2019 Horsham District Council election

The 2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] 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.

Council Composition[]

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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39	4	1
Con	LDem	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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32	13	2	1
Con	LDem	Grn	Ind

Results summary[]

2019 Horsham District Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	32	–	–	7	66.7	48.5	37,929	-7.9
Liberal Democrats	13	–	–	9	27.1	28.3	22,110	+11.1
Green	2	–	–	2	4.2	3.6	2,784	-2.3
Independent	1	–	–		2.1	1.4	1,088	-1.0
Labour	0	–	–		0.0	14.7	11,535	+6.9
UKIP	0	–	–		0.0	3.1	2,456	-7.0
Peace	0	–	–		0.0	0.4	314	+0.1

Ward results[]

Billingshurst[]

Billingshurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Brown	993	49.4
	Conservative	Nigel Jupp	942	46.9
	Conservative	Kathleen Rowbottom	778	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Trollope	721	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Greenwood	596	29.7
	Labour	Andrea Grainger	326	16.2
	UKIP	Graham Harper	298	14.8
	Labour	Karon Barber	294	14.6
	Labour	Brian Johnson	233	11.6
Turnout			2,029	28.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote[]

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Michael Croker	702	46.8
	Conservative	Roger Noel	636	42.4
	Conservative	David Coldwell	612	40.8
	Labour	Simon Birnstingl	518	34.5
	UKIP	Vincent Hardy	172	11.5
Turnout			1,505	35.0
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broadbridge Heath[]

Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Potter	722	60.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Allen	613	51.0
	Conservative	Matthew French	380	31.6
	Conservative	Mark Vallance	324	26.9
	Labour	Diane Burstow	134	11.1
	Labour	Cameron McGillivray	106	8.8
Turnout			1,225	30.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colgate & Rusper[]

Colgate & Rusper
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kitchen	684	73.9
	Conservative	Antony Hogben	618	66.8
	Labour	Donald Mahon	199	21.5
	Labour	John Ivatts	175	18.9
Turnout			954	27.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead[]

Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynn Lambert	901	69.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Chowen	894	68.6
	Labour	Gabrielle Barrett	359	27.6
Turnout			1,392	32.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Denne[]

Denne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Fletcher	1,287	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Belinda Walters	1,221	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Haigh	1,216	48.6
	Conservative	Adrian Lee	871	34.8
	Conservative	Graham Dye	849	33.9
	Conservative	Simon Whalley	780	31.2
	Labour	Jill Clarke	368	14.7
	Labour	Joanne Kavanagh	312	12.5
	Labour	Kevin O'Sullivan	280	11.2
Turnout			2,543	35.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forest[]

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Skipp	1,305	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	1,224	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Minto	1,120	38.3
	Labour	Carol Hayton	742	25.4
	Labour	David Hide	719	24.6
	Conservative	Kimberley Williams	703	24.1
	Conservative	John Knightley	623	21.3
	Labour	Gerard Kavanagh	613	21.0
	Conservative	Michael Revell	567	19.4
	Peace	James Duggan	314	10.7
	UKIP	Raymond Toots	243	8.3
Turnout			2,936	43.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Henfield[]

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Morgan	1,088	59.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Potts	614	33.4
	Green	Celia Emmott	531	28.9
	Conservative	Brian O'Connell	507	27.6
	Labour	Fiona Ayres	505	27.4
Turnout			1,846	40.8
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holbrook East[]

Holbrook East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Baldwin	762	52.4
	Conservative	Karen Burgess	689	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eris Yeates	575	39.5
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	289	19.9
	Labour	Rosalind Hillman	282	19.4
Turnout			1,494	33.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holbrook West[]

Holbrook West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Burgess	852	48.9
	Conservative	Christian Mitchell	830	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Collins	613	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Warwick Hellawell	560	32.1
	Labour	Susannah Brady	269	15.4
	Labour	Raymond Chapman	226	13.0
Turnout			1,784	35.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham[]

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Youtan	732	48.4
	Conservative	Stuart Ritchie	707	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Katarzyna Greenwood	484	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mullarky	436	28.9
	UKIP	Patrick Dearsley	216	14.3
	Labour	Sean Purdy	115	7.6
	Labour	Bernard Lumb	97	6.4
Turnout			1,520	33.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding[]

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Antionette Bradnum	571	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Livingstone	343	35.0
	Labour	Ian Aird	66	6.7
Turnout			1,004	41.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley[]

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Clarke	901	49.0
	Conservative	Brian Donnelly	886	48.2
	Conservative	Diana van der Klugt	837	45.5
	Green	Kim Hope	687	37.4
	Labour	Jane Mote	434	23.6
	UKIP	John Wallace	391	21.3
Turnout			1,849	32.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roffey North[]

Roffey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bevis	790	48.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Milne	732	45.1
	Conservative	Katherine Nagel	642	39.6
	Conservative	Alexander Shire	541	33.3
	Labour	Ian Nicol	238	14.7
	Labour	Matthew Verrall	193	11.9
Turnout			1,663	34.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Roffey South[]

Roffey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Cornell	561	40.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Britten	553	40.2
	Conservative	Ben Staines	532	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Grant	519	37.7
	Labour	Lorraine Barry	239	17.4
	Labour	Joy Gough	225	16.4
Turnout			1,416	28.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rudgwick[]

Rudgwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Landeryou	524	69.6	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Potter	173	23.0	+23.0
	Labour	Jane McGillivray	56	7.4	+7.4
Turnout			777	35.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southwater North[]

Southwater North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Billy Greening	842	53.3
	Conservative	Claire Vickers	814	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hayes	561	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Wheatcroft	557	35.3
	Labour	Kevin Kilminster	155	9.8
	Labour	Geoffrey Hillman	113	7.2
Turnout			1,600	36.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southwater South & Shipley[]

Southwater South & Shipley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Lindsay	675	44.6
	Conservative	Ian Stannard	639	42.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Stainton	575	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stainton	532	35.1
	UKIP	Uri Baran	175	11.6
	Labour	Margaret Cornwell	138	9.1
	Labour	Jacob Keet	110	7.3
Turnout			1,525	31.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Steyning & Ashurst[]

Steyning & Ashurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Robert Platt	864	44.1
	Conservative	Timothy Lloyd	842	43.0
	Conservative	Dean Haysom	705	36.0
	Labour	Caroline Fife	483	24.6
	Labour	Lorraine Fowlie	327	16.7
	UKIP	Terence Goodchild	270	13.8
Turnout			1,972	41.0
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Storrington & Washington[]

Storrington & Washington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Dawe	1,584	61.5
	Conservative	James Sanson	1,536	59.6
	Conservative	Paul Marshall	1,439	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Holbrook-Sishton	939	36.5
	Labour	James Monaghan	562	21.8
Turnout			2,632	35.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Trafalgar[]

Trafalgar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Costin	1,243	57.2
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Crosbie	1,155	53.2
	Conservative	Emily Baldwin	514	23.7
	Conservative	Peter Probert	460	21.2
	Labour	Karen Symes	357	16.4
	Labour	Michael Symes	290	13.3
	UKIP	Paul King	155	7.1
Turnout			2,182	45.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington[]

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Blackall	1,443	58.2
	Conservative	Philip Circus	1,409	56.8
	Conservative	Mohamed Saheid	1,184	47.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Miles	745	30.1
	UKIP	Roger Arthur	536	21.6
	Labour	Helen Wright	388	15.7
Turnout			2,494	36.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections[]

Storrington & Washington[]

Storrington & Washington By-Election 12 December 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wright	3,283	59.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Beveridge	1,344	24.2	-12.3
	Labour	James Monaghan	924	16.7	-5.1
Majority			1,939	34.9
Turnout			5,551	72.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar[]

A by-election was called in Trafalgar ward due to the retirement of Leonard Crosbie on September 3, 2020.^[2] The Horsham & Crawley Liberal Democrats confirmed his death on 11 September 2020.^[3]

Trafalgar By-Election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Boffey	1,581	68.2	+15.0
	Conservative	Aaron Courteney-Smith	592	22.8	-0.9
	Labour	Joanne Kavanagh	307	13.2	-3.2
Majority			989	45.4
Turnout			2,480
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Forest[]

A by-election was called in Forest ward due to the retirement of Godfrey Newman on August 11, 2021.^[2] The by-election was held on Thursday 21 October and the seat retained by the Liberal Democrats

Forest ward by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Olson	921	47.4	+5.5
	Labour	David Hyde	517	26.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Ross Dye	410	21.1	-3.0
	Green	Jon Campbell	97	5.0	N/A
Majority			404
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Following the death of Councillor Roy Cornell, by-election was held on Thursday December 16. This seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives.

Roffey South[]

Roffey South: 16 December 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Raby	462	41.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Simon Torn	335	30.1	-10.7
	Green	Claire Adcock	222	19.9	N/A
	Labour	Daniel Everett	95	8.5	-8.9
Majority			127	11.4
Turnout			1,120	22.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Following the resignation of Cllr Frances Haigh, a by-election will be held for the vacant seat of Denne in Horsham town. The election will be held on Thursday 24 March 2022. Cllr Haigh was leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats until August 2021.^[4]

Denne[]

Denne: 24 March 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Trott	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Conservative	David Walbank	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Green	David Yeates	TBC	TBC	TBC
	Labour	Kevin O'Sullivan	TBC	TBC	TBC
Majority			TBC	TBC	TBC
Turnout			TBC	TBC	TBC
	TBC gain from TBC		Swing

Following the resignation of Cllr Jim Sanson, (Conservative) a by-election will be held for the vacant seat of Storrington & Washington. The election will be held on 7 April 2022. ^[5] ^[6]

References[]

^ "Election results" (PDF). horsham.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Long-time Horsham councillor steps down due to ongoing health issues". Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.
^ "Death of former District Councillor Leonard Crosbie".
^ Council, Horsham District (2021-08-16). "Councillor vacancies". Horsham District Council. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^ Council, Horsham District (2021-08-16). "Councillor vacancies". Horsham District Council. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^ https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/veteran-conservative-councillor-resigns-after-his-deselection-3559854

[1] "Election results" (PDF). horsham.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[:0-2] "Long-time Horsham councillor steps down due to ongoing health issues". Archived from the original on 2021-08-19.

[3] "Death of former District Councillor Leonard Crosbie".

[4] Council, Horsham District (2021-08-16). "Councillor vacancies". Horsham District Council. Retrieved 2022-02-04.

[5] Council, Horsham District (2021-08-16). "Councillor vacancies". Horsham District Council. Retrieved 2022-02-04.

[6] ttps://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/veteran-conservative-councillor-resigns-after-his-deselection-3559854

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