2014 Crawley Borough Council election

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2014 Crawley Borough Council election [1]
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13 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative UKIP
Last election16210
Seats before1620†1†
Seats won850
Seats after20161
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote8,6538,0835,297
Percentage37.4%35.0%22.9%
Crawley UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2014 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
† One Conservative councillor defected to UKIP in 2013. [2]
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Labour

The 2014 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. [3] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Jones 891
UKIP Casey Lavington515
Conservative Tina Belben370
Justice PartyArshad Khan61
Turnout 28.9%

Broadfield North

Broadfield North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian Irvine 779
UKIP Christopher Brown348
Conservative Corinne Bowen292
Socialist Labour Derek Isaacs30
Turnout 31.0%

Broadfield South

Broadfield South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tim Lunnon 650
UKIP Mia Bristow439
Conservative David Bowen386
Turnout 32.6%

Furnace Green

Furnace Green [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Carole Eade 866
Labour Andrew Skudder525
UKIP Alan Griffiths465
Liberal Democrats David Anderson101
Turnout 43.5%

Ifield

Ifield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Stanley 995
Conservative Martin Stone758
UKIP Steven Wade668
Independent Richard Symonds143
Turnout 38.0%

Langley Green

Langley Green [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Joyce 1,078
UKIP Sharon Kennett471
Conservative Andrew Jagger333
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne101
Turnout 33.2%

Maidenbower

Maidenbower [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ken Trussell 1,114
Labour Julian Charatan508
UKIP Simon Darroch468
Turnout 31.8%

Northgate

Northgate [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Keir Lamb 821
Conservative Ray Ward521
Turnout 34.5%

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard Burrett 1,059
Labour Robbie Sharma362
Liberal Democrats Valerie Spooner110
Turnout 37.9%

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Howard Bloom 1,250
Conservative Beryl Mecrow 1,102
Labour Gillian Joyce556
Labour Jason Vine462
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dennis252
Turnout 37.8%

Southgate

Southgate [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Raj Sharma 888
Conservative Jan Tarrant823
Independent Mike Pickett228
Turnout 38.3%

West Green

West Green [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Karen Sudan 590
Conservative Vanessa Cumper321
UKIP Alison Burke311
Liberal Democrats Elke Smith69
Turnout 34.9%

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References

  1. ↑ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2014". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ↑ "Three senior Crawley Tories defect to UKIP". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 http://crawley.gov.uk/pw/Council_Services_and_Democracy/Elections/Election_Results/PUB244781 2014 Election Results
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