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Electoral registration and voting

Elections in Adur and Worthing

Adur District councillors are elected for four-year terms by halves; that is, at each election, half of the councillors (or as near as possible) are elected. Elections are held every two years except in the year when the county council election is held.

Worthing Borough councillors are elected for four-year terms by thirds; that is, at each election, a third of the councillors (or as near as possible) are elected. Elections are held every year except in the year when the county council election is held.

West Sussex County councillors are elected once every four years, in whole council elections.

In Adur, Lancing Parish and Sompting Parish councillors are elected once every four years in whole council elections.

Members of the United Kingdom Parliament will be elected once every five years from 2015. Worthing Borough Council is responsible for elections in the Worthing West constituency.  Adur District Council is responsible for elections in the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency.

Members of the European Parliament are elected once every five years. Both Adur and Worthing are within the South East region for these elections.

A by-election may be held at any time if a casual vacancy occurs, due for example to the resignation of an elected member.

Future Elections will take place as follows :

Year	Date	Elections in Adur	Elections in Worthing
2012	3 May	District	Borough
	3 May	Lancing and Sompting Parish
	15 Nov	Police and Crime Commissioner	Police and Crime Commissioner
2013	2 May	West Sussex County Council	West Sussex County Council
2014	5 June	European Parliamentary	European Parliamentary
2014	5 June	District	Borough
2015	7 May	UK Parliamentary	UK Parliamentary
	7 May		Borough (excluding Durrington and Northbrook wards)
2016	5 May	District	Borough
	5 May	Lancing and Sompting Parish
2017	4 May	West Sussex County Council	West Sussex County Council

 

See also :

• Adur District and Parish elections - Thursday 3 May 2012
• Electoral registration
• Information for candiates and agents
• Previous elections
• Election results

 

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Register of electors :

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