2023 Mid Sussex District Council election

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2023 Mid Sussex District Council election
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All 48 seats to Mid Sussex District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent
Last election13 seats, 30.2%34 seats, 40.0%4 seats, 8.2%
Seats won20185
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote28,24825,1477,858
Percentage37.0%32.9%10.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.8%Decrease2.svg 7.1%Increase2.svg 2.1%
 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Green Labour
Last election3 seats, 11.4%0 seats, 9.2%
Seats won41
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote9,1725,870
Percentage12.0%7.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.6%Decrease2.svg 1.5%
Mid Sussex UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Mid Sussex District Council election
Leader before election


Conservative

Leader after election


No overall control

The 2023 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in West Sussex, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Contents

New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, with the number of seats on the council reducing from 54 to 48. [2]

Summary

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control. Following the election the council was left under no overall control with the Liberal Democrats being the largest party; the Conservative leader of the council, Jonathan Ash-Edwards, lost his seat. Following the election a minority administration of the Liberal Democrats and four of the five independent councillors took control of the council, with Liberal Democrat councillor Robert Eggleston being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023. [3]

Overall result

The overall results were as follows: [4]

2023 Mid Sussex District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 392080Increase2.svg 841.737.028,248+6.8
  Conservative 4818011Decrease2.svg 1137.532.925,147–7.1
  Independent 20510Increase2.svg 110.410.37,858+2.1
  Green 25410Increase2.svg 18.312.09,172+0.6
  Labour 19110Increase2.svg 12.17.75,870–1.5
  Monster Raving Loony 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2150N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Mid Sussex District Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. [5] The results were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election. [6] [7]

Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill

Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jenny Edwards* 709 40.4
Conservative Gary Marsh* 567 32.3
Green Matt Brewin56532.2
Conservative Bruce Forbes51129.2
Independent Julian Smith39322.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Jerrit35820.4
Independent Barry Theobald24313.9
Turnout 1,75337.8
Registered electors 4,650
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Belsey* 535 64.0
Green Pete Wells16820.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight13315.9
Majority36743.9
Turnout 83641.1
Registered electors 2,053
Conservative win (new seat)

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Kennedy 648 41.6
Conservative Mustak Miah 622 40.0
Liberal Democrats Giles Parsons55335.5
Conservative Chris Mucklestone52633.8
Independent Yann Davies24916.0
Labour Pam Haigh17411.2
Turnout 1,55638.0
Registered electors 4,100
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood* 1,130 63.0
Liberal Democrats David Eggleton 1,107 61.7
Conservative Claire Fussell40422.5
Conservative Tobias Parker39321.9
Independent Andy Stowe32818.3
Turnout 1,79343.0
Registered electors 4,213
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Anne Eves* 848 61.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks* 813 59.0
Conservative Colin Holden38327.8
Conservative Adam White33124.0
Turnout 1,37937.7
Registered electors 3,702
Green hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds

Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Eggleston* 1,208 67.0
Liberal Democrats Tofojjul Hussain* 1,046 58.0
Independent Sean Kelly40222.3
Conservative Cherry Catharine33418.5
Conservative Elizabeth White28715.9
Turnout 1,80338.1
Registered electors 4,770
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Cherry 800 45.5
Green Matthew Cornish* 665 37.8
Independent Ray Woods44225.1
Conservative Jeremy Catharine36820.9
Labour Joanne Rodway31918.1
Conservative Toby Dawson31718.0
Labour Rebecca Sinnatt21212.1
Turnout 1,75835.0
Registered electors 5,057
Liberal Democrats hold
Green hold

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Chapman* 666 66.7
Labour Linda Gregory20120.1
Conservative Martin Willcock13213.2
Majority46546.6
Turnout 99932.4
Registered electors 3,124
Independent hold

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Casella 612 50.9
Independent Christopher Phillips* 505 42.0
Conservative Tony Dorey48140.0
Liberal Democrats Maggie Aston32326.9
Green Lorcan Smith21918.2
Turnout 1,20228.2
Registered electors 4,276
Conservative gain from Independent
Independent hold

Crawley Down

Crawley Down (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ian Gibson* 1,080 62.6
Independent John Hitchcock 980 56.8
Conservative Liz Williams43925.5
Conservative Philip Coote*40323.4
Green Gordon Westcott18810.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Goldsmith1599.2
Turnout 1,72437.2
Registered electors 4,653
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty

Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Avery 894 45.3
Conservative Jim Knight* 706 35.8
Liberal Democrats Barbara King54027.4
Independent Sacha Dykes41921.2
Liberal Democrats James Holloway36718.6
Green Rachel McNamara36018.3
Labour Andrew Foster29214.8
Monster Raving Loony Baron Von Thunderclap1507.6
Turnout 1,97239.4
Registered electors 5,007
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Downland Villages

Downland Villages
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoff Zeidler 511 55.5
Liberal Democrats Neville Searle18520.1
Labour Norina O'Hare11612.6
Green Clare Rogers10911.8
Majority32635.4
Turnout 92136.8
Registered electors 2,525
Conservative win (new seat)

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Belsey* 696 48.6
Conservative Adam Peacock* 561 39.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lane31021.6
Independent Carly Godfrey27219.0
Green Alex Langridge27219.0
Labour Thomas Britton26618.6
Independent Stef Hillwood25417.7
Turnout 1,43227.2
Registered electors 5,298
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Julie Mockford* 340 38.5
Conservative Christopher Evans29233.1
Liberal Democrats Fathi Tarada25028.3
Majority485.4
Turnout 88233.1
Registered electors 2,687
Independent gain from Conservative

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dick Sweatman* 429 45.6
Liberal Democrats Steve Hall27228.9
Independent Nick Gibson12613.4
Green Sharon Martin11312.0
Majority15716.7
Turnout 94035.0
Registered electors 2,706
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rex Whittaker* 666 43.2
Conservative Lee Farren 530 34.4
Independent Heidi Brunsdon*51733.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Williams41226.7
Green Chrissie Masters34222.2
Independent Christopher Lomas33321.6
Turnout 1,54231.4
Registered electors 4,989
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacquie Russell 539 40.0
Conservative John Dabell* 504 37.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Barnett49836.9
Liberal Democrats Lee Gibbs37828.0
Green Laura Buonocore20315.0
Independent Norman Mockford19914.8
Labour David Wilbraham18313.6
Turnout 1,34927.6
Registered electors 4,905
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Handcross & Pease Pottage

Handcross & Pease Pottage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Prescott 270 44.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Cox19932.4
Independent Carole Steggles14523.6
Majority7111.6
Turnout 62123.4
Registered electors 2,655
Conservative win (new seat)

Hassocks

Hassocks (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Hatton* 2,314 75.2
Liberal Democrats Kristian Berggreen 2,084 67.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hobbs 1,699 55.2
Conservative Alex Simmons58719.1
Labour Alison Whelan56418.3
Green Marie Holmstrom54117.6
Conservative Philip Beck47415.4
Conservative Stephen Horsfield42313.7
Turnout 3,07746.0
Registered electors 6,727
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates* 873 48.5
Liberal Democrats Duncan Pascoe 708 39.4
Conservative Sujan Wickremaratchi53229.6
Conservative Justin Cromie46726.0
Labour Murray Crump37020.6
Green Richard Kail32818.2
Turnout 1,79933.2
Registered electors 5,424
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath

Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Rees 751 45.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Platts 700 42.4
Conservative Rachel Cromie*56033.9
Conservative Stephen Hillier*55233.4
Labour Jack Taplin36922.4
Green Deanna Nicholson31118.8
Labour Benjamin Webb25115.2
Turnout 1,65129.6
Registered electors 5,644
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rod Clarke* 620 36.8
Labour Paul Kenny 594 35.3
Labour Tim Weekes56233.4
Conservative Mike Pulfer*53631.8
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft35921.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Knight29317.4
Green Caroline Mendes19211.4
Turnout 1,68536.8
Registered electors 4,608
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Haywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore

Haywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Lucraft 715 39.1
Liberal Democrats Abdul Bashar 710 38.8
Conservative Ruth De Mierre*70438.5
Conservative Alastair McPherson69738.1
Green Allan Murray37520.5
Labour Nick Lashmar37220.4
Turnout 1,82835.4
Registered electors 5,241
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Haywards Heath North

Haywards Heath North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandy Ellis* 400 35.7
Liberal Democrats Emiliano Mancino33930.2
Green Richard Nicholson16815.0
Labour David Morley16714.9
Independent Christian Pitt474.2
Majority615.5
Turnout 1,12140.6
Registered electors 2,791
Conservative win (new seat)

Hurstpierpoint

Hurstpierpoint (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Bennett* 1,236 62.2
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson* 1,050 52.8
Conservative Mark Scholfield47123.7
Conservative Billy Lee44422.3
Labour Graciano Soares32816.5
Green Sue Kelly31515.8
Turnout 1,98841.1
Registered electors 4,869
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lindfield

Lindfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Cooke 1,141 44.5
Liberal Democrats Cavan Wood 1,020 39.8
Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards*90635.3
Conservative Anthea Lea*85533.3
Green David Woolley45017.5
Green Stu Nisbett36014.0
Labour Iain Maclean2258.8
Turnout 2,56548.5
Registered electors 5,329
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Lindfield Rural & High Weald

Lindfield Rural & High Weald (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Paul Brown* 852 40.1
Conservative Lorraine Carvalho 851 40.1
Conservative Sarah Webster82138.7
Liberal Democrats Emily Lomax56726.7
Green Nigel Cross51924.4
Labour Mandy Claiden30514.4
Turnout 2,12439.8
Registered electors 5,363
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/812, retrieved 1 May 2023
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