Worthing Borough Council election, 2006

Map of the results of the 2006 Worthing council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2006 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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]

The results saw the Conservatives suffer a net loss of three seats to the Liberal Democrats although they remained in control of the council.^[2] The Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Gaisford and Northbrook wards and both seats in Durrington, with the winner in Northbrook, Diane Jones, becoming the youngest female councillor in Worthing at the age of 22.^[3] However the Conservatives narrowly gained a seat back in Central ward.^[3] After the results were declared an investigation was ordered when 452 ballots were spoilt in just the one ward of Offington as compared to an average of 30 in other wards.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative — 23
• Liberal Democrat — 14^[4]

Election result

Worthing local election result 2006[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	3	-3	50.0	52.2	14,364	-4.0%
	Liberal Democrat	7	4	1	+3	50.0	38.7	10,659	+1.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	1,279	+0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	718	+2.6%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	511	-0.3%

Ward results

Broadwater^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Player	1,126	52.2
	Conservative	Simon Studd	766	35.5
	Green	Derek Colkett	267	12.4
Majority			360	16.7
Turnout			2,159	33.3	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Castle^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Rogers	999	47.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Potter	884	41.9
	Green	Julian Warrick	228	10.8
Majority			115	5.4
Turnout			2,111	34.7	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Yallop	773	41.6
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Goldsbrough-Jones	702	37.8
	Green	Lucielle Colkett	218	11.7
	Labour	Peter Barnes	164	8.8
Majority			71	3.8
Turnout			1,857	30.0	-3.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Durrington (2)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Sutherland	805
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Donin	794
	Conservative	Mark Withers	771
	Conservative	Ann Sayers	768
Turnout			3,138	36.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Gaisford^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Rice	969	44.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Brady	914	42.0
	Green	Marie Hillcoat	295	13.5
Majority			55	2.5
Turnout			2,178	33.3	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Goring^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Steven Waight	1,807	66.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Allen	546	20.0
	UKIP	Richard Bater	372	13.7
Majority			1,261	46.3
Turnout			2,725	41.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heene^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Carol Molineaux	1,098	62.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Jones	674	38.0
Majority			424	24.0
Turnout			1,772	30.6	-5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marine^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Wye	1,489	60.0
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Baker	383	15.4
	Green	Tracey Thompson	271	10.9
	Labour	Barrie Slater	173	7.0
	UKIP	Philip Ruddock	166	6.7
Majority			1,106	44.6
Turnout			2,482	38.3	-4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northbrook^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Jones	404	54.5
	Conservative	Mark O'Keeffe	337	45.5
Majority			67	9.0
Turnout			741	22.1	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Offington^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Reg Green	1,476	74.7
	Liberal Democrat	Norah Fisher	501	25.3
Majority			975	49.4
Turnout			1,977	39.1	-4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salvington^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Heather Mercer	1,643	70.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Cranefield	679	29.2
Majority			964	41.6
Turnout			2,322	33.2	-5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selden^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Brown	1,043	53.5
	Conservative	Roger Oakley	905	46.5
Majority			138	7.0
Turnout			1,948	33.1	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tarring^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Smytherman	1,149	54.2
	Conservative	David Ide	618	29.1
	UKIP	Christopher Woodward	180	8.5
	Labour	Sidney Wells	174	8.2
Majority			531	25.1
Turnout			2,121	33.5	-2.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections: Worthing". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
2. "Tories win Crawley after 30 years". BBC News Online. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
3. "Worthing election – the results, reactions and cakes". Worthing Herald. 2006-05-08. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
4. "Local elections". The Times. 2006-05-05. p. 9.
5. Wilson, Graeme (2006-05-05). "Conservatives Cameron's crusade puts Tories back on victory trail". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
6. "Elections 2006 – Local". Worthing Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
7. "Local elections – the results". Worthing Herald. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2009-10-13.

External links

• Campaign statements by each party in the Worthing Herald