Crawley Borough Council elections

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One third of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 36 councillors have been elected from 13 wards. [1]

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Political control

From the first elections to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973–2006
Conservative 2006
No overall control 2006–2007
Conservative 2007–2014
Labour 2014–2020
No overall control 2020–2022
Labour 2022–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1973 have been: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
George Waller Labour 19731978
Ben Clay Labour 19781980
Alf Pegler Labour 19801982
Tony Edwards Labour 19821983
Ben Clay Labour 19831986
Alf Pegler Labour 19861996
Tony Edwards Labour 19962000
Chris Redmayne Labour 200026 May 2006
Bob Lanzer Conservative 26 May 2006Aug 2013
Howard Bloom Conservative 26 Sep 201313 Jun 2014
Peter Lamb Labour 13 Jun 201427 May 2022
Michael Jones Labour 27 May 2022

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election increasing the number of seats by 5, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. [4]

Composition of the council [5]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] UKIP Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (32 seats)
1973 5250–0Labour
1976 11140–0Labour
New ward boundaries (26 seats) [6]
1979 10160–0Labour
1980 8180–0Labour
1982 8180–0Labour
New ward boundaries (32 seats)
1983 [7] 12200–0Labour
1984 14180–0Labour
1986 12200–0Labour
1987 13181–0Labour
1988 10211–0Labour
1990 8211–2Labour
1991 7241–0Labour
1992 9221–0Labour
1994 [8] 723200Labour
1995 426200Labour
1996 228200Labour
1998 327200Labour
1999 525200Labour
2000 624200Labour
2002 723200Labour
2003 822200Labour
New ward boundaries (37 seats)
2004 [9] 1619200Labour
2006 1916200Conservative
1007 2311300Conservative
2008 269200Conservative
2010 2611000Conservative
2011 2413000Conservative
2012 2116000Conservative
2014 1620010Labour
2015 1819000Labour
2016 1720000Labour
2018 [10] 1720000Labour
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
2019 [11] 1719000Labour
2021 1817001No overall control
2022 1718001 [b] Labour
2023 1620000Labour
2024 1125000Labour

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [12] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Langley Green28 November 1996 Labour Labour
West Green by-election 14 September 2000 Labour Labour
Pound Hill South2 October 2003 Conservative Conservative
Northgate15 October 2009 Liberal Democrats Labour
Tilgate7 October 2010 Conservative Labour
Southgate9 October 2014 UKIP Labour
Maidenbower4 May 2017 Conservative Conservative
Pound Hill South and Worth8 June 2017 Conservative Conservative
Tilgate26 September 2019 Conservative Conservative
Southgate9 June 2022 Labour Labour
Maidenbower4 July 2024 Conservative Conservative
Northgate and West Green24 October 2024 Labour Labour

2002-2006

Pound Hill South By-Election 2 October 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 54851.3−5.8
Labour 23421.9−3.9
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay21019.7+2.6
Green 767.1+7.1
Majority 31429.4
Turnout 1,06819.8
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Northgate By-Election 15 October 2009 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraint Thomas52743.3+19.0
Conservative Ryan Smith44636.7+18.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise23018.9−26.6
Justice PartyArshad Khan131.1−8.4
Majority 816.6
Turnout 1,21631.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010-2014

Tilgate By-Election 7 October 2010 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Lloyd76450.8+15.2
Conservative Ray Ward65643.9+2.8
UKIP Maurice Day795.2+5.2
Justice PartyArshad Khan60.4+0.4
Majority 1086.9
Turnout 1,50532−7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2014-2018

Southgate By-Election 9 October 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Pickett73344.1+9
Conservative Jan Tarrant64238.6+6.1
UKIP Simon Darroch27716.7−6.7
Justice PartyArshad Khan100.6+0.6
Majority 915.5
Turnout 1,66225−13.3
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Maidenbower By-Election 4 May 2017 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Boxall1,37765.1−5.8
Labour Morgan Flack41319.5+0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Cummings1788.4+8.4
UKIP Allan Griffiths1004.7+4.7
Green Richard Kail482.3−7.8
Majority 96445.6
Turnout 2,116
Conservative hold Swing
Pound Hill South and Worth By-Election 8 June 2017 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Pendlington2,43552.2−7.5
Labour Colin Flack1,67736.0+2.6
Green Daniel Elliott1934.1−2.8
Liberal Democrats Harry Old1924.1+4.1
UKIP Janet Setford-Thompson1653.5+3.5
Majority 75816.3
Turnout 4,662
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Tilgate By-Election 26 September 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Mwagale74157.0
Labour Kiran Khan39630.5
Liberal Democrats Angharad Old826.3
Green Derek Hardman755.8
Justice PartyArshad Khan50.4
Majority 34526.6
Turnout 1,299
Conservative hold Swing

2022-2026

Southgate By-Election 9 June 2022 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Noyce93850.1+3.5
Conservative Jan Tarrant79042.2+2.8
Green Richard Kail1447.7+1.6
Majority 1487.9
Turnout 1,872
Labour hold Swing
Maidenbower By-Election 4 July 2024 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Imtiaz Khan1,60639.6−4.3
Green Max Perry1,22730.2+1.5
Labour Matt Pritchard1,22630.2+2.8
Majority 3799.3
Turnout 4,059
Conservative hold Swing
Northgate and West Green By-Election 24 October 2024 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Khayla Abu Mosa70438.5−15.0
Conservative Jonathan Purdy49226.9−2.0
Reform UK Tim Charters29216.0+16.0
Green Nick Park1749.5−3.0
Workers Party Linda Bamieh1337.3+7.3
TUSC Robin Burnham351.9−3.2
Majority 21211.6
Turnout 1,830
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ 1 vacant seat

References

  1. ↑ "Councillors and Elections". Crawley Borough Council. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online . 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Council minutes". Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Crawley council". BBC News Online . 12 June 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  6. ↑ The Borough of Crawley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  7. ↑ The Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1982
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Crawley (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Noel Dempsey (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 20.
  11. ↑ "Borough Election 2019 - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Crawley Borough Council. 2 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Labour wins Northgate by-election". Crawley Observer. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  14. ↑ "By-elections October 2010". Crawley Borough Council. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  15. ↑ "BLOG : BY-ELECTION RESULTS: CRAWLEY BC, SOUTHGATE – 9 OCTOBER 2014". ALDC. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Maidenbower Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pound Hill South and Worth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tilgate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Southgate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Maidenbower Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Northgate and West Green Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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