Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex,England. It is named after the town of Horsham,which is its largest settlement and where the council is based. The district also includes the surrounding rural area and contains many villages,the largest of which are Southwater and Billingshurst. The district includes part of the South Downs National Park and part of the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of High Weald. At the 2021 census the district had a population of 147,487.
Arundel and South Downs is a constituency in West Sussex created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Griffith,a Conservative,since 2019.
Horsham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament,centred on the eponymous town in West Sussex,its former rural district and part of another rural district. Its Member of Parliament (MP) was Francis Maude between 1997 and 2015;followed by Jeremy Quin,both of the Conservative Party,until 2024 when the seat was won from the Conservative MP Quin by John Milne of the Liberal Democrats,making it the first time since 1876 that a non-Conservative Party candidate won the seat.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats is a liberal,federalist political party in Scotland,part of UK Liberal Democrats. The party holds 4 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 6 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons.
The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom,founded in 1988. The current leader of the party is Ed Davey. They are the third-largest party in the United Kingdom,with 72 members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons. They have 78 members of the House of Lords,four members of the Scottish Parliament,one member in the Welsh Senedd,and more than 3,000 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference,at which party policy is formulated. In contrast to its main opponents' rules,the Liberal Democrats grant all members attending the conference the right to speak in debates and vote on party policy,under a one member,one vote system. The party also allows its members to vote online for its policies and in the election of a new leader.
The 2008 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives secured a majority of 17,which was the largest majority any party has ever achieved at a Horsham District Council election.
Sir Jeremy Mark Quin is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 2015–2024. He served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement from February 2020 to September 2022 before briefly serving as Minister of State for Crime,Policing and Fire during which time he oversaw security arrangements for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.
On 20 October 2016,a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Witney. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.
Elections to Aberdeenshire Council were held on 4 May 2017,on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 19 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation,with 70 councillors being elected,an increase of two members compared to 2012.
The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
The 2019 Lewes District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Lewes District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
Daisy Cooper is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020,as well as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health,Wellbeing and Social Care since 2021.
The 2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. Every seat was contested and the Conservatives retained control of the council with a majority of 8.
Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex,United Kingdom were held on 4 May 2023. The election took place on the same day as other local elections.
The 2023 Horsham District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Horsham District Council in West Sussex,England. It was held on the same day as other local elections in England.
Sarah Joanne Dyke is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Glastonbury and Somerton since 2024 and was previously MP for Somerton and Frome from 2023 to 2024.
Frederick Isaac van Mierlo is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley and Thame since 2024. He has also been a member of Oxfordshire County Council since 2021 and South Oxfordshire District Council since 2023. Before his election to Parliament,van Mierlo worked as a consultant to companies and patient groups.
Lee Raymond James Dillon is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury since 2024,gaining the seat from the Conservative incumbent,Laura Farris.
Clive Richard Jones is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham since 2024. Jones was a member of Wokingham Borough Council from 2016 to 2024 and served as the leader of the council in 2022–2023. Before entering politics,he worked in the toy-manufacturing industry.
