Bersted (electoral division)

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

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
Majority			631	22.9	+9.2
Turnout			2,758	26.9	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Edwards	901	33.4	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	531	19.7	−1.0
	UKIP	Ruth Kenward	498	18.5	−22.5
	Labour	Vincent McCabe	390	14.5	−5.6
	Independent	Gillian Yeates	270	10.0	+10.0
	Green	David Meagher	105	3.9	+3.9
Majority			370	13.7	N/A
Turnout			2,695	28.1	−0.1
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+18.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Ann Rapnik	1044	41.0	+23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon McDougall	526	20.7	−12.5
	Labour	Roger Nash	512	20.1	+9.2
	Conservative	Paul Dendle	462	18,2	−11.1
Majority			518	20.4	N/A
Turnout			2,544	28.2	−5.9
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon McDougall	992	33.2	+2.8
	Conservative	Ann Smee	873	29.2	+0.3
	UKIP	Ann Rapnik	511	17.1	+6.3
	Labour	Simon Holland	326	10.9	−19.1
	BNP	Mike Witchell	285	9.5	+9.5
Majority			119	4.0	+3.6
Turnout			2,987	34.1	−24.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mr S E McDougall	1,684	30.4
	Labour	Mr S Holland	1,661	30.0
	Conservative	Mr B W Widger	1,600	28.9
	UKIP	Mr J R W Spencer	598	10.8
Majority			23	0.4
Turnout			5,543	58.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Election result

v t e Electoral Divisions in West Sussex
Conservative (47)	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Courtwick Bersted Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadbridge Chichester East Chichester North Cissbury Cuckfield and Lucastes Durrington and Salvington East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Felpham Fontwell Goring Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Lancing Littlehampton Town Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower and Worth Middleton Northbrook Nyetimber Petworth Pound Hill Pulborough Rother Valley Rustington Shoreham South Shoreham North Sompting and North Lancing Southgate & Gossops Green Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick St Leonards Forest Storrington Three Bridges Tilgate and Furnace Green The Witterings Worth Forest
Liberal Democrats (11)	Bognor Regis East Bourne Burgess Hill North Burgess Hill Town Chichester West Hassocks and Burgess Hill South Horsham East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Littlehampton East Midhurst
Labour (9)	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Broadwater Langley Green & Ifield East Northgate & West Green Tarring Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West
Independent (1)	Imberdown
Local Alliance (1)	Selsey