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.

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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

Map of the results of the election by ward

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		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	48	32	N/A	N/A	7	66.7	48.5	37,929	–7.9
	Liberal Democrats	29	13	N/A	N/A	9	27.1	28.3	22,110	+11.1
	Green	4	2	N/A	N/A	2	4.2	3.6	2,784	–2.3
	Independent	1	1	N/A	N/A		2.1	1.4	1,088	–1.0
	Labour	39	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	14.7	11,535	+6.9
	UKIP	9	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	3.1	2,456	–7.0
	Peace	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.4	314	+0.1

Ward results

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
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
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
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)

Cowford, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Youtan	732	47.3	−5.5
	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)

By-elections since the 2019 election

Storrington & Washington

Storrington & Washington By-Election 12 December 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wright	3,283	59.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Beveridge	1,344	24.2	−12.3
	Labour	James Monaghan	924	16.7	−5.1
Majority			1,939	34.9	+15.5
Turnout			5,551	72.9	+37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar

A by-election was called in Trafalgar ward due to the retirement of Leonard Crosbie on 3 September 2020.^[2] The Horsham & Crawley Liberal Democrats confirmed his death on 11 September 2020.^[3]

Trafalgar By-Election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Boffey	1,581	68.2	+15.0
	Conservative	Aaron Courteney-Smith	592	22.8	−0.9
	Labour	Joanne Kavanagh	307	13.2	−3.2
Majority			989	45.4
Turnout			2,480
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Forest

A by-election was called in Forest ward due to the retirement of Godfrey Newman on 11 August 2021.^[2] The by-election was held on Thursday 21 October and the seat retained by the Liberal Democrats

Forest ward : August 11 2021 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Olson	921	47.4	+5.5
	Labour	David Hide	517	26.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Ross Dye	410	21.1	−3.0
	Green	Jon Campbell	97	5.0	New
Majority			404	20.8
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold

Roffey South

Following the death of Councillor Roy Cornell, by-election was held on Thursday 16 December. This seat was gained by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives.

Roffey South: 16 December 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Raby	462	41.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Simon Torn	335	30.1	−10.7
	Green	Claire Adcock	222	19.9	+19.9
	Labour	Daniel Everett	95	8.5	−8.9
Majority			127	11.4
Turnout			1,120	22.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Denne

Following the resignation of Cllr Frances Haigh, a by-election will be held for the vacant seat of Denne in Horsham town. The election was held on Thursday 24 March 2022. Cllr Haigh was leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats until August 2021.^[4] The seat was held by Clive Trott of the Liberal Democrats.^[5]

Denne: 24 March 2022
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Clive Trott	832	46.02	−4.9
Conservative	David Walbank	628	34.7	0.3
Labour	Kevin O'Sullivan	241	13.3	−1.2
Green	David Yeates	107	5.9	5.9
Liberal Democrats hold

Storrington & Washington

Following the resignation of Cllr Jim Sanson, (Conservative) a by-election was held on 7 April 2022 for the vacant seat of Storrington & Washington.^[4]^[6] the election was won by the Green Party in a traditionally safe Conservative seat.

Storrington & Washington: 7 April 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Joan Grech	1,281	47.8	+47.8
	Conservative	Daniel Hall	943	35.2	−26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pascal Roberts	453	16.9	−16.9
Majority			2677	12.6	N/A
Turnout			2677
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

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Results summary

Ward results

Billingshurst

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote

Broadbridge Heath

Colgate & Rusper

Cowford, Shermanbury & West Grinstead

Denne

Forest

Henfield

Holbrook East

Holbrook West

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley

Roffey North

Roffey South

Rudgwick

Southwater North

Southwater South & Shipley

Steyning & Ashurst

Storrington & Washington

Trafalgar

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington

By-elections since the 2019 election

Storrington & Washington

Trafalgar

Forest

Roffey South

Denne

Storrington & Washington

References

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