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The 2023 Horsham District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Horsham District Council in West Sussex, England. [1] [2] It was held on the same day as other local elections in England.
The Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from the Conservatives with an 8 seat majority. It was the first time since the 1995 election that the Liberal Democrats had taken control of the council. It was also the worst performance in terms of seats for the Conservative Party in any previous election to the council. The Conservative leader of the council prior to the election, Claire Vickers, lost her seat. [3] Liberal Democrat group leader Martin Boffey was formally appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023. [4]
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
29 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Con | LDem | Grn | Ind |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
28 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
LDem | Con | Grn | Ind |
2023 Horsham District Council election [5] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 48 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 58.3 | 35.5 | 32,756 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | 46 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 22.9 | 33.8 | 31,217 | –14.7 | |
Green | 47 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 18,506 | +16.4 | |
Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 622 | –0.7 | ||
Labour | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 8,733 | –5.2 | ||
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 290 | N/A | ||
Peace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 143 | –0.2 | ||
Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 61 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Bateman | 1,069 | 40.0 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Baynham | 1,044 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Trollope | 926 | 34.7 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Brown | 871 | 32.6 | −16.8 | |
Conservative | Danijela David | 807 | 30.2 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | Nigel Jupp | 802 | 30.0 | −16.9 | |
Labour | Jonathan Austin | 582 | 21.8 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Chris Henson | 579 | 21.7 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Trishna Julha | 532 | 19.9 | +8.3 | |
Green | Jonathan Denton | 186 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Green | Nikki Nama | 180 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Green | Thomas Wilson | 128 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,688 | 33.43 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Mike Croker | 940 | 57.7 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Roger Noel | 800 | 49.1 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Allen | 577 | 35.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Mantell | 148 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,641 | 38.54 | |||
Green hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | James Brookes | 579 | 44.7 | −15.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Taylor | 503 | 38.9 | −12.1 | |
Conservative | Aaron Courteney-Smith | 332 | 25.7 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Khobi Vallis | 322 | 24.9 | −2.0 | |
Independent | Terry Oliver | 252 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Jane McGillivray | 160 | 12.4 | +1.3 | |
Green | Sheila Humphreys | 126 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Green | Sandra Vallens | 97 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,299 | 29.52 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Liz Kitchen | 681 | 48.0 | −25.9 | |
Conservative | Tony Hogben | 639 | 45.1 | −21.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joel Dinis | 485 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon James | 297 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Donald Mahon | 221 | 15.6 | −5.9 | |
Green | Freya Finnegan | 198 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Green | Yelena Finnegan | 124 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,429 | 29.31 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynn Lambert | 690 | 41.5 | −27.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joanne Knowles | 669 | 40.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Dittmer | 645 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sarah Payne | 633 | 38.0 | −30.6 | |
Green | Catherine Briggs | 193 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Labour | David Shone | 152 | 9.1 | −18.5 | |
Green | Amalia Finnegan | 148 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,673 | 37.76 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Fletcher | 1,337 | 51.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Milne | 1,204 | 46.1 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Trott | 1,153 | 44.2 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Ross Dye | 790 | 30.3 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | David Walbank | 780 | 29.9 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Kimberley Williams | 752 | 28.8 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Hilary Key | 327 | 12.5 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Kevin O'Sullivan | 287 | 11.0 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Matthew Verrall | 253 | 9.7 | −2.8 | |
Green | Jane Sharp | 237 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Green | Vicci Johnson | 219 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Green | Robin Johnson | 210 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,620 | 34.45 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Skipp | 1,382 | 51.0 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Minto | 1,362 | 50.3 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Olson | 1,316 | 48.6 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Carol Hayton | 695 | 25.7 | +0.3 | |
Labour | David Hide | 662 | 24.4 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Gerard Kavanagh | 560 | 20.7 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Revell | 385 | 14.2 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Ken Eglinton | 379 | 14.0 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Julian Walden | 361 | 13.3 | −8.0 | |
Green | Hannah Moor | 220 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Green | Tony Baker | 200 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Green | Lawrence Leather | 148 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Peace | James Duggan | 143 | 5.3 | −5.4 | |
Turnout | 2,711 | 39.54 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Malcolm Eastwood | 766 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Josh Potts* | 753 | 39.6 | +6.2 | |
Green | Gill Perry | 742 | 39.0 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Fiona Ayres | 590 | 31.0 | +3.6 | |
Green | Sian Fisher | 267 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Dane | 193 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Mohamed | 83 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,905 | 41.45 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Grant | 874 | 47.3 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Warwick Hellawell | 784 | 42.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Karen Burgess* | 640 | 34.6 | −12.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Torn | 566 | 30.6 | −21.8 | |
Labour | Sheila Chapman | 186 | 10.1 | −9.8 | |
Labour | Lorraine Barry | 172 | 9.3 | −10.1 | |
Green | Florian Yeates | 150 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Green | Mark Francis | 125 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Tony Rickett | 82 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,855 | 40.61 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Emery | 1,039 | 50.6 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Franke | 913 | 44.5 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Burgess* | 750 | 36.5 | −12.4 | |
Conservative | Christian Mitchell* | 732 | 35.7 | −11.9 | |
Labour | Raymond Chapman | 192 | 9.4 | −3.6 | |
Green | David Hall | 148 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Green | Una McCartan | 133 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Ros Shiel | 112 | 5.5 | −9.9 | |
Turnout | 2,059 | 41.13 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kasia Greenwood | 740 | 44.2 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Tricia Youtan* | 683 | 40.8 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Nye | 667 | 39.9 | −6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Tweedy | 597 | 35.7 | +6.8 | |
Green | Jennie Tomlinson | 185 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Green | Andrew Finnegan | 145 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Araminta Barlow | 134 | 8.0 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 1,687 | 37.83 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Livingstone | 464 | 44.6 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Norman Bryant | 397 | 38.2 | −20.1 | |
Labour | Hazel Lamb | 94 | 9.0 | +2.3 | |
Green | Natasha Barnes | 85 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,044 | 42.68 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jon Campbell | 868 | 41.0 | +3.6 | |
Green | Len Ellis-Brown | 862 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Clarke* | 813 | 38.4 | −10.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Atkins | 777 | 36.7 | −11.5 | |
Green | Morag Warrack | 623 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Damian Stuart | 566 | 26.7 | −18.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Berry | 341 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Jane Mote | 326 | 15.4 | −8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Geeson | 269 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | John Wallace | 208 | 9.8 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Evans | 167 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Heritage | Johanna Hughes | 61 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,124 | 35.79 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tony Bevis* | 845 | 51.2 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Belinda Walters | 771 | 46.7 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Dancer | 480 | 29.1 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Tracey Grabowski | 431 | 26.1 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Daniel Everett | 218 | 13.2 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Kyle Wickens | 201 | 12.2 | +0.3 | |
Green | Ian Nicol | 146 | 8.8 | −5.9 | |
Green | Nicholas Linfield | 125 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,661 | 34.57 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sam Raby* | 746 | 48.6 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jay Mercer | 715 | 46.6 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Alan Britten* | 448 | 29.2 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | Katie Nagel | 418 | 27.2 | −13.6 | |
Green | Claire Adcock | 175 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Nicola Gardner | 171 | 11.1 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Sara Loewenthal | 170 | 11.1 | −5.3 | |
Green | Tony Cook | 105 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,545 | 31.42 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dick Landeryou* | 497 | 55.5 | −14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Mason | 254 | 28.3 | +5.3 | |
Green | Harry Tilney | 79 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Rebecca Bainbridge | 66 | 7.4 | ±0.0 | |
Turnout | 903 | 38.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Wood | 732 | 43.6 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter van der Borgh | 730 | 43.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Claire Vickers* | 633 | 37.7 | −13.8 | |
Conservative | John Chidlow | 605 | 36.0 | −17.3 | |
Labour | Jill Clarke | 155 | 9.2 | −0.6 | |
Green | Nick Barnett | 151 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Green | Jill Shuker | 149 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Cornwell | 126 | 7.5 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 1,687 | 38.19 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Colette Blackburn | 889 | 50.5 | +12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Jeffrey | 699 | 39.7 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Ian Stannard* | 689 | 39.1 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Matthew Payne | 686 | 38.9 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Diane Burstow | 173 | 9.8 | +0.7 | |
Green | Diana Croker | 155 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Shaw | 106 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,777 | 33.64 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Victoria Finnegan | 895 | 47.2 | +3.1 | |
Green | Nicholas Marks | 808 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tim Lloyd* | 690 | 36.4 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Hattie Shoosmith | 576 | 30.4 | −5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hammond | 344 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Howell | 344 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,911 | 40.31 | |||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Joan Grech* | 1,588 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Green | Emma Beard | 1,579 | 51.8 | N/A | |
Green | Claudia Fisher | 1,452 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Daniel Hall | 1,206 | 39.5 | −22.0 | |
Conservative | Anthony Watts | 1,099 | 36.0 | −23.6 | |
Conservative | Gary Markwell | 903 | 29.6 | −26.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janine Milne | 411 | 13.5 | −23.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Beveridge | 294 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Worth | 264 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,075 | 41.07 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Boffey* | 1,287 | 64.2 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Frankland | 1,212 | 60.4 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Tim Nagel | 374 | 18.6 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | David Thompson | 364 | 18.1 | −3.1 | |
Labour | Joanne Kavanagh | 236 | 11.8 | −4.6 | |
Labour | Adam Key | 161 | 8.0 | −5.3 | |
Green | Wendy Breese | 141 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Green | Kim Hope | 138 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,011 | 42.04 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Circus* | 1,369 | 46.2 | −10.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Manton | 1,262 | 42.6 | −15.6 | |
Conservative | Joy Dennis | 1,119 | 37.8 | −10.0 | |
Green | Jenny Altamirano Smith | 1,046 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Green | Barry Humphreys | 981 | 33.1 | N/A | |
Green | Ana Sivers | 800 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Miles | 533 | 18.0 | −12.1 | |
Independent | Caroline Instance | 370 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Phillips | 288 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Nick Dalton | 240 | 8.1 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Evan Stone | 238 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,974 | 42.10 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Gill Perry | 668 | 44.2 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Tim Lloyd | 569 | 37.7 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Fiona Ayres | 215 | 14.2 | −16.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nico Kearns | 59 | 3.9 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 99 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,511 | 33.3 | |||
Green gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claire Vickers | 618 | 49.0 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Hayes | 388 | 30.8 | −13.0 | |
Green | Jennifer Nuin Smith | 162 | 12.9 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Minty Barlow | 92 | 7.3 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 230 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,260 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cheryl Sweeney | 712 | 38.6 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Hewson | 672 | 36.4 | –13.3 | |
Green | Jennifer Nuin Smith | 255 | 13.8 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Cameron McGilliray | 205 | 11.1 | –1.1 | |
Majority | 40 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,848 | 23.1 | –11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,987 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 11.3 |
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