2019 Chichester District Council election

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2019 Chichester District Council election
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All 36 seats to Chichester District Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before38 [lower-alpha 1] 5 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won1811
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10 [lower-alpha 2] Increase2.svg7 [lower-alpha 2]
Popular vote24,24519,228
Percentage41.6%33.0%
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Map showing the results of the 2019 Chichester District Council elections by ward.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 2 May 2019. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party had its majority wiped out. [1] [2]

Contents

Boundary changes

In 2016, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England presented its proposed boundary changes for the Chichester District, following a three-month consultation with the public. This involved reducing the number of councillors from 48 to 36, and the number of wards from 29 to 21. [3]

Boundary changes in effect from May 2019
Old wardsNew wards
Chichester East Chichester Central‡
Chichester North
Chichester South
Chichester East Chichester East
Chichester North
Chichester North Chichester North
Chichester West
Chichester South Chichester South
Chichester East
Chichester West Chichester West
Chichester South
Easebourne Easebourne
Stedham*
Fernhurst Fernhurst
Plaistow*
Rogate*
Bury* Fittleworth‡
Petworth
Boxgrove* Goodwood‡
Lavant
Bosham* Harbour Villages‡
Donnington*
Fishbourne*
Southbourne
Harting Harting
Rogate*
Lavant Lavant
Funtington*
Petworth Loxwood‡
Plaistow*
Wisborough Green*
Midhurst Midhurst
Stedham*
North Mundham* North Mundham and Tangmere‡
Tangmere*
Sidlesham*
Petworth Petworth
Selsey South Selsey South
Selsey North*
Sidlesham* Sidlesham with Selsey North‡
Selsey North*
Southbourne Southbourne
East Wittering* The Witterings‡
West Wittering*
Westbourne Westbourne
Funtington*
* Abolished‡ New creation

Summary

Election result

2019 Chichester District Council election [4]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3618111Decrease2.svg 1050.042.024,245–15.9
  Liberal Democrats 311170Increase2.svg 730.633.319,228+13.6
  Green 9220Increase2.svg 25.68.44,878+1.9
  Labour 17220Increase2.svg 25.66.73,864±0.0
  Local Alliance 2220Increase2.svg 25.62.61,528N/A
  Independent 4103Decrease2.svg 32.84.12,374–2.3
  UKIP 6000Steady2.svg0.02.71,582+0.1
  Patria 1000Steady2.svg0.00.184±0.0
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18112221
ConservativeLiberal DemocratsGreenLabourLAI

Ward results

Chichester Central (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martyn John Bell 381 44.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna35340.1
Labour Malcolm Shepherd10812.5
Turnout 86138.46
Conservative hold Swing
Chichester East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Garry Hughes 462 33.8
Labour Sarah Carol Lishman 441 32.3
Conservative Christopher Carl Spink38027.8
Conservative Jane Louise Kilby35526.0
Liberal Democrats John Francis Hughes28320.7
Green Pauline Gaskin27920.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Woolley24618.0
UKIP Terrence Leonard Walters14610.7
Turnout 1,38730.99
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Chichester North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Edward Plowman 625 38.4
Conservative Anthony Peter Dignum 623 38.3
Conservative Peter John Budge58636.0
Liberal Democrats Julian Alexander Joy56034.4
Green Elizabeth Lucy Noble49030.1
Labour Theo Kent21913.5
Turnout 1,65038.76
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chichester South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sarah Mary Sharp 987 61.4
Green Heather Margaret Barrie 692 43.0
Conservative Jamie David Fitzjohn32420.1
Conservative Nigel Geoffrey Galloway32120.0
Liberal Democrats Angus Richard Bond19612.2
Labour Amanda Jane Atkinson18711.6
Labour Philip James Wilson16710.4
Liberal Democrats John Kentish Turbefield16010.0
Turnout 1,63031.74
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Chichester West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Margaret Mary Apel 1,139 55.8
Liberal Democrats John-Henry David Bowden 890 43.6
Conservative Simon Huw Peter Lloyd-Williams53826.3
Conservative Stephen Leon Hill49824.4
Labour James Douglas Hobson22811.2
Labour Aimie Jane Merrett21610.6
Independent Michael Clive Thorn1818.9
UKIP Michael Alan Hamilton Mason1778.7
PatriaAndrew Emerson844.1
Turnout 2,06242.71
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Easebourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Erik Francis Hobbs 536 63.7
Liberal Democrats Alexander Gordon Motley28734.1
Turnout 84135.93
Conservative hold Swing
Fernhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norma Dorothy Graves 969 56.5
Conservative Peter John Henry Wilding 922 53.8
Liberal Democrats John Derek Morton69040.2
UKIP Peter Hugh Pearce22713.2
Turnout 1,73634.35
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Fittleworth (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan James Franklin Sutton 661 66.8
Liberal Democrats Sean Anton Cemm30230.5
Turnout 99038.70
Conservative hold Swing
Goodwood (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Charles Potter 448 52.0
Green Philip Gerald Maber21224.6
Liberal Democrats Jack David Lovejoy18621.6
Turnout 86134.75
Conservative hold Swing
Harbour Villages (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss 1,739 52.0
Liberal Democrats David John Alwin Rodgers 1,247 37.3
Conservative Penelope Clare Plant 1,178 35.2
Liberal Democrats David Conrad Mackintosh1,13834.0
Conservative Andrew Charles Collins1,10733.1
Conservative Michael Brian Dicker99629.8
Green Michael John Neville96128.7
Labour Jane Anne Towers3299.8
Labour Stephen John Gough2567.6
Labour Jane Loveda Turton2357.0
Turnout 3,39542.19
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Harting (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kate Francesca Bacon O'Kelly 968 74.1
Conservative Lawrence Vere Tristram Abel31323.9
Turnout 1,30745.22
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Lavant (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Erroll Prior Palmer 531 58.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew John Leeming26629.2
Labour Gwendoline Jane Miles9410.3
Turnout 91036.01
Conservative hold Swing
Loxwood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Natalie Cecilia Hume 1,088 55.5
Liberal Democrats Gareth Benjamin Evans 938 47.8
Conservative Christian Nicholas Mahne86844.3
Conservative Christine Victoria Gibson-Pierce78139.8
Turnout 2,01736.56
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Midhurst (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gordon Valentine McAra 1,280 59.8
Liberal Democrats Judith Russell Fowler 666 31.1
Conservative Sally Veronica Watts63629.7
Conservative Nicholas Richard Donald Thomas55325.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Lynda Annette Neville33515.7
Labour Margaret Rhona Guest22710.6
Turnout 2,15038.21
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
North Mundham and Tangmere (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon John Oakley 798 51.0
Conservative Christopher Leslie William Page 691 44.2
Liberal Democrats David Betts66642.6
UKIP Andrew John Sheppard28918.5
Turnout 1,57630.88
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Petworth (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eileen Patricia Lintill 650 68.4
Liberal Democrats David Clifford Hares17226.5
Labour Jonathan Michael Rodell10711.3
Turnout 95034.01
Conservative hold Swing
Selsey South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Local Alliance Timothy Simon Charles Johnson 811 53.0
Conservative John William Evans Elliott 735 48.1
Conservative Peter Roger Barrow51333.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Scotland26517.3
Labour Bridget Ash1479.6
Labour Mark Andrew Farwell1278.3
Turnout 1,54731.40
Local Alliance gain from Conservative
Conservative hold Swing
Sidlesham with Selsey North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Local Alliance Donna Frances Johnson 717 49.4
Conservative Linda Caroline Purnell 648 44.6
Conservative Patricia Mary Tull45331.2
Green Lucinda Anne Gibson-House43630.0
Liberal Democrats Jane Mary Scotland28019.3
Turnout 1,46230.90
Local Alliance gain from Conservative
Conservative hold Swing
Southbourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Andrew Brown 1,018 62.5
Liberal Democrats Tracie Patricia Bangert 884 54.2
Conservative Robert Hayes67441.3
Conservative Nigel Philip Hogben49230.2
Turnout 1,673
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
The Witterings (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graeme Arthur Frederick Barrett 1,309 44.8
Conservative Elizabeth Angela Booth Hamilton 1,191 40.7
Conservative Susan Therese Taylor 1,003 34.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Joanna Gormley74425.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Elizabeth Milnes70324.0
Green Stephanie Grace Carn59220.2
Independent Laurence Pocock57719.7
UKIP Jonathan Bowman39613.5
UKIP Maureen Patricia Hunt34711.9
Independent Martin John Silcocks33611.5
Labour Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan31410.7
Turnout 2,94836.58
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Westbourne (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Alan Briscoe 583 57.4
Green Ann Elizabeth Stewart22922.6
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise Power19419.1
Turnout 1,01537.89
Conservative hold Swing

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Based on pre-2019 boundaries.
  2. 1 2 Indicates boundary change—so this is a nominal figure.
  1. ↑ "Election results: Tories lose three Sussex councils". BBC News. 3 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Tories lose overall control of Chichester District Council". Chichester Observer. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Overview of draft recommendations for Chichester District Council" (PDF). Chichester City Council. 2016.
  4. ↑ "District and Parish Election Results 2019". Chichester District Council. 2019.

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