2018 Crawley Borough Council election

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2018 Crawley Borough Council election [1] [2]
  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before2017
Seats won84
Seats after2017
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote10,09110,156
Percentage47.1%47.4%

Crawley UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2018 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 2018 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, with no seats changing hands.

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Ward results

Bewbush

Bewbush [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michael Gerard Jones 891 57.9
Conservative Thomas Bidwell45229.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Smith1318.5
Justice PartyArshad Khan342.2
Legacy PartyJanet Elizabeth Setford-Thompson322.1
Majority43928.5
Turnout 1,54025
Labour hold

Broadfield North

Broadfield North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian Irvine 822 67.3
Conservative Irshad Jalaldeen33827.7
Legacy PartyChristopher James Brown615.0
Majority48439.6
Turnout 1,22127
Labour hold

Broadfield South

Broadfield South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tim Lunnon 652 53.8
Conservative Jonathan Purdy47839.4
Legacy PartyGeorge Paul Bird826.8
Majority17414.4
Turnout 1,21227
Labour hold

Furnace Green

Furnace Green [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Carole Eade 1,008 48.1
Labour Dan Dobson97646.5
Liberal Democrats Harry Old984.7
Legacy PartyAllan Peter Griffiths150.7
Majority321.6
Turnout 2,09747
Conservative hold

Ifield

Ifield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Laura-Lee Willcock 1,150 46.9
Conservative Josh Bounds1,14146.5
Liberal Democrats John Lethbridge1235.0
Legacy PartyNeil James Setford-Thompson391.6
Majority90.4
Turnout 2,45337
Labour hold

Langley Green

Langley Green [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Shahzad Abbas Malik 1,124 60.7
Conservative Kevin Hall58631.7
Liberal Democrats Marko Scepanovic1417.6
Majority53829.0
Turnout 1,85132
Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nigel Boxall 1,349 69.4
Labour Morgan Flack54628.1
Legacy PartyLeonard Thomas Elphick482.5
Majority80341.3
Turnout 1,94330
Conservative hold

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Keir Lamb 821
Conservative Ray Ward521
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard David Burrett 1,194 66.4
Labour Stuart Gunatillake60533.6
Majority58932.8
Turnout 1,79933
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Andrew Belben 1,376 60.2
Labour Colin Flack91139.8
Majority46520.3
Turnout 2,28737
Conservative hold


Southgate

Southgate [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Raj Sharma 1,125 46.2
Conservative Karim Khassal1,11145.6
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne1998.2
Majority140.6
Turnout 2,43538
Labour hold

West Green

West Green [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Karen Sudan 615 48.8
Conservative Ian Pendlington54743.4
Liberal Democrats David Anderson997.9
Majority685.4
Turnout 1,26134
Labour hold

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References

  1. "Borough Election 2018 - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". Crawley Borough Council.
  2. Noel Dempsey (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 20.
  3. "Election results for Bewbush". Crawley Borough Council.
  4. "Election results for Broadfield North". Crawley Borough Council.
  5. "Election results for Broadfield South". Crawley Borough Council.
  6. "Election results for Furnace Green". Crawley Borough Council.
  7. "Election results for Ifield". Crawley Borough Council.
  8. "Election results for Langley Green". Crawley Borough Council.
  9. "Election results for Maidenbower". Crawley Borough Council.
  10. "Election results for Northgate & West Green". Crawley Borough Council.
  11. "Election results for Pound Hill North & Forge Wood". Crawley Borough Council.
  12. "Election results for Pound Hill North & Forge Wood". Crawley Borough Council.
  13. "Election results for Southgate". Crawley Borough Council.
  14. "Election results for West Green". Crawley Borough Council.