,062 20.4
Turnout 5,212 60.5
Conservative win (new seat)

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Worthing West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Livermore 1,529 48.9 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Leonard 731 23.4 −1.4
UKIP Phil Ruddock 616 19.7 +14.6
Labour Eileen Powell 248 7.9 −7.8
Majority 798 25.5 +5.1
Turnout 3,124 36.3 −24.2
Conservative hold Swing

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Worthing West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul High 917 38.7 −10.2
UKIP Rick Setford 759 32.1 +12.4
Labour Alexandra Wagstaff 266 11.2 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Leonard 217 9.2 −14.2
Green Daniel Aherne 209 8.8 N/A
Majority 158 6.6 −18.9
Turnout 2,368 26.6 −9.7
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing 11.3% Con to UKIP

2017 Election

Results of the election held on 4 May 2017:

Worthing West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul High 1,605 51.6 +12.9
Labour Richard Mulholland 681 21.9 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Sunderland 372 12.0 +2.8
Green Caroline Ponto 264 8.5 −0.3
UKIP Trevor England 189 6.1 −26.0
Majority 924 29.7 +23.1
Turnout 3,131 35.2 +8.6
Conservative hold Swing

2021 Election

Results of the election held on 6 May 2021:

Worthing West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beccy Cooper 1,824 46.4 +24.5
Conservative Paul High 1,540 39.1 −12.5
Green Sonya Mallin 285 7.2 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Cranefield 171 4.3 −7.7
Independent Christopher Woodward 114 2.9 N/A
Majority
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council


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