2026 Crawley Borough Council election

2026 Crawley Borough Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
13 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council
(including 1 by-election)
19 seats needed for a majority
Registered79,572
Turnout33,743
42.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michael Jones None Duncan Crow
Party Labour Reform Conservative
Last election 25 seats, 46.8% Did not stand 11 seats, 34.9%
Seats before 26[1] 1 9
Seats won 3 10 0
Seats after 21 11 4
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 10 Decrease 5
Popular vote 8,951 12,094 7,508
Percentage 24.7% 33.4% 20.8%
Swing Decrease 22.1% N/A Decrease 14.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2026 Crawley Borough Council election.
Leader before election

Michael Jones
Labour

 Leader after election

Michael Jones
Labour

The 2026 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. There were 13 of the 36 seats on the council up for election on this occasion, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Reform UK won 10 of the 13 seats contested at this election, but Labour retained its overall majority on the council.[3]

Summary

Election result

2026 Crawley Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 3 Decrease 5 23.1 18 21 58.3 8,951 24.7 –22.1
  Reform {{{candidates}}} 10 Increase10 76.9 1 11 30.6 12,094 33.4 N/A
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 0 Decrease 5 0.0 4 4 11.1 7,508 20.8 –14.1
  Green {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,492 15.2 +4.2
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,677 4.6 N/A
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 320 0.9 –1.4
  TUSC {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 141 0.4 –2.8

Incumbents

Ward Incumbent councillor Party Re-standing
Bewbush & North Broadfield Sharmila Sivarajah Labour Yes
Broadfield Tim Lunnon Labour Yes
Furnace Green Hazel Hellier Conservative Yes
Ifield Jilly Hart Labour Yes
Langley Green & Tushmore Tahira Rana Labour Yes
Maidenbower Imtiaz Khan Conservative Yes
Northgate & West Green Gurinder Jhans Labour No
Pound Hill North & Forge Wood Tina Belben Conservative Yes[a]
Pound Hill South & Worth Bob Lanzer Conservative Yes
Southgate Yasmin Khan Labour Yes
Three Bridges Steve Pritchard Labour No
Tilgate Maureen Mwagale Conservative No

Candidates

Total Standing

Party Candidates
Labour Party* 13
Conservative Party 13
Green Party 13
Liberal Democrats 9
Reform UK 13
TUSC 6
Independent 1

*1 Labour candidate is running under 'Labour and the Cooperative Party'

Buwbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ian Butler 860 32.6 N/A
Labour Sharmila Sivarajah* 809 30.6 –20.7
Conservative Tina Belben* 390 14.8 –8.4
Green Ryan Rooke 390 14.8 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Mallinson 151 5.7 N/A
TUSC Robin Burnham 40 1.5 –5.1
Majority 51 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,661 36.7 +11.6
Registered electors 7,241
Reform gain from Labour

Broadfield

Marie Mariette was the first Chagossian councillor to be elected in the UK.[4]

Broadfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Marie Mariette 980 36.2 N/A
Labour Tim Lunnon* 803 29.6 –24.9
Conservative David Bowen 420 15.5 –12.9
Green Carolina Rodrigues-Braga 354 13.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rachael Colbran 153 5.6 N/A
Majority 177 6.6 N/A
Turnout 2,735 36.6 +12.0
Registered electors 7,473
Reform gain from Labour

Furnace Green

Furnace Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Sarah Letissier 761 33.9 +27.2
Conservative Hazel Hellier* 630 28.0 –20.4
Labour Younis Ainine 457 20.3 –24.6
Green Tim Peacock 254 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne 144 6.4 N/A
Majority 131 5.9 N/A
Turnout 2,254 49.0 +6.0
Registered electors 4,596
Reform gain from Conservative Swing Increase23.8

Ifield

Ifield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Grainne Conway 1,180 39.0 N/A
Labour Jilly Hart* 752 24.9 –25.7
Conservative Valerie Knight 387 12.8 –20.5
Green Ines Manning 368 12.2 +1.1
Independent Richard Symonds 320 10.6 N/A
TUSC Asim Hussain 19 0.6 –4.5
Majority 428 14.1 N/A
Turnout 3,042 41.9 +12.9
Registered electors 7,260
Reform gain from Labour

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tahira Rana* 750 32.5 –12.6
Reform Oliver Pickstock 687 29.8 N/A
Green Laura Menezes 403 17.5 N/A
Conservative Alan Hellier 323 14.0 –11.9
Liberal Democrats Kemuel Thompson 121 5.2 N/A
TUSC Lewis Earthrowl-Gould 21 0.9 N/A
Majority 63 2.7 –13.4
Turnout 2,323 37.8 +10.3
Registered electors 6,138
Labour hold

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Riszard Rzepa 1,127 35.6 N/A
Conservative Imtiaz Khan* 789 24.9 –19.0
Green Max Perry 526 16.6 –12.1
Labour Co-op Stephen Pritchard 398 12.6 –14.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Smith 330 10.4 N/A
Majority 338 10.7 N/A
Turnout 3,176 46.9 +15.1
Registered electors 6,774
Reform gain from Conservative

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Mitchall Whiston 1,038 34.1 N/A
Labour Nicky Ascenso 835 27.4 –26.1
Green Nick Park 510 16.8 +4.3
Conservative Susan Wheeler 435 14.3 –14.6
Liberal Democrats David Anderson 213 7.0 N/A
TUSC Pat Gedge 13 0.4 –4.7
Majority 203 6.7 N/A
Turnout 3,044 38.6 +9.6
Registered electors 7,886
Reform gain from Labour

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform James Tidy 1,131 31.9 N/A
Conservative Paul Castle 907 25.5 –14.8
Labour Zahid Raja 793 22.3 –26.8
Green Neal Murdoch 515 14.5 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Fidel Kuzamba 204 5.7 N/A
Majority 224 6.4 N/A
Turnout 3,565 46.4 +12.1
Registered electors 7,678
Reform gain from Conservative

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Bob Laycock 960 30.71 N/A
Conservative Bob Lanzer* 959 30.68 –21.1
Labour Flynn Cowell 560 17.9 –16.1
Green Heidi James-Dunbar 476 15.2 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Theo van der Lugt 171 5.5 N/A
Majority 1 0.03 N/A
Turnout 3,139 50.0 +15.5
Registered electors 6,281
Reform gain from Conservative

Southgate

Southgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Tim Charters 963 33.6 N/A
Conservative Zack Ali 737 25.7 –11.6
Labour Yasmin Khan* 686 23.9 –22.3
Green Robin Fitton 459 16.0 +3.2
TUSC Bret Shattock 24 0.8 –2.9
Majority 226 7.9 N/A
Turnout 2,882 42.3 +12.3
Registered electors 6,818
Reform gain from Labour

Three Bridges

Three Bridges (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marilyn Hilton 875 31.9 –19.5
Labour Mandle Hains 821 29.9 –21.5
Reform Callum Johnson 782 28.5 N/A
Reform Georgia-Mae Pocock 762 27.7 N/A
Conservative Jonathan Purdy 612 22.3 –10.3
Green Tom Wiggins 496 18.1 +9.4
Green Lekan Babalola 466 17.0 +8.3
Conservative Omar Shafiq 465 16.9 –15.7
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robinson 190 6.9 N/A
TUSC Tim Holt 24 0.9 –2.7
Turnout 2,880 42.0 +5.1
Registered electors 6,859
Labour hold
Labour hold

Tilgate

Tilgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Emma Whiteoak 863 43.1 N/A
Conservative Tarek Miah 454 22.7 –13.9
Labour Tony Patel 412 20.6 –28.1
Green Hazel Mehmet 275 13.7 +5.7
Majority 409 20.4 N/A
Turnout 2,016 44.1 +10.4
Registered electors 4,568
Reform gain from Conservative

References

  1. ↑ Standing in Bewbush & North Broadfield.
  1. ↑ "Crawley Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 17 February 2026. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Update on May 2026 local authority elections". mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). 16 February 2026. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Dunn, Karen (11 May 2026). "'We will continue to represent and help all the residents regardless of the party that they have voted for' say Crawley Labour leader". Sussex World. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "HISTORIC MILESTONE: Marie Mariette Becomes First Person of Chagossian Descent Elected to British Political Officee". Chagossian Government. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
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