Worthing Borough Council elections

One third of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 37 councillors are elected from 13 wards.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1994
Liberal Democrats	1994 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - 2002
Liberal Democrats	2002 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2004
Conservative	2004 - present

Council elections

• Worthing Borough Council election, 1973
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1976
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1979
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1984
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1986 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1987
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1988
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1990
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1991
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1992
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1994
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1995
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1996
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1998
• Worthing Borough Council election, 1999
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2000
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2002
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2003
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2006
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2007
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2008
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2010
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2011
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2012
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2014
• Worthing Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map

By-election results

Marine by-election 3 August 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Cooper	1,032	47.4	27.8
	Conservative	Joseph Crouch	846	38.8	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brown	246	11.3	1.1
	Green	Joanna Ponto	55	2.5	6.2
Majority			186	8.6	N/A
Turnout			2,181	32.1	17.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• By-election results

External links

• Worthing Borough Council