2018 Worthing Borough Council election

2018 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
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Daniel Humphreys Rebecca Cooper Robert Smytherman
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Offington Marine Tarring
Last election 32 seats, 38.6% 0 seats, 20.3% 2 seats, 12.6%
Seats before 31 1 2
Seats won 8 4 1
Seats after 29 5 2
Seat change Decrease2 Increase4 Steady
Popular vote 13,150 9,869 3,826
Percentage 45.9% 34.5% 13.4%
Swing Increase 7.3% Increase 14.2% Increase 0.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party UKIP Green
Last election 2 seats, 20.9% 1 seat, 7.6%
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 617 1,927
Percentage 2.2% 4.1%
Swing Decrease 18.7% Decrease 3.5%

Map showing the election results. Each ward had one seat up for election.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 13 councillors were elected from all of the council's wards.

Despite suffering a net loss of two seats, the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

  1. ^ "Election results 2018". Adur & Worthing Councils. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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