Worthing goes to the polls: 2014 local election results
The count will begin shortly at Impulse Leisure Centre, in Manor Road, Lancing, with results set to be announced from around 2pm.
The Herald team are at the count and will be providing live updates as the results come in.
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A full list of candidates is below and results will be added as they are revealed.
Overall turnout for Worthing was 35.97 per cent for the European elections and 34.44 per cent for local elections, while postal votes made up just over 11% for both.
Experienced politician Steve Waight lost to UKIP in Durrington, with UKIP’s Susan Jellis winning with 526 votes.
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Hide AdSean McDonald took Northbrook from the Lib Dems’ Diane Jones. He said:”I’m absolutely delighted. It has been an exhausting campaign.”
Castle ward winner Luke Proudfoot (Con), said; “It was very close, I was quite nervous and I always knew it was going to be close between myself, UKIP and the Lib Dems. I was out most nights after work and at weekends.”
The Conservatives ran out victors in Heene, but the Greens were a surprise in second place.
Diane Guest, the victorious candidate, said: “I am over the moon. I have got to say thank you to everyone.”
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Hide AdA tearful Bob Smytherman, who saw off the UKIP surge in Tarring to win for the Lib Dems, said he was relieved to win.
He said: “I am sorry to my Lib Dem colleagues who have lost their seats today but I am grateful to be a Lib Dem, who will hold the administration to account.”
In Goring, Conservative Mark Nolan polled over 1,400 votes, nearly 600 ahead of UKIP. He said: “We are fighting pretty hard on the issues that matter and we are not going to let other parties deflect attention from the matters people want to talk about.”
Gaisford victor Kevin Jenkins (Con) said: “I’m absolutely delighted. It’s a great day for the people of Gaisford and the people of Worthing. It’s been a good result for the Conservatives.”
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Hide AdAnother win for the Conservatives occurred in Marine, with Edward Crouch eclipsing the challenge of former mayor Charles James, of UKI. He said: “It’s good news for Marine ward. I’m absolutely committed to making sure the votes I have got are put to good use.”
Louise Murphy (Con) held Offington after John Rogers resigned. She said: “I’m elated. I’m ecstatic. I am over the moon. I took nothing for granted, I have invested into the community,”
Worthing’s first Green seat went to James Doyle in Central ward, beating the Conservatives by just nine votes. He said: “I am so pleased for everybody who worked incredibly hard on this campaign. The first step is convincing people the Green Party is going to count for something.”
2014 candidates
Broadwater
John Apsey (Lib) - 272
Richard Battson (Green) - 202
Elise Mason (UKIP) - 691
John Turley (Lab) - 288
Vicky Vaughan (Con) - 754
Castle
Daniel Aherne (Green) - 388
Jim Deen (Lab) - 324
Luke Proudfoot (Con) - 702
Dave Shipley (UKIP) - 653
Nick Wiltshire (Lib) - 414
Central
Chris Allen (Lib) - 188
Peter Barnes (Lab) - 362
James Doyle (Green) - 610
Alex Harman (Con) - 601
Malcolm Milne (UKIP) - 559
Durrington
Guy Chadwick (Lab) - 152
Jackie Cranefield (Lib) - 345
Susan Jelliss (UKIP) - 526
Fiona Ramasami (Green) - 50
Steve Waight (Con) - 494
Gaisford
John Dawkins (UKIP) - 537
Kevin Jenkins (Con) - 874
William Morris (Green) - 317
Dimitri Seirlis (Lib) - 300
Joe Thornton (Lab) - 312
Goring
David Aherne (Green) - 217
Trevor England (UKIP) - 817
Margaret Harris (Lab) - 305
Mark Nolan (Con) - 1435
Trudi Starling (Lib) - 186
Heene
Michael Finch (Lib) -158
Diane Guest (Con) - 714
Jill Guest (Lab) - 222
Rick Setford (UKIP) - 498
Stefan Sykes (Green) - 507
Marine
Edward Crouch (Con) - 1114
Pat Izod (Lib) - 189
Charles James (UKIP) -692
Melanie Muir (Green) - 264
Alex Wagstaff (Lab) - 298
Northbrook
Philip Dufty (Lab) - 86
Mike Jelliss (UKIP) -328
Diane Jones (Lib) -169
Katherine Kohl (Green) -54
Sean McDonald (Con) - 355
Offington
Toby Brothers (UKIP) - 798
Louise Murphy (Con) - 1240
Stephen Nethercott-Cable (Green)- 164
Ann Saunders (Lab) - 191
Linda Williams (Lib) - 194
Salvington
Val Capon (Lib) - 173
Pauline James (UKIP) - 988
David Lace (Lab) - 236
Heather Mercer (Con) - 1011
Julia Owen (Green) - 181
Selden
Mike Barrett (Lab) - 354
Callum Buxton (Con) - 601
Valerie Ellis (Green) - 199
John Harwood (UKIP) - 526
Yvonne Leonard (Lib) - 298
Tarring
Michelle Forsyth (Lab) - 218
Ross Johnson (Green) - 196
David Messer (Con) - 470
Adrian Price (UKIP) - 664
Bob Smytherman (Lib) - 714
Lancing Parish Council
Manor North
Carol Albury (Con) - 382
Stuart Douch (Lib) - 74
Lionel Parsons (UKIP) - 194
Ann Saunders (Lab) - 73
Mash Barn
Douglas Bradley (Lab) - 145
Patricia Izod (Lib) - 201
Jason Lock (UKIP) - 448
Angie Mills (Con) - 265
Widewater
George Bell (Ind) - 74
Clive Burghard (UKIP) - 599
Cyril Cannings (Lib) - 118David Devoy (Lab) - 305
Mumin Elshahri (Con) - 571
Sompting Parish Council
Cokeham South
Alun Jones (Lab)- 115
Jean Turner (UKIP)- 254
Kay Vincent (Lib)- 257
Peverel South
Patricia Allwright (Ind) 129
Raj Dooraree (Lib)- 110
David Lewis (UKIP) - 255
Tony Nicklen (Ind) - 96Melanie Rubin (Ind) - 82
Gina Scotting (UKIP) - 210