Haywards Heath East (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°59′38″N 0°05′19″W / 50.99382°N 0.08866°W

Haywards Heath East
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:	Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2013):	7930[1]
County Councillor
Stephen Hillier (Con)

Haywards Heath 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 Haywards Heath.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Haywards Heath Bentswood Ward and Haywards Heath Franklands Ward; and of the eastern part of the civil parish of Haywards Heath.

On 31 October 2013 John de Mierre died, this necessitated the holding of a bye-election, which was held on 19 December 2013 ^[2][3]

Election results

2013 Bye-election

Results of the bye-election held on 19 December 2013:

Haywards Heath East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	649	35.5	+1.7
	UKIP	Charles Burrell	576	31.5	+5.1
	Labour	Richard Goddard	346	18.9	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Hall	201	11.0	-8.2
	Green	Paul Brown	55	3.0	N/A
Majority			73	4.0	-2.4
Turnout			1832	23.1	-6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Haywards Heath East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John de Mierre	789	33.8	-5.9
	UKIP	Charles Burrell	617	26.4	N/A
	Labour	Richard Goddard	505	21.6	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Hall	424	18.2	-23.0
Majority			172	6.4	N/A
Turnout			2,335	29.7	-9.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

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	+5.6
Majority			43	1.5	+1.5
Turnout			3,005	39.1	-28.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Haywards Heath East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr A J De-Mierre	1,779	36.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ms J Brown	1,615	33.0
	Labour	Mr P J Henry	1,504	30.7
Majority			164	3.3
Turnout			4,898	67.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 19 Decemberer 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. "Councillor John de Mierre passes away". Mid Sussex District Council. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
3. "County Councillor John de Mierre dies". West Sussex County Council. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps