2007 Mid Sussex District Council election

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2007 Mid Sussex District Council election
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All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election28 seats, 53.4%24 seats, 40.1%2 seats, 5.2%
Seats won30231
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote19,75117,5601,393
Percentage44.4%39.4%3.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 9.0%Decrease2.svg 0.7%Decrease2.svg 2.1%
Mid Sussex UK ward map 2007.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2007 Mid Sussex District Council election
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2007 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in England. [1] [2] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

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Results summary

2007 Mid Sussex District Council election [1] [2] [3]
PartySeatsNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 30Increase2.svg255.5
  Liberal Democrats 23Decrease2.svg142.6
  Labour 1Decrease2.svg11.9
  Independents 0Steady2.svg0.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0

Ward results

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Marsh* 934 54.4 −18.2
Conservative Andrew MacNaughton* 879
Green Claire Green39623.1+23.1
Liberal Democrats Betty Davies38722.5−4.9
Turnout 35.6
Registered electors 3,943
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood (1 seat) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barnett* 459 53.4 −14.1
Conservative John Saull33839.3+6.8
UKIP Nick Chadburn627.2+7.2
Turnout 41.4
Registered electors 2,087
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bolney

Bolney (1 seat) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Seward* 577 66.2 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Davies17920.5+6.7
UKIP Peter Hopgood11613.3+13.3
Turnout 42.8
Registered electors 2,048
Conservative hold Swing

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles* 832 67.3 +13.6
Conservative Jacqui Landriani 774
Liberal Democrats Mike Bliss40532.7−13.6
Turnout 32.2
Registered electors 3,681
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Heather Ross* 922 50.8 −5.3
Conservative Julian Thorpe 894 49.2 +5.3
Conservative Iain Andrews850
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood832
Turnout 48.7
Registered electors 3,743
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Jones* 842 54.1 −17.1
Conservative Pru Moore 714 45.9 +17.1
Liberal Democrats Caroline Loosen689
Turnout 40.3
Registered electors 3,687
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Dumbovic* 806 61.8 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Patrick Cutler* 740
Conservative Steve Bell49838.2+4.7
Conservative Clare Penn-Sayers328
Turnout 39.2
Registered electors 3,392
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Shevels* 750 55.5 −7.6
Liberal Democrats Diane Shevels* 709
Conservative Peter Burgess48535.9−1.0
Conservative Margaret Rumbold462
Labour David Boot1168.6+8.6
Turnout 38.8
Registered electors 3,454
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mandy Thomas-Atkin 728 51.4 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Eileen Balsdon 687 48.6 −12.6
Conservative Julian Wadey681
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight*680
Turnout 38.2
Registered electors 3,874
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Livesey 961 74.8
Conservative Sophia Harrison* 936
Liberal Democrats Anna Hodgetts18414.3
Green Philip Smith13910.8
Turnout 33.8
Registered electors 3,708
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill (3 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Hatswell 1,279 50.5 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Pearce 1,210
Liberal Democrats Mike Watts 1,154
Conservative Phillip Coote*75829.9−26.9
Conservative Sonia Lee699
Conservative Neville Walker637
Green Barrie Weller2068.1+8.1
Independent Eric Saunders1526.0+6.0
Labour Alison Cornell1375.4+5.4
Turnout 41.1
Registered electors 5,465
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Cuckfield

Cuckfield (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward King* 962 65.7 +10.5
Conservative Brenda Binge* 945
Liberal Democrats Gillian Maher50234.3+12.7
Liberal Democrats Marianne Griffin451
Turnout 42.5
Registered electors 3,638
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Bennett 645 41.7 −2.9
Conservative Peter Reed 600
Liberal Democrats Paul Johnson*55635.9−19.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Lord*548
Independent Emma Baldry34622.4+22.4
Turnout 36.8
Registered electors 3,917
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bernard Gillbard* 727 44.4 −13.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Brock 561
Conservative Margaret Belsey49430.2−11.8
Green Nick Gibson41525.4+25.4
Conservative Julian Walden380
Turnout 36.9
Registered electors 3,793
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Dixon* 899 52.1 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Jerrey 808
Conservative Edward Belsey70240.7−9.1
Conservative Nicolette Owden630
Independent Bernard Conn1257.2+7.2
Turnout 43.0
Registered electors 3,689
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Heidi Brunsdon 995 66.9 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Glynn* 986
Conservative Sara Ball40427.2−15.4
Conservative Brian Sparkes368
Independent Jack Hill896.0+6.0
Turnout 46.5
Registered electors 3,218
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Joyce-Nelson* 712 58.4 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Edward Matthews* 687
Conservative Sonia Everett42034.5−4.8
Conservative David Oldbury414
Independent John Ablett877.1+7.1
Turnout 35.5
Registered electors 3,426
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hassocks

Hassocks (3 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Hatton 1,358 41.3
Conservative Gordon Marples* 1,205 36.6
Conservative Peter Martin* 1,202
Liberal Democrats David Cumberland1,178
Liberal Democrats Kristian Berggreen1,142
Conservative Patrick Shanahan*1,138
Independent Noel Thomas56817.3
Independent David Hammond324
Labour Jenny Epstein1574.8
Labour Maurice Epstein135
Labour Stephen Lewis116
Turnout 53.3
Registered electors 5,665
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywords Heath Ashenground

Haywords Heath Ashenground (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates* 941 61.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Hall* 923
Conservative Katy Bourne59738.8
Conservative Benedict White536
Turnout 41.2
Registered electors 3,879
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Fisher 558 35.5
Labour Paddy Henry* 555 35.3
Labour Richard Goddard*502
Liberal Democrats Paul Lucraft468
Conservative Charlie de Mierre45929.2
Conservative Lalaine Jones437
Turnout 40.6
Registered electors 3,828
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Labour hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Chapman* 756 49.1
Conservative Garry Wall 675
Independent Mike Bright42027.3
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Cooper23915.5
Liberal Democrats Victoria Jones226
Labour Derek Davies1258.1
Turnout 37.6
Registered electors 3,519
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Baker 974 54.5
Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards 922
Liberal Democrats Julia Brown*81345.5
Liberal Democrats Lesley Wilkins*762
Turnout 46.0
Registered electors 3,915
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Belsey 686 37.2
Conservative Jane Keel 649
Liberal Democrats Irene Balls58331.6
Independent Terry Gillard*57431.1
Independent Derek Bookes*522
Liberal Democrats Susan Ng510
Turnout 48.0
Registered electors 3,757
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Weald

High Weald (2 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Hersey* 989 55.0
Conservative James Temple-Smithson 973
Green Paul Brown52429.1
Green Catherine Edminson507
Liberal Democrats Christian Thal-Jantzen28615.9
Turnout 45.0
Registered electors 3,920
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (3 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susanna Kemp* 1,292 40.4
Conservative Christopher Maidment 1,270
Conservative Gina Field 1,206
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson85726.8
Green Mike Airey74623.3
Labour Ann Morgan3039.5
Labour Len Morgan186
Labour Malcolm Uhlhorn168
Turnout 42.9
Registered electors 5,509
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lindfield

Lindfield (3 seats) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Snowling* 1,447 49.3
Conservative Margaret Hersey* 1,434
Conservative Andrew Lea 1,421
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft63421.6
Green Peter Wemyss-Gorman45415.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew McLean451
Liberal Democrats Mark Thorogood406
Independent Mike Allen39813.6
Turnout 43.4
Registered electors 5,429
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews by-election (2 seats): 3 July 2008 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood 876
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight 829
Conservative Peter Burgess561
Conservative Jim Clapperton501
Green Philip Smith65
Labour Leigh Marshall40
Turnout 2,872
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (2008)

Hurstpierpoint and Downs by-election: 24 July 2008 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Callaghan 1,040 51.4 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson60830.1+3.3
Green Mike Airey37418.4−4.8
Majority 43221.3
Turnout 2,02235.9
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood by-election: 22 January 2009 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Balls 514 36.9 +1.4
Labour Richard Goddard45632.7–2.6
Conservative Andy Mackintosh33223.8−5.4
BNP Tony Brewer926.6New
Majority 584.2
Turnout 1,394
Liberal Democrats hold

Cuckfield

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor Brenda Binge on 24 February 2010 from hepatitis C complications. [7] [8]

Cuckfield by-election: 6 May 2010 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Salisbury 1,597 54.0 –11.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch1,36246.0+11.7
Majority 2358.0
Turnout 2,959
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath by-election: 6 May 2010 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Ng 1,350 46.9 +1.4
Conservative Ruth de Mierre1,31045.5−9.0
Labour Alan Yates2217.7New
Majority 401.4
Turnout 2,881
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

High Weald

High Weald by-election: 6 May 2010 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon McMenemy 1,670 55.9 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft92230.9+15.0
Green Paul Brown39513.2–15.9
Majority 74825.0
Turnout 2,987
Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (2010)

Hurstpierpoint and Downs by-election: 6 May 2010 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anna DeFilippo 2,362 56.1 +15.7
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson1,84843.9+17.1
Majority 51412.2
Turnout 4,210
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor Clive Chapman in May 2010. [10]

Haywards Heath Franklands by-election: 29 July 2010 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John de Mierre 545 50.8 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Raha Kazemi46443.3+27.8
Independent Colin Bates635.9New
Majority 817.6
Turnout 1,072
Conservative hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2007" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Sussex". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Results of the English Shire District Elections 1973-2012" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Burgess Hill (District Council By-election) – St Andrews Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hurstpierpoint and Downs (District Council By-election)" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Jory, John (23 January 2009). "Haywards Heath (District Council By-election) – Bentswood Ward results 2009" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Ryan, Siobhan (25 March 2010). "Sussex Hepatitis campaigner dies". The Argus . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Death Notice - BRENDA BINGE". The Argus. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "2010 UK Parliamentary Election and By-election Results" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Evans, Rebecca (1 August 2010). "Conservatives hold seat in Mid Sussex by-election". The Argus . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Clark, Tom (29 July 2010). "Haywards Heath (District Council By-Election) – Franklands Ward results 2010" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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