2015 Crawley Borough Council election
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12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2015 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
† Labour gained a seat from UKIP in a by-election in October 2014[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect third of the members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election.[4] The seats up for election were last contested in 2011.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 19 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 51 | 37 | 15,671 | ||
Conservative | 18 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 49 | 52 | 21,760 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,723 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,066 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 848 | ||
Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 53 | ||
Justice Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 40 |
The Labour Party governing group of councillors saw their majority reduced to one councillor, with one gained by a Conservative, keeping some areas of the authority having no representatives within the group with control of the council. Five of six seats held were retained by Labour candidates, keeping some areas with sole majority party representation. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place. Seats from two lower-population wards were without elections in 2015.[5][6][7]
Ward by ward
[edit]Bewbush
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Chris Cheshire | 1,636 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Robert Reid | 1,173 | ||
UKIP | Simon Darroch | 631 | ||
Green | Richard Martin Kail | 171 | ||
Justice Party | Arshad Khan | 40 | ||
Turnout | 57% | |||
Labour hold |
Furnace Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Duncan Crow | 1,560 | ||
Labour | Tony Patel | 903 | ||
UKIP | Allan Peter Griffiths | 516 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Lee Anderson | 156 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold |
Gossops Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Lisa Vitler | 1,278 | ||
Labour | Jason Robert Vine | 920 | ||
UKIP | Christopher James Brown | 544 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold |
Ifield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Martin Alan Stone | 2,312 | ||
Labour | Sue Mullins | 1,906 | ||
Turnout | 62% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Langley Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Andrew Clifford Skudder | 1,739 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Simon Jagger | 957 | ||
UKIP | Sharon Elizabeth Kennett | 549 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Osborne | 152 | ||
Turnout | 59% | |||
Labour hold |
Maidenbower
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Kim Jaggard | 3,455 | ||
Labour | Sumon Ahmed | 1,066 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold |
Northgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Geraint Thomas | 1,227 | ||
Conservative | Tina Belben | 930 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sargent | 156 | ||
Turnout | 59% | |||
Labour hold |
Pound Hill North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Kevan McCarthy | 2,341 | ||
Labour | Carlos Portal Castro | 853 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Ann Spooner | 299 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold |
Pound Hill South and Worth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Beryl Mecrow | 2,901 | ||
Labour | Rory Stuart Fiveash | 1,383 | ||
Turnout | 68% | |||
Conservative hold |
Southgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Jan Tarrant | 1,894 | ||
Labour | Michael William Pickett | 1,564 | ||
Green | Robin David Fitton | 268 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elke Smith | 137 | ||
Libertarian | Adam Gregory Brown | 53 | ||
Turnout | 61% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour |
- Note:Southgate was won by Conservative councillor Karl Williamson at the previous regular election in 2011. However, Williamson defected to UKIP in 2013,[9] and stood down from the council in 2014,[10] and his seat was gained by Labour in the resulting by-election.[3]
Three Bridges
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Bob Burgess | 1,597 | ||
Labour | Daryl English | 1,308 | ||
UKIP | Martin Rann | 483 | ||
Green | Tim Holt | 223 | ||
Turnout | 65% | |||
Conservative hold |
Tilgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Francis Guidera | 1,362 | ||
Labour | Julian Charatan | 1,166 | ||
Green | Derek Hardman | 186 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Michael Harper | 166 | ||
Turnout | 65% | |||
Conservative hold |
References
[edit]- ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.
- ^ Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 18.
- ^ a b "Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2014". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Election result Crawley News. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
- ^ "Labour hold Crawley Borough Council by slimmest majority" Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Crawley and Horley Observer. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
- ^ 2011 results showing by ward with all candidates' votes Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine CBC. Accessed 2015-05-22
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/PUB246856 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ "Three senior Crawley Tories defect to UKIP". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 July 2013.
- ^ "Crawley UKIP chairman was given only a day's notice of councillor's resignation". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 August 2014.[permanent dead link]