2019 Horsham District Council election
The2019 Horsham District Council electiontook place on 2 May 2019 to elect members ofHorsham District CouncilinEngland.[1]It was held on the same day as otherlocal elections.Every seat was contested and theConservativesretained control of the council with a majority of 8.
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![]() Map of the results of the election by ward |
Council Composition[edit]
Prior tothe election, the composition of the council was:
39 | 4 | 1 |
Con | LDem | Ind |
Afterthe election, the composition of the council was:
32 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
Con | LDem | Grn | Ind |
Results summary[edit]
2019 Horsham District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 48 | 32 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
66.7 | 48.5 | 37,929 | –7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 29 | 13 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
27.1 | 28.3 | 22,110 | +11.1 | |
Green | 4 | 2 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
4.2 | 3.6 | 2,784 | –2.3 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2.1 | 1.4 | 1,088 | –1.0 | |
Labour | 39 | 0 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
0.0 | 14.7 | 11,535 | +6.9 | |
UKIP | 9 | 0 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.1 | 2,456 | –7.0 | |
Peace | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 314 | +0.1 |
Ward results[edit]
Billingshurst[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Brown | 993 | 42.5 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Jupp | 942 | |||
Conservative | Kathleen Rowbottom | 778 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Trollope | 721 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Greenwood | 596 | |||
Labour | Andrea Grainger | 326 | 13.9 | ||
UKIP | Graham Harper | 298 | 12.7 | ||
Labour | Karon Barber | 294 | |||
Labour | Brian Johnson | 233 | |||
Turnout | 2,029 | 28.7 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Michael Croker | 702 | 34.6 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Noel Roger | 636 | 31.4 | −16.9 | |
Conservative | David Coldwell | 612 | |||
Labour | Simon Birnstingl | 518 | 25.5 | +14.3 | |
UKIP | Vincent Hardy | 172 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Turnout | 1,505 | 35.0 | |||
GreengainfromConservative | |||||
Conservativehold |
Broadbridge Heath[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Louise Potter | 722 | 58.4 | +23.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Allen | 613 | |||
Conservative | Matthew French | 380 | 30.7 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Vallance | 324 | |||
Labour | Diane Burstow | 134 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Labour | Cameron McGillivray | 106 | |||
Turnout | 1,225 | 30.1 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Colgate & Rusper[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Kitchen | 684 | 77.5 | ||
Conservative | Antony Hogben | 618 | |||
Labour | Donald Mahon | 199 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | John Ivatts | 175 | |||
Turnout | 954 | 27.2 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Cowford, Shermanbury & West Grinstead[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynn Lambert | 901 | 71.5 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Chowen | 894 | |||
Labour | Gabrielle Barrett | 359 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
Turnout | 1,392 | 32.1 | |||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Denne[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Fletcher | 1,287 | 51.0 | +32.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Belinda Walters | 1,221 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frances Haigh | 1,216 | |||
Conservative | Adrian Lee | 871 | 34.5 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Graham Dye | 849 | |||
Conservative | Simon Whalley | 780 | |||
Labour | Jill Clarke | 368 | 14.6 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Joanne Kavanagh | 312 | |||
Labour | Kevin O'Sullivan | 280 | |||
Turnout | 2,543 | 35.5 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | |||||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Forest[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Skipp | 1,305 | 39.5 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Newman | 1,224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Minto | 1,120 | |||
Labour | Carol Hayton | 742 | 22.4 | +22.4 | |
Labour | David Hide | 719 | |||
Conservative | Kimberley Williams | 703 | 21.3 | −21.0 | |
Conservative | John Knightley | 623 | |||
Labour | Gerard Kavanagh | 613 | |||
Conservative | Michael Revell | 567 | |||
Peace | James Duggan | 314 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
UKIP | Raymond Toots | 243 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Turnout | 2,936 | 43.7 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democratswin(new seat) |
Henfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Michael Morgan | 1,088 | 39.7 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Potts | 614 | 22.4 | −9.8 | |
Green | Celia Emmott | 531 | 19.4 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Brian O'Connell | 507 | |||
Labour | Fiona Ayres | 505 | 18.4 | +7.1 | |
Turnout | 1,846 | 40.8 | |||
Independenthold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Holbrook East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Baldwin | 762 | 46.9 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Karen Burgess | 689 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eris Yeates | 575 | 35.4 | +17.5 | |
Labour | Sheila Chapman | 289 | 17.8 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Rosalind Hillman | 282 | |||
Turnout | 1,494 | 33.4 | |||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Holbrook West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Burgess | 852 | 49.1 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Christian Mitchell | 830 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gregory Collins | 613 | 35.4 | +15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Warwick Hellawell | 560 | |||
Labour | Susannah Brady | 269 | 15.5 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Raymond Chapman | 226 | |||
Turnout | 1,784 | 35.4 | |||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Youtan | 732 | 47.3 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Stuart Ritchie | 707 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Katarzyna Greenwood | 484 | 31.3 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Mullarky | 436 | |||
UKIP | Patrick Dearsley | 216 | 14.0 | −8.3 | |
Labour | Sean Purdy | 115 | 7.4 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Bernard Lumb | 97 | |||
Turnout | 1,520 | 33.8 | |||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Nuthurst & Lower Beeding[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antionette Bradnum | 571 | 58.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Livingstone | 343 | 35.0 | ||
Labour | Ian Aird | 66 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,004 | 41.9 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Clarke | 901 | 37.3 | ||
Conservative | Brian Donnelly | 886 | |||
Conservative | Diana van der Klugt | 837 | |||
Green | Kim Hope | 687 | 28.5 | ||
Labour | Jane Mote | 434 | 18.0 | ||
UKIP | John Wallace | 391 | 16.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,849 | 32.0 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Roffey North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bevis | 790 | 47.3 | +22.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Milne | 732 | |||
Conservative | Katherine Nagel | 642 | 38.4 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Alexander Shire | 541 | |||
Labour | Ian Nicol | 238 | 14.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Matthew Verrall | 193 | |||
Turnout | 1,663 | 34.1 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | |||||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative |
Roffey South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Cornell | 561 | 41.5 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Britten | 553 | 40.9 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | Ben Staines | 532 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Grant | 519 | |||
Labour | Lorraine Barry | 239 | 17.7 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Joy Gough | 225 | |||
Turnout | 1,416 | 28.1 | |||
Conservativehold | |||||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative |
Rudgwick[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Landeryou | 524 | 69.6 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Potter | 173 | 23.0 | +23.0 | |
Labour | Jane McGillivray | 56 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Turnout | 777 | 35.8 | |||
Conservativehold |
Southwater North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Billy Greening | 842 | 54.0 | ||
Conservative | Claire Vickers | 814 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Hayes | 561 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Wheatcroft | 557 | |||
Labour | Kevin Kilminster | 155 | 9.9 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Hillman | 113 | |||
Turnout | 1,600 | 36.8 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Southwater South & Shipley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Lindsay | 675 | 43.2 | ||
Conservative | Ian Stannard | 639 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julie Stainton | 575 | 36.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Stainton | 532 | |||
UKIP | Uri Baran | 175 | 11.2 | ||
Labour | Margaret Cornwell | 138 | 8.8 | ||
Labour | Jacob Keet | 110 | |||
Turnout | 1,525 | 31.7 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Steyning & Ashurst[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Robert Platt | 864 | 35.1 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Lloyd | 842 | 34.2 | ||
Conservative | Dean Haysom | 705 | |||
Labour | Caroline Fife | 483 | 19.6 | ||
Labour | Lorraine Fowlie | 327 | |||
UKIP | Terence Goodchild | 270 | 11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,972 | 41.0 | |||
Greenwin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Storrington & Washington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Dawe | 1,584 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | James Sanson | 1,536 | |||
Conservative | Paul Marshall | 1,439 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Holbrook-Sishton | 939 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | James Monaghan | 562 | 18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,632 | 35.5 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
Trafalgar[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christine Costin | 1,243 | 54.8 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leonard Crosbie | 1,155 | |||
Conservative | Emily Baldwin | 514 | 22.7 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Probert | 460 | |||
Labour | Karen Symes | 357 | 15.7 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Michael Symes | 290 | |||
UKIP | Paul King | 155 | 6.8 | −3.0 | |
Turnout | 2,182 | 45.3 | |||
Liberal Democratshold | |||||
Liberal Democratshold |
West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Blackall | 1,443 | 46.4 | ||
Conservative | Philip Circus | 1,409 | |||
Conservative | Mohamed Saheid | 1,184 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Miles | 745 | 23.9 | ||
UKIP | Roger Arthur | 536 | 17.2 | ||
Labour | Helen Wright | 388 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,494 | 36.1 | |||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) | |||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
By-elections since the 2019 election[edit]
Storrington & Washington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Wright | 3,283 | 59.1 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Beveridge | 1,344 | 24.2 | −12.3 | |
Labour | James Monaghan | 924 | 16.7 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 1,939 | 34.9 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,551 | 72.9 | +37.4 | ||
Conservativehold | Swing |
Trafalgar[edit]
A by-election was called in Trafalgar ward due to the retirement of Leonard Crosbie on September 3, 2020.[2]The Horsham & CrawleyLiberal Democratsconfirmed his death on 11 September 2020.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Boffey | 1,581 | 68.2 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Aaron Courteney-Smith | 592 | 22.8 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Joanne Kavanagh | 307 | 13.2 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 989 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,480 | ||||
Liberal Democratshold | Swing |
Forest[edit]
A by-election was called in Forest ward due to the retirement of Godfrey Newman on August 11, 2021.[2]The by-election was held on Thursday 21 October and the seat retained by the Liberal Democrats
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jon Olson | 921 | 47.4 | +5.5 | |
Labour | David Hide | 517 | 26.6 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Ross Dye | 410 | 21.1 | −3.0 | |
Green | Jon Campbell | 97 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 404 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democratshold |
Roffey South[edit]
Following the death of Councillor Roy Cornell, by-election was held on Thursday December 16. This seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sam Raby | 462 | 41.5 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Torn | 335 | 30.1 | −10.7 | |
Green | Claire Adcock | 222 | 19.9 | +19.9 | |
Labour | Daniel Everett | 95 | 8.5 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 127 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,120 | 22.8 | |||
Liberal DemocratsgainfromConservative | Swing |
Denne[edit]
Following the resignation of Cllr Frances Haigh, a by-election will be held for the vacant seat of Denne in Horsham town. The election was held on Thursday 24 March 2022. Cllr Haigh was leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats until August 2021.[4]The seat was held by Clive Trott of the Liberal Democrats.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive Trott | 832 | 46.02 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | David Walbank | 628 | 34.7 | 0.3 | |
Labour | Kevin O'Sullivan | 241 | 13.3 | −1.2 | |
Green | David Yeates | 107 | 5.9 | 5.9 | |
Liberal Democratshold |
Storrington & Washington[edit]
Following the resignation of Cllr Jim Sanson, (Conservative) a by-election was held on 7 April 2022 for the vacant seat of Storrington & Washington.[4][6]the election was won by the Green Party in a traditionally safe Conservative seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Joan Grech | 1,281 | 47.8 | +47.8 | |
Conservative | Daniel Hall | 943 | 35.2 | −26.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pascal Roberts | 453 | 16.9 | −16.9 | |
Majority | 2677 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2677 | ||||
GreengainfromConservative | Swing |
References[edit]
- ^"Election results"(PDF).horsham.gov.uk.Retrieved5 August2021.
- ^ab"Long-time Horsham councillor steps down due to ongoing health issues".Archivedfrom the original on 19 August 2021.
- ^"Death of former District Councillor Leonard Crosbie".
- ^abCouncil, Horsham District (16 August 2021)."Councillor vacancies".Horsham District Council.Retrieved4 February2022.
- ^"Two successful Lib Dem defences in this week's by-elections".Mark Pack.25 March 2022.Retrieved29 March2022.
- ^"Veteran Conservative councillor resigns after his deselection".