Southgate & Crawley Central (electoral division)

Coordinates: 51°06′30″N 0°11′30″W / 51.10832°N 0.19166°W / 51.10832; -0.19166

Southgate & Crawley Central
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Crawley
UK Parliament Constituency:	Crawley
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	6511
County Councillor
Michael Jones (Lab)

Southgate & Crawley Central 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 town centre of Crawley, and the neighbourhood of Southgate.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: the south part of Northgate Ward, Southgate Ward and the south part of Three Bridges Ward.

Latest election result

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Southgate & Crawley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Jones	774	36.8	-2.6
	Conservative	Howard Bloom	655	31.2	-17.0
	UKIP	David Matthews	482	22.9	N/A
	Green	Malcolm Liles	133	6.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Millson	57	2.7	N/A
Majority			119	5.6
Turnout			2,101	27.1	-7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.2%

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Southgate & Crawley Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Bloom	1,097	48.2
	Labour	Michael Jones	897	39.4
	BNP	Linda Atkinson	284	12.5
Majority			200	8.8
Turnout			2,278	34.7
	Labour 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

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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