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	40.33
	Conservative	Anne Chapman	505	29.06
	UKIP	Christopher Chatfield	270	15.54
	Labour	Ian Walker	262	15.07
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vino Vinojan	494	29.49
	Labour	Russell Deen	404	24.12
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Scott	327	19.52
	UKIP	Christopher Wooward	254	15.16
	Green	Margaret Pearce	196	11.70
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Durrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Donnin	505	36.12
	Conservative	Pauline James	492	35.19
	UKIP	Mike Jelliss	218	15.59
	Labour	Guy Chadwick	183	13.09
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gaisford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Turner	671	36.65
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Davies	577	31.51
	Labour	John Turley	329	17.97
	UKIP	John Harwood	254	13.87
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Lermitte	1200	50.23
	UKIP	Richard Bater	482	20.18
	Labour	James Elwood	359	15.03
	Green	David Aherne	178	7.45
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Finch	170	7.12
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul High	685	47.54
	Liberal Democrat	Shân Orr-Ewíng	425	29.49
	UKIP	Richard Setford	331	22.97
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Bradley	959	49.82
	Labour	Alexandra Wagstaff	357	18.55
	UKIP	Phil Ruddock	349	18.13
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Leonard	260	13.51
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Sunderland	298	40.22
	Conservative	Mary Harding	294	39.68
	Labour	Janet Haden	86	11.61
	Green	William Morris	63	6.50
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Offington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Andrews-Sparkes	1107	31.48
	Conservative	John Rogers	959	27.28
	UKIP	Mike Glennon	599	17.04
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Williams	305	8.67
	Labour	John Steels	290	8.25
	Liberal Democrat	Trudi Starling	256	7.28
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michale Cloake	884	46.67
	UKIP	Trixie Hall	456	24.08
	Labour	John Martin	297	15,68
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Campbell	257	13.57
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Selden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bickers	605	33.63
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Cranefield	498	27.68
	Labour	Michael Barrett	429	23.85
	UKIP	Grant Lloyd	267	14.84
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Tarring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norah Fisher	763	43.67
	Conservative	Tim Chick	448	25.64
	Labour	Peter Barnes	269	15.40
	UKIP	Shaune King	267	15.28
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

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

Council elections in West Sussex

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