2016 Crawley Borough Council election

2016 Crawley Borough Council election ^[1]

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12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Seats before 19 16 Seats won 9 4 Seats after 20 17 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,487 8,856 Percentage 45.1% 42.1%
Map showing the results of the 2016 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2016 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. ^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results

2016 Crawley Borough Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	1	0	1	54	45	9,487
	Conservative	4	0	1	1	46	42	8,856
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	6	1,279
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3	700
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3	689
	Justice Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	22

^[3] The Labour Party governing group of councillors increased their majority, gaining one seat from the Conservative opposition. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place.

Ward by ward

Bewbush

Bewbush ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marion Ayling	761	52.8%
	Conservative	Andrew Belben	319	22.1%
	UKIP	Christopher Brown	223	15.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Smith	62	4.3%
	Green	Martin Kail	54	3.7%
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	22	1.5%
Majority			442	30.7%
Turnout			1,441
	Labour hold

Broadfield North

Broadfield North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Quinn	825	76.7%
	Conservative	Irshad Jalaldeen	250	23.3%
Majority			575	53.4%
Turnout			1,075
	Labour hold

Broadfield South

Broadfield South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tahira Rana	610	50.8%
	Conservative	Charles Petts	424	35.3%
	Green	Charlotte Franco	166	13.8%
Majority			186	15.5%
Turnout			1,200
	Labour hold

Gossops Green

Gossops Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Mullins	767	50.0%
	Conservative	Philip Norville	580	37.8%
	UKIP	Neil Setford-Thompson	186	12.1%
Majority			187	12.2%
Turnout			1,533
	Labour hold

Ifield

Ifield ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,002	44.3%
	Conservative	Andrew Jagger	827	36.5%
	UKIP	George Bird	305	13.5%
	Green	Richard Kail	74	3.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sargent	56	2.5%
Majority			175	7.8%
Turnout			2,264
	Labour hold

Langley Green

Langley Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Smith	921	58.2%
	Conservative	Kevin Hall	341	21.6%
	UKIP	Sharon Kennett	189	11.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Marko Scepanovic	96	6.1%
	Green	Rudolf Affolter	35	2.2%
Majority			580	36.6%
Turnout			1,582
	Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Peck	1,199	70.9%
	Labour	Akram Rana	322	19.0%
	Green	Danielle Kail	171	10.1%
Majority			877	51.9%
Turnout			1,692
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tina Belben	947	64.4%
	Labour	Tony Patel	395	26.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Spooner	129	8.8%
Majority			552	37.5%
Turnout			1,471
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Lanzer	1,206	59.7%
	Labour	Colin Flack	675	33.4%
	Green	Daniel Elliott	139	6.9%
Majority			531	26.3%
Turnout			2,020
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Pickett	1,179	53.7%
	Conservative	Alison Berridge	889	40.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Osborne	126	5.7%
Majority			290	13.2%
Turnout			2,194
	Labour gain from Conservative

Three Bridges

Three Bridges ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Burgess	918	52.1%
	Labour	Daryl Duncan-English	742	42.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Young	103	5.8%
Majority			176	10.0%
Turnout			1,763
	Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carlos Portal Castro	749	43.3%
	Conservative	Claire Griffiths	645	37.3%
	UKIP	Allan Griffiths	244	14.1%
	Green	Derek Hardman	50	2.9%
	Liberal Democrats	James Harper	40	2.3%
Majority			104	6.0%
Turnout			1,728
	Labour hold

West Green

West Green ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rory Fiveash	539	50.4%
	Conservative	Ian Anguige	311	29.1%
	UKIP	Carole Lauderdale	132	12.3%
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	88	8.2%
Majority			228	21.3%
Turnout			1,070
	Labour hold

References

1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2016". Local Elections Archive Project.
2. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
3. Council, Crawley Borough. "Election Results". crawley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.