2012 Crawley Borough Council election

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2012 Crawley Borough Council election [1]
  2011 3 May 2012 2014  

12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats before2413
Seats won58
Seats after2116
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote8,5279,405
Percentage44.2%48.8%

Crawley UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2012 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2012 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Crawley District Council in West Sussex, England. [2] [3] One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: [4]

Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Marion Ayling 874 70.9%
Conservative Susan Lester28523.1%
Justice PartyArshad Khan746.0%
Majority58947.8%
Turnout 1,233
Labour hold

Broadfield North

Broadfield North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian Quinn 738 69.4%
Conservative Simon Darroch32630.6%
Majority41238.8%
Turnout 1,064
Labour hold

Broadfield South

Broadfield South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Colin Moffatt 645 57.5%
Conservative Lee Gilroy47642.5%
Majority16915.0%
Turnout 1,121
Labour gain from Conservative

Gossops Green

Gossops Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris Mullins 731 47.7%
Conservative Beryl Mecrow65842.9%
BNP Vernon Atkinson915.9%
Liberal Democrats Iain Dickson543.5%
Majority734.8%
Turnout 1,534
Labour gain from Conservative

Ifield

Ifield [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Smith 983 49.6%
Conservative Ali Burke66033.3%
UKIP Steven Wade33717.0%
Majority32316.3%
Turnout 1,980
Labour gain from Conservative

Langley Green

Langley Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brenda Smith 1,085 68.3%
Conservative Richard Nixon34721.8%
UKIP Gill Andrew1579.9%
Majority73846.5%
Turnout 1,589
Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Duncan Peck 1,074 71.6%
Labour Andrew Skudder42528.4%
Majority64943.2%
Turnout 1,499
Conservative hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Keith Brockwell 880 62.5%
Labour Kultar Jogi30721.8%
Liberal Democrats John Mac Canna14010.0%
UKIP Richard Symonds805.7%
Majority57340.7%
Turnout 1,407
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Bob Lanzer 1,224 71.0%
Labour Sina Adeniyi49929.0%
Majority72542.0%
Turnout 1,723
Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Liam Marshall-Ascough 920 44.5%
Labour Raj Sharma85441.3%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Liles29414.2%
Majority663.2%
Turnout 2,068
Conservative hold

Three Bridges

Three Bridges [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Brenda Burgess 875 54.6%
Labour Samantha Bateman72845.4%
Majority1479.2%
Turnout 1,603
Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Colin Lloyd 878 59.4%
Conservative George O'Keefe48232.6%
Green Derek Hardman1198.0%
Majority39626.8%
Turnout 1,479
Labour hold

West Green

West Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bill Ward 658 67.3%
Conservative Chrissie Brown32032.7%
Majority33834.6%
Turnout 978
Labour hold

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