Chichester East (electoral division)

Chichester East
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District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	9528
County Councillor
Simon Oakley (CON)

Chichester East is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the eastern part of the town of Chichester; and the villages of Colworth, Merston, North Mundham, Oving, Runcton, South Mundham and Tangmere.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Chichester East Ward, North Mundham Ward and Tangmere Ward; and of the following civil parishes: the eastern part of Chichester, North Mundham, Oving and Tangmere.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Chichester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Oakley	894	35.0	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Smith	663	26.0	-26.3
	UKIP	Alicia Denny	648	25.4	N/A
	Labour	Ben Earnshaw-Mansell	349	13.7	+7.7
Majority			231	9.0	+9.0
Turnout			2,554	24.4	-10.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	12.9% LD to Con

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Chichester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Smith	1,717	52.3	+11.5
	Conservative	Norman Dingemans	1,168	35.6	+2.7
	BNP	Ray Fallick	203	6.2	+6.2
	Labour	June Leonard	196	6.0	-13.5
Majority			549	16.7	+8.8
Turnout			3,284	34.5	-24.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Chichester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A R H Smith	2,191	40.8
	Conservative	Mr S I King	1,765	32.9
	Labour	Mr B Earnshaw-Mansell	1,047	19.5
	UKIP	Mr A S Preater-Cole	368	6.9
Majority			426	7.9
Turnout			5,371	59.2
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps