2010 Worthing Borough Council election

The 2010 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

Map of the results of the 2010 Worthing council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative: 25
• Liberal Democrat: 12

Election result

Worthing local election result 2010[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	2	0	57.1	46.4	25,011	-4.1%
	Liberal Democrats	6	2	2	0	42.9	39.9	21,464	+2.9%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.4	3,977	-0.3%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.25	3,365	+3.15%

Ward results

Broadwater[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Victoria Vaughn	1,774	41.30	-6.30
	Liberal Democrats	James Nelson	1,737	40.44	-5.86
	Labour	John Turley	446	10.38	+3.98
	UKIP	Colin Avis	318	7.40	N/A
Rejected ballots			20	0.48
Majority			37	0.86	-0.34
Turnout			4,295	63	+30
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	LD to Con 0.17

Castle[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor England	2,199	58.08	+2.08
	Conservative	Damon Turner	1,542	40.72	-3.28
Rejected ballots			45	1.20
Majority			657	17.35	+5.75
Turnout			3,786	60	+27
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Central[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Davd Chapman	1,603	42.94	+2.64
	Conservative	Stephen Murray	1,358	36.37	-8.53
	Labour	Janet Haden	505	13.52	+5.12
	UKIP	Christopher Woodward	242	6.48	-0.62
Rejected ballots			25	0.69
Majority			245	6.56	+11.86
Turnout			3733	54	+26
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Durrington[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles James	1,303	45.18	+4.18
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Sunderland	1,259	43.65	-2.00
	UKIP	Shaune Wilma	310	10.50	-3.30
Rejected ballots			25	0.87
Majority			44	1.53	+6.53
Turnout			2,872	65	+30
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gasford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Rice	1,835	42.18	-2.82
	Conservative	John Rogers	1,708	39.26	-8.24
	Labour	Matthew Smith	463	10.64	+4.14
	UKIP	John Harwood	324	7.44	N/A
Rejected ballots			20	0.48
Majority			127	2.91	+6.41
Turnout			4,350	64	+32
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Goring[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Steven Waight	2,774	56.61	-11.69
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Condon	1,076	21.96	+3.36
	Labour	James Elwood	569	11.61	-1.49
	UKIP	Richard Bater	445	9.08	N/A
Rejected ballots			36	0.74
Majority			1,698	34.65	-14.95
Turnout			4,900	72	+30
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.475% Con to LD

Heene[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Carol Molineaux	1,642	46.47	-15.23
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Hoban	1,337	37.84	-0.46
	Labour	Susan Marsh	534	15.11	N/A
Rejected ballots			20	0.58
Majority			307	8.63	-14.77
Turnout			3,533	56	+28
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.375% Con to LD

Marine (2)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thomas Wye	2,339	30.50
	Conservative	Paul Yallop	1,981	25.83
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Allen	1,467	19.12
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	1,339	17.45
	UKIP	Phillip Ruddock	510	6.64
Rejected ballots			34	0.46
Majority			872	11.36
Majority			514	6.70
Turnout			7,670	65	+32
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northbrook[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Jones	1,011	53.57
	Conservative	Alan Whitley	861	45.62
Rejected ballots			15	0.81
Majority			150	7.95
Turnout			1,887	53	+27
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Offington[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Reginald Green	2,617	56.25
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cranefield	1,124	24.16
	UKIP	Michael Glennon	496	10.66
	Labour	John Gardiner	384	8.25
Rejected ballots			31	0.68
Majority			1,493	31.09
Turnout			4,652	74	+36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nicola Waight	2,343	50.59
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Cranefield	1,659	35.82
	UKIP	Patricia Hall	589	12.71
Rejected ballots			40	0.88
Majority			684	14.77
Turnout			4,631	64	+32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selden[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Brown	1,702	45.68
	Conservative	Jane Rogers	1,273	35.82
	Labour	Ann Saunders	464	12.45
	UKIP	Rita Offen	264	7.09
Rejected ballots			23	0.61
Majority			429	11.51
Turnout			3,726	60	+21
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tarring[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Smytherman	2,166	52.50
	Conservative	Timothy Chick	1,496	35.31
	UKIP	Anthony Fallone	479	11.27
Rejected ballots			21	0.50
Majority			670	17.19
Turnout			4,162	64	+33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Worthing". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
2. "Election Results – May 2010". Worthing Borough Council. Retrieved 17 July 2011.