Pound Hill & Worth (electoral division)

Pound Hill & Worth is an electoral division of West Sussex in England, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Pound Hill & Worth

Shown within West Sussex
District:Crawley
UK Parliament Constituency:Crawley
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):8474
County Councillor
Richard Burrett (Con)

Extent

The division covers the neighbourhoods of Pound Hill, Tinsley Green and Worth, which form part of the urban area of the town of Crawley.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: Pound Hill, North Ward and the eastern part of Pound Hill South & Worth Ward.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Pound Hill & Worth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Burrett 1,493 54.0 -15.7
UKIP John MacCanna 545 20.6 N/A
Labour David Shreeves 413 15.6 +4.7
Green Susi Liles 113 4.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Graham Knight 83 3.1 -16.2
Majority 948 33.4 -17.0
Turnout 2,647 30.3 -8.8
Conservative hold Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Pound Hill & Worth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Burrett 2,308 69.7
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay 640 19.3
Labour David Shreeves 361 10.9
Majority 1,668 50.4
Turnout 3,309 39.1
Conservative 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


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