Crawley Borough Council elections

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 2004, 37 councillors have been elected from 15 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]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2006
Conservative	2006
No overall control	2006 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - 2014
Labour	2014 - present

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]

• Crawley Borough Council election, 1973
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1976
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1980
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1982
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1983 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1984
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1986
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1987
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1988
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1990
• Crawley Borough Council election, 1991

Year		Conservative		Labour		Liberal Democrats		UKIP	Notes
1992[6]	9		22		1		0
1994[7]	7		23		2		0		Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8]
1995[9]	4		26		2		0
1996[10]	2		28		2		0
1998[11]	3		27		2		0
1999[12]	5		25		2		0
2000[13]	6		24		2		0
2002[14]	7		23		2		0
2003[15]	8		22		2		0
2004[3]	16		19		2		0		New ward boundaries[16]
2006[17]	19		16		2		0
2007[18]	22		12		3		0
2008[19]	26		9		2		0
2010[20]	26		11		0		0
2011[2]	24		13		0		0
2012	21		16		0		0
2014	16		20		0		1
2015

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[21] 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 Democrat		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 Democrat	Eddie Reay	210	19.7	+2.6
	Green		76	7.1	+7.1
Majority			314	29.4
Turnout			1,068	19.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northgate By-Election 15 October 2009^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Geraint Thomas	527	43.3	+19.0
	Conservative	Ryan Smith	446	36.7	+18.9
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

Tilgate By-Election 7 October 2010^[23]

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^[24]

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

1. "Councillors and Elections". Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
3. "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.
15. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
16. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Crawley (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
17. "Local elections: Crawley". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
18. "Crawley". BBC News Online. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
19. "Crawley". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
20. "Crawley". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
21. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 8 January 2012.
22. "Labour wins Northgate by-election". Crawley Observer. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
23. "By-elections October 2010". Crawley Borough Council. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
24. "BLOG : BY-ELECTION RESULTS: CRAWLEY BC, SOUTHGATE – 9 OCTOBER 2014". ALDC. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

External links

• Crawley Borough Council