Worthing Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was elected, including a double vacancy in Offington ward. The Conservative party remained in overall control of the council.^[1]

The composition of the council after the election was:

Conservative: 24 (+1)
Liberal Democrat: 12 (+1)
Independent: 1 (-2)

Ward	Party	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Standing again	Gain/Hold
Broadwater	Conservative	2008	Don Allen	No	Conservative hold
Castle	Liberal Democrats	2008	David Potter	Yes	Liberal Democrat hold
Central	Conservative	2008	Martin Coppard	No	Conservative hold
Durrington	Liberal Democrats	2008	Michael Donnin	Yes	Liberal Democrat hold
Gaisford	Conservative	2008	Ann Barlow	No	Conservative hold
Goring	Conservative	2008	Mary Lermite	Yes	Conservative hold
Heene	Conservative	2008	Paul High	Yes	Conservative hold
Marine	Conservative	2008	Joan Bradley	Yes	Conservative hold
Northbrook	Conservative	2008	Mary Harding	Yes	Liberal Democrat gain
Offington	Conservative	2008	Elizabeth Sparkes	Yes	Conservative hold
Offington	Conservative	2010	Vacant	N/A	Conservative hold
Salvington	Independent	2008	Jacqui Marsh	No	Conservative gain
Selden	Independent	2008	James Doyle	No	Conservative gain
Tarring	Liberal Democrats	2008	Norah Fisher	Yes	Liberal Democrat hold

Election result

Worthing local election result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	2	1	+1	71.4	41.4	9,888
	Liberal Democrat	4	1	0	+1	28.6	24.6	5,858
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	16.9	4,043
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	15.2	3,636
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Ward results

Broadwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vic Walker	585	33.14
	Liberal Democrat	James Nelson	513	29.07
	Labour	Lynda Newbury	371	21.01
	UKIP	Colin Avis	296	16.77
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Potter	701
	Conservative	Anne Chapman	505
	UKIP	Christopher Chatfield	270
	Labour	Ian Walker	262
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vino Vinojan	494
	Labour	Russell Deen	404
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Scott	327
	UKIP	Christopher Wooward	254
	Green	Margaret Pearce	196
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Durrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Donnin	505
	Conservative	Pauline James	492
	UKIP	Mike Jelliss	218
	Labour	Guy Chadwick	183
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gaisford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Turner	671
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Davies	577
	Labour	John Turley	329
	UKIP	John Harwood	254
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Lermitte	1200
	UKIP	Richard Bater	482
	Labour	James Elwood	359
	Green	David Aherne	178
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Finch	170
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul High	685
	Liberal Democrat	Shân Orr-Ewíng	425
	UKIP	Richard Setford	331
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bradley	959
	Labour	Alexandra Wagstaff	357
	UKIP	Phil Ruddock	349
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Leonard	260
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Sunderland	298
	Conservative	Mary Harding	294
	Labour	Janet Haden	86
	Green	William Morris	63
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Offington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Andrews-Sparkes	1107
	Conservative	John Rogers	959
	UKIP	Mike Glennon	599
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Williams	305
	Labour	John Steels	290
	Liberal Democrat	Trudi Starling	256
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michale Cloake	884
	UKIP	Trixie Hall	456
	Labour	John Martin	297
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Campbell	257
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Selden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bickers	605
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Cranefield	498
	Labour	Michael Barrett	429
	UKIP	Grant Lloyd	267
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Tarring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norah Fisher	763
	Conservative	Tim Chick	448
	Labour	Peter Barnes	269
	UKIP	Shaune King	267
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Worthing". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

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