Worthing West (electoral division)

Worthing West is an electoral division of West Sussex in England, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The ward has existed since 2005 and was first used in the 2005 elections.

Councillor		From	To
John Livermore	Conservative	May 2005	May 2013
Paul High	Conservative	May 2013	5 May 2021
Beccy Cooper	Labour	6 May 2021	Jul 2022
Graham McKnight	Labour	7 Jul 2022	Present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mr J Livermore	2,357	45.22
	Liberal Democrats	Mr A S Rice	1,295	24.8
	Labour	Mr B F Slater	820	15.7
	Green	Mrs L Colkett	392	7.5
	UKIP	Mr P A Ruddock	266	5.1
	Independent	Mr J D Robers	82	1.6
Majority			1,062	20.4
Turnout			5,212	60.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Livermore	1,529	48.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	731	23.4	−1.4
	UKIP	Phil Ruddock	616	19.7	+14.6
	Labour	Eileen Powell	248	7.9	−7.8
Majority			798	25.5	+5.1
Turnout			3,124	36.3	−24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul High	917	38.7	−10.2
	UKIP	Rick Setford	759	32.1	+12.4
	Labour	Alexandra Wagstaff	266	11.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Leonard	217	9.2	−14.2
	Green	Daniel Aherne	209	8.8	N/A
Majority			158	6.6	−18.9
Turnout			2,368	26.6	−9.7
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	11.3% Con to UKIP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul High	1,605	51.6	+12.9
	Labour	Richard Mulholland	681	21.9	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Sunderland	372	12.0	+2.8
	Green	Caroline Ponto	264	8.5	−0.3
	UKIP	Trevor England	189	6.1	−26.0
Majority			924	29.7	+23.1
Turnout			3,131	35.2	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

List of councillors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beccy Cooper	1,824	46.4	+24.5
	Conservative	Paul High	1,540	39.1	−12.5
	Green	Sonya Mallin	285	7.2	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Cranefield	171	4.3	−7.7
	Independent	Christopher Woodward	114	2.9	N/A
Majority
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

v t e Electoral Divisions in West Sussex
Conservative (47)	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Courtwick Bersted Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadbridge Chichester East Chichester North Cissbury Cuckfield and Lucastes Durrington and Salvington East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Felpham Fontwell Goring Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Lancing Littlehampton Town Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower and Worth Middleton Northbrook Nyetimber Petworth Pound Hill Pulborough Rother Valley Rustington Shoreham South Shoreham North Sompting and North Lancing Southgate & Gossops Green Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick St Leonards Forest Storrington Three Bridges Tilgate and Furnace Green The Witterings Worth Forest
Liberal Democrats (11)	Bognor Regis East Bourne Burgess Hill North Burgess Hill Town Chichester West Hassocks and Burgess Hill South Horsham East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Littlehampton East Midhurst
Labour (9)	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Broadwater Langley Green & Ifield East Northgate & West Green Tarring Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West
Independent (1)	Imberdown
Local Alliance (1)	Selsey