2011 Crawley Borough Council election

2011 Crawley Borough Council election ^[1]

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12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 26 11 Seats before 25† 12† Seats won 8 4 Seats after 24 13 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 12,762 10,363 Percentage 51.1% 41.5%
Map showing the results of the 2011 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election. † Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in a by-election in October 2010 [2]
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2011 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Crawley District Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 24
• Labour 13

Election result

Crawley local election result 2011 ^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8				66.7	51.1	12,762
	Labour	4				33.3	41.5	10,363
	Green	0				0.0	3.3	812
	Liberal Democrats	0				0.0	2.3	565
	UKIP	0				0.0	1.3	318
	Justice Party	0				0.0	0.5	132

Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Cheshire	1,121
	Conservative	Pravin Mistry	564
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	132
Turnout				29.55
	Labour hold

Furnace Green

Furnace Green ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Crow	1,036
	Labour	Colin Moffatt	722
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Wise	163
	Green	Maris Liles	152
Turnout				49.48
	Conservative hold

Gossops Green

Gossops Green ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Blake	797
	Labour	Chris Mullins	792
	Green	Iain Dickson	152
Turnout				44.86
	Conservative hold

Ifield

Ifield ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Oxlade	1,283
	Conservative	Liam Marshall-Ascough	1,245
Turnout				38.93
	Labour hold

Langley Green

Langley Green ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Shreeves	1,139
	Conservative	Christine Brown	539
	UKIP	Peter Brent	170
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Osborne	126
Turnout				34.55
	Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lenny Walker	1,737
	Labour	Olusina Adeniyi	522
Turnout				35.85
	Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Geraint Thomas	831
	Conservative	Duncan Peck	551
Turnout				37.15
	Labour Co-op hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sally Blake	1,241
	Labour	Aneel Sharma	435
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Reay	276
	UKIP	John MacCanna	148
Turnout				42.78
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claire Denman	1,783
	Labour	Anita Bateman	794
Turnout				41.66
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karl Williamson	1,091
	Labour	Raj Sharma	995
	Green	Malcolm Liles	366
Turnout				39.91
	Conservative hold

Three Bridges

Three Bridges ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	1,257
	Labour	Thakordas Patel	892
Turnout				42.03
	Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Boxall	921
	Labour	Peter Smith	837
	Green	Derek Hardman	142
Turnout				42.35
	Conservative hold

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project.
2. "Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2010" . Retrieved 17 June 2019.
3. "England council elections". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
4. "Local Elections 2011". Crawley Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.