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]

Political control[]

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Leader Years Control
George Waller 1973-1978 Labour
Ben Clay 1978-1980
Alf Pegler 1980-1982
Tony Edwards 1982-1983
Ben Clay 1983-1986
Alf Pegler 1986-1996
Tony Edwards 1996-2000
Chris Redmayne 2000-2006
Bob Lanzer 2006 Conservative
2006-2007 No Overall Control
2007-2013 Conservative
Howard Bloom 2013-2014 Conservative
Peter Lamb 2014-2020 Labour
2020-2022 No Overall Control

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.[3]

  • (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP Notes
[6] 22 9 1 0
[7] 23 7 2 0 Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8]
[9] 26 4 2 0
[10] 28 2 2 0
1998[11] 27 3 2 0
1999[12] 25 5 2 0
2000[13] 24 6 2 0
2002[14] 23 7 2 0
2003[15] 22 8 2 0
2004[3] 19 16 2 0 Borough boundary changes took place increasing the number of seats from 32 to 37.[16]
2006[17] 16 19 2 0
2007[18] 12 22 3 0
2008[19] 9 26 2 0
2010[20] 11 26 0 0
2011[2] 13 24 0 0
2012 16 21 0 0
2014 20 16 0 1
2015[21] 19 18 0 0
2016[22] 20 17 0 0
2018[23] 20 17 0 0
2019[24] 19 17 0 0 Borough boundary changes took place reducing the number of seats from 37 to 36.
2021 17 18 0 0 In addition, one existing Independent former Labour councillor remained on the council.

Borough result maps[]

By-election results[]

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[25] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Langley Green 28 November 1996 Labour Labour
West Green by-election 14 September 2000 Labour Labour
Pound Hill South 2 October 2003 Conservative Conservative
Northgate 15 October 2009 Liberal Democrats Labour
Tilgate 7 October 2010 Conservative Labour
Southgate 9 October 2014 UKIP Labour
Pound Hill South By-Election 2 October 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 548 51.3 -5.8
Labour 234 21.9 -3.9
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay 210 19.7 +2.6
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales 76 7.1 +7.1
Majority 314 29.4
Turnout 1,068 19.8
Conservative hold Swing
Northgate By-Election 15 October 2009[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geraint Thomas 527 43.3 +19.0
Conservative Ryan Smith 446 36.7 +18.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise 230 18.9 -26.6
Justice Party Arshad Khan 13 1.1 -8.4
Majority 81 6.6
Turnout 1,216 31.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Tilgate By-Election 7 October 2010[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Lloyd 764 50.8 +15.2
Conservative Ray Ward 656 43.9 +2.8
UKIP Maurice Day 79 5.2 +5.2
Justice Party Arshad Khan 6 0.4 +0.4
Majority 108 6.9
Turnout 1,505 32 -7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Southgate By-Election 9 October 2014[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Pickett 733 44.1 +9
Conservative Jan Tarrant 642 38.6 +6.1
UKIP Simon Darroch 277 16.7 -6.7
Justice Party Arshad Khan 10 0.6 +0.6
Majority 91 5.5
Turnout 1,662 25 -13.3
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

References[]

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  2. ^ a b "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Crawley council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. ^ The Borough of Crawley (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  5. ^ The Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1982
  6. ^ "Local election results 1992". The Times. 9 May 1992.
  7. ^ "Non Metropolitan Districts". The Times. 7 May 1994.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995.
  10. ^ "Election Results Round-Up". The Times. 3 May 1996.
  11. ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  12. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  13. ^ "Crawley". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Crawley". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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  16. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Crawley (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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  21. ^ Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 18.
  22. ^ Elise Uberoi; Chris Watson; Richard Keen (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016". House of Commons Library. p. 22.
  23. ^ Noel Dempsey (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 20.
  24. ^ "Borough Election 2019 - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Crawley Borough Council.
  25. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  26. ^ "Labour wins Northgate by-election". Crawley Observer. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  27. ^ "By-elections October 2010". Crawley Borough Council. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  28. ^ "BLOG : BY-ELECTION RESULTS: CRAWLEY BC, SOUTHGATE – 9 OCTOBER 2014". ALDC. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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