Gossops Green & Ifield East (electoral division)

Coordinates: 51°07′04″N 0°12′52″W / 51.11764°N 0.21458°W / 51.11764; -0.21458

Gossops Green & Ifield East

Shown within West Sussex
District:Crawley
UK Parliament Constituency:Crawley
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):8110
County Councillor
Sue Mullins (Lab)

Gossops Green & Ifield 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 neighbourhoods of Gossops Green and Ifield, which form part of the urban area of the town of Crawley.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: Gossops Green Ward and the eastern part of Ifield Ward.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Gossops Green & Ifield East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Mullins 1,109 41.0 +13.1
Conservative Ken Trussell 720 26.6 -12.0
UKIP Stephen Wade 705 26.1 N/A
Green Iain Dickson 106 3.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gregory-George Collins 62 2.3 -8.2
Majority 389 14.4 N/A
Turnout 2,702 32.3 -5.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 12.6% Con to Lab

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

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)

This division 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.

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links


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