Worthing Pier (electoral division)

Worthing Pier
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Worthing
UK Parliament Constituency:	Worthing West
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	8547
County Councillor
Michael Cloake (Con)

Worthing Pier is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the centre of the town of Worthing.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Worthing Borough and comprises the following borough wards: the west part of Central Ward, and the south part of Heene Ward.

Election results

2013 election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Worthing Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cloake	660	29.1	−8.0
	Green	James Doyle	514	22.6	N/A
	UKIP	Christopher Woodward	475	20.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Thorpe	340	15.0	−25.1
	Labour	Peter Barnes	282	12.4	+5.8
Majority			146	6.5
Turnout			2,271	24.5	−7.5
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

2009 election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Worthing Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Doyle	1,097	40.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Paul Yallop	1,015	37.1	−3.3
	UKIP	Christopher Woodward	350	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Sue Marsh	181	6.6	−10.1
	English Democrat	Michael Black-Feather	93	3.4	N/A
Majority			82	3.0
Turnout			2,736	32.0	−20.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2005 election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005

Worthing Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr C B Roberts	1,678	40.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ms C B Brown	1,434	34.5
	Labour	Mr P H Barnes	694	16.7
	Green	Mr D H Colkett	351	8.4
Majority			244	5.9
Turnout			4,157	52.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps