Tarring (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°49′28″N 0°23′33″W / 50.82448°N 0.39259°W / 50.82448; -0.39259

Tarring
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Worthing
UK Parliament Constituency:	East Worthing & Shoreham, Worthing West
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	9838
County Councillor
Bob Smytherman (LD)

Tarring 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 neighbourhood of West Tarring, which forms part of the urban area of the town of Worthing and came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Worthing Borough and comprises some or all of the following borough wards: Gaisford Ward (western portion) and Tarring Ward.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Tarring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Smytherman	851	33.1	-14.3
	UKIP	Shaune King	702	27.3	+9.2
	Conservative	Sean McDonald	593	23.0	-6.0
	Labour	Michael Brown	228	8.9	+3.4
	Green	William Morris	199	7.7	N/A
Majority			149	5.8	-12.6
Turnout			2,573	26.0	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Tarring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Smytherman	1,646	47.4
	Conservative	Paul High	1,007	29.0
	UKIP	John Harwood	628	18.1
	Labour	Sid Wells	191	5.5
Majority			639	18.4
Turnout			3,472	35.3
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

Electoral Divisions in West Sussex

Conservative	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Wick Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadwater Burgess Hill East Burgess Hill Town Chichester North Chichester South Chichester West Cissbury Chichester East Cuckfield and Lucastes East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Fernhurst Fontwell Goring Hassocks and Victoria Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Imberdown Kingston Buci Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower Petworth Pound Hill and Worth Pulborough Roffey Rustington Shoreham Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick Storrington The Witterings Tilgate and Furnace Green Warnham and Rusper Worth Forest Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West

UKIP	Bersted Bourne Durrington and Salvington Felpham Lancing Middleton Nyetimber Saltings Selsey Sompting and North Lancing

Liberal Democrats	Bognor Regis East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath Littlehampton East Littlehampton Town Northbrook Tarring

Labour	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Gossops Green and Ifield East Langley Green and West Green Northgate and Three Bridges Southgate and Crawley Central

Independent	Midhurst

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