2015 Horsham District Council election

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The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives secured a majority of 17, which was the largest majority any party has ever achieved at a Horsham District Council election.

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2015 Horsham District Council election
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All 44 seats to Horsham District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won3941
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 1

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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ConLDemInd

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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3941
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Results summary

2015 Horsham District Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3950Increase2.svg 588.656.477,6470.0
  Liberal Democrats 404Decrease2.svg 49.117.223,732-7.2
  Independent 101Decrease2.svg 12.32.43,300-1.3
  UKIP 0––Steady2.svg0.010.113,844+3.3
  Labour 0--Steady2.svg0.07.810,736+0.6
  Green 0––Steady2.svg0.05.98,071+4.8
  Peace 0––Steady2.svg0.00.34180.0

Ward results

Billingshurst and Shipley

Billingshurst and Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Jupp 2,883 38.6 −3.7
Conservative Gordon Lindsay 2,532
Conservative Kathleen Rowbottom 2,424
UKIP Patrick Dearsley1,30117.4+0.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Brundish1,20916.2−0.2
Green Tia Kuchmy1,07214.3+14.3
Labour Keith Maslin1,01313.5+1.4
Turnout 69.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Coldwell 1,581 48.3 +3.9
Conservative Ben Staines 1,542
Liberal Democrats David Boyle74122.6−12.5
Green Michael Croker58417.8+17.8
Labour Jean Sadgrove36611.2+0.4
Labour Adrian Norridge334
Turnout 70.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew French 784 40.4 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Curnock67234.6−3.3
UKIP Uri Baran30415.7+6.9
Green Shaun Longhurst1809.3+9.3
Turnout 70.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Circus 2,943 53.4 −3.7
Conservative John Blackall 2,926
Conservative Eric Jenkins 2,586
UKIP Graham Croft-Smith1,42525.8+13.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin1,14720.8+3.8
Turnout 75.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chantry

Chantry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Dawe 3,413 45.6 −8.9
Conservative James Sanson 2,967
Conservative Paul Marshall 2,771
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holbrook-Sishton1,47319.7+1.5
UKIP Peter Westrip1,37018.3+5.4
Green Katherine Hope1,22516.4+16.4
Turnout 73.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Chowen 2,087 71.4 +5.0
Conservative Roger Clarke 2,071
Liberal Democrats Laurence Price83728.6−5.0
Turnout 72.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Denne

Denne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Lee 1,253 31.8 −7.1
Conservative Antony Hogben 1,228
Independent David Sheldon79720.2+20.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fairweather-Tall73818.7−18.4
Labour Kevin O'Sullivan61615.6+1.5
UKIP Raymond Toot54113.7+3.8
Turnout 68.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

David Sheldon was elected as a Liberal Democrat in Denne ward in 2011, the year when this seat was last up for election, he resigned from the party in 2014. [2]

Forest

Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Godfrey Newman 1,125 48.2
Conservative Linda Pettitt98742.3
Green Darrin Green2229.5
Turnout 78.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Henfield

Henfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Morgan 1,370 35.3 +35.3
Conservative Brian O'Connell 1,250 32.2 +1.4
Conservative Helena Croft1,032
Green Steve Law46912.1+12.1
Labour Paul Crowe44011.3+3.1
Liberal Democrats Jessica Sproxton Miller3499.0−3.4
Turnout 70.9
Independent gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Holbrook East

Holbrook East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Baldwin 1,590 40.8 −19.5
Conservative Karen Burgess 1,356
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sharp69817.9−2.0
UKIP Christopher Brown58715.0+8.6
Labour Sheila Chapman58214.9+1.5
Green Robert Turner44411.4+11.4
Turnout 73.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Holbrook West

Holbrook West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Burgess 1,711 49.7 −4.4
Conservative Christian Mitchell 1,699
Liberal Democrats Peter Mullarky67519.6−5.6
UKIP John Randell58316.9+9.2
Labour Linda Hugl47413.8+0.8
Labour Anthony Guyton426
Turnout 73.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Horsham Park

Horsham Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josh Murphy 1,501 32.0 +2.3
Liberal Democrats David Skipp 1,400 29.9 −2.7
Conservative Connor Relleen 1,332
Liberal Democrats Gregory Collins1,256
Liberal Democrats Frances Haigh1,193
Conservative Robyn van Ryssen1,062
Labour Carol Hayton76916.4−2.5
Labour Raymond Chapman737
Labour David Hide655
UKIP Ian Tandy60112.8+3.9
Peace Jim Duggan4188.9−1.0
Turnout 66.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Ritchie 1,661 52.5 +0.7
Conservative Patricia Youtan 1,622
UKIP Stuart Aldridge70522.3+11.3
Liberal Democrats Cornelia Butler51916.4−6.2
Liberal Democrats John Fry456
Labour Neal Harris2788.8+8.8
Turnout 71.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Nuthurst

Nuthurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antoinette Bradnum 1,142 60.4 −8.3
Liberal Democrats Lesley Hendy28315.0−5.6
UKIP Graham Harper27014.3+3.5
Green Darius Assassi19510.3+10.3
Turnout 77.5
Conservative hold Swing

Pulborough and Coldwatham

Pulborough and Coldwatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Clarke 1,940 47.5 −5.1
Conservative Brian Donnelly 1,609
UKIP John Wallace81319.9+7.1
UKIP Elizabeth Wallace592
Green Martin Dale53813.2−1.4
Labour Antony Bignell42210.3+0.8
Liberal Democrats Rosalyn Deedman3729.1−1.5
Turnout 67.5
Conservative hold Swing

Roffey North

Roffey North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Britten 1,257 35.2 −4.2
Conservative Jonathan Dancer 1,198
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bevis87924.6−12.2
Liberal Democrats Warwick Hellawell836
UKIP Ivor Williams63417.8+6.8
UKIP Ruth Williams545
Labour George Murrell47813.4+0.6
Independent Nicholas Butler3198.9+8.9
Turnout 71.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Independent candidate Nicholas Butler stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2011 in Roffey North.

Roffey South

Roffey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Torn 1,450 41.1 −3.9
Conservative Roy Cornell 1,250
UKIP Roger Arthur64418.3+7.8
Liberal Democrats Belinda Walters62717.8−12.3
UKIP Tony Rickett484
Labour Margaret Cornwell45412.9−1.4
Labour Ian Nicol370
Green Allan Spraggon35110.0+10.0
Turnout 67.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rudgwick

Rudgwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Bailey 870 54.5 −6.2
Green Graham Avery72645.5+45.5
Turnout 87.1
Conservative hold Swing

Rusper and Colgate

Rusper and Colgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Kitchen 1,198 74.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Millson22413.9−1.2
Green Darren Jugurnauth19211.9+11.9
Turnout 75.0
Conservative hold Swing

Southwater

Southwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Chidlow 2,583 35.8 −18.4
Conservative Ian Howard 2,442
Conservative Claire Vickers 2,347
Liberal Democrats Gary Charman1,23317.1−14.2
UKIP Christopher Heath1,09915.2+0.7
UKIP Neil Whitear946
Independent Roger Smith81411.3+11.3
Green Peter Shaw80111.1+11.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Deedman743
Labour Jacqueline Little6909.6+9.6
Turnout 71.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Former Horsham Football Club manager, Gary Charman, stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Southwater following the council rejecting the football clubs planning application for a stadium at Hop Oast. [3] The location of the ground falls into the Southwater ward and was opposed by the Conservative councillors representing the ward at the time. A different application at the same location was approved in 2017. [4]

Steyning

Steyning
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Lloyd 1,907 46.2 +16.8
Conservative Michael Willett 1,511
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hopkinson91622.2−1.6
Green Robert Platt68016.5+16.5
Labour Jill Allen62815.2+7.6
Labour Elizabeth Edmonds562
Turnout 72.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Trafalgar

Trafalgar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Costin 1,677 40.9 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Leonard Crosbie 1,454
Conservative Ian Shepherd1,18528.9−4.9
Conservative Ronald Vimpany964
Labour Alexandra Davis44210.8+1.8
UKIP Carol Bowring4009.8+3.7
Green Margaret Weir-Wilson3929.6+4.2
Turnout 74.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007" . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Horsham Lib Dem councillor quits party and becomes independent". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Former Horsham manager stands as Lib Dem in elections". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Horsham FC's new ground approved". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
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