Burgess Hill Town (electoral division)

Burgess Hill Town is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Burgess Hill Town

Shown within West Sussex
District:Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):8989
County Councillor
Andrew Barrett-Miles (Con)

Extent

The division covers the northern part of the town of Burgess Hill, and came into existence as a result of a boundary review by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Burgess Hill Dunstall, Burgess Hill Leylands and the northern part of Burgess Hill Meeds; and of the northern part of the civil parish of Burgess Hill.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Burgess Hill Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles 1,016 36.6 -3.5
UKIP Chris French 709 25.5 +11.6
Liberal Democrats Roger Cartwright 576 20.7 -20.8
Labour Janet Smith 384 13.8 +9.4
Green Victoria Grimmett 91 3.3 N/A
Majority 307 11.1
Turnout 2,776 30.6 -7.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Burgess Hill Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Heather Ross 1,421 41.5
Conservative Andrew Barrett-Miles 1,371 40.1
UKIP Chris French 476 13.9
Labour Nigel Foulkes 152 4.4
Majority 50 1.4
Turnout 3,420 38.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
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References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council


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