2022 Worthing Borough Council election

2022 UK local government election

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5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

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14 out of 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Last election	15 seats, 34.6%	19 seats, 44.8%
Seats before	17	17
Seats won	10	4
Seats after	23	13
Seat change	6	4
Popular vote	15,201	11,998
Percentage	46.5%	36.7%
Swing	11.9%	8.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Green
Last election	3 seats, 10.8%	0 seats, 9.6%
Seats before	2	0
Seats won	0	0
Seats after	1	0
Seat change	1
Popular vote	2,239	3,241
Percentage	6.8%	9.9%
Swing	4.0%	0.3%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Worthing Borough Council election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Labour

The 2022 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council, on the same day as other UK local elections.

The Labour Party won control of the council for the first time, ending 18 years of Conservative administration.

Ward results

Broadwater

Broadwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Howard	1,450	59.0	+13.7
	Conservative	Paisley Thomson	667	27.1	−12.8
	Green	Richard Battson	173	7.0	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Apsey	168	6.8	+0.2
Majority			783	31.9
Turnout				36
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibsha Choudhury	1,297	54.5	+16.0
	Labour	Samuel Theodoridi	1,060	44.6	+6.1
	Conservative	Nicky Waight	696	29.3	−12.6
	Conservative	Habib Shashaty	658	27.7	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Wiltshire	287	12.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rogers	281	11.8	+0.7
	Green	Christopher Smith	188	7.9	−0.1
Majority			364	15.3
Turnout				34
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Deen	1,591	60.5	+16.3
	Conservative	Josh Harris	613	23.3	−6.6
	Green	Jo Paul	212	8.1	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Brown	169	6.4	−0.5
	Freedom Alliance	Christopher Woodward	46	1.7	N/A
Majority			978	37.2
Turnout				34
	Labour hold		Swing

Durrington

Durrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles James	674	47.8	−7.4
	Labour	Graham McKnight	513	36.4	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Norton	223	15.8	+1.0
Majority			161	11.4
Turnout				32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gaisford

Gaisford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dale Overton	1,686	57.4	+15.1
	Conservative	Bryan Turner	854	29.1	−9.0
	Green	Stephen Carleysmith	218	7.4	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Donin	180	6.1	−2.8
Majority			832	28.3
Turnout				42
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Goring

Goring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Jenkins	1,347	43.8	−17.1
	Green	Sonya Mallin	1,000	32.5	+23.0
	Labour	Bruce Taylor	726	23.6	+3.1
Majority			347	11.3
Turnout				45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heene

Heene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Mulholland	1,333	53.5	+10.3
	Conservative	Syed Ahmed	883	35.4	−1.2
	Green	Ian Davey	276	11.1	−2.6
Majority			450	18.1
Turnout				38
	Labour hold		Swing

Marine

Marine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Whight	1,595	53.6	+7.0
	Conservative	Edward Crouch	1,144	38.5	−3.9
	Green	Julie Dawe	236	7.9	+2.1
Majority			451	15.1
Turnout				45
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Northbrook

Northbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Barrett	561	44.6	+15.1
	Conservative	Sean McDonald	547	43.5	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Sunderland	149	11.9	+1.7
Majority			14	1.1
Turnout				25
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Offington

Offington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Morgan	1,364	53.8	−10.9
	Labour	Helen Abrahams	843	33.3	+17.2
	Green	Steve Rhodes	327	12.9	+3.6
Majority			521	20.5
Turnout				39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington

Salvington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Mercer	1,351	52.8	−6.2
	Labour	Lysanne Skinner	882	34.5	+17.3
	Green	Melanie Ling	325	12.7	+4.1
Majority			469	18.3
Turnout				36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selden

Selden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Hermitage	1,455	60.3	+13.9
	Conservative	Keith Bickers	685	28.4	−6.9
	Green	Clare Marshall	144	6.0	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	130	5.4	−0.3
Majority			770	31.9
Turnout				39
	Labour hold		Swing

Tarring

Tarring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rita Garner	1,269	49.2	+23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Iona Harte	652	25.3	−13.2
	Conservative	John Salisbury	515	20.0	−6.4
	Green	Karen Brooks	142	5.5	−1.4
Majority			617	23.9
Turnout				40
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

"Key Dates Timetable – Adur District and Worthing Borough Council Elections – 5 May 2022" (PDF). Adur & Worthing Councils. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
"Sussex election results 2022: Labour wins control of Worthing for first time". BBC News. 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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