Arun District Council elections

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Arun District Council in West Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 54 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.

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Council elections

Overview

Election results

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour UKIP Independents Majority Notes
1973 [7] 3944013Con Maj 18First elections to Council, formed of 60 seats
1976 505104Con Maj 40
1979 509100Con Maj 40
1983 514100Con Maj 46Boundary changes reduce size of council to 56
1987 514100Con Maj 46
1991 3611702Con Maj 16
1995 29141003Con Maj 2
1999 3610802Con Maj 16
2003 3611801Con Maj 16
2007 429302Con Maj 28
2011 484301Con Maj 40
2015 425142Con Maj 30Boundary changes reduce size of council to 54
2019 2122108NOC
2023 2014806NOC

Composition of the council

Political partyCouncillors
19731976197919831987199119951999200320072011201520192023
Conservative 39505051513629363642484221
20 / 54
Liberal Democrat 459441114101194522
14 / 54
Labour 41111710883311
8 / 54
Green 0000000000002
6 / 54
Independent 13400023212128
6 / 54
UKIP 0000000000040
0 / 54

District result maps

By-election results

Overview

By-electionDateIncumbent partyResult
Rustington South26 March 1998 Conservative Conservative
Felpham3 December 1998 Independent Conservative
Rustington South15 July 1999 Conservative Conservative
Hotham27 July 2000 Conservative Conservative
Yapton5 May 2005 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Felpham East22 September 2005 Conservative Conservative
Angmering10 November 2005 Conservative Conservative
Rustington West20 April 2006 Conservative Conservative
Angmering1 June 2006 Conservative Conservative
Yapton1 June 2006 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Yapton20 March 2008 Conservative Conservative
Felpham West2 April 2009 Conservative Conservative
Aldwick East14 March 2013 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Angmering18 April 2013 Conservative Conservative
Aldwick West2 November 2017 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Marine22 February 2018 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Brookfield6 May 2021 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Pevensey6 May 2021 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Barnham8 September 2022 Conservative Green
Arundel and Walberton1 December 2022 Green Green

1995-1999

Rustington South By-Election 26 March 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 594 60.4
Liberal Democrats 37438.6
Majority22022.8
Turnout 96831.0
Conservative hold Swing
Felpham By-Election 3 December 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 393 40.1 +9.6
Independent 29430.0+8.8
Liberal Democrats 16717.0+9.4
Independent 10210.4+10.4
Labour 242.5−6.4
Majority9910.1
Turnout 98027.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

1999-2003

Rustington South By-Election 15 July 1999 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Harrison 604 64.1
Liberal Democrats Richard James20822.1
Labour Moira Rice13013.8
Majority39642.0
Turnout 94230.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hotham By-Election 27 July 2000 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Evans 429 38.7 −2.7
Labour Pauline Nash38835.0+5.6
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Olliver29226.3−3.0
Majority413.7
Turnout 1,10924.4
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Yapton By-Election 5 May 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Menzies 1,213 50.7 +24.3
Conservative Richard Taft1,17949.3−24.3
Majority341.4
Turnout 2,39260.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Felpham East By-Election 22 September 2005 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul English 492 58.2 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Harvey26731.6+31.6
Labour Simon Holland8610.2−1.6
Majority22526.6
Turnout 84522.6
Conservative hold Swing
Angmering By-Election 10 November 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Bicknell 846 66.8 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Trevor Richards42133.2−3.4
Majority42533.6
Turnout 1,26722.8
Conservative hold Swing
Rustington West By-Election 20 April 2006 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Florence Harrison 769 44.1 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lauretani58133.4+3.0
UKIP 27715.9−2.1
Labour 1156.6−2.7
Majority18810.7
Turnout 1,74226.8
Conservative hold Swing
Angmering By-Election 1 June 2006 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Wensley 1,052 73.6 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Trevor Richards25417.8−15.4
Labour 1238.6+8.6
Majority79855.8+22.2
Turnout 1,42924.7+1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Yapton By-Election 1 June 2006 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Taft 699 70.5 +21.2
Liberal Democrats Roslyn Kissell20520.7−30.0
Labour 878.8+8.8
Majority49449.8
Turnout 99124.0−36.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2007-2011

Yapton by-election 20 March 2008 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Neno 620 59.8 −4.8
Liberal Democrats David Jones21220.4−2.4
BNP Albert Bodle20519.8+19.8
Majority40839.4
Turnout 1,03725.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.2
Felpham West by-election 2 April 2009 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gillian Madeley 630 52.1 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Lury26922.2+10.3
BNP Michael Witchell16513.6+13.6
UKIP Joan Phillips897.4−4.6
Labour Michelle White564.6+4.6
Majority36129.9N/A
Turnout 1,20930.2−8.5
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Aldwick East by-election 14 March 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Wells 383 33.6 +17.9
Conservative Bill Smee35731.3−32.6
UKIP Janet Taylor33929.7+22.6
Labour Richard Dawson615.3−1.3
Majority262.3
Turnout 1,14126.8−26.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 25.3
Angmering by-election 18 April 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Cooper 878 63.9 +22.3
Labour Carly Godwin26819.5+1.5
Liberal Democrats Jamie Bennett22816.6+4.8
Majority61034.4
Turnout 1,14123.4−21.4
Conservative hold Swing 10.4

2015-2019

Aldwick West by-election 2 November 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Smith 719 52.7 +17.9
Conservative Guy Purser48036.2−32.6
Labour Ian Manion1128.2New
Green Carol Birch544.0New
Majority23917.5
Turnout 1,36926.3−26.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 25.5
Marine by-election 22 February 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Matt Stanley 309 32.7 New
Labour Alison Sharples25226.7+7.3
Conservative Katherine Eccles24225.6−0.7
Independent Steve Goodheart14114.9New
Majority576.0
Turnout 95020.1−30.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 16.7

2019-2023

Brookfield by-election 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Chace 680 48.5 +17.7
Liberal Democrats Roberta Woodman52637.5−21.0
Labour Freddie Tandy15210.8+0.1
Workers Party Jonathan Maxted453.2New
Majority15411.0
Turnout 1,41129.6+1.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 19.4
Pevensey by-election 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan English 357 38.3 +16.4
Liberal Democrats John Barrett21022.5−6.9
Labour Simon McDougall14015.0−0.6
Independent Jan Cosgrove13214.2New
Green Carol Birch9310.0New
Majority14715.8
Turnout 94722.4−3.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 11.7
Barnham by-election 8 September 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sue Wallsgrove 786 50.9 +6.8
Conservative Graham Jones64141.5−8.6
Labour Alan Butcher1167.5−14.0
Majority1459.4
Turnout 1,54721.3−7.6
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Arundel and Walberton by-election 1 December 2022 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Stephen McAuliffe 873 47.7 +21.9
Conservative Mario Trabucco54930.0−1.8
Labour Michael Ward40722.3+9.9
Majority32417.7
Turnout 1,829
Green hold Swing

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