2024 Worthing Borough Council election

The 2024 Worthing Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections being held in the United Kingdom on the same day.
Labour retained their majority on the council. Three days after the election, three Labour councillors resigned from the party, although the party retained its majority.

By-elections

At the 2024 United Kingdom General Election, Council leader Dr Beccy Cooper was elected as the MP for Worthing West. As a result, she resigned as Leader and as a Councillor on Wednesday July 10th, neccecitating a by-election in Marine Ward. Cllr Sophie Cox replaced Cooper as Leader on Tuesday 23rd July 2024.

Background

Worthing Borough Council elects a third of its councillors 3 out of every 4 years, with elections to West Sussex County Council in the 4th year. 13 seats out of 37 were up for election in 2024.
At the previous election, held in 2023, the Labour Party increased the number of seats they had on the council by 1 to have 24 seats. The Conservative Party lost 2 seats and the Greens gained 1. As a result, the council remained under Labour control.
The Liberal Democrats went into the election defending their last seat on the Council, in Tarring ward, having been in overall control of the Council as recently as 2003.

Ward results

All 13 wards have a full slate of candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, the Greens and the Lib Dems.
The Candidates nominated for each ward are as follows :