2019 Horsham District Council election

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The 2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. Every seat was contested and the Conservatives retained control of the council with a majority of 8.

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2019 Horsham District Council election
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  2015 2 May 2019 2023  

All 48 seats to Horsham District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Seats won32132
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg9Increase2.svg 2

 Fourth party
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Party Independent
Seats won1
Seat changeSteady2.svg

2019 Horsham District Council election results.svg
Map of the results of the election by ward

Council Composition

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

3941
ConLDemInd

After the election, the composition of the council was:

321321
ConLDemGrnInd

Results summary

2019 Horsham District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4832N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 766.748.537,929–7.9
  Liberal Democrats 2913N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 927.128.322,110+11.1
  Green 42N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 24.23.62,784–2.3
  Independent 11N/AN/ASteady2.svg2.11.41,088–1.0
  Labour 390N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.014.711,535+6.9
  UKIP 90N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.03.12,456–7.0
  Peace 10N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.00.4314+0.1

Ward results

Billingshurst

Billingshurst
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Christopher Brown 993 42.5
Conservative Nigel Jupp 942
Conservative Kathleen Rowbottom 778
Liberal Democrats John Trollope72130.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Greenwood596
Labour Andrea Grainger32613.9
UKIP Graham Harper29812.7
Labour Karon Barber294
Labour Brian Johnson233
Turnout 2,02928.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Michael Croker 702 34.6 +16.8
Conservative Noel Roger 636 31.4 −16.9
Conservative David Coldwell612
Labour Simon Birnstingl51825.5+14.3
UKIP Vincent Hardy1728.5+8.5
Turnout 1,50535.0
Green gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Louise Potter 722 58.4 +23.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Allen 613
Conservative Matthew French38030.7−9.7
Conservative Mark Vallance324
Labour Diane Burstow13410.8+10.8
Labour Cameron McGillivray106
Turnout 1,22530.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colgate & Rusper

Colgate & Rusper
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Elizabeth Kitchen 684 77.5
Conservative Antony Hogben 618
Labour Donald Mahon19922.5
Labour John Ivatts175
Turnout 95427.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cowford, Shermanbury & West Grinstead

Cowford, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynn Lambert 901 71.5 +0.1
Conservative Jonathan Chowen 894
Labour Gabrielle Barrett35928.5+28.5
Turnout 1,39232.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Denne

Denne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Fletcher 1,287 51.0 +32.3
Liberal Democrats Belinda Walters 1,221
Liberal Democrats Frances Haigh 1,216
Conservative Adrian Lee87134.5+2.7
Conservative Graham Dye849
Conservative Simon Whalley780
Labour Jill Clarke36814.6−1.0
Labour Joanne Kavanagh312
Labour Kevin O'Sullivan280
Turnout 2,54335.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forest

Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Skipp 1,305 39.5 −8.7
Liberal Democrats David Newman 1,224
Liberal Democrats Colin Minto 1,120
Labour Carol Hayton74222.4+22.4
Labour David Hide719
Conservative Kimberley Williams70321.3−21.0
Conservative John Knightley623
Labour Gerard Kavanagh613
Conservative Michael Revell567
Peace James Duggan3149.5+9.5
UKIP Raymond Toots2437.3+7.3
Turnout 2,93643.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Henfield

Henfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Morgan 1,088 39.7 +4.4
Conservative Jonathan Potts 614 22.4 −9.8
Green Celia Emmott53119.4+7.3
Conservative Brian O'Connell507
Labour Fiona Ayres50518.4+7.1
Turnout 1,84640.8
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Holbrook East

Holbrook East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Baldwin 762 46.9 +6.1
Conservative Karen Burgess 689
Liberal Democrats Eris Yeates57535.4+17.5
Labour Sheila Chapman28917.8+2.9
Labour Rosalind Hillman282
Turnout 1,49433.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Holbrook West

Holbrook West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Burgess 852 49.1 −0.6
Conservative Christian Mitchell 830
Liberal Democrats Gregory Collins61335.4+15.8
Liberal Democrats Warwick Hellawell560
Labour Susannah Brady26915.5+1.7
Labour Raymond Chapman226
Turnout 1,78435.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Youtan 732 47.3 −5.5
Conservative Stuart Ritchie 707
Liberal Democrats Katarzyna Greenwood48431.3+14.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Mullarky436
UKIP Patrick Dearsley21614.0−8.3
Labour Sean Purdy1157.4−1.4
Labour Bernard Lumb97
Turnout 1,52033.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Antionette Bradnum 571 58.3
Liberal Democrats Dennis Livingstone34335.0
Labour Ian Aird666.7
Turnout 1,00441.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Paul Clarke 901 37.3
Conservative Brian Donnelly 886
Conservative Diana van der Klugt 837
Green Kim Hope68728.5
Labour Jane Mote43418.0
UKIP John Wallace39116.2
Turnout 1,84932.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roffey North

Roffey North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bevis 790 47.3 +22.7
Liberal Democrats John Milne 732
Conservative Katherine Nagel64238.4+3.2
Conservative Alexander Shire541
Labour Ian Nicol23814.3+0.9
Labour Matthew Verrall193
Turnout 1,66334.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Roffey South

Roffey South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Cornell 561 41.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Britten 553 40.9 +23.1
Conservative Ben Staines532
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Grant519
Labour Lorraine Barry23917.7+4.8
Labour Joy Gough225
Turnout 1,41628.1
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Rudgwick

Rudgwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Landeryou 524 69.6 +15.1
Liberal Democrats Matthew Potter17323.0+23.0
Labour Jane McGillivray567.4+7.4
Turnout 77735.8
Conservative hold

Southwater North

Southwater North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Billy Greening 842 54.0
Conservative Claire Vickers 814
Liberal Democrats Gary Hayes56136.0
Liberal Democrats Henry Wheatcroft557
Labour Kevin Kilminster1559.9
Labour Geoffrey Hillman113
Turnout 1,60036.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwater South & Shipley

Southwater South & Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Gordon Lindsay 675 43.2
Conservative Ian Stannard 639
Liberal Democrats Julie Stainton57536.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Stainton532
UKIP Uri Baran17511.2
Labour Margaret Cornwell1388.8
Labour Jacob Keet110
Turnout 1,52531.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Steyning & Ashurst

Steyning & Ashurst
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Robert Platt 864 35.1
Conservative Timothy Lloyd 842 34.2
Conservative Dean Haysom705
Labour Caroline Fife48319.6
Labour Lorraine Fowlie327
UKIP Terence Goodchild27011.0
Turnout 1,97241.0
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Storrington & Washington

Storrington & Washington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Raymond Dawe 1,584 51.3
Conservative James Sanson 1,536
Conservative Paul Marshall 1,439
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holbrook-Sishton93930.4
Labour James Monaghan56218.2
Turnout 2,63235.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Trafalgar

Trafalgar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Costin 1,243 54.8 +13.9
Liberal Democrats Leonard Crosbie 1,155
Conservative Emily Baldwin51422.7−6.2
Conservative Peter Probert460
Labour Karen Symes35715.7+4.9
Labour Michael Symes290
UKIP Paul King1556.8−3.0
Turnout 2,18245.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Blackall 1,443 46.4
Conservative Philip Circus 1,409
Conservative Mohamed Saheid 1,184
Liberal Democrats Ian Miles74523.9
UKIP Roger Arthur53617.2
Labour Helen Wright38812.5
Turnout 2,49436.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections since the 2019 election

Storrington & Washington

Storrington & Washington By-Election 12 December 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Wright 3,283 59.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Alexander Beveridge1,34424.2−12.3
Labour James Monaghan92416.7−5.1
Majority1,93934.9+15.5
Turnout 5,55172.9+37.4
Conservative hold Swing

Trafalgar

A by-election was called in Trafalgar ward due to the retirement of Leonard Crosbie on September 3, 2020. [2] The Horsham & Crawley Liberal Democrats confirmed his death on 11 September 2020. [3]

Trafalgar By-Election 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Boffey 1,581 68.2 +15.0
Conservative Aaron Courteney-Smith59222.8−0.9
Labour Joanne Kavanagh30713.2−3.2
Majority98945.4
Turnout 2,480
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Forest

A by-election was called in Forest ward due to the retirement of Godfrey Newman on 11 August 2021. [2] The by-election was held on Thursday 21 October and the seat retained by the Liberal Democrats

Forest ward : August 11 2021 by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Olson 921 47.4 +5.5
Labour David Hide51726.6+2.0
Conservative Ross Dye41021.1−3.0
Green Jon Campbell975.0New
Majority40420.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold

Roffey South

Following the death of Councillor Roy Cornell, by-election was held on Thursday December 16. This seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives.

Roffey South: 16 December 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Raby 462 41.5 +3.8
Conservative Simon Torn33530.1−10.7
Green Claire Adcock22219.9+19.9
Labour Daniel Everett958.5−8.9
Majority12711.4
Turnout 1,12022.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Denne

Following the resignation of Cllr Frances Haigh, a by-election will be held for the vacant seat of Denne in Horsham town. The election was held on Thursday 24 March 2022. Cllr Haigh was leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats until August 2021. [4] The seat was held by Clive Trott of the Liberal Democrats. [5]

Denne: 24 March 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Trott 832 46.02 −4.9
Conservative David Walbank62834.70.3
Labour Kevin O'Sullivan24113.3−1.2
Green David Yeates1075.95.9
Liberal Democrats hold

Storrington & Washington

Following the resignation of Cllr Jim Sanson, (Conservative) a by-election was held on 7 April 2022 for the vacant seat of Storrington & Washington. [4] [6] the election was won by the Green Party in a traditionally safe Conservative seat.

Storrington & Washington: 7 April 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Joan Grech 1,281 47.8 +47.8
Conservative Daniel Hall94335.2−26.3
Liberal Democrats Pascal Roberts45316.9−16.9
Majority267712.6N/A
Turnout 2677
Green gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. "Election results" (PDF). horsham.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Long-time Horsham councillor steps down due to ongoing health issues". Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.
  3. "Death of former District Councillor Leonard Crosbie".
  4. 1 2 Council, Horsham District (16 August 2021). "Councillor vacancies". Horsham District Council. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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  6. "Veteran Conservative councillor resigns after his deselection".