Chichester District Council elections

Chichester District Council in West Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors have been elected from 29 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]

Chichester District Council election, 1973
Chichester District Council election, 1976
Chichester District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Chichester District Council election, 1983
Chichester District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Chichester District Council election, 1991
Chichester District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]^[6]
Chichester District Council election, 1999
Chichester District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[7]^[8]
Chichester District Council election, 2007
Chichester District Council election, 2011
Chichester District Council election, 2015

Petworth By-Election 11 December 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	607	51.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	482	41.1	-14.6
	Labour	65	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	18	1.5	+1.5
Majority		125	10.7
Turnout		1,172
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat	Swing

Chichester East By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	673	50.2	-2.0
	Conservative	425	31.7	+7.8
	Labour	242	18.1	-5.8
Majority		248	18.5
Turnout		1,340
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Chichester South By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	688	56.3	+0.4
	Conservative	341	27.9	+5.2
	Labour	193	15.8	-5.6
Majority		347	28.4
Turnout		1,222
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Fernhurst By-Election 24 January 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	595	66.0	+35.5
	Conservative	249	27.6	-35.7
	UKIP	57	6.3	+6.3
Majority		346	38.4
Turnout		901	35.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing

West Wittering By-Election 22 August 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	418	51.7	-10.3
	UKIP	186	23.0	+23.0
	Liberal Democrat	159	19.7	-6.7
	Labour	46	5.7	-5.9
Majority		232	28.7
Turnout		809	32.9
	Conservative hold	Swing

East Wittering By-Election 14 August 2003^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Keith Smith	427	35.8	+35.8
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Green	421	35.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Jane Chevis	231	19.4	-15.8
	UKIP	Roger Wilson	69	5.8	-4.2
	Labour	Patrick O'Sullivan	45	3.8	-11.1
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,193	33.6
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Plaistow By-Election 14 August 2003^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Mackey	471	52.6	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Cooper	363	40.5	+3.5
	UKIP	Vivienne Moran	62	6.9	+6.9
Majority			108	12.1
Turnout			896	24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selsey North By-Election 30 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Cook	485	35.3	+35.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Bromfield	414	30.1	-18.0
	UKIP	Bernard Smith	328	23.9	+3.7
	Labour	Ian Bell	147	10.7	-21.0
Majority			71	5.2
Turnout			1,374	28.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Chichester East By-Election 16 June 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Denmead	611	62.1	+20.9
	Conservative	Stuart King	262	26.6	+7.4
	UKIP	James McCulloch	58	6.0	-9.6
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	52	5.3	+5.3
Majority			349	35.5
Turnout			983	17.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tangmere By-Election 18 May 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brenda Esther Atlee	278	44.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Betty Rudkin	275	43.7	-8.4
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	41	6.5	+6.5
	UKIP	James McCulloch	22	3.5	+3.5
	Labour	Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan	14	2.2	-4.5
Majority			3	0.4
Turnout			630	36.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

West Wittering By-Election 20 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Justus Adriaan Pieter Montyn	868	57.5	+5.6
	Independent	David Hopson	330	21.9	+21.9
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Walter Tilbury	139	9.2	-9.9
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	123	8.2	+8.2
	Labour	Gordon Trevor Churchill	48	3.2	-2.7
Majority			538	35.6
Turnout			1,508	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bury By-Election 10 July 2008^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Francis Elliott	431	69.3	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Hares	191	30.7	+30.7
Majority			240	38.6
Turnout			622	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Wittering By-Election 23 October 2008^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graeme Barrett	410	40.3	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Ellen Green	364	35.8	+7.0
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	125	12.3	+12.3
	Labour	Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan	69	6.8	-0.4
	UKIP	James McCulloch	49	4.8	+4.8
Majority			46	4.5
Turnout			1,017	25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow By-Election 5 February 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Andrews	455	57.1	-21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Ernest John Cooper	342	42.9	+21.0
Majority			113	14.2
Turnout			797	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow By-Election 11 February 2010^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philippa Hardwick	504	57.7	-20.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Cooper	301	34.4	+12.5
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	69	7.9	+7.9
Majority			203	23.3
Turnout			874	23.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbourne Ward by-election, 17 October 2013^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Dunn	184	41.3
	UKIP	Alicia Ruth Denny	106	23.8
	Green	Thomas Brian French	85	19.1
	Liberal Democrat	Dr Phillip McDougall	68	15.2
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	3	0.6	+0.6
Majority			78	17.48
Turnout			446	24.06

↑ "Councillors' Websites". Chichester District Council. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
↑ "Chichester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
↑ The District of Chichester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ The Arun and Chichester (Areas) Order 1985
↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Chichester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
1 2 3 "District By Election Results 2003". Chichester District Online. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
↑ "By Election Results 2006". Chichester District Council. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
↑ "Conservatives win Bury by-election". Chichester District Council. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
↑ "Conservatives win Plaistow by-election". Chichester District Council. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
↑ "Conservatives win Plaistow by-election". Chichester District Council. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
↑ http://www.patria-uk.org/patria-makes-its-mark/
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-20.

Council elections in West Sussex

West Sussex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Adur District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Arun District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Chichester District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Crawley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Horsham District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mid Sussex District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Worthing Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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