2019 Arun District Council election

2019 Arun District Council election

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All 54 council seats 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Dan Purchese Gill Brown n/a Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent Leader since 17 May 2017 17 May 2006 Last election 5 seats, 13.7% 42 seats, 41.6% 2 seats, 7.7% Seats won 22 21 8 Seat change 17 21 6 Popular vote 26,169 35,786 7,837 Percentage 31.0% 42.3% 9.3% Swing 16.3% 0.7% 1.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader n/a n/a Ann Rapnik Party Green Labour UKIP Leader since 27 May 2015 Last election 0 seats, 3.6% 1 seats, 10.9% 4 seats, 22.5% Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 2 4 Popular vote 2,559 9,846 2,335 Percentage 3.0% 11.6% 2.8% Swing 0.6% 0.7% 19.7%
Arun District shown within West Sussex
Leader before election Gill Brown Conservative Subsequent leader James Walsh Liberal Democrats

The Arun District Council elections, 2019 took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, electing all 54 members of the council, and taking place alongside the other local elections in England and Northern Ireland.^[1]

Results summary[]

2019 Arun District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	22	17	0	17	40.7%	31.0%	26,169	16.3%
	Conservative	21	1	22	21	38.9%	42.3%	35,786	0.7%
	Independent	8	6	0	6	14.8%	9.3%	7,837	1.6%
	Green	2	2	0	2	3.7%	3.0%	2,559	0.6%
	Labour	1	0	0		1.9%	11.6%	9,846	0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	4	4	0%	2.8%	2,335	19.7%

Ward results[]

Aldwick East[]

Aldwick East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Dixon	1,089	56.0	New
	Independent	Hugh Coster	1,086	55.8	New
	Conservative	Trevor Bence*	789	40.5
	Conservative	Gillian Brown*	742	38.1
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Aldwick West[]

Aldwick West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith*	722	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Needs	595	32.1
	Conservative	Caroline Spencer	552	29.8
	Conservative	David Gerrie	529	28.6
	UKIP	Matilda Watson	382	20.6
	Green	Carol Birch	274	14.8	New
	Labour	Ian Manion	156	8.4	New
	Labour	Lynne Armstrong Lilley	121	6.5	New
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Martin Smith was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Conservative seats.

Angmering & Findon[]

Angmering & Findon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bicknell*	1,405	56.4
	Conservative	Andrew Cooper*	1,177	47.3
	Conservative	Michael Claydon	1,168	46.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Richards	760	30.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Schlich	680	27.3
	Labour	Alison Baker	539	21.6
	UKIP	Jean Dunning	450	18.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel & Walberton[]

Arundel & Walberton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Dendle*	1,088	47.9
	Conservative	Grant Roberts	923	40.6
	Green	Faye Catterson	884	38.9	New
	Conservative	Robert Wheal*	852	37.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Cockburn	642	28.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graydon	546	24.0	New
	Labour	Michael Ward	423	18.6
	UKIP	Elizabeth Wallace	388	17.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Barnham[]

Barnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Hughes*	932	50.1
	Green	Isabel Thurston	822	44.1
	Conservative	John Charles*	753	40.4
	Conservative	Laurence Wilshere	659	35.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chapman	654	35.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Thorpe	498	26.7	New
	Labour	Kristian Vill	400	21.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beach[]

Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Walsh*	945	65.9
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Purchese*	833	58.0
	Conservative	David Britton	337	23.5
	Conservative	David Gaskin	336	23.4	New
	Labour	Robert Gowland	136	9.5
	Labour	Stephen McConnell	135	0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bersted[]

Bersted

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenton Batley	760	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Yeates	742	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Lury	704	39.8
	Conservative	Keir Greenway	474	26.8
	UKIP	Ann Rapnik*	433	24.5
	Conservative	Susan Bence*	427	24.1
	Conservative	Graham Levell	375	21.2	New
	Labour	Heather Robbins	228	12.9	New
	Labour	Jeremy Tomlinson	208	11.8	New
	Labour	Michelle White	179	10.1	New
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brookfield[]

Brookfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Blanchard-Cooper	736	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Blanchard-Cooper	711	54.7	New
	Conservative	Alan Gammon*	381	29.3
	Conservative	Michael Warren*	379	29.2
	Labour	Christine Wiltshire	135	10.4
	Labour	Neil Campbell	131	10.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Courtwick with Toddington[]

Courtwick with Toddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Caffyn	645	41.0
	Labour	Michael Northeast*	631	40.1
	Conservative	Victoria Rhodes*	586	37.3
	Conservative	Jill Long	547	34.8	New
	Labour	Marilyn May	543	34.5
	Labour	Freddie Tandy	543	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Blake	388	24.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Victoria Rhodes was elected in 2015 as a UKIP councillor.

East Preston[]

East Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Chapman*	1,528	64.7
	Conservative	Richard Bower*	1,524	64.6
	Conservative	Paul Kelly	1,443	61.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Taylor-Walsh	640	27.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Burn	634	26.9	New
	Labour	Anthony Dines	493	20.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felpham East[]

Felpham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul English*	725	61.1
	Conservative	David Edwards*	698	58.9
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Smith	480	40.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felpham West[]

Felpham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Madeley*	747	57.9
	Conservative	Elaine Stainton*	693	53.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gotheridge	361	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Waterhouse	343	26.6
	Labour	Jeffrey Daws	151	11.7	New
	Labour	Bernard May	142	11.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferring[]

Ferring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Elkins*	1,070	68.7
	Conservative	Colin Oliver-Redgate*	1,069	68.7
	Labour	Dorothy Macedo	269	17.3
	Labour	Peter Muncey	228	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Midgley	215	13.8	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hotham[]

Hotham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Goodheart	415	38.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Chapman	340	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Barrett	334	30.8
	Conservative	Joan English	207	19.1	New
	Conservative	Stephen Reynolds*	201	18.5
	UKIP	Chloe Newby	193	17.8	New
	Labour	David Meagher	154	14.2
	Labour	Roger Nash	137	12.6
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marine[]

Marine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Brooks*	684	61.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Stanley*	429	38.6	New
	Conservative	Kim-Marie Stone	253	22.8
	Labour	Alison Sharples	212	19.1
	Labour	Nigel Alner*	173	15.6
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Matthew Stanley was previously elected in a by-election, gaining the Conservative seat.

Middleton-on-Sea[]

Middleton-on-Sea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Pendleton	643	43.4
	Independent	Shirley Haywood	637	43.0	New
	Conservative	Paul Wotherspoon*	582	39.3
	Independent	Graham Jones	522	35.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Box	129	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Walder	112	7.6
	Labour	Richard Missenden	80	5.4	New
	Labour	Sam Walker	80	5.4	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Orchard[]

Orchard

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Oppler*	501	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Staniforth	381	34.0
	Independent	Philip Woodall	306	27.3	New
	Conservative	David Darling	238	21.2
	Labour	Jan Cosgrove	231	20.6
	Green	Susan Livett	169	15.1	New
	Labour	Alan Foster	139	12.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Pagham[]

Pagham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Huntley	1,438	62.6	New
	Independent	June Hamilton	1,257	54.7	New
	Conservative	Anita Hall*	475	20.7
	Conservative	Ashvinkumar Patel*	378	16.5
	UKIP	Paul Davis	283	12.3
	Green	Paul Wyatt	156	6.8	New
	Labour	Alistair Black	147	6.4	New
	Labour	Helen Scutt	103	4.5	New
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Pevensey[]

Pevensey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Daniells*	403	39.5
	Liberal Democrats	Inna Erskine	396	38.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Erskine	319	31.2	New
	Conservative	Patrick Dillon*	266	26.1
	Labour	Simon McDougall	197	19.3
	Labour	Linda Shepperd	182	17.8
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

River[]

River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Buckland*	962	43.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Baker	912	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Seex	821	37.2
	Labour	George O'Neill	514	23.3
	Conservative	Philip Booker	494	22.4	New
	Labour	Alan Butcher	488	22.1
	Labour	Bernadette Millam	441	20.0
	Conservative	George Blampied*	414	18.8
	Conservative	David Paige	365	16.5	New
	UKIP	Steven Trigg	362	16.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Rustington East[]

Rustington East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Cooper	975	61.2
	Conservative	Shaun Gunner	861	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Halligan	497	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Chase	466	29.2
	Labour	Christopher Walsh	177	11.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rustington West[]

Rustington West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Gregory	1,281	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jamies Bennett	1,226	49.7
	Liberal Democrats	William Tilbrook	1,128	45.7	New
	Conservative	Philippa Bower*	942	38.2
	Conservative	Stephen Horne	885	35.9
	Conservative	Mark Turner	876	35.5
	Labour	Lucy Toynbee	269	10.9
	Labour	Nigel Stapley	258	10.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Yapton[]

Yapton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Worne	800	54.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Jones	550	37.3	New
	Conservative	Stephen Haymes*	382	25.9
	Conservative	Derek Ambler*	371	25.1
	UKIP	Patricia Wales	277	18.8
	Green	Douglas Maw	254	17.2	New
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Derek Ambler was elected in 2015 as a UKIP councillor.

By-elections[]

Brookfield[]

Brookfield: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chace	680	48.5	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Woodman	526	37.5	-21.3
	Labour	Freddie Tandy	152	10.8	±0.0
	Workers Party	Jonathan Maxted	45	3.2	N/A
Majority			154	11.0
Turnout			1,403
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	19.7

Pevensey[]

Pevensey: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan English	357	38.3	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Barrett	210	22.5	-8.9
	Labour	Simon McDougall	140	15.0	-0.6
	Independent	Jan Cosgrove	132	14.2	N/A
	Green	Carol Birch	93	10.0	N/A
Majority			147	15.8
Turnout			932
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	13.1

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