Crawley Borough Council election, 2015

The 2015 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect approximately one third of the members of Crawley Borough Council in England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election. ^[1]

Results

Crawley Borough Council Election, 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19	0	1	-1	51	37	15671
	Conservative	18	1	0	+1	49	52	21760
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	6	2723
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	3	1066
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2	848
	Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	53
	Justice Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	40

The Labour Party governing group of councillors saw their majority reduced to one councillor, with one gained by a Conservative, keeping some areas of the authority having no representatives within the group with control of the council. Five of six seats held were retained by Labour candidates, keeping some areas with sole majority party representation. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place. Seats from two lower-population wards were without elections in 2015. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Ward by ward

Bewbush ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris Cheshire	1636
	Conservative	Patrick Robert Reid	1173
	UKIP	Simon Darroch	631
	Green	Richard Martin Kail	171
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	40
Turnout				57%
	Labour hold		Swing

Furnace Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Duncan Crow	1560
	Labour	Tony Patel	903
	UKIP	Allan Peter Griffiths	516
	Liberal Democrat	David Lee Anderson	156
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gossops Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lisa Vitler	1278
	Labour	Jason Robert Vine	920
	UKIP	Christopher James Brown	544
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ifield ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin Alan Stone	2312
	Labour	Sue Mullins	1906
Turnout				62%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Langley Green ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrew Clifford Skudder	1739
	Conservative	Andrew Simon Jagger	957
	UKIP	Sharon Elizabeth Kennett	549
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Osborne	152
Turnout				59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Maidenbower ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kim Jaggard	3455
	Labour	Sumon Ahmed	1066
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northgate ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Geraint Thomas	1227
	Conservative	Tina Belben	930
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Sargent	156
Turnout				59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Pound Hill North ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kevan McCarthy	2341
	Labour	Carlos Portal Castro	853
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Ann Spooner	299
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pound Hill South and Worth ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beryl Mecrow	2901
	Labour	Rory Stuart Fiveash	1383
Turnout				68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southgate ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	1894
	Labour	Michael William Pickett	1564
	Green	Robin David Fitton	268
	Liberal Democrat	Elke Smith	137
	Libertarian	Adam Gregory Brown	53
Turnout				61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Bridges ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	1597
	Labour	Daryl English	1308
	UKIP	Martin Rann	483
	Green	Tim Holt	223
Turnout				65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tilgate ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Francis Guidera	1362
	Labour	Julian Charatan	1166
	Green	Derek Hardman	186
	Liberal Democrat	James Michael Harper	166
Turnout				65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015. 
2. Election result Crawley News. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
3. "Labour hold Crawley Borough Council by slimmest majority" Crawley and Horley Observer. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
4. 2011 results showing by ward with all candidates' votes CBC. Accessed 2015-05-22
5. http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/PUB246856 Statement of Persons Nominated