Worthing East (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°49′01″N 0°21′08″W / 50.81700°N 0.35225°W / 50.81700; -0.35225

Worthing East
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Worthing
UK Parliament Constituency:	East Worthing & Shoreham, Worthing West
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	8029
County Councillor
Roger Oakley (Con)

Worthing East is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the neighbourhood of East 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 east part of Central Ward, and Selden Ward.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Worthing East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Oakley	675	30.3	-5.5
	UKIP	Grant Lloyd	567	25.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Brown	540	24.3	-16.6
	Labour	Mike Barrett	443	19.9	+11.7
Majority			108	4.8
Turnout			2,225	26.0	-9.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Worthing East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Richards	1,157	40.9	-1.0
	Conservative	Roger Oakley	1,012	35.8	-3.8
	UKIP	Mick Clark	424	15.0	N/A
	Labour	Ann Saunders	233	8.2	-10.4
Majority			145	5.1	+2.8
Turnout			2,826	35.2	-22.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Worthing East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Richards	1,866	41.9
	Conservative	Jack Saheid	1,764	39.6
	Labour	Ann Saunders	828	18.6
Majority			102	2.3
Turnout			4,458	57.5
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

Electoral Divisions in West Sussex

Conservative	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Wick Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadwater Burgess Hill East Burgess Hill Town Chichester North Chichester South Chichester West Cissbury Chichester East Cuckfield and Lucastes East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Fernhurst Fontwell Goring Hassocks and Victoria Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Imberdown Kingston Buci Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower Petworth Pound Hill and Worth Pulborough Roffey Rustington Shoreham Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick Storrington The Witterings Tilgate and Furnace Green Warnham and Rusper Worth Forest Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West

UKIP	Bersted Bourne Durrington and Salvington Felpham Lancing Middleton Nyetimber Saltings Selsey Sompting and North Lancing

Liberal Democrats	Bognor Regis East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath Littlehampton East Littlehampton Town Northbrook Tarring

Labour	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Gossops Green and Ifield East Langley Green and West Green Northgate and Three Bridges Southgate and Crawley Central

Independent	Midhurst

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