Midhurst (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°59′45″N 0°49′02″W / 50.99582°N 0.81711°W / 50.99582; -0.81711

Midhurst
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	8784
County Councillor
Gordon M^cAra (Ind)

Midhurst 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 is one of the largest in West Sussex and covers the town of Midhurst; and the villages of Bepton, Chithurst, Didling, Elsted, Iping, Milland, Nyewood, Rake, Rogate, South Harting, Stedham, Treyford, Trotton and Woolbeding.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Harting Ward, Midhurst Ward, Rogate Ward and the western part of Stedham Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Bepton, Elsted & Treyford, Harting, Linch, Midhurst, Milland, Rogate, Stedham with Iping, Trotton with Chithurst and Woolbeding with Redford.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Midhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gordon M^cAra	864	31.4	N/A
	Conservative	John Cherry	742	26.9	-51.3
	UKIP	Pamela Hayton	549	19.9	-1.9
	Independent	Margaret Guest	292	10.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Green	197	7.2	N/A
	Labour	Frances Turner	110	4.0	N/A
Majority			122	4.5	N/A
Turnout			2,754	31.1	+5.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2012 Bye-election

Results of the bye-election held on 15 November 2012:

Midhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cherry	1,410	78.2	+9.8
	UKIP	Judith Fowler	392	21.8	N/A
Majority			1,018	56.0	+13.9
Turnout			1,900	21.5	-15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Midhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nola Hendon	2,479	68.4	+29.9
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Fowler	952	26.3	-1.7
	Labour	Andrew Young	195	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,527	42.1	+32.3
Turnout			3,626	41.3	-26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Midhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms N J Hendon	2,222	38.5
	Independent	Mr A M Shaxson	1,653	28.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ms J R Fowler	1,612	28.0
	UKIP	Mr P J Cole	280	4.9
Majority			569	9.8
Turnout			5,767	68.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

Electoral Divisions in West Sussex

Conservative	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Wick Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadwater Burgess Hill East Burgess Hill Town Chichester North Chichester South Chichester West Cissbury Chichester East Cuckfield and Lucastes East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Fernhurst Fontwell Goring Hassocks and Victoria Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Imberdown Kingston Buci Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower Petworth Pound Hill and Worth Pulborough Roffey Rustington Shoreham Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick Storrington The Witterings Tilgate and Furnace Green Warnham and Rusper Worth Forest Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West

UKIP	Bersted Bourne Durrington and Salvington Felpham Lancing Middleton Nyetimber Saltings Selsey Sompting and North Lancing

Liberal Democrats	Bognor Regis East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath Littlehampton East Littlehampton Town Northbrook Tarring

Labour	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Gossops Green and Ifield East Langley Green and West Green Northgate and Three Bridges Southgate and Crawley Central

Independent	Midhurst

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