# Marine ward by-election, Worthing Council, 2024

[United Kingdom](https://electionsarchive.com/gb.md) / [England](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/england.md) / [Worthing Council](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/worthing.md), September 19, 2024

Thomas Taylor won with 40.7% of the vote, 4.0 points ahead of Mary Bridget Mernagh.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thomas Taylor | Conservative | 865 | 40.7% | Elected |
| Mary Bridget Mernagh | Labour | 781 | 36.8% |  |
| Lionel Roger Harman | Reform | 228 | 10.7% |  |
| Jimi Taylor | Green | 138 | 6.5% |  |
| Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire | Lib Dem | 113 | 5.3% |  |

Valid votes: 2,125

## This race in other years

- 2024 special: Thomas Taylor, 40.7%
- [2021 special](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/worthing/2021-12-02-local/marine-e05007701-by-election.md): Vicki Wells, 50.2%
- [2017 special](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/worthing/2017-08-03-local/marine-e05007701-by-election.md): Beccy Cooper, 47.4%

## Sources

- [Candidate results, council by-elections 2024](https://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/elections/?election_id_regex=%5Elocal%5C.%5B%5E.%5D%2A%5C.%5B%5E.%5D%2B%5C.by%5C.2024-&limit=100), Democracy Club. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/gb/worthing/2024-09-19-local/marine-e05007701-by-election and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/gb/worthing/2024-09-19-local/marine-e05007701-by-election.json.