2012 Crawley Borough Council election

2012 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 Seats before 24 13 Seats won 5 8 Seats after 21 16 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 8,527 9,405 Percentage 44.2% 48.8%
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.

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

• Conservative 21
• Labour 16

Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marion Ayling	874	70.9%
	Conservative	Susan Lester	285	23.1%
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	74	6.0%
Majority			589	47.8%
Turnout			1,233
	Labour hold

Broadfield North

Broadfield North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Quinn	738	69.4%
	Conservative	Simon Darroch	326	30.6%
Majority			412	38.8%
Turnout			1,064
	Labour hold

Broadfield South

Broadfield South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Moffatt	645	57.5%
	Conservative	Lee Gilroy	476	42.5%
Majority			169	15.0%
Turnout			1,121
	Labour gain from Conservative

Gossops Green

Gossops Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Mullins	731	47.7%
	Conservative	Beryl Mecrow	658	42.9%
	BNP	Vernon Atkinson	91	5.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dickson	54	3.5%
Majority			73	4.8%
Turnout			1,534
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ifield

Ifield ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Smith	983	49.6%
	Conservative	Ali Burke	660	33.3%
	UKIP	Steven Wade	337	17.0%
Majority			323	16.3%
Turnout			1,980
	Labour gain from Conservative

Langley Green

Langley Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Smith	1,085	68.3%
	Conservative	Richard Nixon	347	21.8%
	UKIP	Gill Andrew	157	9.9%
Majority			738	46.5%
Turnout			1,589
	Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Peck	1,074	71.6%
	Labour	Andrew Skudder	425	28.4%
Majority			649	43.2%
Turnout			1,499
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Brockwell	880	62.5%
	Labour	Kultar Jogi	307	21.8%
	Liberal Democrats	John Mac Canna	140	10.0%
	UKIP	Richard Symonds	80	5.7%
Majority			573	40.7%
Turnout			1,407
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Lanzer	1,224	71.0%
	Labour	Sina Adeniyi	499	29.0%
Majority			725	42.0%
Turnout			1,723
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liam Marshall-Ascough	920	44.5%
	Labour	Raj Sharma	854	41.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Liles	294	14.2%
Majority			66	3.2%
Turnout			2,068
	Conservative hold

Three Bridges

Three Bridges ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Burgess	875	54.6%
	Labour	Samantha Bateman	728	45.4%
Majority			147	9.2%
Turnout			1,603
	Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Lloyd	878	59.4%
	Conservative	George O'Keefe	482	32.6%
	Green	Derek Hardman	119	8.0%
Majority			396	26.8%
Turnout			1,479
	Labour hold

• Note: This Tilgate seat was won by the Conservatives at the previous regular election in 2008, but gained by Labour in a by-election in 2010 ^[5]

West Green

West Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Ward	658	67.3%
	Conservative	Chrissie Brown	320	32.7%
Majority			338	34.6%
Turnout			978
	Labour hold

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2012". Local Elections Archive Project.
2. "Local Elections May 2012". uklocalgov. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
3. "Vote 2012". conservativecouncillors. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. "England council elections". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
5. "Local Authority Byelection Results" . Retrieved 17 June 2019.