2023 Crawley Borough Council election

2023 Crawley Borough Council election
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12 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Michael Jones Duncan Crow
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 19 seats, 44.7% 17 seats, 41.9%
Seats before 19 17[a]
Seats won 8 4
Seats after 20 16
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 11,354 9,581
Percentage 47.6% 40.2%
Swing Increase 2.9% Decrease 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Crawley Borough Council election
Leader before election

Michael Jones
Labour

Leader after election

Michael Jones
Labour

The 2023 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

The council was under Labour majority control prior to the election, with the party having a two seat majority over the Conservatives. Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives at this election to increase their majority.[3][4]

Election result

2023 Crawley Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 8 Increase 1 66.7 12 20 55.6 11,354 47.6 +2.9
  Conservative 4 Decrease 1 33.3 12 16 44.4 9,581 40.2 –1.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,071 8.7 +0.8
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 349 1.5 –2.7
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 193 0.8 +0.3
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 154 0.6 +0.1
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 127 0.5 +0.1
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 33 0.1 N/A

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[5] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[6]

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Ayling* 934 55.7 +5.6
Conservative Tom Liddiard 378 22.6 −7.4
Green Holly Smith 185 11.0 −1.6
Independent Robin Burnham 154 9.2 +2.2
Heritage Debra Plaister 25 1.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,676 24
Labour hold Swing

Broadfield

Broadfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Irvine* 928 54.6 +2.8
Conservative Kerlo Pharoah 507 29.8 −3.2
Liberal Democrats Parveen Khan 124 7.3 −1.9
Heritage Carolina Morra 107 6.3 +0.3
TUSC Ioannis Kouratos 33 1.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,699 23
Labour hold Swing

Furnace Green

Furnace Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Crow* 919 48.4 −1.3
Labour Co-op Dipesh Patel 851 44.9 +6.3
Reform UK Allan Griffiths 127 6.7 +1.5
Majority 1,897 43
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Chris Mullins* 852 53.1 +16.2
Conservative Dominic Ramsay 560 34.9 −15.9
Green Iain Dickson 194 12.1 +6.4
Majority
Turnout 1,606 35
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Ifield

Ifield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Julian Charatan 990 46.3 −4.7
Conservative Thomas Bidwell 834 39.0 +0.5
Green Ines Manning 205 9.6 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Mallinson 110 5.1 +1.4
Majority
Turnout 2,139 30
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Imran Ashraf 1,033 63.6 +12.6
Conservative Alan Hellier 592 36.4 +6.4
Majority
Turnout 1,625 27
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kim Jaggard* 1,131 51.5 +3.5
Green Max Perry 608 27.7 −0.3
Labour Co-op Olu Adeniyi 456 20.8 −3.2
Majority
Turnout 2,195 33
Conservative hold Swing

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Peter Lamb 1,136 54.6 +6.5
Conservative Tony Johnson 696 33.4 −1.8
Green Sally Fadelle 249 12.0 +1.7
Majority
Turnout 2,081 27
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Justin Russell 1,314 53.6 +7.3
Conservative Richard Burrett* 1,137 46.4 −7.3
Majority
Turnout 2,451 35
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig Burke 1,099 47.9 −6.7
Labour Nicholas Hilton 928 40.4 +6.8
Green Cyril Gambrell 268 11.7 −0.1
Majority
Turnout 2,295 37
Conservative hold Swing

Southgate

Southgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Noyce 974 49.1 +2.5
Conservative Jan Tarrant 710 35.8 −3.6
Green Robin Fitton 186 9.4 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Taylor-Burr 115 5.8 −2.1
Majority
Turnout 1,985 30
Labour hold Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Burgess 1,018 46.0 +8.5
Labour Esra Guler 958 43.3 −6.9
Green Danielle Kail 176 8.0 +1.4
Heritage Nicola Addley 61 2.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,213 34
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Including one vacant seat previously held by Conservative councillor Andrew Belben until his death in November 2022.[1]
  1. ^ Dunn, Karen (6 December 2022). "Crawley councillor 'will be sadly missed'". Sussex World. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Crawley Local Election candidates 2023: Everyone you can vote for including in Maidenbower and Broadfield". Luke Donnelly. Sussex Live. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ Fox, Thomas (5 May 2023). "Crawley local election results in full: Labour increases slim majority on council". Sussex Live. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ^ Luck, Flaminia (5 May 2023). "Sussex election results 2023: Tories lose Wealden for first time in 25 years". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Election results by wards". Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 27 January 2024.