Chichester District Council elections

Chichester District Council in West Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 36 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Green^[b]	Local Alliance	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (50 seats)
1973	18	6	1	–	–	25		No overall control
1976	36	1	0	0	–	13		Conservative
New ward boundaries (50 seats)
1979	27	11	0	0	–	12		Conservative
1983	27	12	0	0	–	11		Conservative
1987	35	12	0	0	–	3		Conservative
1991	33	14	0	0	–	3		Conservative
1995	20	25	1	0	–	4		No overall control
1999	29	19	0	0	–	2		Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)
2003	26	21	0	0	–	1		Conservative
2007	34	11	0	0	–	3		Conservative
2011	38	8	0	0	–	2		Conservative
2015	42	3	0	0	–	3		Conservative
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
2019	18	11	2	2	2	1		No overall control
2023	5	25	0	2	4	0		Liberal Democrats

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	607	51.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	482	41.1	−14.6
	Labour	65	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	18	1.5	+1.5
Majority		125	10.7
Turnout		1,172
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	673	50.2	−2.0
	Conservative	425	31.7	+7.8
	Labour	242	18.1	−5.8
Majority		248	18.5
Turnout		1,340
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	688	56.3	+0.4
	Conservative	341	27.9	+5.2
	Labour	193	15.8	−5.6
Majority		347	28.4
Turnout		1,222
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	595	66.0	+35.5
	Conservative	249	27.6	−35.7
	UKIP	57	6.3	+6.3
Majority		346	38.4
Turnout		901	35.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	418	51.7	−10.3
	UKIP	186	23.0	+23.0
	Liberal Democrats	159	19.7	−6.7
	Labour	46	5.7	−5.9
Majority		232	28.7
Turnout		809	32.9
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Smith	427	35.8	+35.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Green	421	35.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Jane Chevis	231	19.4	−15.8
	UKIP	Roger Wilson	69	5.8	−4.2
	Labour	Patrick O'Sullivan	45	3.8	−11.1
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,193	33.6
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Mackey	471	52.6	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Cooper	363	40.5	+3.5
	UKIP	Vivienne Moran	62	6.9	+6.9
Majority			108	12.1
Turnout			896	24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Cook	485	35.3	+35.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Bromfield	414	30.1	−18.0
	UKIP	Bernard Smith	328	23.9	+3.7
	Labour	Ian Bell	147	10.7	−21.0
Majority			71	5.2
Turnout			1,374	28.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Denmead	611	62.1	+20.9
	Conservative	Stuart King	262	26.6	+7.4
	UKIP	James McCulloch	58	6.0	−9.6
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	52	5.3	+5.3
Majority			349	35.5
Turnout			983	17.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Esther Atlee	278	44.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Rudkin	275	43.7	−8.4
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	41	6.5	+6.5
	UKIP	James McCulloch	22	3.5	+3.5
	Labour	Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan	14	2.2	−4.5
Majority			3	0.4
Turnout			630	36.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Justus Adriaan Pieter Montyn	868	57.5	+5.6
	Independent	David Hopson	330	21.9	+21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Walter Tilbury	139	9.2	−9.9
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	123	8.2	+8.2
	Labour	Gordon Trevor Churchill	48	3.2	−2.7
Majority			538	35.6
Turnout			1,508	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Francis Elliott	431	69.3	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Hares	191	30.7	+30.7
Majority			240	38.6
Turnout			622	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graeme Barrett	410	40.3	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Ellen Green	364	35.8	+7.0
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	125	12.3	+12.3
	Labour	Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan	69	6.8	−0.4
	UKIP	James McCulloch	49	4.8	+4.8
Majority			46	4.5
Turnout			1,017	25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Andrews	455	57.1	−21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Ernest John Cooper	342	42.9	+21.0
Majority			113	14.2
Turnout			797	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbourne by-election, 17 October 2013^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Dunn	184	41.3	−18.6
	UKIP	Alicia Denny	106	23.8	+23.8
	Green	Thomas French	85	19.1	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip MacDougall	68	15.2	−24.9
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	3	0.6	+0.6
Majority			78	17.5
Turnout			446
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rogate by-election, 23 October 2014^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Keegan	342	71.3	−19.8
	UKIP	Elena McCloskey	106	28.8	+28.8
Majority			204	42.5
Turnout			480
	Conservative hold		Swing

Plaistow by-election, 1 December 2016^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Brown	646	57.7	+15.8
	Conservative	David Harwood	289	25.8	−32.3
	UKIP	Patricia Hunt	132	11.8	+11.8
	Labour	Rebecca Hamlet	53	4.7	+4.7
Majority			357	31.9
Turnout			1,120
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

East Wittering by-election, 4 May 2017^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Martin	965	72.6	+20.7
	Labour	Joe O'Sullivan	177	13.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Scotland	169	12.7	+12.7
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	18	1.4	+1.4
Majority			788	59.3
Turnout			1,329
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philippa Hardwick	504	57.7	−20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Cooper	301	34.4	+12.5
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	69	7.9	+7.9
Majority			203	23.3
Turnout			874	23.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Thomas	455	52.7	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Cooper	408	47.3	+20.6
Majority			47	5.4
Turnout			863
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Collins	859	57.0	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Moss	649	43.0	+4.4
Majority			210	14.0
Turnout			1,508
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Page	471	68.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Linzell	221	31.9	N/A
Majority			250	36.2
Turnout			692
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Wilding	1,042	73.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Cooper	373	26.4	+1.2
Majority			669	47.2
Turnout			1,415
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Moss	459	54.6	+3.3
	Conservative	Libby Alexander	294	35.0	−2.2
	Labour	Kevin Hughes	88	10.5	+10.5
Majority			165	19.6
Turnout			841
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate O'Kelly	444	55.8	+55.8
	Conservative	Robert Pettigrew	319	40.1	−27.3
	Labour	Ray Davey	21	2.6	+2.6
	Green	Philip Naber	12	1.5	−18.2
Majority			125	15.7
Turnout			796
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Duncton	1,005	61.8	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Jeffery	486	29.9	−25.7
	Green	Francesca Chetta	126	7.7	+7.7
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	9	0.6	+0.6
Majority			519	31.9
Turnout			1,626
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Brisbane	430	43.0	+24.7
	Conservative	Jane Kilby	310	31.0	+6.5
	Labour	Clare Walsh	261	26.1	−3.7
Majority			120	12.0
Turnout			1,001
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Merritt	924	41.1
	Conservative	Danielle Dunfield-Prayero	712	31.7
	Reform	Adam Kirby	451	20.1
	Green	Philip Maber	105	4.7
	Labour	Juliette Reynolds	47	2.1
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	7	0.3
Majority			212	9.4
Turnout			2,246
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing