The2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members ofHorsham District Council inEngland.[1] It was held on the same day as otherlocal elections. Every seat was contested and theConservatives retained control of the council with a majority of 8.
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All 48 seats toHorsham District Council 25 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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:
| 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Con | LDem | Grn | Ind |
| 2019 Horsham District Council election | ||||||||||
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Greengain fromConservative | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| 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 Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| 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 Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
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| Conservativehold | |||||
| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| Conservativehold | |||||
| 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 | |||
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| Conservativehold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
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| 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 Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Greenwin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 Democratshold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
A by-election was called in Trafalgar ward due to the retirement of Leonard Crosbie on 3 September 2020.[2] The Horsham & CrawleyLiberal Democrats confirmed his death on 11 September 2020.[3]
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
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
| 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 | |||
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| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
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]
| Party | 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 Democratshold | |||||
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
| Greengain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
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