2021 West Sussex County Council election

2021 West Sussex County Council election
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All 70 seats to West Sussex County Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 West Sussex County Council election

The 2021 West Sussex County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections. All 70 seats to West Sussex County Council were elected.^[1] Labour gained 4 seats in the Worthing division, while the Green Party and Local Alliance gained their first ever seats on the council.^[2]

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2021 West Sussex County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	70	48	3	11	8	68.6	46.7	112,801	–4.6
	Liberal Democrats	65	10	4	3	1	14.3	19.5	47,164	+0.3
	Labour	67	9	5	1	4	12.9	19.2	46,324	+3.7
	Green	56	1	1	0	1	1.4	10.2	24,721	+5.1
	Independent	13	1	1	0	1	1.4	3.1	7,437	+0.7
	Local Alliance	1	1	1	0	1	1.4	0.7	1,733	N/A
	Reform UK	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	559	N/A
	For Britain	8	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	419	N/A
	Peace	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	208	+0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	122	+0.1
	RED	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	90	N/A
	Libertarian	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	78	N/A
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	37	N/A
	Patria	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	32	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy McGregor	1,632	48.8	+4.4
	Labour	Lee Cowen	1,203	36.0	+18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Martin	264	7.9	−6.2
	Green	Russell Whiting	243	7.3	+0.9
Majority			429	12.8	−14.0
Turnout			3,342	33.4	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Evans	1,648	41.7	−9.6
	Labour	Deborah Stainforth	1,482	37.5	+15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nico Kearns	460	11.6	+2.6
	Green	Anne Younger	364	9.2	+1.2
Majority			166	4.2	−24.9
Turnout			3,954	39.1	+10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Boram	1,671	37.8	−8.5
	Labour	Catherine Arnold	1,544	34.9	+9.9
	Green	Leslie Groves-Williams	906	20.5	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Pressley	301	6.8	−3.7
Majority			127	2.9	−18.4
Turnout			4,422	46.5	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carson Albury	2,009	58.9	+7.2
	Labour	Cathy Glynn-Davies	745	21.8	+3.9
	Green	Lynn Finnigan	301	8.8	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Male	290	8.5	−1.2
	For Britain	Mike Glennon	66	1.9	N/A
Majority			1,264	37.1	+3.3
Turnout			3,411	33.5	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

2021 West Sussex County Council election

Election result

Results by division

Adur

Arun

Chichester

Crawley

Horsham

Mid Sussex

Worthing

By-elections

Bourne

Worthing West

Felpham

East Grinstead Meridan

Horsham Riverside

Burgess Hill North

Hassocks & Burgess Hill South

St Leonards Forest

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Dunn	1,751	50.9	−0.7
	Labour	Steve Gilbert	1,200	34.9	+6.1
	Green	Patrick Ginnelly	258	7.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jones	228	6.6	−0.9
Majority			551	16.0	−6.8
Turnout			3,411	33.5	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Urquhart	1,597	55.7	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Louisa Fowles	754	26.3	+8.1
	Labour	Alison Baker	310	10.8	−2.7
	Green	Chris Medland	207	7.2	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Markwell	1,361	52.9	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Rusbridge	517	20.1	+6.7
	Labour	Michael Ward	348	13.5	−3.6
	Green	Richard Smith	346	13.5	+7.8
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keir Greenway	1,040	37.3	+3.9
	Independent	Paul Wells	676	24.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Yeates	633	23.0	+3.3
	Labour	Nigel Smith	409	14.8	+0.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Oppler	689	31.7	−7.0
	Conservative	Steve Reynolds	612	28.2	+2.3
	Independent	Steve Goodheart	329	15.1	+6.4
	Labour	Roger Nash	285	13.1	−1.2
	Green	Chloe Wilkinson	136	6.3	+3.0
	Independent	Phil Woodall	123	5.7	N/A
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashvin Patel	1,825	53.4	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Stanley	1,115	32.6	+2.2
	Labour	Heather Robbins	479	14.0	+4.6
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Elkins	2,830	67.2	−4.8
	Labour	Steve McConnell	437	10.4	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Richards	425	10.1	−0.2
	Green	Elizabeth Hammond	380	9.0	N/A
	For Britain	Karen Pearson	139	3.3	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Charles	1,642	52.4	−12.5
	Independent	Richard Parker	629	20.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha-Jayne Staniforth	323	10.3	+2.2
	Green	Rebecca Rowland	283	9.0	+5.3
	Labour	Lynne Armstrong	256	8.2	−0.3
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Bence	1,618	49.9	−13.8
	Green	Paul Ayling	1,157	35.7	+25.5
	Labour	Jane Mote	353	10.9	+2.6
	For Britain	Jeannie Dunning	80	2.5	N/A
	TUSC	Sarah Welch	37	1.1	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Walsh	1,575	46.6	+1.8
	Conservative	Mike Clayden	1,283	38.0	−2.5
	Labour	Freddie Tandy	318	9.4	−1.7
	Green	Joseph Downie	203	6.0	+2.3
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Littlehampton Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Britton	971	37.2	+5.1
	Labour	Alan Butcher	677	26.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	William Tilbrook	452	17.3	−22.3
	Independent	Ian Buckland	307	11.8	−27.8
	Green	Lilias Cheyne	200	7.7	+2.8
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacky Pendleton	1,799	55.4	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Worne	1,024	31.5	+23.5
	Green	Helen Pengelly	205	6.3	+1.2
	Labour	Berni Millam	177	5.4	−3.2
	For Britain	Tricia Wales	44	1.4	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nyetimber
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Hall	1,489	44.5	−13.0
	Independent	David Huntley	1,337	40.0	N/A
	Green	Carol Birch	309	9.2	+3.1
	Labour	David Meagher	211	6.3	−1.8
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rustington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Cooper	2,629	64.6	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Bennett	790	19.4	−26.6
	Labour	Nigel Stapley	404	9.9	+4.4
	Green	Faye Mackenzie	248	6.1	N/A
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Magill	1,869	50.9	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kerry-Bedell	1,064	29.0	+9.5
	Green	Ann Stewart	400	10.9	+4.0
	Labour	Jane Towers	336	9.2	+1.4
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Oakley	1,292	49.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Betts	657	25.4	−3.6
	Labour	Steve Gough	641	24.7	+9.9
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Hunt	2,035	51.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Hastain	909	23.1	+1.6
	Green	George Hibberd	497	12.6	+5.7
	Labour	Sarah Lishman	497	12.6	+3.9
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah Sharp	2,183	57.3	+29.7
	Conservative	Simon Lloyd-Williams	1,189	31.2	−16.5
	Independent	Juliet Johnson	204	5.4	N/A
	Independent	Adam Brown	179	4.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Mark Crossman	55	1.4	N/A
Majority
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Joy	1,417	35.3	+8.8
	Conservative	Bob Hayes	1,414	35.3	−20.1
	Independent	Gregory Fielder	727	18.1	N/A
	Labour	James Hobson	420	10.5	+3.4
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	32	0.8	+0.3
Majority
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate O'Kelly	2,123	57.1	+22.3
	Conservative	Oliver Vickery	1,436	38.6	+5.2
	Labour	Don Fraser	159	4.3	N/A
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Duncton	2,335	66.8	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Lerche-Lerchenborg	514	14.7	−2.4
	Green	Philip Maber	335	9.6	N/A
	Labour	Jonathan Rodell	310	8.9	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Richardson	2,105	61.7	−7.8
	Green	Tim Young	651	19.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Hilliard	408	12.0	−8.7
	Labour	Juliette Reynolds	250	7.3	−2.5
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Local Alliance	Donna Johnson	1,733	60.1	+32.8
	Conservative	David Shakespeare	1,150	39.9	−11.5
Majority
	Local Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pieter Montyn	2,187	65.0	−3.5
	Green	Lucinda House	505	15.0	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Milnes	315	9.4	−1.0
	Labour	Susan Walsh	309	9.2	+0.6
	For Britain	Pat Hunt	48	1.4	−6.5
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Oxlade	1,348	47.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Martin Stone	1,038	36.4	+1.4
	Green	Richard Kail	365	12.8	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Mallinson	98	3.4	−1.9
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Quinn	1,539	52.5	−2.4
	Conservative	Craig Burke	1,124	38.3	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Parveen Khan	271	9.2	+6.1
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Cornell	1,502	41.7	−6.6
	Conservative	Donald Butterfield	1,340	37.2	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Naeem Shahzad	511	14.2	+9.3
	Green	Iain Dickson	245	6.8	+3.6
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Lanzer	2,234	64.6	−0.5
	Labour	Carlos Castro	762	22.0	+4.1
	Green	Sally-Claire Fadelle	318	9.2	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sargent	146	4.2	−5.5
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natalie Pudaloff	1,309	43.6	−5.8
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	1,139	37.9	+2.7
	Independent	Karen Sudan	320	10.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	237	7.9	+2.9
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Burrett	1,645	60.1	−5.9
	Labour	Bob Noyce	730	26.7	+7.6
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	288	10.5	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Trott	74	2.7	−4.4
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zack Ali	1,784	45.8	+1.6
	Labour	Michael Jones	1,574	40.4	−4.5
	Green	Robin Fitton	243	6.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Eastman	203	5.2	N/A
	Reform UK	Colin Thornback	92	2.4	N/A
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Burgess	1,624	47.0	+2.0
	Labour	Linda Gregory	1,412	40.9	+7.0
	Green	Danielle Kail	283	8.2	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Taylor-Burr	136	3.9	−1.8
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Crow	1,989	56.7	−1.4
	Labour	Colin Lloyd	1,163	33.2	+4.5
	Green	Tom Coombes	254	7.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Old	99	2.8	−2.3
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Jupp	2,051	53.0	−10.3
	Labour	Christopher Henson	723	18.7	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Geeson	719	18.6	+0.4
	Green	Emma Rothwell	375	9.7	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing