East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood (electoral division)

Coordinates: 51°06′47″N 0°00′28″W / 51.11317°N 0.00790°W / 51.11317; -0.00790

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood

Shown within West Sussex
District:Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):8711
County Councillor
John O'Brien (Con)

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood 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 southern part of the town of East Grinstead and the village of Ashurst Wood, and it came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Ashurst Wood Ward, East Grinstead Herontye Ward and the southern part of East Grinstead Town Ward; and of the following civil parishes: of Ashurst Wood and the southern part of East Grinstead.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John O'Brien 1,066 43.8 -0.7
UKIP Tony Armstrong 562 23.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Howard Evans 461 18.9 -22.0
Green Gary Hogman 188 7.7 -4.2
Labour David Boot 158 6.5 -3.9
Majority 504 20.7 +17.1
Turnout 2,435 27.5 -13.7
Conservative hold Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

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)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links


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