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2024 Worthing Borough Council election

2024 Worthing Borough Council election
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13 of 37 Seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Blank Blank
Leader Beccy Cooper Kevin Jenkins
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Marine Goring
Last election 24 seats, 45.7% 11 seats, 31.5%
Seats before 24 11
Seats won 9 3
Seats after 26 9
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 12,857 9,065
Percentage 45.1% 31.8%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Increase 0.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Clare Hunt Hazel Thorpe
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Goring Tarring (Defeated)
Last election 1 seat, 13.3% 1 seat, 6.8%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 2 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 3,865 2,703
Percentage 13.6% 9.5%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 0.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Worthing Borough Council election
Leader before election

Beccy Cooper
Labour

Leader after election

Beccy Cooper
Labour

The 2024 Worthing Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections being held in the United Kingdom on the same day.[1]

Labour retained their majority on the council.[2] Three days after the election, three Labour councillors resigned from the party, although the party retained its majority.[3]

  1. ^ Courea, Eleni (2024-04-05). "England local elections: what's up for grabs on 2 May and how do predictions look?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  2. ^ Morton, Sam (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: Labour take control of Adur council for first time ever; Worthing retained". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ Green, Daniel (5 May 2024). "Momentum co-chair and deputy council chief quit Labour over party direction". Labour List. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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