2015 Crawley Borough Council election

2015 Crawley Borough Council election^[1]^[2]
12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2015 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election. ; † Labour gained a seat from UKIP in a by-election in October 2014
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 2015 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect third of the members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election.^[4] The seats up for election were last contested in 2011.

Results

2015 Crawley Borough Council Election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	19	0	1	-1	51	37	15,671
Conservative	18	1	0	+1	49	52	21,760
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	6	2,723
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3	1,066
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2	848
Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	53
Justice Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	40

The Labour Party governing group of councillors saw their majority reduced to one councillor, with one gained by a Conservative, keeping some areas of the authority having no representatives within the group with control of the council. Five of six seats held were retained by Labour candidates, keeping some areas with sole majority party representation. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place. Seats from two lower-population wards were without elections in 2015.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Ward by ward

Bewbush

Bewbush^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Cheshire	1,636
	Conservative	Patrick Robert Reid	1,173
	UKIP	Simon Darroch	631
	Green	Richard Martin Kail	171
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	40
Turnout				57%
	Labour hold

Furnace Green

Furnace Green^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Crow	1,560
	Labour	Tony Patel	903
	UKIP	Allan Peter Griffiths	516
	Liberal Democrats	David Lee Anderson	156
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold

Gossops Green

Gossops Green^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lisa Vitler	1,278
	Labour	Jason Robert Vine	920
	UKIP	Christopher James Brown	544
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold

Ifield

Ifield^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Alan Stone	2,312
	Labour	Sue Mullins	1,906
Turnout				62%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Langley Green

Langley Green^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Clifford Skudder	1,739
	Conservative	Andrew Simon Jagger	957
	UKIP	Sharon Elizabeth Kennett	549
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Osborne	152
Turnout				59%
	Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kim Jaggard	3,455
	Labour	Sumon Ahmed	1,066
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold

Northgate

Northgate^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geraint Thomas	1,227
	Conservative	Tina Belben	930
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Sargent	156
Turnout				59%
	Labour hold

Pound Hill North

Pound Hill North^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevan McCarthy	2,341
	Labour	Carlos Portal Castro	853
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Ann Spooner	299
Turnout				69%
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beryl Mecrow	2,901
	Labour	Rory Stuart Fiveash	1,383
Turnout				68%
	Conservative hold

Southgate

Southgate^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	1,894
	Labour	Michael William Pickett	1,564
	Green	Robin David Fitton	268
	Liberal Democrats	Elke Smith	137
	Libertarian	Adam Gregory Brown	53
Turnout				61%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Note:Southgate was won by Conservative councillor Karl Williamson at the previous regular election in 2011. However, Williamson defected to UKIP in 2013,^[9] and stood down from the council in 2014,^[10] and his seat was gained by Labour in the resulting by-election.^[3]

Three Bridges

Three Bridges^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	1,597
	Labour	Daryl English	1,308
	UKIP	Martin Rann	483
	Green	Tim Holt	223
Turnout				65%
	Conservative hold

Tilgate

Tilgate^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Guidera	1,362
	Labour	Julian Charatan	1,166
	Green	Derek Hardman	186
	Liberal Democrats	James Michael Harper	166
Turnout				65%
	Conservative hold

References

^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.
^ Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 18.
^ ^a ^b "Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2014". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
^ Election result Crawley News. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
^ "Labour hold Crawley Borough Council by slimmest majority" Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Crawley and Horley Observer. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.
^ 2011 results showing by ward with all candidates' votes Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine CBC. Accessed 2015-05-22
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/PUB246856 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Statement of Persons Nominated
^ "Three senior Crawley Tories defect to UKIP". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 July 2013.
^ "Crawley UKIP chairman was given only a day's notice of councillor's resignation". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 August 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[leap-1] Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2015". Local Elections Archive Project.

[2] Steven Ayres (18 June 2015). "Local elections 2015". House of Commons Library. p. 18.

[gain-3] "Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2014". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

[TEC-4] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

[5] Election result Crawley News. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.

[6] "Labour hold Crawley Borough Council by slimmest majority" Archived 11 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Crawley and Horley Observer. 8 May 2015. Accessed 2015-05-22.

[7] 2011 results showing by ward with all candidates' votes Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine CBC. Accessed 2015-05-22

[candidates-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l http://www.crawley.gov.uk/pw/web/PUB246856 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Statement of Persons Nominated

[9] "Three senior Crawley Tories defect to UKIP". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 July 2013.

[10] "Crawley UKIP chairman was given only a day's notice of councillor's resignation". Crawley and Horley Observer. 29 August 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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