2023 Crawley Borough Council election

2023 Crawley Borough Council election

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12 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Michael Jones Duncan Crow Party Labour Conservative Last election 19 seats, 44.7% 17 seats, 41.9% Seats before 19 17 [a] Seats won 8 4 Seats after 20 16 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 11,354 9,581 Percentage 47.6% 40.2% Swing 2.9% 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Crawley Borough Council election
Leader before election Michael Jones Labour Leader after election Michael Jones Labour

The 2023 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. ^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

The council was under Labour majority control prior to the election, with the party having a two seat majority over the Conservatives. Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives at this election to increase their majority. ^{[3] [4]}

Election result

2023 Crawley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	66.7	12	20	55.6	11,354	47.6	+2.9
	Conservative	4	1	33.3	12	16	44.4	9,581	40.2	–1.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,071	8.7	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	349	1.5	–2.7
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	193	0.8	+0.3
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	154	0.6	+0.1
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	127	0.5	+0.1
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	33	0.1	N/A

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. ^[5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: ^[6]

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Ayling*	934	55.7	+5.6
	Conservative	Tom Liddiard	378	22.6	−7.4
	Green	Holly Smith	185	11.0	−1.6
	Independent	Robin Burnham	154	9.2	+2.2
	Heritage	Debra Plaister	25	1.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,676	24
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadfield

Broadfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Irvine*	928	54.6	+2.8
	Conservative	Kerlo Pharoah	507	29.8	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Parveen Khan	124	7.3	−1.9
	Heritage	Carolina Morra	107	6.3	+0.3
	TUSC	Ioannis Kouratos	33	1.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,699	23
	Labour hold		Swing

Furnace Green

Furnace Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Crow*	919	48.4	−1.3
	Labour Co-op	Dipesh Patel	851	44.9	+6.3
	Reform UK	Allan Griffiths	127	6.7	+1.5
Majority			1,897
Turnout				43
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Mullins*	852	53.1	+16.2
	Conservative	Dominic Ramsay	560	34.9	−15.9
	Green	Iain Dickson	194	12.1	+6.4
Majority
Turnout			1,606	35
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Ifield

Ifield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julian Charatan	990	46.3	−4.7
	Conservative	Thomas Bidwell	834	39.0	+0.5
	Green	Ines Manning	205	9.6	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Mallinson	110	5.1	+1.4
Majority
Turnout			2,139	30
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Imran Ashraf	1,033	63.6	+12.6
	Conservative	Alan Hellier	592	36.4	+6.4
Majority
Turnout			1,625	27
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Maidenbower

Maidenbower

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kim Jaggard*	1,131	51.5	+3.5
	Green	Max Perry	608	27.7	−0.3
	Labour Co-op	Olu Adeniyi	456	20.8	−3.2
Majority
Turnout			2,195	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Lamb	1,136	54.6	+6.5
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	696	33.4	−1.8
	Green	Sally Fadelle	249	12.0	+1.7
Majority
Turnout			2,081	27
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Justin Russell	1,314	53.6	+7.3
	Conservative	Richard Burrett*	1,137	46.4	−7.3
Majority
Turnout			2,451	35
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Burke	1,099	47.9	−6.7
	Labour	Nicholas Hilton	928	40.4	+6.8
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	268	11.7	−0.1
Majority
Turnout			2,295	37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southgate

Southgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Noyce	974	49.1	+2.5
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	710	35.8	−3.6
	Green	Robin Fitton	186	9.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Taylor-Burr	115	5.8	−2.1
Majority
Turnout			1,985	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Burgess	1,018	46.0	+8.5
	Labour	Esra Guler	958	43.3	−6.9
	Green	Danielle Kail	176	8.0	+1.4
	Heritage	Nicola Addley	61	2.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,213	34
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Including one vacant seat previously held by Conservative councillor Andrew Belben until his death in November 2022. ^[1]

1. Dunn, Karen (6 December 2022). "Crawley councillor 'will be sadly missed'". Sussex World. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
2. "Crawley Local Election candidates 2023: Everyone you can vote for including in Maidenbower and Broadfield". Luke Donnelly. Sussex Live. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. Fox, Thomas (5 May 2023). "Crawley local election results in full: Labour increases slim majority on council". Sussex Live. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
4. Luck, Flaminia (5 May 2023). "Sussex election results 2023: Tories lose Wealden for first time in 25 years". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
5. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
6. "Election results by wards". Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 27 January 2024.