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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 19 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 51 | 37 | 15,671 | ||
Conservative | 18 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 49 | 52 | 21,760 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2,723 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,066 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 848 | ||
Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 53 | ||
Justice Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 40 | ||
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Chris Cheshire | 1,636 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Robert Reid | 1,173 | ||
UKIP | Simon Darroch | 631 | ||
Green | Richard Martin Kail | 171 | ||
Justice Party | Arshad Khan | 40 | ||
Turnout | 57% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Duncan Crow | 1,560 | ||
Labour | Tony Patel | 903 | ||
UKIP | Allan Peter Griffiths | 516 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Lee Anderson | 156 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Lisa Vitler | 1,278 | ||
Labour | Jason Robert Vine | 920 | ||
UKIP | Christopher James Brown | 544 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Martin Alan Stone | 2,312 | ||
Labour | Sue Mullins | 1,906 | ||
Turnout | 62% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Andrew Clifford Skudder | 1,739 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Simon Jagger | 957 | ||
UKIP | Sharon Elizabeth Kennett | 549 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Osborne | 152 | ||
Turnout | 59% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kim Jaggard | 3,455 | ||
Labour | Sumon Ahmed | 1,066 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geraint Thomas | 1,227 | ||
Conservative | Tina Belben | 930 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sargent | 156 | ||
Turnout | 59% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Kevan McCarthy | 2,341 | ||
Labour | Carlos Portal Castro | 853 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Ann Spooner | 299 | ||
Turnout | 69% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Beryl Mecrow | 2,901 | ||
Labour | Rory Stuart Fiveash | 1,383 | ||
Turnout | 68% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Jan Tarrant | 1,894 | ||
Labour | Michael William Pickett | 1,564 | ||
Green | Robin David Fitton | 268 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elke Smith | 137 | ||
Libertarian | Adam Gregory Brown | 53 | ||
Turnout | 61% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Bob Burgess | 1,597 | ||
Labour | Daryl English | 1,308 | ||
UKIP | Martin Rann | 483 | ||
Green | Tim Holt | 223 | ||
Turnout | 65% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Francis Guidera | 1,362 | ||
Labour | Julian Charatan | 1,166 | ||
Green | Derek Hardman | 186 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Michael Harper | 166 | ||
Turnout | 65% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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