2024 Crawley Borough Council election

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2024 Crawley Borough Council election
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12 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderMichael JonesDuncan Crow
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seatBewbush & North BroadfieldFurnace Green
Last election20 seats, 47.6%16 seats, 40.2%
Seats before2016
Seats after2511
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 5
Leader before election

Michael Jones
Labour

Leader after election

Michael Jones
Labour

The 2024 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

The Labour Party tightened their control of the council to a comfortable working majority of 14, gaining several seats from the Conservatives. Despite multiple other parties fielding several candidates in Crawley's wards, no other party won any seats. [2]

Summary

Candidates by party

Labour Party (12/12)





Conservative Party (12/12)





Green Party (10/12)





TUSC (10/12)





Heritage (3/12)





Independent (2/12)





Freedom Alliance (1/12)





Justice (1/12)





Election result

2024 Crawley Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 10Increase2.svg 583.3152569.4
  Conservative 2Decrease2.svg 516.791130.6
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0
  Freedom Alliance 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0
  Heritage 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0
  JAC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0

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 8 April 2024. [3] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Jones* 920 51.3 −4.4
Conservative Tony Johnson41623.2+0.6
Green Holly Smith25114.0+3.0
TUSC Robin Burnham1196.6−2.6
Heritage Dan Weir502.8+1.3
JAC Arshad Khan382.1N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,81625.1
Registered electors 7,230
Labour hold Swing

Broadfield

Broadfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Kiran Khan* 979 54.5 −0.1
Conservative Valerie Knight50928.4−1.4
Heritage Carolina Morra1749.7+3.4
TUSC Christopher Ellis1337.4+5.5
Majority
Turnout 1,81624.6
Registered electors 7,384
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Esther Barrott 914 51.6 −1.5
Conservative Anwaera Perveen55731.5−3.4
Green Iain Dickson19110.8−1.3
Heritage Debbie Plaister824.6N/A
TUSC Mark Wright261.5N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,78038.0
Registered electors 4,683
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Ifield

Ifield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Beni Yianni 1,046 50.6 +4.3
Conservative Jonathan Purdy68833.3−5.7
Green Ines Manning22911.1+1.5
TUSC Winifred Duggan1055.1N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,08829.0
Registered electors 7,202
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Shelly Bushnell 722 45.1 −18.5
Independent Karen Sudan46529.0N/A
Conservative Alan Hellier41425.9−10.5
Majority
Turnout 1,67527.3
Registered electors 6,132
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dominic Ramsay 940 43.9 −7.6
Green Max Perry61428.7+1.0
Labour Matt Pritchard58627.4+6.6
Majority
Turnout 2,15931.8
Registered electors 6,799
Conservative hold Swing

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sue Mullins* 1,188 53.5 −1.1
Conservative Alison Pendlington*64128.9−4.5
Green Nicholas Park27812.5+0.5
TUSC Peter Miller1135.1N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,24229.0
Registered electors 7,741
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Nicholas Hilton 1,236 49.1 −4.5
Conservative Paul Castle1,01440.3−6.1
Green Neal Murdoch2369.4N/A
TUSC Ben Newman311.2N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,53034.3
Registered electors 7,372
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Bidwell 1,099 51.8 +3.9
Labour Tony Patel72134.0−6.4
Green Cyril Gambrell24711.6−0.1
TUSC Ruth Gaunt542.5N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,14634.5
Registered electors 6,221
Conservative hold Swing

Southgate

Southgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Dipesh Patel 924 46.2 −2.9
Conservative Simon Piggott*74637.3+1.5
Green Robin Fitton25512.8+3.4
TUSC Brett Shattock733.7N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,01230.0
Registered electors 6,711
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Atif Nawaz* 1,274 51.4 +8.1
Conservative Kevin Bonnick80932.6−13.4
Green Denielle Kail2158.7+0.7
Independent Muhammed Hanif933.8N/A
TUSC Timothy Holt893.6N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,49636.9
Registered electors 6,773
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Tilgate

Tilgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Olu Adeniyi 732 48.7 +0.1
Conservative Francis Guidera55036.6−14.8
Green Simon Thorn1208.0N/A
Freedom Alliance Amanda Brown694.6N/A
TUSC Christopher Owen332.2N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,51433.7
Registered electors 4,495
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Dunn, Karen (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: Labour's 'best result in decades' in Crawley". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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