2008 Worthing Borough Council election

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2008 Worthing Borough Council election
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13 out of 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP
Last election24 seats, 52.4%12 seats, 38.7%0 seats, 5.5%
Seats won940
Seats after25120
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote13,1379,6322,008
Percentage50.5%37.0%7.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.9%Increase2.svg 4.4%Increase2.svg 2.2%
Worthing UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Worthing council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2008 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 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] Overall turnout was 35%. [2]

Contents

Candidates from five political parties took part in the election from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, British National Party, Labour and United Kingdom Independence Party and one candidate standing on a "Stop! Durrington's Overdevelopment – Save Titnore's Trees" platform. [3] The results of the election were declared at a joint count with Adur council, the first time such a joint count had taken place in West Sussex. [4] The count saw an incident where one candidate, Dawn Smith, was arrested after some of her supporters were prevented from entering the count. [5]

The results saw the Conservatives gain three seats to increase their majority on the council. [6] They gained Broadwater ward from the Liberal Democrats, and also Goring where the previous councillor had defected from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats. [7] [8] The third Conservative gain was in Offington where the previous councillor, Mark McCarthy, had been elected as a Conservative, but had resigned to sit as an independent Conservative. [7] [9] The Liberal Democrats did make one gain when they took Selden ward, where the previous Conservative councillor had stood down. [7]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Worthing local election result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 931+269.250.513,137-1.9%
  Liberal Democrats 412-130.837.09,632+4.4%
  UKIP 000007.72,008+2.2%
  Labour 000003.1813-1.6%
  BNP 000001.3326+1.3%
 Stop Durrington's Overdevelopment – Save Titnore's Trees000000.499-0.2%
  Independent 001-10000

Ward results

Broadwater [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Don Allen97747.4-2.2
Liberal Democrats Nick John95246.2+2.2
Labour John Turley1326.40.0
Majority251.2-4.4
Turnout 2,061
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Castle [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Potter1,16755.8
Conservative Ruth White92644.2
Majority24111.6
Turnout 2,09333-2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Central [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Coppard79144.9+2.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Condon69839.6+8.8
Labour Peter Barnes1488.4-0.4
UKIP Christopher Woodward1267.1+2.3
Majority935.3-6.6
Turnout 1,76328-3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Durrington [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Donin70845.6
Conservative Mark Withers63140.6
UKIP Chris Chatfield21513.8
Majority775.0
Turnout 1,55435-1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Gaisford [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Barlow1,02648.5+1.1
Liberal Democrats Janet Goldsbrough-Jones95145.0+8.1
Labour Hazel Rennie1376.5-0.8
Majority753.5-7.0
Turnout 2,11432-3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Goring [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Lermitte1,92168.3+5.4
Liberal Democrats Merlin Jones52318.6+4.4
UKIP Richard Bater36813.1+1.9
Majority1,39849.7+1.0
Turnout 2,81242-1.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Heene [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul High1,01861.7+8.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Jones63238.3+14.4
Majority38623.4-6.3
Turnout 1,65028-3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Marine [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Bradley1,35163.2-0.2
Liberal Democrats Gary Riding50823.8+9.4
UKIP Phil Ruddock27813.0+5.8
Majority84339.4-9.6
Turnout 2,13733-3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Northbrook [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Harding37240.5-5.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Cranefield35438.6-15.9
Stop Durrington's Overdevelopment – Save Titnore's TreesDawn Smith9910.8+10.8
BNP Jim Baxter9310.1+10.1
Majority181.9
Turnout 91826+3.9
Conservative hold Swing
Offington [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Sparkes1,53364.8-12.4
UKIP Mike Glennon40217.0+17.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Izod28912.2-5.6
Labour John Gardiner1426.0+0.9
Majority1,13147.8-11.6
Turnout 2,36638-1.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Salvington [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqui Marsh1,31157.5-3.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Cranefield54023.7-0.4
UKIP Ron Brooks42818.8+4.2
Majority77133.8-3.4
Turnout 2,27932-3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Selden [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Doyle1,22754.1+9.5
Conservative Stephanie Hedley-Barnes67329.7-15.5
BNP David Little23310.3+10.3
Labour Ann Saunders1335.9-4.3
Majority55434.4
Turnout 2,26639+3.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Tarring [2] [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Norah Fisher1,08354.1-4.2
Conservative David Ide60730.3+1.0
UKIP Ann Brown1919.5+2.8
Labour Sid Wells1216.0+0.2
Majority47623.8-5.2
Turnout 2,00231-2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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