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]

Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP Notes
1992 [7] 22910
1994 [8] 23720Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [9]
1995 [10] 26420
1996 [11] 28220
1998 [12] 27320
1999 [13] 25520
2000 [14] 24620
2002 [15] 23720
2003 [16] 22820
2004 [4] 191620Borough boundary changes took place increasing the number of seats from 32 to 37. [17]
2006 [18] 161920
2007 [19] 122230
2008 [20] 92620
2010 [21] 112600
2011 [2] 132400
2012 162100
2014 201601
2015 [22] 191800
2016 [23] 201700
2018 [24] 201700
2019 [25] 191700Borough boundary changes took place reducing the number of seats from 37 to 36.
2021 171800In addition, one existing Independent former Labour councillor remained on the council.
2022 181700One by-election was still ongoing, subsequently won by Labour.
2023 201600
2024 251100

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [26] 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

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
Majority31429.4
Turnout 1,06819.8
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Northgate By-Election 15 October 2009 [27]
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
Majority816.6
Turnout 1,21631.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010-2014

Tilgate By-Election 7 October 2010 [28]
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
Majority1086.9
Turnout 1,50532−7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2014-2018

Southgate By-Election 9 October 2014 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Pickett73344.1+9
Conservative Jan Tarrant64238.6+6.1
UKIP Simon Darroch27716.7−6.7
Justice PartyArshad Khan100.6+0.6
Majority915.5
Turnout 1,66225−13.3
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Maidenbower By-Election 4 May 2017 [30]
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
Majority96445.6
Turnout 2,116
Conservative hold Swing
Pound Hill South and Worth By-Election 8 June 2017 [31]
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
Majority75816.3
Turnout 4,662
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Tilgate By-Election 26 September 2019 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Mwagale74157.0
Labour Kiran Khan39630.5
Liberal Democrats Angharad Old826.3
Green Derek Hardman755.8
Justice PartyArshad Khan50.4
Majority34526.6
Turnout 1,299
Conservative hold Swing

2022-2026

Southgate By-Election 9 June 2022 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Noyce93850.1+3.5
Conservative Jan Tarrant79042.2+2.8
Green Richard Kail1447.7+1.6
Majority1487.9
Turnout 1,872
Labour hold Swing
Maidenbower By-Election 4 July 2024 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Imtiaz Khan1,60639.6−4.3
Green Max Perry1,22730.2+1.5
Labour Matt Pritchard1,22630.2+2.8
Majority3799.3
Turnout 4,059
Conservative hold Swing
Northgate and West Green By-Election 24 October 2024 [35]
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
Majority21211.6
Turnout 1,830
Labour hold Swing

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