2019 Mid Sussex District Council election

2019 Mid Sussex District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 54 seats, 57.7% 0 seats, 12.5% Seats won 34 13 Seat change 20 13 Popular vote 30,942 23,356 Percentage 40.0% 30.2% Swing 17.5% 17.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Last election 0 seats, 1.5% 0 seats, 8.5% Seats won 4 3 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 6,320 8,845 Percentage 8.2% 11.4% Swing 6.7% 2.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Mid Sussex District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2019 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in West Sussex, England.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

• Conservative 34
• Liberal Democrat 13
• Green 3
• Independent 4

Summary

Election result

2019 Mid Sussex District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	54	34	0	20	20	63.0	40.0	30,942	–17.5
	Liberal Democrats	34	13	13	0	13	24.1	30.2	23,356	+17.7
	Independent	8	4	4	0	4	7.2	8.2	6,320	+6.7
	Green	18	3	3	0	3	5.6	11.4	8,845	+2.9
	Labour	27	0	0	0		0.0	9.1	6,999	–2.8
	UKIP	5	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	826	–6.7

Ward results

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Marsh	684	44.4
	Conservative	Andrew MacNaughton	642	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Le Fleming	470	30.5
	Green	Gillian Maher	409	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Cox	404	26.2
	Labour	Micah Roberts	192	12.5
Turnout			1,567	33.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Belsey	546	69.9	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Thompson	235	30.1	+30.1
Majority
Turnout			806	37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bolney

Bolney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Llewellyn-Burke	420	49.4	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Cook	162	19.1	−9.3
	Green	Susan Kelly	115	13.5	+13.5
	UKIP	Peter Hopgood	98	11.5	−7.9
	Labour	David Jones	55	6.5	+6.5
Majority
Turnout			854	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Coe-Gunnell White	550	41.6
	Conservative	Samantha Smith	503	38.0
	Green	John Fernandez	502	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Condie	475	35.9
	Labour	Simon Hayward	202	15.3
	Labour	Pamela Haigh	168	12.7
Majority
Turnout			1,343	33.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Henwood	1,054	60.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Allen	1,021	59.0
	Conservative	Richard Cherry	528	30.5
	Conservative	Andrew Landriani	507	29.3
	Labour	Gemma Bolton	178	10.3
	Labour	David Chalkley	115	6.6
Turnout			1,769	43.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hicks	800	54.6
	Green	Anne Miles-Eves	745	50.8
	Conservative	Prudence Moore	415	28.3
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kelly	334	22.8
	UKIP	Stephen Curryer	181	12.3
	Labour	Tara Greatorex	135	9.2
	Labour	Linda Greatorex	125	8.5
Turnout			1,472	39.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Eggleston	818	52.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tofojjul Hussain	657	42.0
	Conservative	Anne Jones	435	27.8
	Conservative	Adam White	369	23.6
	Labour	Elaine Bolton	249	15.9
	UKIP	Christopher French	194	12.4
	Labour	Ian Greatorex	170	10.9
Turnout			1,581	41.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Burgess Hill St. Andrew's

Burgess Hill St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matthew Cornish	686	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Cartwright	673	45.4
	Conservative	Colin Holden	476	32.1
	Labour	Tony Balsdon	442	29.8
	Conservative	Raymond Smith	402	27.1
Turnout			1,511	34.7
	Green gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Chapman	950	62.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Gibbs	686	45.0
	Conservative	Mandy Thomas-Atkin	346	22.7
	Conservative	Christopher Thomas-Atkin	337	22.1
	Labour	Richard Neville	267	17.5
Turnout			1,541	34.9
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Budgen	903	64.9
	Independent	Christopher Phillips	671	48.2
	Conservative	Anthony Dorey	485	34.9
	Conservative	Trevor Hodsdon	445	32.0
Turnout			1,410	35.9
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Gibson	1,552	72.2
	Conservative	Roger Webb	831	38.6
	Conservative	Philip Coote	647	30.1
	Green	Sean Betts	623	29.0
	Conservative	Bruce Forbes	529	24.6
Turnout			2,170	37.5
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cuckfield

Cuckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bradbury	720	44.1
	Conservative	Robert Salisbury	674	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Notaras	571	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blanch	536	32.8
	Green	Catherine Edminson	402	24.6
	Independent	Benedict White	162	9.9
Turnout			1,652	37.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bennett	894	71.9
	Conservative	Margaret Belsey	807	64.9
	Labour	Alice Tyrrell	299	24.1
	Labour	Martin Jeremiah	292	23.5
Turnout			1,335	29.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Mockford	679	56.5
	Conservative	Norman Webster	506	42.1
	Independent	Norman Mockford	424	35.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fathi Tarada	390	32.5
Turnout			1,220	30.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Peacock	Unopposed
	Conservative	Dick Sweatman	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heidi Brunsdon	Unopposed
	Conservative	Rex Whittaker	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Walker	574	47.6
	Conservative	John Dabell	537	44.5
	Independent	Stuart Pilbrow	390	32.3
	Labour	Tess Fensterheim	266	22.0
	Labour	David Wilbraham	255	21.1
	UKIP	Ian Simcock	167	13.8
Turnout			1,229	29.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hassocks

Hassocks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hatton	2,170	65.2
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Dempsey	1,721	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Sparasci	1,606	48.2
	Conservative	Michelle Binks	868	26.1
	Conservative	Alexander Simmons	717	21.5
	Conservative	Helen Bedford	683	20.5
	Labour	Victoria Standfast	510	15.3
	Green	Moira Monteith	449	13.5
	Labour	Nicholas Owens	423	12.7
	Labour	David Hammond	406	12.2
Turnout			3,352	53.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bates	568	38.4
	Conservative	Anne Bourtup	521	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Inglesfield	505	34.1
	Conservative	Howard Mundin	471	31.8
	Green	Matthew Brewin	342	23.1
	Labour	Dean Finch	325	21.9
Turnout			1,511	36.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	588	43.3
	Conservative	Rachel Cromie	546	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Leila Wilson	419	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Faithfull	372	27.4
	Green	Jack Langley	363	26.8
	UKIP	Howard Burrell	186	13.7
Turnout			1,382	31.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Ellis	718	47.0
	Conservative	Clive Laband	612	40.0
	Green	Richard Nicholson	501	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Knight	376	24.6
	Labour	Sarah Greenslade	330	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Riikka Jokelainen	326	21.3
Turnout			1,584	36.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick Clarke	598	51.2
	Conservative	Michael Pulfer	514	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	James France	310	26.6
	Green	David Woolley	299	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Inglesfield	264	22.6
	Labour	Thomas Martyn	193	16.5
Turnout			1,206	29.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dana De Mierre	808	47.6
	Conservative	James Knight	762	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Rees	512	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Chapman	474	27.9
	Green	Allan Murray	410	24.2
	Labour	Paul Kenny	275	16.2
Turnout			1,727	33.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

High Weald

High Weald

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Brown	751	49.8
	Conservative	Linda Stockwell	576	38.2
	Conservative	Lorraine Nunes-Carvalho	519	34.4
	Independent	Christopher Hersey	483	32.1
	Green	Jonathan Lewis	463	30.7
Turnout			1,517	39.2
	Green gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Bennett	1,215	47.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Jackson	967	38.0
	Conservative	Colin Trumble	933	36.7
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	928	36.5
	Conservative	Anthony Watts Williams	795	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Herve	739	29.1
	Green	Lesley Burdett	608	23.9
	Green	Nicholas Dearden	424	16.7
	Labour	Norah O'Hare	349	13.7
	Labour	Fred Bor Burns	239	9.4
Turnout			2,585	40.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Lindfield

Lindfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lea	1,011	39.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Ash-Edwards	985	38.8
	Conservative	Anthea Lea	967	38.1
	Independent	Margaret Hersey	785	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Lucraft	753	29.7
	Green	Peter Wemyss-Gorman	753	29.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lucraft	624	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cavan Wood	483	19.0
	Labour	Linda Grace	285	11.2
	Labour	Lisa Desbruslais	254	10.0
Turnout			2,551	42.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-elections

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Forbes	810	61.6
	Green	Matthew Brewin	284	21.6
	Independent	Norman Mockford	221	16.8
Majority			526	40.0
Turnout			1,323	33.2
Registered electors			3,982
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe: 8 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jenny Edwards	452	36.9
	Conservative	Lorraine Nunes-Carvalho	409	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Jerrit	340	27.8
	Independent	Carole Steggles	23	1.9
Majority			43	3.5
Turnout			1,225	24.8
Registered electors			4,942
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Bolney

Bolney: 12 September 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kristy Adams	301	50.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jackson	163	27.4
	Labour	Andrew Foster	66	11.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron von Thunerclap	30	5.0
	Green	Sue Kelly	28	4.7
	Independent	Norman Mockford	7	1.2
Majority			138	23.2
Turnout			730	26.5
Registered electors			2,248
	Conservative hold		Swing