Election Name: | 2018 Worthing Borough Council election |
Country: | UK |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2016 Worthing Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2019 Worthing Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | 13 of the 37 seats to Worthing Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader1: | Daniel Humphreys |
Leaders Seat1: | Offington |
Last Election1: | 32 seats, 38.6% |
Seats Before1: | 31 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seats After1: | 29 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,150 |
Percentage1: | 45.9% |
Swing1: | 7.3% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leader2: | Rebecca Cooper |
Leaders Seat2: | Marine |
Last Election2: | 0 seats, 20.3% |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seats After2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,869 |
Percentage2: | 34.5% |
Swing2: | 14.2% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leader3: | Robert Smytherman |
Leaders Seat3: | Tarring |
Last Election3: | 2 seats, 12.6% |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 3,826 |
Percentage3: | 13.4% |
Swing3: | 0.8% |
Party4: | United Kingdom Independence Party |
Last Election4: | 2 seats, 20.9% |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 617 |
Percentage4: | 2.2% |
Swing4: | 18.7% |
Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 7.6% |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seats After5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 1,927 |
Percentage5: | 4.1% |
Swing5: | 3.5% |
Map Size: | 320px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2018 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the council was up for election, meaning a total of 13 councillors were elected from all of the council's wards.
Despite suffering a net loss of two seats, the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.