2015 Mid Sussex District Council election

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2015 Mid Sussex District Council election
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All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderGarry WallRichard GoddardStephen Barnett
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatHaywards Heath FranklandsHaywards Heath Bentswood (defeated)Did not run [a]
Last election45 seats, 50.8%1 seat, 7.0%8 seats, 31.7%
Seats won5400
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 8
Popular vote39,87912,59511,770
Percentage46.3%14.6%13.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.5%Increase2.svg 7.6%Decrease2.svg 18.0%
Mid Sussex UK ward map 2015.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Mid Sussex District Council election
Leader before election

Garry Wall
Conservative

Leader after election

Garry Wall
Conservative

The 2015 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Mid Sussex District Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Results summary

2015 Mid Sussex District Council election [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 5490Increase2.svg 9100.046.339,879–4.5
  Labour 001Decrease2.svg 10.014.612,595+7.6
  Liberal Democrats 008Decrease2.svg 80.013.711,770–18.0
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.012.110,382+8.9
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.010.79,246+4.7
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.02.52,174+1.3

Results by ward

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe (2 seats) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Marsh 1,620
Conservative Andrew MacNaughton 1,596
Green Gillian Maher692
Independent Kathryn Metcalfe594
Labour Alexi Demetriadi543
Turnout 3,07470.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood [2] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Belsey 1,102
Green Catherine Edminson219
Labour Alice Tyrrell210
Turnout 1,54274.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Bolney

Bolney [2] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Allen 859
Liberal Democrats Laura Brook467
UKIP Peter Hopgood320
Turnout 1,66775.4
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats) [2] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqueline Landriani 1,385
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles 1,372
UKIP Timothy Cooper463
Liberal Democrats Susan Knight389
Labour Pamela Haigh361
Labour David Chalkley340
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight331
Green Heather Salisbury267
Turnout 2,72469.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats) [2] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris King 1,435
Conservative Ginny Heard 1,179
Liberal Democrats Graham Allen732
Liberal Democrats Ernest Tudway576
UKIP Gerald Carter512
Labour Richard Kavanagh394
Green Elaine Bolton311
Green Robert Duggan212
Turnout 2,97274.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats) [2] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Prudence Moore 1,209
Conservative Cherian Catharine 1,181
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks680
Labour Susan Jex459
Liberal Democrats Tofojjul Hussain443
Green Anne Miles-Eves344
Turnout 2,56368.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds (2 seats) [2] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Jones 1,020
Conservative Richard Cherry 769
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood713
Liberal Democrats Robert Eggleston697
Labour Tony Balsdon503
UKIP Chris French432
Labour Penelope Ritson394
Turnout 2,56169.4
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews (2 seats) [2] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kirsty Page 1,089
Conservative Colin Holden 907
Liberal Democrats Roger Cartwright606
Labour David Boot566
Liberal Democrats Kathellen Willis530
UKIP Daniel Kinning465
Green Matthew Cornish297
Turnout 2,59369.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria (2 seats) [2] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steven Hansford 1,188
Conservative Mandy Thomas-Atkin 988
Labour Dean Faria561
UKIP Geoffrey Boore492
Liberal Democrats Michael Bliss489
Liberal Democrats Collette Prevett435
Green Terry Barnes237
Green John Fernandez196
Turnout 2,76965.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth (2 seats) [2] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Dorey 1,850
Conservative Edward Mathews 1,159
UKIP John Runacres630
Labour Timothy Cornell463
Turnout 2,70069.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill (3 seats) [2] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce Forbes 2,144
Conservative Phillip Coote 1,942
Conservative Neville Walker 1,665
Independent Ian Gibson1,580
Labour Alison Cornell899
Turnout 4,09173.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cuckfield

Cuckfield (2 seats) [2] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pete Bradbury 1,682
Conservative Robert Salisbury 1,658
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch779
Green Margaret Tyzack More634
Labour Sarah Moss494
Turnout 3,10676.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats) [2] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Bennett 1,752
Conservative Peter Reed 1,395
UKIP Gary David642
Labour Brian Sturtevant524
Green Josie Jacobs435
Turnout 2,85267.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins (2 seats) [2] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Belsey 1,521
Conservative Norman Webster 1,384
Green James Symons606
UKIP Ian Simcock597
Turnout 2,61367.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye (2 seats) [2] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Sweatman 1,678
Conservative Edward Belsey 1,597
Green Christopher Jerrey731
UKIP Mark Warren598
Turnout 2,80073.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats) [2] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Mainstone 1,706
Conservative Heidi Brunsdon 1,589
Labour Tess Fensterheim581
UKIP Deanne Santini531
Turnout 2,70476.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town (2 seats) [2] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Mockford 1,059
Conservative Peter Wyan 1,023
UKIP Nigel Peacock495
Liberal Democrats Howard Evans490
Labour David Wilbraham403
Green Edward Dean324
Green Gary Hogman279
Turnout 2,42665.9
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Hassocks

Hassocks (3 seats) [2] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Marples 2,086
Conservative Kevin Burke 1,946
Conservative Peter Martin 1,812
Liberal Democrats Betty Davies1,235
Liberal Democrats Gemma Stockford1,117
Green Victoria Standfast915
Labour Luke Miller823
Labour Stephen Lewis800
Labour Linda Taylor766
UKIP Anthony Armstrong699
Turnout 4,81375.9
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground (2 seats) [2] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Boutrup 1,102
Conservative Howard Mundin 997
Labour Suzanne Nicolson619
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates578
Labour John Walmsley502
UKIP Simon Baker402
Liberal Democrats Paul Lucraft399
UKIP Marc Montgomery311
Green Miranda Diboll273
Turnout 2,80169.3
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood (2 seats) [2] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana de Mierre 1,113
Conservative David Dorking 1,084
Labour Richard Goddard903
Labour Derek Booker732
UKIP Charles Burrell480
Liberal Democrats Cavan Wood429
UKIP Brian Ireland376
Green Adam Bromage-Hughes334
Turnout 2,98369.4
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats) [2] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roderick Clarke 1,468
Conservative Garry Wall 1,198
Liberal Democrats James France633
Labour Zoe Muddle598
UKIP Maria Burrell533
Turnout 2,77372.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath (2 seats) [2] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards 1,545
Conservative Sandra Ellis 1,400
Liberal Democrats Hannah Simcoe-Read852
Labour Ian Moss790
UKIP Howard Burrell449
Turnout 3,05574.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes (2 seats) [2] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Knight 1,568
Conservative Geoff Rawlinson 1,567
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Chapman676
Liberal Democrats Hugh Faithfull583
Labour Rebecca Allen541
UKIP Lesley Montgomery437
Turnout 3,15372.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Weald

High Weald (2 seats) [2] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Hersey 1,678
Conservative Linda Stockwell 1,576
Green Paul Brown975
UKIP David Badger612
Turnout 2,95374.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (3 seats) [2] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Trumble 2,250
Conservative John Wilkinson 2,123
Conservative Anthony Watts Williams 1,760
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson807
Green Nicholas Dearden745
Liberal Democrats Nigel Cook621
Labour Ann Morgan616
Green John Hudson595
UKIP Jennifer Carter593
Green Michael Airey583
Labour David Hurry564
Labour Leonard Morgan431
Turnout 4,43074.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lindfield

Lindfield (3 seats) [2] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Hersey 2,770
Conservative Andrew Lea 2,524
Conservative Anthea Lea 2,406
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft1,215
Green Elizabeth Tilston907
Green Peter Wemyss-Gorman896
Labour Judith Durrant744
Turnout 4,50378.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Bolney

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor John Allen. [29]

Bolney by-election: 4 May 2017 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judy Llewellyn-Burke 562
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson201
UKIP Peter Hopgood320
Monster Raving Loony Baron von Thunderclap33
Turnout 85839.4
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor Chris King. [29]

Burgess Hill Franklands by-election: 4 May 2017 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Fussell 757
Liberal Democrats Graham Allen600
Labour Elaine Bolton175
UKIP Chris French91
Green Robert Duggan81
Turnout 1,70742.0
Conservative hold

Hassocks

This by-election was triggered by the dual-resignation of incumbent councillors Kevin Burke and Peter Martin. [32]

Hassocks by-election (2 seats): 8 June 2017 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michelle Binks 2,023
Liberal Democrats Susan Hatton 1,931
Conservative Jessica Edwards1,835
Liberal Democrats Gemma Stockford1,536
Labour William Matthews1,042
Labour Harry Young812
Green Vivienne Aloy512
Turnout 5,10379.3
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

East Grinstead Imberhorne

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor Bob Mainstone on 29 August 2017. [34]

East Grinstead Imberhorne by-election: 26 October 2017 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rex Whittaker 540
Liberal Democrats Tim Martin206
Labour David Wilbraham110
Independent Ian Sanders67
Turnout 92524.6
Conservative hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Barnett was the incumbent councillor for Ashurst Wood, but did not run in the 2015 election.

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2015 - Mid Sussex". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Ardingly and Balcombe Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Ashurst Wood Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Bolney Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Burgess Hill Dunstall Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Burgess Hill Franklands Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Burgess Hill Leylands Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Burgess Hill Meeds Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  10. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Burgess Hill St Andrews Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  11. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Burgess Hill Victoria Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  12. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Copthorne and Worth Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Crawley Down and Turners Hill Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  14. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Cuckfield Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  15. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council East Grinstead Ashplats Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  16. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council East Grinstead Baldwins Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  17. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council East Grinstead Herontye Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  18. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council East Grinstead Imberhorne Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  19. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council East Grinstead Town Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  20. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Hassocks Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  21. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Haywards Heath Ashenground Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  22. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Haywards Heath Bentswood Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  23. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Haywards Heath Franklands Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  24. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Haywards Heath Heath Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  25. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Haywards Heath Lucastes Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  26. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council High Weald Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  27. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Hurstpierpoint and Downs Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  28. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 May 2015). "Declaration of Result of Poll – Mid Sussex District Council Lindfield Ward" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  29. 1 2 "Two Tory councillors resign within weeks". SussexWorld. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  30. ↑ Clark, Tom (5 May 2017). "MSDC Bolney election 2017 result" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  31. ↑ Clark, Tom (5 May 2017). "MSDC Burgess Hill Franklands election 2017 result" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  32. ↑ "Tories lose 100% control of council after Lib Dem by-election win". SussexWorld. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  33. ↑ Clark, Tom (9 June 2017). "Hassocks Ward District Council By-Election 2017 result" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  34. ↑ Bewers, Fiona (6 September 2017). "In tribute to Bob Mainstone". East Grinstead Business Association. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  35. ↑ "East Grinstead Imberhorne Ward by-election results". East Grinstead Town Council. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
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