2005 West Sussex County Council election

Elections to West Sussex County Council were held on 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held overall control.

Election Result

West Sussex County Council Election Result 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	46			+6	65.71	43.17	192,328
	Liberal Democrat	17			-2	24.29	32.72	145,767
	Labour	7			-4	10.00	17.76	79,139
	UKIP	0				0.00	2.98	13,283
	Green	0				0.00	2.28	10,145
	Independent	0			-1	0.00	0.84	3,761
	BNP	0				0.00	0.20	888
	Monster Raving Loony	0				0.00	0.04	192

Results by electoral divisions

Adur

Kingston Buci

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P A Graysmark	1,674	36.9
	Labour Co-op	Mr A P Bray	1,315	29.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs J Goldsbrough-Jones	1,065	23.5
	UKIP	Mr M C Henn	256	5.6
	Green	Mr V Tilsley	227	5.0
Majority			359	7.9
Turnout			4,537	61.9

Lancing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr C R Albury	2,201	37.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R T Burt	1,799	30.6
	Labour	Mr K G Bashford	1,470	25.0
	UKIP	Mr L W Parsons	413	7.0
Majority			731	6.8
Turnout			5,883	59.5

Saltings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr R B Dunn	2,106	43.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ms D G Martin	1,377	28.3
	Labour Co-op	Mr D J Yates	1,155	23.7
	UKIP	Mr D M Pledge	227	4.7
Majority			729	15.0
Turnout			4,865	63.4

Shoreham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr C R Williams	2,359	47.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A C Stuart	1,055	21.1
	Labour Co-op	Mr N R Sweet	965	19.3
	Green	Ms M A Martin	430	8.6
	UKIP	Mr P R Drayton-Morris	202	4.0
Majority			1,304	26.0
Turnout			5,011	70.0

Sompting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs V M Woolhead	1,635	40.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mr S H Martin	1,230	30.1
	Labour	Mr P Berry	1,226	30.0
Majority			405	9.9
Turnout			4,091	61.1

Southwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr K G Eade	1,966	40.1
	Labour Co-op	Ms A Lowe	1,423	29.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A J Mortimer	959	19.5
	UKIP	Ms J C Greig	317	6.5
	Green	Ms S E Board	243	5.0
Majority			543	11.1
Turnout			4,908	64.0

Arun

Angmering & Findon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr O V Wingrove	2,454	50.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr T J Richards	1,847	37.8
	UKIP	Mr P Russo	588	12.0
Majority			607	12.4
Turnout			4,889	66.8

Arundel & Wick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr D N Britton	1,723	37.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D E Leggatt	1,254	27.3
	Labour	Mr D F Dyball	1,206	26.3
	UKIP	Mr H F Whitaker	411	8.9
Majority			469	10.2
Turnout			4,594	64.9

Bersted

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr S E McDougall	1,684	30.4
	Labour	Mr S Holland	1,661	30.0
	Conservative	Mr B W Widger	1,600	28.9
	UKIP	Mr J R W Spencer	598	10.8
Majority			23	0.4
Turnout			5,543	58.9

Bognor Regis East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr F R J Oppler	1,331	32.0
	Labour	Mr M G Jones	1,228	29.5
	Conservative	Mr D M Machonachie	1,206	29.0
	UKIP	Mr A Otton	398	9.6
Majority			103	2.5
Turnout			4,163	55.2

Bognor Regis West & Aldwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr R B Brown	2,171	46.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mr B Dodd	1,860	39.5
	UKIP	Mr I A Fraser	679	14.4
Majority			311	6.6
Turnout			4,710	61.9

East Preston & Ferring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P C Evans	3,781	57.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J M Richards	1,464	22.2
	Labour	Mr H E Miller	1,015	15.4
	UKIP	Mr P V Skinner	348	5.3
Majority			2,317	35.0
Turnout			6,608	69.8

Felpham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr G G Blampied	2,371	45.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M J Harvey	1,663	31.7
	Labour	Mr J B Cosgrove	727	13.9
	UKIP	Mr A J Richardson	482	9.2
Majority			708	13.5
Turnout			5,243	68.5

Fontwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr D R Whittington	2,775	49.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mr I S Menzies	2,055	37.0
	UKIP	Mr J Dunning	728	13.1
Majority			720	12.9
Turnout			5,558	65.5

Littlehampton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dr J M M Walsh	2,132	37.1
	Conservative	Mr G M Tyler	1,837	32.0
	Labour	Mr M J Thomson	1,246	21.7
	UKIP	Mr R H East	524	9.1
Majority			295	5.1
Turnout			5,739	62.3

Littlehampton Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mr G K O’Neill	1,399	37.1
	Conservative	Mr A W Gammon	1,016	26.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D M Jones	903	24.0
	UKIP	Ms M E Lees	452	12.0
Majority			383	10.2
Turnout			3,770	53.5

Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs C A Freeman	2,528	49.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ms R A Kissell	1,181	22.9
	Labour	Mr S B McConnell	989	19.2
	UKIP	Mr A C Sutcliffe	459	8.9
Majority			1,347	26.1
Turnout			5,157	63.6

Nyetimber

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr M W G Coleman	3,263	47.7
	Labour	Ms P P Nash	1,468	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mr G C Burt	1,450	21.2
	UKIP	Mr S D Porter	649	9.5
Majority			1,795	26.2
Turnout			6,830	68.1

Rustington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P T Moor	2,817	46.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A S D Lauretani	1,971	32.3
	Labour	Mr A J Dines	904	14.8
	UKIP	Ms J A Penn	413	6.8
Majority			846	13.8
Turnout			6,105	68.0

Chichester

Bourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr T M E Dunn	2,377	40.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R A Gowlett	1,922	32.8
	Labour	Mr J Baker	841	14.3
	Independent	Mrs C H Phillips	375	6.4
	UKIP	Mrs A R Denny	347	5.9
Majority			455	7.7
Turnout			5,862	65.6

Chichester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A R H Smith	2,191	40.8
	Conservative	Mr S I King	1,765	32.9
	Labour	Mr B Earnshaw-Mansell	1,047	19.5
	UKIP	Mr A S Preater-Cole	368	6.9
Majority			426	7.9
Turnout			5,371	59.2

Chichester North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M N Hall	2,628	48.7
	Conservative	Mrs H A Flynn	1,884	34.9
	Labour	Mr D Morrison	593	11.0
	UKIP	Mr M A H Mason	290	5.4
Majority			744	13.8
Turnout			5,395	68.4

Chichester South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A D Chaplin	2,244	40.5
	Conservative	Mr A P Dignum	2,034	36.7
	Labour	Mr M J Few	891	16.1
	UKIP	Mr N D W Sitwell	374	6.7
Majority			210	3.8
Turnout			5,543	65.3

Chichester West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ms M L Goldsmith	2,446	39.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J R Campling	2,051	33.0
	Labour	Mr R J Hastings	875	14.1
	UKIP	Mr J McCulloch	367	5.9
	Independent	Mr A J Phillips	268	4.3
	Independent	Mr R I Apel	202	3.3
Majority			395	6.4
Turnout			6,209	68.9

Fernhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lt Con T Pemberton	3,022	52.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mr K V Rowsell	1,848	32.0
	Labour	Mr B R D Hollowood	616	10.7
	UKIP	Mr D E Denny	295	5.1
Majority			1,174	20.3
Turnout			5,781	70.5

Midhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ms N J Hendon	2,222	38.5
	Independent	Mr A M Shaxson	1,653	28.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ms J R Fowler	1,612	28.0
	UKIP	Mr P J Cole	280	4.9
Majority			569	9.8
Turnout			5,767	68.1

Petworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P W J Moffatt	3,524	54.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R Cooper	1,968	30.3
	Labour	Ms J Miller	651	10.0
	UKIP	Ms V A Moran	354	5.4
Majority			1,556	23.9
Turnout			6,497	69.7

Selsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P E Jones	2,155	40.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J E Shade	1,386	25.9
	Labour	Ms M M Lawson	1,214	22.6
	UKIP	Mr B A Smith	605	11.3
Majority			769	14.3
Turnout			5,360	64.6

The Witterings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr J M Daws-Chew	2,339	45.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A G Wells	993	19.2
	Independent	Mr R J Norris	755	14.6
	Labour	Mr P J O’Sullivan	632	12.2
	UKIP	Mr R L Wilson	450	8.7
Majority			1,346	26.1
Turnout			5,169	66.3

Crawley

Bewbush, Gossops Green & Southgate (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mr C J Mullins	3,674	23.8
	Labour	Mrs J C Sully	2,856	18.5
	Conservative	Mr B K Blake	2,763	17.9
	Conservative	Mr H S Bloom	2,707	17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J C Bonner	1,526	9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D C Wise	1,142	7.4
	Green	Rev M D Liles	747	4.8
Turnout			15,415	54.8

Broadfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mr J McGough	1,861	45.5
	Conservative	Mr M T Head	1,291	31.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M R Scott	723	17.7
	UKIP	Mr D A Hardman	212	5.2
Majority			570	13.9
Turnout			4,087	49.2

Ifield, Langley Green & West Green (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mr J Mortimer	3,906	25.5
	Labour	Mr J G T Smith	3,173	20.7
	Conservative	Mr J I Denman	2,295	15.0
	Conservative	Mr C J Skinner	2,075	13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mr B J Hamilton	1,411	9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr K J R Osborne	1,175	7.7
	BNP	Mr G W Baldwin	673	4.4
	Green	Mr A S D Graham	586	3.8
Turnout			15,294	55.7

Northgate & Three Bridges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ms G D Joyce	1,719	36.8
	Conservative	Ms B J Burgess	1,546	33.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D J Barry	1,049	22.5
	BNP	Mr R N Grice	215	4.6
	Green	Mrs M F Liles	143	3.1
Majority			173	3.7
Turnout			4,672	60.1

Pound Hill, Worth & Maidenbower (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr H E M Smith	5,532	29.1
	Conservative	Mr D G Dewdney	4,804	25.3
	Labour	Ms J Skudder	2,307	12.1
	Labour	Mr E M Sully	2,218	11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mr E Reay	1,853	9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mr P S Bannister	1,528	8.0
	Green	Mr B T A Liles	782	4.1
Turnout			19,024	63.4

Tilgate & Furnace Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr D G Crow	2,302	40.6
	Labour	Mr W A Ward	2,127	37.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R J McMurray	963	17.0
	Green	Ms V Dore	283	5.0
Majority			175	3.1
Turnout			5,675	63.5

Horsham

Billingshurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr O J Davies	2,950	50.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mr G F H Lawes	2,078	35.7
	Labour	Ms S Morton	797	13.7
Majority			872	14.9
Turnout			5,825	66.5

Bramber Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D R Deedman	3,056	48.8
	Conservative	Mr A N Whall	2,473	39.5
	Labour	Mr P Hilditch	737	11.8
Majority			583	9.3
Turnout			6,266	70.4

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr L H Barnard	3,381	61.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mr F W S Taylor	2,086	38.2
Majority			1,295	23.6
Turnout			5,467	67.7

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P C Catchpole	2,546	44.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mr L J C Crosbie	2,374	41.4
	Labour	Mr R E Chapman	815	14.2
Majority			172	3.0
Turnout			5,734	68.7

Horsham Carfax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dr N P S Dennis	3,018	51.6
	Conservative	Ms E A Ostacchini	2,013	34.4
	Labour	Ms K J Goddard	815	13.9
Majority			1,005	17.2
Turnout			5,846	67.9

Horsham Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs M E Millson	3,015	52.0
	Conservative	Mr N R M Lowson	1,915	33.0
	Labour	Mr J D Thomas	873	15.0
Majority			1,100	19.0
Turnout			5,803	67.3

Pulborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs P A C Arculus	3,826	63.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D B C Wright	2,177	36.3
Majority			1,649	27.4
Turnout			6,003	68.2

Roffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr W J Hellawell	2,751	45.5
	Conservative	Mr J W Charles	2,347	38.8
	Labour	Mr R M Wilson	946	15.7
Majority			404	6.7
Turnout			6,044	64.3

Southwater & Nuthurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr B R A D Watson	3,057	48.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mr P J Stainton	2,608	41.3
	Labour	Mr T C Parker	646	10.2
Majority			449	7.1
Turnout			6,311	69.0

Storrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr F T Wilkinson	3,767	58.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A G Hughes	1,619	25.3
	Labour	Ms P J Banks	1,020	15.9
Majority			2,148	33.5
Turnout			6,406	70.1

Warnham & Rusper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr M P S Hodgson	3,217	56.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mr T H Pearce	1,645	28.9
	Labour	Ms J A Battersby	832	14.6
Majority			1,572	27.6
Turnout			5,694	67.3

Mid Sussex

Burgess Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs S Knight	4,940	22.4
	Conservative	Mr A J Barrett-Miles	4,677	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs J M Henwood	4,627	20.9
	Conservative	Mrs J A Landriani	4,445	20.1
	Labour	Mr I Renshaw	1,495	6.8
	Labour	Mr A L West	977	4.4
	Green	Mrs M J McGregor	930	4.2
Turnout			22,091	67.9

Cuckfield & Lucastes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs A M Morris	2,633	53.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs I Balls	1,556	31.3
	Labour	Mr D W Davies	423	8.5
	Green	Mr P B Wemyss-Gorman	354	7.1
Majority			1,077	21.7
Turnout			4,966	72.8

East Grinstead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs M E Collins	4,802	23.8
	Conservative	Mrs M M Ball	4,680	23.2
	Conservative	Mr A G Bass	4,449	22.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A N Brock	4,138	20.5
	Labour	Mr S D Fallowell	1,257	6.2
	Labour	Mr D A Irvine	875	4.3
Turnout			20,201	66.6

Hassocks & Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dr C E Wilsdon	2,818	42.9
	Conservative	Mr S K J Bell	2,632	40.1
	Labour	Mrs A P Piercy	697	10.6
	Green	Mr D M Hammond	423	6.4
Majority			186	2.8
Turnout			6,570	69.9

Haywards Heath East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr A J De-Mierre	1,779	36.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ms J Brown	1,615	33.0
	Labour	Mr P J Henry	1,504	30.7
Majority			164	3.3
Turnout			4,898	67.6

Haywards Heath Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr B Hall	2,096	39.4
	Conservative	Mrs M N Baker	2,052	38.6
	Labour	Mr R Goddard	846	15.9
	Green	Mr P P Smith	324	6.1
Majority			44	0.8
Turnout			5,318	70.0

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P A D Griffiths	2,816	53.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mr N C S Cook	1,479	28.3
	Labour	Mr M P Uhlhorn	745	14.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Mr P B Berry	192	3.7
Majority			1,337	25.5
Turnout			5,232	70.7

Imberdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr P A C Coote	2,533	48.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mr E A Matthews	1,312	25.1
	Green	Ms C W Edminson	805	15.4
	Labour	Mr M Briggs	578	11.1
Majority			1,221	23.4
Turnout			5,228	71.9

Lindfield & High Weald

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mrs M D Johnson	3,586	52.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ms A Lucraft	2,045	29.7
	Green	Mr P E M Brown	646	9.4
	Labour	Mr J M Crawford	613	8.9
Majority			1,514	22.3
Turnout			6,890	73.5

Worth Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr W E Acraman	3,208	53.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mr G E Knight	1,327	22.1
	Labour	Mr R M Burgess	1,025	17.0
	Green	Mr M B Weller	452	7.5
Majority			1,881	31.3
Turnout			6,012	68.5

Worthing

Gaisford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mr P E Green	5,012	24.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D R M Lissenburg	4,238	20.3
	Conservative	Mrs M F Lermitte	3,452	16.5
	Conservative	Mr J L Rogers	3,413	16.4
	Labour	Mr J S Gardiner	1,736	8.3
	Labour	Mr J M Turley	1,465	7.0
	Green	Ms M Hillcoat	1,117	5.4
	Independent	Mr I D Sandell	426	2.0
Turnout			20,859	58.4

Goring & Northbrook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr K C R Mercer	4,024	21.5
	Conservative	Mr S G Waight	3,766	20.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr N C Rodgers	3,279	17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R T Rogers	3,078	16.5
	Labour	Mr A Bignell	1,384	7.4
	Labour	Mr N T Duffy	1,302	7.0
	Green	Mr A M Stace	698	3.7
	UKIP	Mr R G Bater	628	3.4
	UKIP	Mr C M Woodward	515	2.8
Turnout			18,674	61.0

Salvington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr C A O’Neill	5,265	28.1
	Conservative	Mr C H Stevens	5,061	27.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M D Donin	3,404	18.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr K D R Sunderland	3,191	17.0
	Labour	Ms H Rennie	1,797	9.6
Turnout			18,718	62.7

Worthing East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs I C Richards	1,866	41.9
	Conservative	Mr M Saheid	1,764	39.6
	Labour	Ms A Saunders	828	18.6
Majority			102	2.3
Turnout			4,458	57.5

Worthing Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr C B Roberts	1,678	40.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ms C B Brown	1,434	34.5
	Labour	Mr P H Barnes	694	16.7
	Green	Mr D H Colkett	351	8.4
Majority			244	5.9
Turnout			4,157	52.5

Worthing West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mr J Livermore	2,357	45.22
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A S Rice	1,295	24.8
	Labour	Mr B F Slater	820	15.7
	Green	Mrs L Colkett	392	7.5
	UKIP	Mr P A Ruddock	266	5.1
	Independent	Mr J D Robers	82	1.6
Majority			1,062	20.4
Turnout			5,212	60.5

References

• West Sussex County Council