Henfield (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°57′50″N 0°17′44″W / 50.96383°N 0.29560°W / 50.96383; -0.29560

Henfield

Shown within West Sussex
District:Horsham
UK Parliament Constituency:Arundel & South Downs, Horsham
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):8277
County Councillor
Lionel Barnard (Con)

Henfield is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current County Councillor, Lionel Barnard, is also Deputy Leader of West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the town of Henfield; and the villages of Cowfold, Dial Post, Partridge Green, Shermanbury and West Grinstead.

It comprises the following Horsham District wards: Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead Ward and Henfield Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Cowfold, the northern part of Henfield, Shermanbury and West Grinstead.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Henfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lionel Barnard 1,248 51.4 -12.1
UKIP Liz Wallace 723 29.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Andrew Purches 255 10.5 -13.2
Labour Janet Miller 204 8.4 +2.9
Majority 525 21.6 -18.2
Turnout 2,430 28.9 -13.4
Conservative hold Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

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 +5.5
Majority 1,391 39.8 +16.2
Turnout 3,499 42.3 -25.4
Conservative hold Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Henfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mr L H Barnard 3,381 61.8
Liberal Democrat Mr F W S Taylor 2,086 38.2
Majority 1,295 23.6
Turnout 5,467 67.7
Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links


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