Chichester West (electoral division)

Chichester West is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current County Councillor, Louise Goldsmith, is also Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L Goldsmith	2,691	54.6	+0.77
	UKIP	B A Smith	173	4.38	−18.72
	Liberal Democrats	A G F Moss	1,046	26.51	+15.61
	Labour	J D Hobson	279	7.07	−3.43
	Patria	A Emerson	21	0.53	−0.27
Majority			1,139	28.86	−2.64
Turnout			3,946	41.00	+8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	30.0% Con to LD

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Goldsmith	1,691	54.6	−0.4
	UKIP	Douglas Denny	716	23.1	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Stevens	339	10.9	−6.5
	Labour	John Bennett	326	10.5	+5.5
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	26	0.8	N/A
Majority			975	31.5	−6.1
Turnout			3,098	32.2	−10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0% Con to UKIP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Goldsmith	2,190	55.0	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Henry	692	17.4	−15.6
	UKIP	James McCulloch	380	9.5	+3.6
	Green	Richard Lanchester	378	9.5	N/A
	Labour	John Bennett	199	5.0	−9.1
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	142	3.6	N/A
Majority			1,498	37.6	+31.2
Turnout			3,981	43.0	−22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms M L Goldsmith	2,446	39.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mr J R Campling	2,051	33.0
	Labour	Mr R J Hastings	875	14.1
	UKIP	Mr J McCulloch	367	5.9
	Independent	Mr A J Phillips	268	4.3
	Independent	Mr R I Apel	202	3.3
Majority			395	6.4
Turnout			6,209	68.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

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

Election results