2011 Mid Sussex District Council election

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2011 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 election30 seats, 44.4%23 seats, 39.4%1 seat, 3.1%
Seats won4581
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 15Steady2.svg
Popular vote26,86516,7783,710
Percentage50.8%31.7%7.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.4%Decrease2.svg 7.7%Increase2.svg 3.9%
Mid Sussex UK ward map 2011.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Mid Sussex District Council election
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2011 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members to Mid Sussex District Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

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Results summary

2011 Mid Sussex District Council election [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 45150Increase2.svg 1583.350.826,865+6.4
  Liberal Democrats 8015Decrease2.svg 1514.831.716,778–7.7
  Labour 100Steady2.svg1.97.03,710+3.9
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.06.03,195–0.5
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.03.21,677+2.8
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.2648–5.0

Results by ward

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Marsh 1,233
Conservative Andrew MacNaughton 1,104
Liberal Democrats Heather Ross556
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barnett 529
Conservative Gary Sillitoe480
Turnout 1,009
Liberal Democrats hold

Bolney

Bolney [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Seward 745
Liberal Democrats Cavan Wood217
UKIP Peter Hopgood148
Turnout 1,110
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles 1,075
Conservative Jacqui Landriani 989
Liberal Democrats Mike Bliss507
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Simpson 1,222
Conservative Ginny Heard 962
Liberal Democrats Graham Allen938
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pru Moore 819
Conservative Cherry Catharine 730
Liberal Democrats Peter Barton611
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks611
Green Anne Eves247
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Dumbovic 732
Conservative Anne Jones 716
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood689
Conservative Chris Smith597
UKIP Chris French177
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denis Jones 818
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight 724
Conservative Kirsty Page662
Conservative Jeremy Catharine617
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mandy Thomas-Atkin 817
Conservative Emily White 703
Liberal Democrats Roger Cartwright682
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Stephens618
Green Victoria Grimmett280
UKIP Kevin Walker183
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Livesey 1,258
Conservative Edward Matthews 843
Labour Timothy Cornell291
Liberal Democrats Eileen Balsdon237
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill (3 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Coote 1,481
Conservative Bruce Forbes 1,379
Conservative Neville Walker 1,212
Liberal Democrats Bill Morrison453
Labour Alison Cornell449
UKIP Brian Bezzant339
UKIP Eric Saunders320
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Cuckfield

Cuckfield (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Salisbury 1,142
Conservative Katy Bourne 1,126
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch779
Liberal Democrats Paul Lucraft472
Green Gillian Maher282
Labour Sarah Moss165
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Bennett 1,037
Conservative Peter Reed 941
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Beckford504
Liberal Democrats Paul Johnson483
Labour Alice Tyrrell233
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Belsey 887
Conservative Norman Webster 837
Liberal Democrats Julie Mockford751
Liberal Democrats Norman Mockford678
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Belsey 1,074
Conservative Dick Sweatman 1,046
Liberal Democrats Chris Jerrey692
Liberal Democrats Tony Joannou-Coetzee630
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heidi Brunsdon 995
Liberal Democrats Bob Mainstone 865
Conservative Rex Whittaker794
Liberal Democrats Tim Wise671
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John O'Brien 711
Liberal Democrats Catrin Ingham 667
Liberal Democrats Howard Evans617
Conservative Peter Wyan601
UKIP Ian Simcock201
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Hassocks

Hassocks (3 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Marples 1,545
Liberal Democrats Sue Hatton 1,423
Conservative Peter Martin 1,396
Conservative Neil Roberts1,227
Liberal Democrats Betty Davies1,082
Liberal Democrats Kristian Berggreen1,037
Labour Steve Lewis542
UKIP Ralph Wylam340
Turnout
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Knight 714
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates 687
Conservative Sujan Wickremaratchi668
Liberal Democrats Jon Gladstone649
Labour Joanna Cane294
Labour Alexander Batteson287
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Dorking 658
Labour Richard Goddard 620
Conservative Stephen Hillier619
Liberal Democrats Irene Balls552
Labour Derek Booker523
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Jones483
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John de Mierre 950
Conservative Garry Wall 897
Liberal Democrats Friday Ng400
Liberal Democrats Mark Thorogood389
Labour Alan Yates214
Labour Alan Rew209
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards 1,090
Conservative Natalie March 966
Liberal Democrats Sussan Ng713
Liberal Democrats Jane Clarke703
Labour Linda Gregory275
UKIP Lesley Montgomery132
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Farmer 1,168
Conservative Mims Davies 1,143
Liberal Democrats Hugh Faithfull511
Liberal Democrats Tony Bridger499
Green Alex Wise390
UKIP Marc Montgomery157
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Weald

High Weald (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon McMenemy 1,159
Conservative Christopher Hersey 1,152
Green Paul Brown651
Liberal Democrats Christian Thal-Jantzen529
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (3 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Callaghan 1,435
Conservative Simon Banham 1,424
Conservative Colin Trumble 1,260
Green Mike Airey706
Green Victoria Standfast698
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson693
Independent David Evans648
Green Mark Vivian575
Liberal Democrats David Drew482
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lindfield

Lindfield (3 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Hersey 1,832
Conservative Christopher Snowling 1,778
Conservative Andrew Lea 1,734
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft732
Green Peter Wemyss-Gorman639
Liberal Democrats Isobel Staynes556
Liberal Democrats Andrew McLean468
Labour Michael Amor418
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Cuckfield

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor Katy Bourne, who was elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner in November 2012. [4]

Cuckfield by-election: 2 May 2013 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pete Bradbury 770 57.8 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch42932.2–0.7
Labour Stuart Gilboy13410.1+3.1
Majority 34125.6
Turnout 1,333
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor John de Mierre on 31 October 2013. [6]

Haywards Heath Franklands by-election: 19 December 2013 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rod Clarke 414 45.6 –8.0
UKIP Howard Burrell26929.6New
Labour Greg Mountain10311.3–0.8
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft9110.0−12.6
Green Miranda Diboll313.4New
Majority 14516.0
Turnout 908
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor Tim Farmer on 6 August 2014 from oesophageal cancer. [8]

Haywards Heath Lucastes by-election: 23 October 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoff Rawlinson 524 56.4 +3.9
UKIP Marc Montgomery20321.9+14.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Chapman11212.1−10.9
Labour Henry Fowler909.7New
Majority 32134.6
Turnout 929
Conservative hold

Bolney

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor Sue Seward. [10]

Bolney by-election: 13 November 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Allen 261 42.9 −24.2
UKIP Anthony Watts Williams18730.7+17.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks16126.4+6.9
Majority 7412.2
Turnout 609
Conservative hold

References

  1. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  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 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Mid Sussex". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  3. 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 "District Council Election Results 2011" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Sussex PCC election: Conservative Katy Bourne wins vote". BBC News. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Clark, Tom (3 May 2013). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Cuckfield ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Haywards Heath West Sussex County Councillor John de Mierre dies". Sussex World. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Clark, Tom (20 December 2013). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Haywards Heath Franklands ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Gross, Oli (15 August 2014). "Tributes pour in after Haywards Heath councillor Tim Farmer dies of cancer". Sussex World . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Clark, Tom (23 October 2014). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Haywards Heath Lucastes ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "This week's local by-election roundup". PoliticsHome. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Clark, Tom (13 November 2014). "Declaration of Result of Poll - Bolney ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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