Southgate & Crawley Central (electoral division)
Southgate & Crawley Central is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.
Southgate & Crawley Central | |
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Shown within West Sussex | |
District: | Crawley |
UK Parliament Constituency: | Crawley |
Ceremonial county: | West Sussex |
EU Constituency: | South East England |
Electorate (2009): | 6511 |
County Councillor | |
Michael Jones (Lab) |
Extent
The division covers the town centre of Crawley, and the neighbourhood of Southgate.
It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: the south part of Northgate Ward, Southgate Ward and the south part of Three Bridges Ward.
Latest election result
2013 Election
Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Michael Jones | 774 | 36.8 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Howard Bloom | 655 | 31.2 | -17.0 | |
UKIP | David Matthews | 482 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Green | Malcolm Liles | 133 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Millson | 57 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 119 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,101 | 27.1 | -7.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.2% | |||
2009 Election
Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Howard Bloom | 1,097 | 48.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Jones | 897 | 39.4 | ||
BNP | Linda Atkinson | 284 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 200 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,278 | 34.7 | |||
Labour 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