2019 Horsham District Council election

The 2019 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. Every seat was contested and the Conservatives retained control of the council with a majority of 8.

2019 Horsham District Council election
2 May 2019
All 48 seats to Horsham District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Seats won 32 13 2
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 9 Increase 2
  Fourth party
  Blank
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady
Map of the results of the election by ward

Council composition

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

Results summary

2019 Horsham District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 32 N/A N/A Decrease 7 66.7 48.5 37,929 –7.9
  Liberal Democrats 29 13 N/A N/A Increase 9 27.1 28.3 22,110 +11.1
  Green 4 2 N/A N/A Increase 2 4.2 3.6 2,784 –2.3
  Independent 1 1 N/A N/A Steady 2.1 1.4 1,088 –1.0
  Labour 39 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 14.7 11,535 +6.9
  UKIP 9 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 3.1 2,456 –7.0
  Peace 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 0.4 314 +0.1

Ward results

Billingshurst

Billingshurst
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote
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
Green gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
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 Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colgate & Rusper

Colgate & Rusper
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cowford, Shermanbury & West Grinstead

Cowford, Shermanbury & West Grinstead
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
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Denne

Denne
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 Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forest

Forest
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 Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Henfield

Henfield
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
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Holbrook East

Holbrook East
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
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Holbrook West

Holbrook West
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
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham
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
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
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
Conservative win (new seat)

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roffey North

Roffey North
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 Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Roffey South

Roffey South
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
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Rudgwick

Rudgwick
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
Conservative hold

Southwater North

Southwater North
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwater South & Shipley

Southwater South & Shipley
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Steyning & Ashurst

Steyning & Ashurst
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
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Storrington & Washington

Storrington & Washington
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Trafalgar

Trafalgar
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 Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington
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
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Changes 2019–2023

The council held six by-elections during this term (see By-elections below). In addition, several councillors changed party affiliation without a seat being contested:

  • 22 January 2023: Alan Britten (Roffey South) left the Liberal Democrats to rejoin the Conservatives, having originally been elected as a Conservative for Roffey North in 2015 before defecting to the Liberal Democrats in March 2019 and being elected under that label for Roffey South two months later.[2]
  • 22 January 2023: Jonathan Chowen (Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead), the Conservative group leader, left the party to sit as an independent, amid a leadership dispute within the Conservative group.[3][4]
  • 24 March 2023: Billy Greening (Southwater North) left the Conservatives to sit as an independent.[5]

Both Chowen and Greening stood again as Conservative candidates at the 2023 election.

By-elections

Storrington & Washington

The by-election was held after Conservative councillor Paul Marshall stood down from Horsham District Council on becoming leader of West Sussex County Council in October 2019; the by-election was held on the same day as the December 2019 general election.[6]

Storrington & Washington: 12 December 2019[7]
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
Conservative hold Swing

Trafalgar

The by-election was called after long-serving Liberal Democrat councillor Leonard Crosbie announced his retirement due to ill health, after 25 years' service.[8] Crosbie died shortly afterwards; his death was confirmed by the Horsham & Crawley Liberal Democrats on 11 September 2020.[9]

Trafalgar: 6 May 2021[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Boffey 1,581 65.4 +12.2
Conservative Aaron Courteney-Smith 529 21.9 −1.8
Labour Joanne Kavanagh 307 12.7 −3.7
Majority 1,052 43.5
Turnout 2,427 49.6
Registered electors 4,892
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Forest

The by-election was held after Liberal Democrat councillor Godfrey Newman, who had represented Forest since 1991 (with a four-year gap), stepped down due to ongoing health issues. He had also stood as the Liberal Democrats' parliamentary candidate for Horsham at the 2010 general election.[11]

Forest: 21 October 2021[12]
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
Turnout 1,946 28.6
Registered electors 6,814
Liberal Democrats hold

Roffey South

The by-election was held following the death of Conservative councillor Roy Cornell on 23 September 2021. Cornell had served continuously as ward member for Roffey South since first being elected on 3 May 2007.[13]

Roffey South: 16 December 2021[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Registered electors 4,912
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Denne

The by-election was held following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Frances Haigh, who had led the opposition Liberal Democrat group until August 2021.[15] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Clive Trott.[16]

Denne: 24 March 2022[17]
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
Majority 204 11.3
Turnout 1,814 24.2
Registered electors 7,506
Liberal Democrats hold

Storrington & Washington

The by-election was held following the resignation of veteran Conservative councillor Jim Sanson after his deselection; the seat, traditionally safe for the Conservatives, was won by the Green Party.[18]

Storrington & Washington: 7 April 2022[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 338 12.6 N/A
Turnout 2,681 35.5
Registered electors 7,559
Green gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election results" (PDF). horsham.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Respected local councillor Alan Britten joins Conservatives, saying 'only Conservatives deliver'". Horsham Conservatives. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Horsham". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "It's Groundhog Day (Again!)". Horsham Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Horsham". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Powling, Joshua (17 December 2019). "Tories win Storrington and Washington council by-election". West Sussex County Times. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Storrington and Washington" (PDF). Horsham District Council. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Page, Sarah (3 September 2020). "Election to be held following Horsham councillor's retirement". Sussex Express. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Death of former District Councillor Leonard Crosbie". Horsham & Crawley Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Trafalgar" (PDF). Horsham District Council. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Powling, Joshua (13 August 2021). "Long-time Horsham councillor steps down due to ongoing health issues". Sussex Express. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Forest" (PDF). Horsham District Council. 22 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Tributes to Horsham councillor 'he was kind and honest with a good sense of humour'". Sussex Express. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Roffey South" (PDF). Horsham District Council. 17 December 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Council, Horsham District (16 August 2021). "Councillor vacancies". Horsham District Council. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Two successful Lib Dem defences in this week's by-elections". Mark Pack. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Denne" (PDF). Horsham District Council. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Veteran Conservative councillor resigns after his deselection". Sussex Express. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Storrington & Washington" (PDF). Horsham District Council. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
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