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Worthing 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

13 ward races

13 seats

13 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 13 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 13 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	11,219	26.9%	5	38.5%	4	30.8%	+1
Green Party	9,881	23.7%	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	+3
Labour Party	9,383	22.5%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	-2
Conservative Party	7,663	18.4%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	-2
Liberal Democrats	3,588	8.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	0
Total	41,734	100.0%	13	100.0%	13	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and immediately before it (2025). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2026 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Tarring · 1 seat · won at 27.4% · −22.6 pts below quota
Gaisford · 1 seat · won at 27.9% · −22.1 pts below quota
Castle · 1 seat · won at 31.4% · −18.6 pts below quota
Selden · 1 seat · won at 31.7% · −18.3 pts below quota
Offington · 1 seat · won at 32.3% · −17.7 pts below quota
Heene · 1 seat · won at 32.7% · −17.3 pts below quota
Broadwater · 1 seat · won at 33.5% · −16.5 pts below quota
Northbrook · 1 seat · won at 33.7% · −16.3 pts below quota
Marine · 1 seat · won at 34.9% · −15.1 pts below quota
Central · 1 seat · won at 36.6% · −13.4 pts below quota
Salvington · 1 seat · won at 37.2% · −12.8 pts below quota
Goring · 1 seat · won at 37.4% · −12.6 pts below quota
Durrington · 1 seat · won at 39.0% · −11.0 pts below quota

Race results

Tarring · single-seat

Marginal winner 27.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −22.6 pts Valid ballots 3,243

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Hazel Thorpe	Liberal Democrats	887	27.4%	−22.6 pts	Elected
2	Catherine Davies	Reform UK	786	24.2%	—
3	Rita Valerie Gladys Garner	Labour Party	783	24.1%	—
4	Cloe Irene Grampa	Green Party	482	14.9%	—
5	Keith Bickers	Conservative Party	305	9.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,254 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.worthing.tarring.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Gaisford · single-seat

Marginal winner 27.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −22.1 pts Valid ballots 3,587

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Claire Lydia Hatfield	Green Party	1,000	27.9%	−22.1 pts	Elected
2	Dale Overton	Labour Party	966	26.9%	—
3	Stuart James	Reform UK	805	22.4%	—
4	Bryan William Turner	Conservative Party	506	14.1%	—
5	Mathew Hoyland	Liberal Democrats	310	8.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,607 · Invalid 20 · EC ward code local.worthing.gaisford.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Castle · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −18.6 pts Valid ballots 3,037

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Lionel Harman	Reform UK	953	31.4%	−18.6 pts	Elected
2	Ibsha Choudhury	Labour Party	724	23.8%	—
3	Soraya Hatami	Green Party	515	17.0%	—
4	Sean McDonald	Conservative Party	511	16.8%	—
5	lona Harte	Liberal Democrats	334	11.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,044 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code local.worthing.castle.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Selden · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −18.3 pts Valid ballots 3,045

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Katie Thornton	Green Party	965	31.7%	−18.3 pts	Elected
2	Joe Thornton	Labour Party	883	29.0%	—
3	Steven Jackson	Reform UK	709	23.3%	—
4	John Robert Salisbury	Conservative Party	314	10.3%	—
5	Christine Beryl Brown	Liberal Democrats	174	5.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,062 · Invalid 17 · EC ward code local.worthing.selden.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Offington · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −17.7 pts Valid ballots 3,510

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jeremy Leonard Berrett Carter	Reform UK	1,134	32.3%	−17.7 pts	Elected
2	Nigel James Morgan	Conservative Party	1,066	30.4%	—
3	Liz Nicholson	Labour Party	605	17.2%	—
4	Stephen Rhodes	Green Party	421	12.0%	—
5	Sarah Ann Waghorn	Liberal Democrats	284	8.1%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,519 · Invalid 9 · EC ward code local.worthing.offington.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Heene · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −17.3 pts Valid ballots 3,099

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Debbie Woudman	Green Party	1,014	32.7%	−17.3 pts	Elected
2	Anthony Paul Squires	Labour Party	837	27.0%	—
3	Luke Houghton	Reform UK	614	19.8%	—
4	Richard Smart	Conservative Party	450	14.5%	—
5	Jenny Blackie	Liberal Democrats	184	5.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,145 · Invalid 46 · EC ward code local.worthing.heene.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Broadwater · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −16.5 pts Valid ballots 3,175

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jimi Robert Taylor	Green Party	1,065	33.5%	−16.5 pts	Elected
2	Lindsey Jackson	Reform UK	824	26.0%	—
3	Tim Hicks	Labour Party	741	23.3%	—
4	Christopher Moros	Conservative Party	388	12.2%	—
5	John Christopher Apsey	Liberal Democrats	157	4.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,189 · Invalid 14 · EC ward code local.worthing.broadwater.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Northbrook · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −16.3 pts Valid ballots 2,131

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Rob Venn	Reform UK	719	33.7%	−16.3 pts	Elected
2	Mike Barrett	Labour Party	470	22.1%	—
3	Russ Cochran	Conservative Party	404	19.0%	—
4	Alice Pimley	Green Party	314	14.7%	—
5	Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire	Liberal Democrats	224	10.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,139 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code local.worthing.northbrook.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Marine · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −15.1 pts Valid ballots 3,713

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Martin McCabe	Labour Party	1,295	34.9%	−15.1 pts	Elected
2	Sally Nowak	Conservative Party	868	23.4%	—
3	Sophie Fatehnia	Reform UK	792	21.3%	—
4	Jamie Duncan MacMillan	Green Party	557	15.0%	—
5	Trudi Ann Starling	Liberal Democrats	201	5.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,724 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code local.worthing.marine.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −13.4 pts Valid ballots 3,433

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Natasha Louise Davie	Green Party	1,256	36.6%	−13.4 pts	Elected
2	Odul Bozkurt	Labour Party	926	27.0%	—
3	Edmund John Rooke	Reform UK	713	20.8%	—
4	Sam Mitchell-Innes	Conservative Party	353	10.3%	—
5	David Kingston	Liberal Democrats	185	5.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,464 · Invalid 31 · EC ward code local.worthing.central.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Salvington · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.8 pts Valid ballots 3,495

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Karen Harman	Reform UK	1,300	37.2%	−12.8 pts	Elected
2	Paisley Thomson	Conservative Party	863	24.7%	—
3	Peter Henry Barnes	Labour Party	560	16.0%	—
4	Polly McGillivray	Green Party	444	12.7%	—
5	Emma Kate Norton	Liberal Democrats	328	9.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,508 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code local.worthing.salvington.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Goring · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.6 pts Valid ballots 4,234

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jasmine Ariadne Watkins	Green Party	1,582	37.4%	−12.6 pts	Elected
2	Kevin Jenkins	Conservative Party	1,183	27.9%	—
3	Jenni Price	Reform UK	1,077	25.4%	—
4	Jo Bayly	Labour Party	268	6.3%	—
5	Merlin Jones	Liberal Democrats	124	2.9%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 4,251 · Invalid 17 · EC ward code local.worthing.goring.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Durrington · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −11.0 pts Valid ballots 2,032

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Charles John Ellerington James	Reform UK	793	39.0%	−11.0 pts	Elected
2	Bradley Rowatt	Conservative Party	452	22.2%	—
3	Nikki Joule	Labour Party	325	16.0%	—
4	Luke Angel	Green Party	266	13.1%	—
5	Robin Thurston Rogers	Liberal Democrats	196	9.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,042 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code local.worthing.durrington.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index