Southwick (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°50′57″N 0°14′30″W / 50.84920°N 0.24170°W / 50.84920; -0.24170

Southwick

Shown within West Sussex
District:Adur
UK Parliament Constituency:East Worthing & Shoreham
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):7727
County Councillor
Janet Mockridge (Con)

Southwick 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 of Southwick, including the neighbourhood of Fishersgate.

It comprises the following Adur district wards: Eastbrook Ward, Hillside Ward and the eastern part of Southwick Green Ward. It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Shoreham-by-Sea.

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Southwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Mockridge 738 36.2 -6.4
UKIP Jenny Greig 611 30.0 +6.8
Labour Brian Hall 426 20.9 +9.8
Liberal Democrat David Edey 160 7.8 -6.2
Green Moyra Martin 105 5.1 -4.5
Majority 127 6.2 -13.2
Turnout 2,040 25.6 -7.5
Conservative hold Swing 6.6% Con to UKIP

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Southwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Mockridge 1,089 42.6 +2.5
UKIP Jenny Greig 593 23.2 +16.7
Liberal Democrat John Hilditch 359 14.0 -5.5
Labour Barry Thompson 273 10.7 -18.3
Green Susan Board 245 9.6 +4.6
Majority 496 19.4 +8.3
Turnout 2,559 33.1 -30.9
Conservative hold Swing

2006 Bye-election

Results of the bye-election held on 14 September 2006:

Southwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Mockridge 907 55.5 +15.4
Labour Andrew Bray 316 19.4 -9.6
Liberal Democrat James Doyle 314 19.2 -0.3
Green Susan Board 96 5.9 +0.9
Majority 591 36.1
Turnout 1,633 21.0
Conservative hold Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Southwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mr K G Eade 1,966 40.1
Labour Co-op Ms A Lowe 1,423 29.0
Liberal Democrat Mr A J Mortimer 959 19.5
UKIP Ms J C Greig 317 6.5
Green Ms S E Board 243 5.0
Majority 543 11.1
Turnout 4,908 64.0
Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links


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