2015 Crawley Borough Council election

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2015 Crawley Borough Council election [1] [2]
  2014 7 May 2015 2016  

12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election2016
Seats before2116
Seats won39
Seats after1918
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2
Popular vote15,67121,760
Percentage37.2%51.6%

Crawley UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2015 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 UKIP in a by-election in October 2014 [3]

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2015 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect third of the members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. [4] The seats up for election were last contested in 2011.

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Results

2015 Crawley Borough Council Election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1901-1513715,671
  Conservative 1810+1495221,760
  UKIP 0000062,723
  Liberal Democrats 0000031,066
  Green 000002848
  Libertarian 000000.153
 Justice Party000000.140

The Labour Party governing group of councillors saw their majority reduced to one councillor, with one gained by a Conservative, keeping some areas of the authority having no representatives within the group with control of the council. Five of six seats held were retained by Labour candidates, keeping some areas with sole majority party representation. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place. Seats from two lower-population wards were without elections in 2015. [5] [6] [7]

Ward by ward

Bewbush

Bewbush [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Chris Cheshire 1,636
Conservative Patrick Robert Reid1,173
UKIP Simon Darroch631
Green Richard Martin Kail171
Justice PartyArshad Khan40
Turnout 57%
Labour hold

Furnace Green

Furnace Green [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Duncan Crow 1,560
Labour Tony Patel903
UKIP Allan Peter Griffiths516
Liberal Democrats David Lee Anderson156
Turnout 69%
Conservative hold

Gossops Green

Gossops Green [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Lisa Vitler 1,278
Labour Jason Robert Vine920
UKIP Christopher James Brown544
Turnout 69%
Conservative hold

Ifield

Ifield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Martin Alan Stone 2,312
Labour Sue Mullins1,906
Turnout 62%
Conservative gain from Labour

Langley Green

Langley Green [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Andrew Clifford Skudder 1,739
Conservative Andrew Simon Jagger957
UKIP Sharon Elizabeth Kennett549
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne152
Turnout 59%
Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kim Jaggard3,455
Labour Sumon Ahmed1,066
Turnout 69%
Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Geraint Thomas 1,227
Conservative Tina Belben930
Liberal Democrats Michael John Sargent156
Turnout 59%
Labour hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kevan McCarthy 2,341
Labour Carlos Portal Castro853
Liberal Democrats Valerie Ann Spooner299
Turnout 69%
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Beryl Mecrow 2,901
Labour Rory Stuart Fiveash1,383
Turnout 68%
Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jan Tarrant 1,894
Labour Michael William Pickett1,564
Green Robin David Fitton268
Liberal Democrats Elke Smith137
Libertarian Adam Gregory Brown53
Turnout 61%
Conservative gain from Labour

Three Bridges

Three Bridges [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Bob Burgess 1,597
Labour Daryl English1,308
UKIP Martin Rann483
Green Tim Holt223
Turnout 65%
Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Francis Guidera 1,362
Labour Julian Charatan1,166
Green Derek Hardman186
Liberal Democrats James Michael Harper166
Turnout 65%
Conservative hold

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References

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  2. Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 18.
  3. 1 2 "Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2014". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  4. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. Election result Crawley News. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
  6. "Labour hold Crawley Borough Council by slimmest majority" Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Crawley and Horley Observer. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
  7. 2011 results showing by ward with all candidates' votes Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine CBC. Accessed 2015-05-22
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/PUB246856 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Statement of Persons Nominated
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  10. "Crawley UKIP chairman was given only a day's notice of councillor's resignation". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 August 2014.[ permanent dead link ]