1997 West Sussex County Council election

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Elections to West Sussex County Council were held on 1 May 1997 alongside a parliamentary general election. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party regained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats who had governed since 1993 as a minority administration . Turnout across the county ranged from 57.7% in Richmond to 78.6% in Lindfield.

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Election Result

West Sussex County Council Election Result 1997
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3752.1142.90177,848
  Liberal Democrats 2433.8033.10137,191
  Labour 912.6821.4989,099
  Independent 11.411.686,494
  Green 00000.00.722,999
  Referendum 00000.00.08327
  Worth Area Party 00000.00.03110

Results by electoral division

Adur

Kingston Buci
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sydney Little1,85937.2
Conservative Paul Sims1,63932.9
Labour Co-op Nigel Sweet1,49129.9
Majority220
Turnout 72.3
Lancing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clifford Robinson2,86646.2
Conservative Simon Craghill2,07033.3
Labour James Largue1,27120.5
Majority794
Turnout 74.2
Saltings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Jones2,56245.2
Liberal Democrats Jemima Robinson2,37241.9
Labour Co-op Richard Knight73312.9
Majority190
Turnout 69.9
Shoreham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Elliott3,10946.6
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burtenshaw2,09431.4
Labour Co-op Geoffrey Howitt1,46321.9
Majority1,015
Turnout 76.6
Sompting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Brookes1,99241.4
Conservative Mark McCarthy1,49231.4
Labour Edward Luxford1,33121.9
Majority500
Turnout 71.6
Southwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Brian Whipp1,85635.8
Conservative Robert Dunn1,82735.3
Liberal Democrats Derek Deedman1,49728.9
Majority29
Turnout 74.5

Arun

Arun East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Sedgwick3,16563.6
Liberal Democrats John Hughes1,32626.7
Labour Frank Levy4829.7
Majority1,839
Turnout 78.1
Arundel and Angmering
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Winn3,14951.8
Liberal Democrats John Barstow1,70728.1
Labour David Jones1,22120.1
Majority1,442
Turnout 74.3
Bersted
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Olliver2,57738.5
Conservative Gary Boucher2,17132.4
Labour Jan Cosgrove1,94829.1
Majority406
Turnout 67.5
Bognor Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Brown2,76844.6
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Scutt2,44439.4
Labour Gail Walker99516.0
Majority324
Turnout 67.8
Felpham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Dominica Smith3,03554.6
Liberal Democrats Walter Vanner1,62129.2
Labour Alison McIsacc89916.2
Majority1,432
Turnout 70.5
Fontwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Hall3,19956.4
Liberal Democrats Simon McDougall1,89633.4
Labour Thomas Oxtoby57610.2
Majority1,297
Turnout 72.3
Hotham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Morrish1,97539.7
Conservative Luke Parker1,61032.4
Labour Derek Fane1,38827.9
Majority365
Turnout 63.3
Littlehampton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George O'Neill2,11344.9
Conservative John Forster1,50832.0
Liberal Democrats David Jones1,08723.1
Majority606
Turnout 63.7
Littlehampton Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Newell2,02234.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Roberts1,73029.1
Labour David Dyball1,71128.7
Independent Andrew Hawkes4928.3
Majority292
Turnout 63.7
Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Betteridge2,56645.5
Liberal Democrats John Matthews1,98935.3
Labour Peter Found88415.7
Independent Marjorie Widdowson2023.6
Majority577
Turnout 71.9
Nyetimber
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Gillings3,40949.7
Liberal Democrats Francis Oppler1,91427.9
Labour Michael Jones1,53122.3
Majority1,576
Turnout 73.6
Preston Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Moor3,61054.7
Liberal Democrats John Richards2,07031.4
Labour Peter Nightingale91413.9
Majority1,540
Turnout 73.6
Rustington West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Walsh2,80245.2
Conservative Phillipa Bower2,56341.3
Labour John Singleton83513.9
Majority239
Turnout 73.6

Chichester

Bourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Dunn2,50340.5
Liberal Democrats Roy Ford1,89430.6
Independent Stanley Bray98615.9
Labour Roger Humphrey80113.0
Majority609
Turnout 73.6
Chichester East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Tupper2,24645.7
Conservative Jane Chevs1,74235.5
Labour Timothy Weeks92518.8
Majority506
Turnout 68.5
Chichester North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Phillips2,38645.5
Liberal Democrats Edith Pingree2,23242.6
Labour James Moran62511.9
Majority56
Turnout 76.2
Chichester South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Rankin2,58944.1
Conservative Mary-Louise Bassett2,33839.8
Labour Geoffrey Jones94316.1
Majority251
Turnout 73.0
Chichester West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathryn Ward2,94746.2
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Wright2,50039.2
Labour Ian Edwards92614.5
Majority447
Turnout 76.3
Fernhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Pemberton3,03450.5
Liberal Democrats Helena Lang2,39539.9
Labour David Morrison5769.6
Majority639
Turnout 72.3
Midhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Walker3,75355.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Devreux2,09031.1
Labour Bernard Hollowood87413.0
Majority1,763
Turnout 74.3
Petworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Greenwell3,75556.4
Independent Brian Hooton1,77926.7
Labour Andrew Young1,12816.9
Majority1,976
Turnout 76.8
Selsey and Sidlesham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Jones2,79648.9
Labour Terrence Prince1,39424.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Shone1,33123.3
Green Eric Paine1913.3
Majority1,402
Turnout 69.9
The Witterings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Daws-Chew3,52154.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Green2,15033.1
Labour John Feeney83012.8
Majority1,369
Turnout 72.2

Crawley

Bewbush
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Scully3,77170.6
Conservative Lee Burke1,56929.4
Majority2,202
Turnout 66.9
Broadfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Briggs3,01259.1
Conservative David Bowen1,45828.6
Liberal Democrats Linda Hamilton62712.3
Majority1,552
Turnout 64.0
Furnace Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Smith3,83944.8
Labour Anne Todd3,52141.1
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise1,20914.1
Majority318
Turnout 71.9
Gossops Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Edwards2,62851.8
Conservative Geoffrey Clarke1,74934.5
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hart69613.7
Majority879
Turnout 71.9
Ifield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Mortimer2,53259.4
Conservative Corrine Bowen1,18127.7
Liberal Democrats Howard Llewelyn54812.9
Majority1,351
Turnout 71.2
Langley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Smith3,29268.2
Conservative Sthphen Wilkinson1,14023.6
Liberal Democrats Vipin Patel3928.1
Majority2,152
Turnout 71.9
Northgate Three Bridges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Buck2,85450.9
Conservative Colin Coyston1,58528.2
Liberal Democrats Barry Hamilton1,17220.9
Majority1,269
Turnout 74.5
Pound Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Dewdney2,80448.9
Labour Raymond Calcot1,95434.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Hart86615.1
Worth Area Party Peter Temple-Smithson1101.9
Majority850
Turnout 75.0
Tilgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Mayne3,34261.9
Conservative David Withall1,37225.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Miller68612.7
Majority1,970
Turnout 73.6

Horsham

Billingshurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tara Podger2,11644.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Lawes1,70635.5
Labour Philip Gander65013.5
Referendum Robert Lomas3276.8
Majority410
Turnout 72.0
Henfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cantello3,58758.3
Liberal Democrats Marcus Heawood1,60726.1
Labour Susan Erlam96115.6
Majority1,970
Turnout 74.9
Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Matthewson4,20751.9
Liberal Democrats Derek Brundish2,63932.6
Labour Raymond Chapman1,25415.5
Majority1,568
Turnout 73.7
Hurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Dennis2,20745.9
Conservative Peter Tobutt2,04342.5
Labour Joan Thurston55915.6
Majority164
Turnout 71.1
Pulborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carmel Cain5,09374.0
Labour Christine Rees1,78826.0
Majority3,305
Turnout 73.3
Riverside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Morwen Millson2,79046.6
Conservative Barbara Palmer2,40540.2
Labour George Burton78813.2
Majority385
Turnout 72.6
Roffey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacobus Clausen2,60640.8
Conservative Brian Watson2,60340.7
Labour Roger Brown1,17918.5
Majority3
Turnout 74.0
Southwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Beeson3,30344.6
Conservative Trevor Boud3,13542.3
Labour Diane Dumbrill96813.1
Majority168
Turnout 73.8
Steyning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Campbell2,95647.3
Conservative Anthony Dennis2,64942.4
Labour Julia Bridgewater63910.2
Majority307
Turnout 74.2
Storrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Wilkinson2,78151.3
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Bates2,04237.7
Labour David Wickham59411.0
Majority739
Turnout 72.8
Warnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Horton2,66650.9
Liberal Democrats David Wright1,99038.0
Labour Eric Brady58311.1
Majority676
Turnout 74.6

Mid Sussex

Burgess Hill Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Chapman3,25845.8
Conservative Peter Burgess2,53235.6
Labour Paul Mitchell1,17016.4
Green Hugh Stevens1552.2
Majority906
Turnout 76.9
Burgess Hill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Heather Ross2,90351.3
Conservative Michael Greenhow1,96434.7
Labour Lesley Whiting66411.7
Green Ruth Stevens1282.3
Majority939
Turnout 77.2
Cuckfield Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Dennis3,06651.8
Liberal Democrats Jack Slaughter1,76329.8
Labour Frederick Harrison77413.1
Green Josephine Came3175.4
Majority1,303
Turnout 78.0
East Grinstead East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Collins2,64545.6
Conservative Margaret Ball2,23938.6
Labour Margaret Scott69211.9
Green Adrian Salmon2263.9
Majority407
Turnout 76.9
East Grinstead South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Brock2,47044.1
Conservative Allan Beal2,42943.3
Labour David Dickson70512.6
Majority41
Turnout 76.7
Hassocks and Burgess Hill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Balsdon3,23846.2
Conservative David Terry2,49435.6
Labour Patricia Ashcroft1,10215.7
Green Carol Filby1692.4
Majority744
Turnout 77.3
Haywards Heath East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Gayler1,94735.1
Labour Mervyn Hamilton1,74331.4
Liberal Democrats Julia Brown1,73531.3
Green Edward Hasley1252.3
Majority204
Turnout 78.2
Haywards Heath West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Hall2,55746.6
Conservative John Wilson1,93735.3
Labour Paddy Henry83515.2
Green Simon Anderson1562.8
Majority620
Turnout 77.5
Imberdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Coote3,57346.3
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Hatswell2,74735.6
Labour Roger Burgess1,17915.3
Green Stephanie Gibson2232.9
Majority826
Turnout 76.6
Lindfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Johnson2,78948.2
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft2,01934.9
Labour Nicholas Lightbody76113.2
Green Peter Weymss-Gorman2153.7
Majority770
Turnout 78.6
Mid Sussex North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Acraman3,28853.2
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dennis1,37922.3
Labour Joe Mitchell1,29120.9
Green Maurice Weeler2233.6
Majority1,909
Turnout 74.2
Mid Sussex South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barrington Mack3,11256.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Davies1,47726.6
Labour Maureen Ryan79514.3
Green Nadia Seefreid1763.2
Majority1,635
Turnout 78.1

Worthing

Broadwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Claire2,36246.3
Conservative Celia Bettelley1,76934.7
Labour Michael Wooley97419.1
Majority1,59231.2
Turnout 5,10569.9
Cissbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Collingwood O'Neill3,24151.8
Liberal Democrats George Miller2,44139.0
Labour Teana Ashley5779.2
Majority800
Turnout 74.0
Durrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Rodgers2,40044.0
Conservative Patricia Farrel2,32642.6
Labour Karen Hammond73413.4
Majority74
Turnout 71.1
East Worthing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Richards2,00941.0
Conservative Tony Jackson1,73735.4
Labour Colin Marshall99620.3
Green Joan Glass1613.3
Majority272
Turnout 62.7
Goring-by-Sea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Forshaw3,35154.2
Liberal Democrats Stewart McGurn-Stewart2,13434.5
Labour Olive Rand69611.3
Majority2,217
Turnout 71.9
Maybridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Green2,30045.7
Conservative Paul Bleasdale1,76935.2
Labour Peter Balderstone96119.1
Majority531
Turnout 72.0
Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Livermore1,65441.2
Liberal Democrats Cyril Selby1,51937.8
Labour John Hammond66516.6
Green Derek Colkett1794.5
Majority135
Turnout 57.7
Salvington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clement Stevens2,60146.1
Liberal Democrats Dennis Rowley2,32741.3
Labour Jean Wicks71312.6
Majority229
Turnout 72.3
West Parade
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Esther Giddins3,17753.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Brown1,78930.2
Labour Julie Balderstone78013.2
Green Lucielle Cokett1853.1
Majority1,388
Turnout 69.5
West Tarring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Rose2,43248.5
Conservative Henry Kemp1,65733.0
Labour John Parr75915.1
Green Stuart Colgate1703.4
Majority585
Turnout 66.8

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