West Sussex County Council election, 2009

The West Sussex County Council election, 2009 were elections to West Sussex County Council which took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

The elections saw the Conservative Party retain overall control, having done so since 1997. On this occasion they gained two seats and saw their vote share increase by just over 5%. The Liberal Democrats strengthened their position as the main opposition party, gaining a net total of four seats, despite their own share of the vote falling by nearly 4%. The Labour Party lost five of the seven seats they had held before the election, and saw their vote fall by nearly 10%, broadly in line with their national decline. This decline saw the party fall to fourth place in the county in terms of the popular vote, being replaced in third by the UK Independence Party, who are likely to have benefited by voting being held alongside the European parliament elections.^[1]

Summary

West Sussex County Council election, 2009
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	48	8	6	+2	67.61	48.40	114,088	+5.23%
	Liberal Democrat	21	7^{[nb 1]}	3	+4	29.58	28.96	68,262	-3.76%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.55	20,152	+5.57%
	Labour	2	0	5	-5	2.82	8.48	19,982	-9.28%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.21	5,212	-0.07%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.01	4,742	+1.81%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.66	1,553	-0.18%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.61	1,446	N/A
	Peace	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.07	159	N/A
	Justice	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.05	121	N/A

↑ Includes Horsham, Tanbridge and Broadbridge Heath, a new seat created as a result of a long public consultation held by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, triggered by a level of natural malapportionment due to the variance in electorate threshold reached in at least 30% of wards.

Results by division

The elections were the first to be fought on new electoral divisions as recommended by the Boundary Committee for England following a review, carried out at the request of West Sussex County Council. The new arrangement of 71 single-member divisions replaced the 70 seats that were contested across 62 divisions in 2005.^[2] The recommendations were accepted by the Electoral Commission in February 2009, who implemented the legal order authorising the change and allowing the new divisions to be used in these elections on 6 March 2009.^[3]^[4]

Adur

Kingston Buci
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Graysmark	1,198	45.8	+8.9
	UKIP	Michael Henn	554	21.2	+15.6
	Labour	Andrew Bray	452	17.3	-11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Izod	409	15.7	-7.8
Majority			644	24.6	+16.7
Turnout			2,613	35.1	-26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lancing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Mills	880	34.4	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Martin	753	29.4	-1.2
	UKIP	David Bushell	710	27.8	+20.8
	Labour	David Devoy	215	8.4	-16.6
Majority			127	5.0	-1.8
Turnout			2,558	31.6	-27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saltings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Dunn	1,154	38.1	-5.2
	UKIP	Mike Mendoza	781	25.8	+21.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Martin	458	15.1	-13.2
	Green	Stephen Barnes	365	12.1	N/A
	Labour	Agnes Daniel	269	8.9	-14.8
Majority			373	12.3	-2.7
Turnout			3,027	37.2	-26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shoreham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Coomber	1,453	49.1	+2.0
	Green	Moyra Martin	483	16.3	+7.7
	UKIP	Brian Elliott	396	13.4	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Cyril Cannings	370	12.5	-8.6
	Labour	Richard Daniel	256	8.7	-10.6
Majority			970	32.8	+6.8
Turnout			2,958	39.8	-30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sompting & North Lancing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Simmons	1,376	45.3	+5.3
	UKIP	Reuben Whiting	747	24.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Burt	546	18.0	-12.1
	Labour	Barry Mear	370	12.2	-17.8
Majority			629	20.7	+10.8
Turnout			3,039	35.3	-25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Mockridge	1,089	42.6	+2.5
	UKIP	Jennifer Greig	593	23.2	+16.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Hilditch	359	14.0	-5.5
	Labour	Barry Thompson	273	10.7	-18.3
	Green	Susan Board	245	9.6	+4.6
Majority			496	19.4	+8.3
Turnout			2,559	33.1	-30.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arun

Angmering & Findon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Urquhart	2,083	66.6	+16.4
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Richards	1,043	33.4	-4.4
Majority			1,040	33.2	+20.8
Turnout			3,126	39.7	-27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel & Wick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Peters	1,648	56.2	+18.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Wiltshire	1,009	34.4	+7.1
	Labour	Alan Butcher	274	9.3	-17.0
Majority			639	21.8	+11.6
Turnout			2,931	38.2	-26.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bersted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon McDougall	992	33.2	+2.8
	Conservative	Ann Smee	873	29.2	+0.3
	UKIP	Ann Rapnik	511	17.1	+6.3
	Labour	Simon Holland	326	10.9	-19.1
	BNP	Michael Witchell	285	9.5	N/A
Majority			119	4.0	+3.6
Turnout			2,987	34.1	-24.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bognor Regis East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Oppler	1,279	45.9	+13.9
	Conservative	Philip Hitchins	711	25.5	+3.5
	UKIP	Philip Lee	517	18.6	+9.0
	BNP	Albert Bodle	278	10.0	N/A
Majority			568	20.4	+17.9
Turnout			2,785	29.9	-25.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bognor Regis West & Aldwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Wells	1,606	44.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Robin Brown	1,545	42.8	-3.3
	BNP	David Little	264	7.3	N/A
	Labour	Jan Cosgrave	214	5.9	N/A
Majority			61	1.5
Turnout			3,629	40.1	-21.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

East Preston & Ferring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Evans	2,956	66.0	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Brown	649	14.5	-7.7
	English Democrats	Clive Maltby	482	10.8	N/A
	Labour	Henry Miller	390	8.7	-6.7
Majority			2,307	51.5	+16.5
Turnout			4,477	45.9	-23.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Felpham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Blampied	1,676	54.5	+9.3
	UKIP	Alicia Denny	734	23.9	+14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Passingham	474	15.4	-16.3
	Labour	Michelle White	191	6.2	-7.7
Majority			942	30.6	+17.1
Turnout			3,075	39.3	-29.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fontwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Whttington	2,310	64.3	+14.4
	Liberal Democrat	George Fletcher	1,281	35.7	-1.3
Majority			1,029	28.6	+15.7
Turnout			3,591	39.9	-25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littlehampton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Walsh	1,525	45.1	+8.0
	Conservative	Joyce Bowyer	1,007	29.8	-2.2
	UKIP	Robert East	553	16.3	+7.2
	Labour	Stephen McConnell	179	5.3	-16.4
	BNP	James Baxter	120	3.5	N/A
Majority			518	13.5	+8.4
Turnout			3,384	38.0	-24.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Littlehampton Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Britton	757	28.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Buckland	689	26.1	+2.1
	Labour	George O'Neill	568	21.5	-15.6
	UKIP	Derek Pescud	476	18.0	+6.0
	BNP	Valerie Manchee	149	5.6	N/A
Majority			68	2.6
Turnout			2,639	32.3	-21.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christina Freeman	1,640	49.9	-0.9
	UKIP	Joan Phillips	906	27.5	+18.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Bliss	531	16.1	-6.8
	Labour	Edward Nattrass	212	6.4	-12.8
Majority			734	22.4	-3.7
Turnout			3,289	39.2	-24.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nyetimber
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Coleman	1,791	47.7	0.0
	UKIP	Douglas Denny	924	24.6	+15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gregory Burt	544	14.5	-6.7
	Labour	Pauline Nash	247	6.6	-14.9
	BNP	Paul Cole	245	6.5	N/A
Majority			867	23.1	-3.1
Turnout			3,751	41.2	-26.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rustington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Tyler	2,962	69.6	+23.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Lovell	986	23.2	-9.0
	Labour	Anthony Dines	310	7.3	-7.5
Majority			1,976	46.4	+32.6
Turnout			4,258	45.1	-22.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chichester

Bourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Dunn	1,948	56.3	+15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Philip MacDougall	1,382	40.0	+7.2
	Labour	Janet Miller	127	3.7	-10.6
Majority			566	16.3	+8.6
Turnout			3,457	37.1	-28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

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	N/A
	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

Chichester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hall	1,901	52.4	+17.5
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Plowman	1,118	30.8	-17.9
	UKIP	Michael Mason	439	12.1	+6.7
	Labour	Margaret Dyer	168	4.6	-6.4
Majority			783	21.6
Turnout			3,626	44.0	-24.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Chichester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Whitehead	1,419	42.9	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Chaplin	1,068	32.3	-8.2
	UKIP	Nigel Sitwell	581	17.6	+10.9
	Labour	Wendy Pengelly	241	7.3	-8.8
Majority			351	10.6
Turnout			3,309	36.7	-28.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Chichester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary-Louise Goldsmith	2,190	55.0	+15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alix Henry	692	17.4	-15.6
	UKIP	James McCulloch	380	9.5	+3.6
	Green	Richard Lanchester	378	9.5	N/A
	Labour	John Bennett	199	5.0	-9.1
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	142	3.6	N/A
Majority			1,498	37.6	+31.2
Turnout			3,981	43.0	-22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Brown	1,995	54.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Bonfante-Horrox	825	22.7	-9.3
	UKIP	Andrew Moncrieff	644	17.7	+12.6
	Labour	John Smith	169	4.7	-6.0
Majority			1,170	32.2	+11.9
Turnout			3,633	42.9	-27.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Midhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nola Hendon	2,479	68.4	+29.9
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Fowler	952	26.3	-1.7
	Labour	Andrew Young	195	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,527	42.1	+32.3
Turnout			3,626	41.3	-26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Duncton	2,769	70.3	+16.1
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Cooper	810	20.6	-9.7
	BNP	Robert Trower	209	5.3	N/A
	Labour	Brenda Wise	148	3.8	-6.2
Majority			1,959	49.7	+25.8
Turnout			3,939	41.1	-28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jones	1,525	47.1	+6.9
	UKIP	Bernard Smith	1,295	40.0	+28.7
	Labour	Ian Bell	415	12.8	-9.8
Majority			230	7.1	-7.2
Turnout			3,235	36.6	-28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Witterings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Justus Montyn	1,627	49.6	+4.3
	Independent	John Daws-Chew	618	18.8	+18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Tilbury	346	10.6	-8.6
	Green	Adrian Mills	292	8.9	N/A
	BNP	Sylvia Trower	220	6.7	N/A
	Labour	Patrick O'Sullivan	176	5.4	-6.8
Majority			1,009	30.8	+4.7
Turnout			3,279	40.1	-26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crawley

Bewbush & Ifield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Oxlade	865	36.0
	Conservative	Adam Brown	758	31.5
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Arnold	344	14.3
	BNP	George Baldwin	315	13.1
	Justice	Arshad Khan	121	5.0
Majority			107	4.5
Turnout			2,403	28.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Quirk	1,367	58.2	+26.6
	Labour	Gillian Joyce	983	41.8	-3.7
Majority			384	16.4
Turnout			2,350	27.0	-22.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gossops Green & Ifield East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Blake	1,191	38.6
	Labour	John Mortimer	893	28.9
	BNP	Dennis Kenealy	387	12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Hamilton	324	10.5
	Independent	Richard Symonds	291	9.4
Majority			298	9.7
Turnout			3,086	38.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Langley Green & West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Smith	1,396	45.5
	Conservative	Lee Gilroy	1,140	37.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Osborne	532	17.3
Majority			256	8.3
Turnout			3,068	33.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Maidenbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Smith	2,192	72.3
	Labour	Kieran Byrne	425	14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Suhasini Gaurishanker	415	13.7
Majority			1,767	58.3
Turnout			3,032	34.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northgate & Three Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Burgess	1,172	40.2	+7.1
	Labour	William Thomas	891	30.6	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Wickins	504	17.3	-5.2
	English Democrats	Mark Taylor	348	11.9	N/A
Majority			281	9.6
Turnout			2,915	36.8	-23.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pound Hill & Worth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Burrett	2,308	69.7
	Liberal Democrat	Eddie Reay	640	19.3
	Labour	David Shreeves	361	10.9
Majority			1,668	50.4
Turnout			3,309	39.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southgate & Crawley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Howard Bloom	1,097	48.2
	Labour	Michael Jones	897	39.4
	BNP	Linda Atkinson	284	12.5
Majority			200	8.8
Turnout			2,278	34.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Tilgate & Furnace Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Crow	1,600	46.0	+5.4
	Labour	Ian Irvine	871	25.0	-12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Wise	607	17.4	+0.4
	BNP	Vernon Atkinson	401	11.5	N/A
Majority			729	21.0	+17.9
Turnout			3,479	39.7	-23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsham

Billingshurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Jupp	1,701	54.1	+3.5
	UKIP	David Duke	694	22.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Larissa Rowe	588	18.7	-17.0
	Labour	Christine Conibear	160	5.1	-8.6
Majority			1,007	32.0	+17.1
Turnout			3,143	38.4	-28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramber Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Deedman	2,252	48.8	0.0
	Conservative	David Barling	1,669	36.2	-3.3
	UKIP	Stuart Bower	351	7.6	N/A
	BNP	Donna Bailey	226	4.9	N/A
	Labour	Arleene Piercy	117	2.5	-9.3
Majority			583	12.6	+3.3
Turnout			4,615	50.8	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Barnard	2,221	63.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Purches	830	23.7	-14.5
	BNP	Tony Aldous	257	7.3	N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Uhlhorn	191	5.5	N/A
Majority			1,391	39.8	+16.2
Turnout			3,499	42.3	-25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Catchpole	1,729	47.1	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Belinda Walters	1,590	43.3	+1.9
	BNP	Francis Carlin	192	5.2	N/A
	Labour	Raymond Chapman	161	4.4	-9.8
Majority			139	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			3,672	43.0	-25.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsham Hurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Dennis	1,697	50.8
	Conservative	Marc Kent	879	26.3
	UKIP	Claire Bridewell	279	8.3
	Green	Stacey Frier	187	5.6
	Labour	Carol Hayton	183	5.5
	BNP	Joyce Audric	118	3.5
Majority			818	24.5
Turnout			3,343	42.3
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Horsham Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Morwen Millson	1,985	55.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Andrew Baldwin	1,283	36.0	+3.0
	Peace	Jim Duggan	159	4.5	N/A
	Labour	Jonathan Austin	137	3.8	-11.2
Majority			702	19.7	+0.7
Turnout			3,564	44.6	-22.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David Sheldon	1,496	56.1
	Conservative	Laurence Deakins	1,030	38.6
	Labour	David Hide	141	5.3
Majority			466	17.5
Turnout			2,667	39.2
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Pulborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Arculus	2,871	73.2	+9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Rosalyn Deedman	829	21.1	-15.2
	Labour	Antony Bignell	222	5.7	N/A
Majority			2,042	52.1	+24.7
Turnout			3,922	42.5	-25.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warwick Hellawell	1,468	48.4	+2.9
	Conservative	John Charles	1,164	38.4	-0.4
	BNP	Colin Poulter	279	9.2	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Skudder	123	4.1	-11.6
Majority			304	10.0	+3.3
Turnout			3,034	39.8	-24.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Southwater & Nuthurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Watson	1,934	49.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Stainton	1,075	27.5	-13.8
	UKIP	Harry Aldridge	519	13.3	N/A
	Green	Tristan Loraine	261	6.7	N/A
	Labour	Jane Field	113	2.9	-7.3
Majority			859	22.1	+15.0
Turnout			3,902	40.5	-28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Storrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Wilkinson	2,677	64.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Stokes	771	18.4	-6.9
	English Democrats	Henry Powell	523	12.5	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Cornwell	215	5.1	-10.8
Majority			1,906	45.6	+12.1
Turnout			4,186	43.1	-27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warnham & Rusper
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hodgson	1,783	58.9	+2.4
	UKIP	Stuart Aldridge	583	19.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Belmore	535	17.7	-11.2
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	125	4.1	-10.5
Majority			1,200	39.6	+12.0
Turnout			3,026	41.7	-25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mid Sussex

Burgess Hill East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Knight	1,944	50.0
	Conservative	Jacqui Landriani	1,769	45.5	'
	Labour	Peter Allott	174	4.5
Majority			175	4.5
Turnout			3,887	41.5
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Burgess Hill Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Ross	1,421	41.5
	Conservative	Andrew Barrett-Miles	1,371	40.1
	UKIP	Chris French	476	13.9
	Labour	Nigel Foulkes	152	4.4
Majority			50	1.4
Turnout			3,420	38.1
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Cuckfield & Lucastes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bradbury	1,703	46.8	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Blanch	770	21.2	-10.1
	Independent	Michael Bright	644	17.7	N/A
	UKIP	Marc Montgomery	218	6.0	N/A
	Green	Catherine Edminson	208	5.7	-1.4
	Labour	Derek Davies	95	2.6	-5.9
Majority			933	25.6	+3.9
Turnout			3,638	45.4	-27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Grinstead Meridian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Bennett	1,408	47.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Johnson	1,153	38.9
	Green	James Blair	300	10.1
	Labour	Colin Moffatt	103	3.5
Majority			255	8.6
Turnout			2,964	35.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Quinn	1,599	44.5
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Collins	1,469	40.9
	Green	Paul Brown	429	11.9
	Labour	Peter Lamb	94	2.6
Majority			130	3.6
Turnout			3,591	41.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hassocks & Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Wilsdon	2,159	50.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Mandy Thomas-Atkin	1,895	44.2	+4.1
	Labour	Jennifer Epstein	204	4.8	-5.8
Majority			264	6.2	+3.4
Turnout			4,258	43.9	-26.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Haywards Heath East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Hall	1,237	41.2	+8.2
	Conservative	John de Mierre	1,194	39.7	+3.4
	Labour	Osiji Onah	406	13.5	-17.2
	BNP	Richard Trower	168	5.6	N/A
Majority			43	1.5
Turnout			3,005	39.1	-28.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Haywards Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Hall	1,477	44.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Katy Bourne	1,416	42.2	+3.6
	Green	Philip Smith	289	8.6	+2.5
	Labour	Pascal Atkins	175	5.2	-10.7
Majority			61	1.8	+1.0
Turnout			3,357	40.1	-29.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	2,038	58.4	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Jackson	727	20.8	-7.5
	Green	Michael Airey	529	15.1	N/A
	Labour	Ann Morgan	198	5.7	-8.5
Majority			1,311	37.6	+12.1
Turnout			3,492	44.6	-26.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Imberdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Heidi Brunsdon	1,522	44.1	+19.0
	Conservative	Phillip Coote	1,370	39.7	-8.8
	UKIP	Eric Saunders	412	11.9	N/A
	Labour	Alison Cornell	144	4.2	-6.9
Majority			152	4.4
Turnout			3,448	42.6	-29.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Lindfield & High Weald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Field	2,573	57.9	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Anne-Marie Lucraft	983	22.1	-7.6
	Green	Peter Wemyss-Gorman	728	16.4	+7.0
	Labour	Alan Yates	158	3.6	-5.3
Majority			1,590	35.8	+13.5
Turnout			4,442	47.0	-26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worth Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Acraman	2,147	61.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Dennis	617	17.6	-4.5
	Green	Maurice Weller	518	14.8	+7.3
	Labour	Frank Thomson	225	6.4	-10.6
Majority			1,530	43.6	+12.3
Turnout			3,507	37.5	-31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Worthing

Broadwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Rice	1,245	38.8
	Conservative	Tom Wye	1,230	38.3
	UKIP	Lionel Parsons	559	17.4
	Labour	John Turley	177	5.5
Majority			15	0.5
Turnout			3,211	33.0
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Cissbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clement Stevens	1,925	52.8
	UKIP	Mike Glennon	888	24.4
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Hoban	641	17.6
	Labour	John Gardiner	191	5.2
Majority			1,037	28.4
Turnout			3,645	42.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Durrington & Salvington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicola Waight	1,308	39.5
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Donin	1,235	37.3
	UKIP	John Wallace	768	23.2
Majority			73	2.2
Turnout			3,311	34.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Goring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Waight	1,727	54.0
	UKIP	Richard Bater	646	20.2
	Liberal Democrat	Nick John	576	18.0
	Labour	James Elwood	248	7.8
Majority			1,081	33.8
Turnout			3,197	39.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Rogers	1,524	57.9
	Conservative	John Rogers	974	37.0
	Labour	Bren Albiston	135	5.1
Majority			550	20.9
Turnout			2,633	31.6
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Tarring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Smytherman	1,646	47.4
	Conservative	Paul High	1,007	29.0
	UKIP	John Harwood	628	18.1
	Labour	Sid Wells	191	5.5
Majority			639	18.4
Turnout			3,472	35.3
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Worthing East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Richards	1,157	40.9	-1.0
	Conservative	Roger Oakley	1,012	35.8	-3.8
	UKIP	Mick Clark	424	15.0	N/A
	Labour	Ann Saunders	233	8.2	-10.4
Majority			145	5.1	+2.8
Turnout			2,826	35.2	-22.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Worthing Pier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Doyle	1,097	40.1	+5.6
	Conservative	Paul Yallop	1,015	37.1	-3.3
	UKIP	Christopher Woodward	350	12.8	N/A
	Labour	Sue Marsh	181	6.6	-10.1
	English Democrats	Michael Black-Feather	93	3.4	N/A
Majority			82	3.0
Turnout			2,736	32.0	-20.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Worthing West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Livermore	1,529	48.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Leonard	731	23.4	-1.4
	UKIP	Phil Ruddock	616	19.7	+14.6
	Labour	Eileen Powell	248	7.9	-7.8
Majority			798	25.5	+5.1
Turnout			3,124	36.3	-24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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[2] Includes Horsham, Tanbridge and Broadbridge Heath, a new seat created as a result of a long public consultation held by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, triggered by a level of natural malapportionment due to the variance in electorate threshold reached in at least 30% of wards.

[1] BBC News - Lib Dems win seats in West Sussex

[boundaries-3] Boundary Committee publishes electoral arrangements for West Sussex County Council - The Electoral Commission

[4] West Sussex electoral review - The Electoral Commission

[5] Changes to West Sussex electoral arrangements finalised - The Electoral Commission

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