2015 Mid Sussex District Council election

2015 Mid Sussex District Council election
7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Garry Wall Richard Goddard Stephen Barnett
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Haywards Heath Franklands Haywards Heath Bentswood (defeated) Did not run[a]
Last election 45 seats, 50.8% 1 seat, 7.0% 8 seats, 31.7%
Seats won 54 0 0
Seat change 9 1 8
Popular vote 39,879 12,595 11,770
Percentage 46.3% 14.6% 13.7%
Swing 4.5% 7.6% 18.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Mid Sussex District Council election
Leader before election

Garry Wall
Conservative

Leader after election

Garry Wall
Conservative

The 2015 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Mid Sussex District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2015 Mid Sussex District Council election[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 54 9 0 9 100.0 46.3 39,879 –4.5
  Labour 0 0 1 1 0.0 14.6 12,595 +7.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 8 8 0.0 13.7 11,770 –18.0
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 12.1 10,382 +8.9
  Green 0 0 0 0.0 10.7 9,246 +4.7
  Independent 0 0 0 0.0 2.5 2,174 +1.3

Results by ward

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe (2 seats)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Marsh 1,620
Conservative Andrew MacNaughton 1,596
Green Gillian Maher 692
Independent Kathryn Metcalfe 594
Labour Alexi Demetriadi 543
Turnout 3,074 70.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Belsey 1,102
Green Catherine Edminson 219
Labour Alice Tyrrell 210
Turnout 1,542 74.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Bolney

Bolney[2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Allen 859
Liberal Democrats Laura Brook 467
UKIP Peter Hopgood 320
Turnout 1,667 75.4
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall (2 seats)[2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqueline Landriani 1,385
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles 1,372
UKIP Timothy Cooper 463
Liberal Democrats Susan Knight 389
Labour Pamela Haigh 361
Labour David Chalkley 340
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight 331
Green Heather Salisbury 267
Turnout 2,724 69.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands (2 seats)[2][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris King 1,435
Conservative Ginny Heard 1,179
Liberal Democrats Graham Allen 732
Liberal Democrats Ernest Tudway 576
UKIP Gerald Carter 512
Labour Richard Kavanagh 394
Green Elaine Bolton 311
Green Robert Duggan 212
Turnout 2,972 74.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands (2 seats)[2][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Prudence Moore 1,209
Conservative Cherian Catharine 1,181
Liberal Democrats Simon Hicks 680
Labour Susan Jex 459
Liberal Democrats Tofojjul Hussain 443
Green Anne Miles-Eves 344
Turnout 2,563 68.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds (2 seats)[2][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Jones 1,020
Conservative Richard Cherry 769
Liberal Democrats Janice Henwood 713
Liberal Democrats Robert Eggleston 697
Labour Tony Balsdon 503
UKIP Chris French 432
Labour Penelope Ritson 394
Turnout 2,561 69.4
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews (2 seats)[2][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kirsty Page 1,089
Conservative Colin Holden 907
Liberal Democrats Roger Cartwright 606
Labour David Boot 566
Liberal Democrats Kathellen Willis 530
UKIP Daniel Kinning 465
Green Matthew Cornish 297
Turnout 2,593 69.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria (2 seats)[2][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Hansford 1,188
Conservative Mandy Thomas-Atkin 988
Labour Dean Faria 561
UKIP Geoffrey Boore 492
Liberal Democrats Michael Bliss 489
Liberal Democrats Collette Prevett 435
Green Terry Barnes 237
Green John Fernandez 196
Turnout 2,769 65.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth (2 seats)[2][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Dorey 1,850
Conservative Edward Mathews 1,159
UKIP John Runacres 630
Labour Timothy Cornell 463
Turnout 2,700 69.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill (3 seats)[2][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Forbes 2,144
Conservative Phillip Coote 1,942
Conservative Neville Walker 1,665
Independent Ian Gibson 1,580
Labour Alison Cornell 899
Turnout 4,091 73.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cuckfield

Cuckfield (2 seats)[2][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pete Bradbury 1,682
Conservative Robert Salisbury 1,658
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch 779
Green Margaret Tyzack More 634
Labour Sarah Moss 494
Turnout 3,106 76.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats (2 seats)[2][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Bennett 1,752
Conservative Peter Reed 1,395
UKIP Gary David 642
Labour Brian Sturtevant 524
Green Josie Jacobs 435
Turnout 2,852 67.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins (2 seats)[2][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Belsey 1,521
Conservative Norman Webster 1,384
Green James Symons 606
UKIP Ian Simcock 597
Turnout 2,613 67.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye (2 seats)[2][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Sweatman 1,678
Conservative Edward Belsey 1,597
Green Christopher Jerrey 731
UKIP Mark Warren 598
Turnout 2,800 73.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne (2 seats)[2][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Mainstone 1,706
Conservative Heidi Brunsdon 1,589
Labour Tess Fensterheim 581
UKIP Deanne Santini 531
Turnout 2,704 76.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town (2 seats)[2][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Mockford 1,059
Conservative Peter Wyan 1,023
UKIP Nigel Peacock 495
Liberal Democrats Howard Evans 490
Labour David Wilbraham 403
Green Edward Dean 324
Green Gary Hogman 279
Turnout 2,426 65.9
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Hassocks

Hassocks (3 seats)[2][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Marples 2,086
Conservative Kevin Burke 1,946
Conservative Peter Martin 1,812
Liberal Democrats Betty Davies 1,235
Liberal Democrats Gemma Stockford 1,117
Green Victoria Standfast 915
Labour Luke Miller 823
Labour Stephen Lewis 800
Labour Linda Taylor 766
UKIP Anthony Armstrong 699
Turnout 4,813 75.9
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground (2 seats)[2][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Boutrup 1,102
Conservative Howard Mundin 997
Labour Suzanne Nicolson 619
Liberal Democrats Richard Bates 578
Labour John Walmsley 502
UKIP Simon Baker 402
Liberal Democrats Paul Lucraft 399
UKIP Marc Montgomery 311
Green Miranda Diboll 273
Turnout 2,801 69.3
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood (2 seats)[2][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana de Mierre 1,113
Conservative David Dorking 1,084
Labour Richard Goddard 903
Labour Derek Booker 732
UKIP Charles Burrell 480
Liberal Democrats Cavan Wood 429
UKIP Brian Ireland 376
Green Adam Bromage-Hughes 334
Turnout 2,983 69.4
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands (2 seats)[2][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roderick Clarke 1,468
Conservative Garry Wall 1,198
Liberal Democrats James France 633
Labour Zoe Muddle 598
UKIP Maria Burrell 533
Turnout 2,773 72.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath (2 seats)[2][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Ash-Edwards 1,545
Conservative Sandra Ellis 1,400
Liberal Democrats Hannah Simcoe-Read 852
Labour Ian Moss 790
UKIP Howard Burrell 449
Turnout 3,055 74.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes (2 seats)[2][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Knight 1,568
Conservative Geoff Rawlinson 1,567
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Chapman 676
Liberal Democrats Hugh Faithfull 583
Labour Rebecca Allen 541
UKIP Lesley Montgomery 437
Turnout 3,153 72.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Weald

High Weald (2 seats)[2][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Hersey 1,678
Conservative Linda Stockwell 1,576
Green Paul Brown 975
UKIP David Badger 612
Turnout 2,953 74.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs (3 seats)[2][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Trumble 2,250
Conservative John Wilkinson 2,123
Conservative Anthony Watts Williams 1,760
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson 807
Green Nicholas Dearden 745
Liberal Democrats Nigel Cook 621
Labour Ann Morgan 616
Green John Hudson 595
UKIP Jennifer Carter 593
Green Michael Airey 583
Labour David Hurry 564
Labour Leonard Morgan 431
Turnout 4,430 74.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lindfield

Lindfield (3 seats)[2][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Hersey 2,770
Conservative Andrew Lea 2,524
Conservative Anthea Lea 2,406
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Lucraft 1,215
Green Elizabeth Tilston 907
Green Peter Wemyss-Gorman 896
Labour Judith Durrant 744
Turnout 4,503 78.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

Bolney

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor John Allen.[29]

Bolney by-election: 4 May 2017[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judy Llewellyn-Burke 562
Liberal Democrats Rodney Jackson 201
UKIP Peter Hopgood 320
Monster Raving Loony Baron von Thunderclap 33
Turnout 858 39.4
Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

This by-election was triggered by the resignation of incumbent councillor Chris King.[29]

Burgess Hill Franklands by-election: 4 May 2017[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Fussell 757
Liberal Democrats Graham Allen 600
Labour Elaine Bolton 175
UKIP Chris French 91
Green Robert Duggan 81
Turnout 1,707 42.0
Conservative hold

Hassocks

This by-election was triggered by the dual-resignation of incumbent councillors Kevin Burke and Peter Martin.[32]

Hassocks by-election (2 seats): 8 June 2017[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Binks 2,023
Liberal Democrats Susan Hatton 1,931
Conservative Jessica Edwards 1,835
Liberal Democrats Gemma Stockford 1,536
Labour William Matthews 1,042
Labour Harry Young 812
Green Vivienne Aloy 512
Turnout 5,103 79.3
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

East Grinstead Imberhorne

This by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent councillor Bob Mainstone on 29 August 2017.[34]

East Grinstead Imberhorne by-election: 26 October 2017[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rex Whittaker 540
Liberal Democrats Tim Martin 206
Labour David Wilbraham 110
Independent Ian Sanders 67
Turnout 925 24.6
Conservative hold

Notes

  1. ^ Barnett was the incumbent councillor for Ashurst Wood, but did not run in the 2015 election.

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