West Sussex County Council elections

West Sussex County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Party in control Years
Conservative 1973 - 1993
No overall control 1993 - 1997
Conservative 1997–present

Council elections

By-election results

1993-1997

Ifield By-Election 11 July 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour 1,283 79.8
Conservative 229 14.2
Liberal Democrat 96 6.0
Majority 1,054 65.6
Turnout 1,608 26.7
Labour hold Swing

1997-2001

Chichester East By-Election 7 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat 1,077 50.2 +4.5
Conservative 750 34.9 -0.5
Labour 319 14.9 -3.9
Majority 327 15.3
Turnout 2,146
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Steyning By-Election 6 May 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael Willett 1,297 44.0 +1.6
Liberal Democrat Derek Deedman 1,040 35.3 -12.0
Labour John Ridley 480 16.3 +6.1
Independent Bernard Durnford 132 4.5 +4.5
Majority 257 8.7
Turnout 2,949
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Gossops Green By-Election 28 September 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour 830 50.7 -1.1
Conservative 635 38.8 +4.3
Liberal Democrat 171 10.4 +0.0
Majority 195 11.9
Turnout 1,636 23.1
Labour hold Swing

2001-2005

Cuckfield Rural By-Election 3 July 2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Patricia Webster 1,027 51.8 +22.6
Conservative Peter Jones 954 48.2 -4.0
Majority 73 3.6
Turnout 1,981 26.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Saltings By-Election 3 July 2003[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Dunn 1,145 59.9 +13.2
Liberal Democrat Mark O'Keeffe 420 22.0 -2.0
Labour Adrienne Lowe 346 18.1 -11.1
Majority 725 37.9
Turnout 1,911 20.9
Conservative hold Swing
Roffey By-Election 10 June 2004[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Anthony Hull 1,652 44.9 -1.9
Conservative John Charles 1,575 42.8 +4.5
Labour Richard Wilson 454 12.3 -2.6
Majority 77 2.1
Turnout 3,681 42.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

2005-2009

Angmering & Findon By-Election 1 June 2006[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Deborah Urquhart 1,500 75.6 +25.4
Liberal Democrat Trevor Richards 334 16.8 -21.0
Labour James Field 149 7.5 +7.5
Majority 1,166 58.8
Turnout 1,983 25.8
Conservative hold Swing
Southwick By-Election 14 September 2006[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Janet Mockridge 907 55.5 +15.4
Labour Andrew Bray 316 19.4 -9.6
Liberal Democrat James Doyle 314 19.2 -0.3
Green Susan Board 96 5.9 +0.9
Majority 591 36.1
Turnout 1,633 21.0
Conservative hold Swing
Cuckfield and Lucastes By-Election 3 May 2007[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Bradbury 2,020 61.3 +8.3
Liberal Democrat Stephen Blanch 1,274 38.7 +7.4
Majority 746 22.6
Turnout 3,358 45.41 -27.39
Conservative hold Swing
Petworth By-Election 7 June 2007[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Chris Duncton 1,437 72.0 +17.8
Liberal Democrat Raymond Cooper 346 17.3 =13.0
BNP Andrew Emerson 213 10.7 +10.7
Majority 1,091 54.7
Turnout 2,002 21.12 -48.60
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood bye-election, 6 May 2010[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John O'Brien 2,878 48.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrat Catrin Ingham 2,771 46.4 +6.5
Independent Robert Wall 328 5.5 N/A
Majority 107 1.8 -1.8
Turnout 5,977 68.5 +27.3
Conservative hold Swing
Maidenbower bye-Election, 7 October 2010[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Lanzer 1,036 64.4 -7.9
Labour Peter Smith 417 26.0 +12.0
Liberal Democrat Sulu Pandya 82 5.1 -8.6
UKIP John MacCanna 61 3.8 +3.8
Justice Party Arshad Khan 12 0.7 +0.7
Majority 619 38.5 -19.8
Turnout 1,609
Conservative hold Swing -10.0
Midhurst bye-election, 15 November 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Cherry 1,410 78.2 +9.8
UKIP Judith Fowler 392 21.8 N/A
Majority 1,018 56.0 +13.9
Turnout 1,900 21.5 -15.8
Conservative hold Swing

2013-2017

Storrington bye-election, 26 September 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Philip Circus 1,037 45.9 -2.0
UKIP John Wallace 729 32.2 -7.8
Liberal Democrat Nick Hopkinson 364 16.1 +2.0
Green James Doyle 131 5.8 N/A
Majority 308 13.7 +3.8
Turnout 2,261 22.5 -10.6
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Warnham & Rusper bye-election, 24 October 2013 [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Liz Kitchen 868 58.3 +3.3
UKIP Geoff Stevens 335 22.5 -7.7
Green Darrin Green 119 8.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Tony Millson 103 6.9 -7.9
Labour Carol Hayton 63 4.4 N/A
Majority 533 36.8 +12..0
Turnout 1490 20.1 -10.1
Conservative hold Swing +5.5
Haywards Heath East bye-election, 19 December 2013[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Hillier 649 35.5 +1.7
UKIP Charles Burrell 576 31.5 +5.1
Labour Richard Goddard 346 18.9 -2.7
Liberal Democrat Anne Hall 201 11.0 -8.2
Green Paul Brown 55 3.0 N/A
Majority 73 4.0 -2.4
Turnout 1832 23.1 -6.6
Conservative hold Swing -1.2

References

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  2. "West Sussex". BBC News Web site. BBC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. "Local election results: West Sussex". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  4. "Lib Dems break Tories' winning streak". London: guardian.co.uk. 2003-07-04. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  5. "West Sussex County Council - Saltings division by election" (PDF). Adur District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  6. "Roffey electoral division by-election result". West Sussex county council. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Results of Previous Elections". West Sussex county council. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  8. "Declaration of Result of Poll - East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  9. "Declaration of Result of Poll - Maidenbower" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  10. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  11. (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 19 Decemberer 2013 http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/HH_EAST_DECLARATION_OF_RESULT_OF_POLL.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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