2019 Horsham District Council election

The 2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. Every seat was contested and the Conservatives retained control of the council with a majority of 8.

2019 Horsham District Council election
2 May 2019
All 48 seats to Horsham District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Seats won 32 13 2
Seat change 7 9 2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
39 4 1
Con LDem Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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32 13 2 1
Con LDem Grn Ind

Results summary
2019 Horsham District Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 32 – – 7 66.7 48.5 37,929 -7.9
  Liberal Democrats 13 – – 9 27.1 28.3 22,110 +11.1
  Green 2 – – 2 4.2 3.6 2,784 -2.3
  Independent 1 – – 2.1 1.4 1,088 -1.0
  Labour 0 – – 0.0 14.7 11,535 +6.9
  UKIP 0 – – 0.0 3.1 2,456 -7.0
  Peace 0 – – 0.0 0.4 314 +0.1

Ward results

Billingshurst
Billingshurst
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Christopher Brown 993 42.5
Conservative Nigel Jupp 942
Conservative Kathleen Rowbottom 778
Liberal Democrats John Trollope 721 30.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Greenwood 596
Labour Andrea Grainger 326 13.9
UKIP Graham Harper 298 12.7
Labour Karon Barber 294
Labour Brian Johnson 233
Turnout 2,029 28.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Michael Croker 702 34.6 +16.8
Conservative Noel Roger 636 31.4 -16.9
Conservative David Coldwell 612
Labour Simon Birnstingl 518 25.5 +14.3
UKIP Vincent Hardy 172 8.5 +8.5
Turnout 1,505 35.0
Green gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Broadbridge Heath
Broadbridge Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Louise Potter 722 58.4 +23.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Allen 613
Conservative Matthew French 380 30.7 -9.7
Conservative Mark Vallance 324
Labour Diane Burstow 134 10.8 +10.8
Labour Cameron McGillivray 106
Turnout 1,225 30.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colgate & Rusper
Colgate & Rusper
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth Kitchen 684 77.5
Conservative Antony Hogben 618
Labour Donald Mahon 199 22.5
Labour John Ivatts 175
Turnout 954 27.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Lynn Lambert 901 71.5 +0.1
Conservative Jonathan Chowen 894
Labour Gabrielle Barrett 359 28.5 +28.5
Turnout 1,392 32.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Denne
Denne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Ruth Fletcher 1,287 51.0 +32.3
Liberal Democrats Belinda Walters 1,221
Liberal Democrats Frances Haigh 1,216
Conservative Adrian Lee 871 34.5 +2.7
Conservative Graham Dye 849
Conservative Simon Whalley 780
Labour Jill Clarke 368 14.6 -1.0
Labour Joanne Kavanagh 312
Labour Kevin O'Sullivan 280
Turnout 2,543 35.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forest
Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats David Skipp 1,305 39.5 -8.7
Liberal Democrats David Newman 1,224
Liberal Democrats Colin Minto 1,120
Labour Carol Hayton 742 22.4 +22.4
Labour David Hide 719
Conservative Kimberley Williams 703 21.3 -21.0
Conservative John Knightley 623
Labour Gerard Kavanagh 613
Conservative Michael Revell 567
Peace James Duggan 314 9.5 +9.5
UKIP Raymond Toots 243 7.3 +7.3
Turnout 2,936 43.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Henfield
Henfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Michael Morgan 1,088 39.7 +4.4
Conservative Jonathan Potts 614 22.4 -9.8
Green Celia Emmott 531 19.4 +7.3
Conservative Brian O'Connell 507
Labour Fiona Ayres 505 18.4 +7.1
Turnout 1,846 40.8
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Holbrook East
Holbrook East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Andrew Baldwin 762 46.9 +6.1
Conservative Karen Burgess 689
Liberal Democrats Eris Yeates 575 35.4 +17.5
Labour Sheila Chapman 289 17.8 +2.9
Labour Rosalind Hillman 282
Turnout 1,494 33.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Holbrook West
Holbrook West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Burgess 852 49.1 -0.6
Conservative Christian Mitchell 830
Liberal Democrats Gregory Collins 613 35.4 +15.8
Liberal Democrats Warwick Hellawell 560
Labour Susannah Brady 269 15.5 +1.7
Labour Raymond Chapman 226
Turnout 1,784 35.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Patricia Youtan 732 47.3 -5.2
Conservative Stuart Ritchie 707
Liberal Democrats Katarzyna Greenwood 484 31.3 +14.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Mullarky 436
UKIP Patrick Dearsley 216 14.0 -8.3
Labour Sean Purdy 115 7.4 -1.4
Labour Bernard Lumb 97
Turnout 1,520 33.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Antionette Bradnum 571 58.3
Liberal Democrats Dennis Livingstone 343 35.0
Labour Ian Aird 66 6.7
Turnout 1,004 41.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Paul Clarke 901 37.3
Conservative Brian Donnelly 886
Conservative Diana van der Klugt 837
Green Kim Hope 687 28.5
Labour Jane Mote 434 18.0
UKIP John Wallace 391 16.2
Turnout 1,849 32.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roffey North
Roffey North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bevis 790 47.3 +22.7
Liberal Democrats John Milne 732
Conservative Katherine Nagel 642 38.4 +3.2
Conservative Alexander Shire 541
Labour Ian Nicol 238 14.3 +0.9
Labour Matthew Verrall 193
Turnout 1,663 34.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Roffey South
Roffey South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Roy Cornell 561 41.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Britten 553 40.9 +23.1
Conservative Ben Staines 532
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Grant 519
Labour Lorraine Barry 239 17.7 +4.8
Labour Joy Gough 225
Turnout 1,416 28.1
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Rudgwick
Rudgwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Landeryou 524 69.6 +15.1
Liberal Democrats Matthew Potter 173 23.0 +23.0
Labour Jane McGillivray 56 7.4 +7.4
Turnout 777 35.8
Conservative hold

Southwater North
Southwater North
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Billy Greening 842 54.0
Conservative Claire Vickers 814
Liberal Democrats Gary Hayes 561 36.0
Liberal Democrats Henry Wheatcroft 557
Labour Kevin Kilminster 155 9.9
Labour Geoffrey Hillman 113
Turnout 1,600 36.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwater South & Shipley
Southwater South & Shipley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gordon Lindsay 675 43.2
Conservative Ian Stannard 639
Liberal Democrats Julie Stainton 575 36.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Stainton 532
UKIP Uri Baran 175 11.2
Labour Margaret Cornwell 138 8.8
Labour Jacob Keet 110
Turnout 1,525 31.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Steyning & Ashurst
Steyning & Ashurst
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Robert Platt 864 35.1
Conservative Timothy Lloyd 842 34.2
Conservative Dean Haysom 705
Labour Caroline Fife 483 19.6
Labour Lorraine Fowlie 327
UKIP Terence Goodchild 270 11.0
Turnout 1,972 41.0
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Storrington & Washington
Storrington & Washington
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Raymond Dawe 1,584 51.3
Conservative James Sanson 1,536
Conservative Paul Marshall 1,439
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holbrook-Sishton 939 30.4
Labour James Monaghan 562 18.2
Turnout 2,632 35.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Trafalgar
Trafalgar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Christine Costin 1,243 54.8 +13.9
Liberal Democrats Leonard Crosbie 1,155
Conservative Emily Baldwin 514 22.7 -6.2
Conservative Peter Probert 460
Labour Karen Symes 357 15.7 +4.9
Labour Michael Symes 290
UKIP Paul King 155 6.8 -3.0
Turnout 2,182 45.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Blackall 1,443 46.4
Conservative Philip Circus 1,409
Conservative Mohamed Saheid 1,184
Liberal Democrats Ian Miles 745 23.9
UKIP Roger Arthur 536 17.2
Labour Helen Wright 388 12.5
Turnout 2,494 36.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
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References
  1. https://www.horsham.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/62105/District-Council-election-results-2019.pdf
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