West Sussex County Council elections

West Sussex County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1993
No overall control	1993 - 1997
Conservative	1997–present

Council elections

West Sussex County Council election, 1997
West Sussex County Council election, 2001
West Sussex County Council election, 2005 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)^[3]
West Sussex County Council election, 2009
West Sussex County Council election, 2013

By-election results

1993-1997

Ifield By-Election 11 July 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,283	79.8
	Conservative		229	14.2
	Liberal Democrat		96	6.0
Majority			1,054	65.6
Turnout			1,608	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

1997-2001

Chichester East By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,077	50.2	+4.5
	Conservative		750	34.9	-0.5
	Labour		319	14.9	-3.9
Majority			327	15.3
Turnout			2,146
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Steyning By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Willett	1,297	44.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Deedman	1,040	35.3	-12.0
	Labour	John Ridley	480	16.3	+6.1
	Independent	Bernard Durnford	132	4.5	+4.5
Majority			257	8.7
Turnout			2,949
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Gossops Green By-Election 28 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		830	50.7	-1.1
	Conservative		635	38.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat		171	10.4	+0.0
Majority			195	11.9
Turnout			1,636	23.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005

Cuckfield Rural By-Election 3 July 2003^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Webster	1,027	51.8	+22.6
	Conservative	Peter Jones	954	48.2	-4.0
Majority			73	3.6
Turnout			1,981	26.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Saltings By-Election 3 July 2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Dunn	1,145	59.9	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark O'Keeffe	420	22.0	-2.0
	Labour	Adrienne Lowe	346	18.1	-11.1
Majority			725	37.9
Turnout			1,911	20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey By-Election 10 June 2004^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hull	1,652	44.9	-1.9
	Conservative	John Charles	1,575	42.8	+4.5
	Labour	Richard Wilson	454	12.3	-2.6
Majority			77	2.1
Turnout			3,681	42.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2005-2009

Angmering & Findon By-Election 1 June 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Urquhart	1,500	75.6	+25.4
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Richards	334	16.8	-21.0
	Labour	James Field	149	7.5	+7.5
Majority			1,166	58.8
Turnout			1,983	25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick By-Election 14 September 2006^[7]
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

Cuckfield and Lucastes By-Election 3 May 2007^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bradbury	2,020	61.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Blanch	1,274	38.7	+7.4
Majority			746	22.6
Turnout			3,358	45.41	-27.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petworth By-Election 7 June 2007^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Duncton	1,437	72.0	+17.8
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Cooper	346	17.3	=13.0
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	213	10.7	+10.7
Majority			1,091	54.7
Turnout			2,002	21.12	-48.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood bye-election, 6 May 2010^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John O'Brien	2,878	48.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Catrin Ingham	2,771	46.4	+6.5
	Independent	Robert Wall	328	5.5	N/A
Majority			107	1.8	-1.8
Turnout			5,977	68.5	+27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidenbower bye-Election, 7 October 2010^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lanzer	1,036	64.4	-7.9
	Labour	Peter Smith	417	26.0	+12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sulu Pandya	82	5.1	-8.6
	UKIP	John MacCanna	61	3.8	+3.8
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	12	0.7	+0.7
Majority			619	38.5	-19.8
Turnout			1,609
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.0

Midhurst bye-election, 15 November 2012
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

2013-2017

Storrington bye-election, 26 September 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Circus	1,037	45.9	-2.0
	UKIP	John Wallace	729	32.2	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Hopkinson	364	16.1	+2.0
	Green	James Doyle	131	5.8	N/A
Majority			308	13.7	+3.8
Turnout			2,261	22.5	-10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

Warnham & Rusper bye-election, 24 October 2013 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Kitchen	868	58.3	+3.3
	UKIP	Geoff Stevens	335	22.5	-7.7
	Green	Darrin Green	119	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Millson	103	6.9	-7.9
	Labour	Carol Hayton	63	4.4	N/A
Majority			533	36.8	+12..0
Turnout			1490	20.1	-10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

Haywards Heath East bye-election, 19 December 2013^[11]
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

References

↑ "West Sussex". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "West Sussex". BBC News Web site. BBC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
↑ "Local election results: West Sussex". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "Lib Dems break Tories' winning streak". London: guardian.co.uk. 2003-07-04. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "West Sussex County Council - Saltings division by election" (PDF). Adur District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "Roffey electoral division by-election result". West Sussex county council. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
1 2 3 4 "Results of Previous Elections". West Sussex county council. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Maidenbower" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. 19 Decemberer 2013 http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/HH_EAST_DECLARATION_OF_RESULT_OF_POLL.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

By-election results

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Council elections in West Sussex

West Sussex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Adur District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Arun District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Chichester District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Crawley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Horsham District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mid Sussex District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Worthing Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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