Local Election Results 2017
West Sussex
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Justice - Justice Party
Peace = Peace Party
SthgNew = Somthing New
Other results for West Sussex:
2005
2009
2013
2021
By-elections for West Sussex (may be incomplete): 1st June 2006 (Angmering & Findon)
— 14th September 2006 (Southwick)
— 17th May 2007 (Cuckfield & Lucastes)
— 7th June 2007 (Petworth)
— 6th May 2010 (East Grinstead S. & Ashurst Wood)
— 7th October 2010 (Maidenbower)
— 15th November 2012 (Midhurst)
— 26th September 2013 (Storrington)
— 24th October 2013 (Warnham & Rusper)
— 19th December 2013 (Haywards Heath E.)
— 2nd May 2019 (Northgate & West Green)
— 26th September 2019 (Three Bridges)
— 21st November 2019 (Bourne)
— 4th November 2021 (Bourne)
— 7th July 2022 (Worthing W.)
— 8th September 2022 (Felpham)
— 4th May 2023 (East Grinstead Meridian)
Results for district councils — Adur 2002
2003
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2021
2022
— Arun 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Chichester 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Crawley 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
— Horsham 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Mid Sussex 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Worthing 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
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2021
2022
2023
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
112066 |
51.3% |
56 |
| Liberal Democrat |
41923 |
19.2% |
9 |
| Labour |
33897 |
15.5% |
5 |
| UK Independence Party |
13803 |
6.3% |
0 |
| Green Party |
11065 |
5.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
5293 |
2.4% |
0 |
| Something New |
199 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Peace Party |
97 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
41 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Justice Party |
23 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Patria |
21 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Deborah Urquhart |
C |
1753 |
61.5% |
| David Biss |
LD |
514 |
18.0% |
| Darren Pearce |
Lab |
384 |
13.5% |
| Arthur Lardeur |
UKIP |
201 |
7.0% |
| Gary Markwell |
C |
1249 |
56.3% |
| Freddie Tandy |
Lab |
379 |
17.1% |
| Mark Foster |
LD |
298 |
13.4% |
| John Wallace |
UKIP |
165 |
7.4% |
| Margaretha Trent |
Grn |
127 |
5.7% |
| David Edwards |
C |
901 |
33.4% |
| Martin Smith |
LD |
531 |
19.7% |
| Ruth Kenward |
UKIP |
498 |
18.5% |
| Vincent McCabe |
Lab |
390 |
14.5% |
| Gill Yeates |
Ind |
270 |
10.0% |
| David Meagher |
Grn |
105 |
3.9% |
| Chris Oxlade |
Lab |
1040 |
45.2% |
| Duncan Peck |
C |
804 |
35.0% |
| Christopher Brown |
UKIP |
236 |
10.3% |
| Sarah Smith |
LD |
121 |
5.3% |
| Martin Kail |
Grn |
75 |
3.3% |
| Arshad Khan |
Justice |
23 |
1.0% |
| Amanda Jupp |
C |
1898 |
63.3% |
| Richard Greenwood |
LD |
545 |
18.2% |
| Robert Brown |
Lab |
283 |
9.4% |
| Graham Harper |
UKIP |
271 |
9.0% |
| Francis Oppler |
LD |
962 |
38.7% |
| Kate Eccles |
C |
644 |
25.9% |
| Heather Robbins |
Lab |
357 |
14.3% |
| Chloe Watson |
UKIP |
227 |
9.1% |
| Steve Goodheart |
Ind |
216 |
8.7% |
| Conrad Meagher |
Grn |
83 |
3.3% |
| Ashvin Patel |
C |
1715 |
47.9% |
| Paul Wells |
LD |
1089 |
30.4% |
| Alison Sharples |
Lab |
335 |
9.3% |
| Matilda Watson |
UKIP |
298 |
8.3% |
| Susan Livett |
Grn |
146 |
4.1% |
| Viral Parikh |
C |
1357 |
40.2% |
| Sandra James |
UKIP |
865 |
25.6% |
| Rachel Keys |
LD |
659 |
19.5% |
| Jane Towers |
Lab |
264 |
7.8% |
| Ann Stewart |
Grn |
234 |
6.9% |
| David Barling |
C |
1849 |
53.8% |
| Ross Wellby |
LD |
886 |
25.8% |
| Simon Birnstingl |
Lab |
336 |
9.8% |
| Jo Prior |
Grn |
263 |
7.6% |
| Ivan Hunter |
UKIP |
106 |
3.1% |
| Christian Mitchell |
C |
1673 |
57.9% |
| Matthew Gaffar |
LD |
644 |
22.3% |
| Cameron Mcgillivray |
Lab |
220 |
7.6% |
| Catherine Ross |
Grn |
184 |
6.4% |
| Patrick Dearsley |
UKIP |
168 |
5.8% |
| Brian Quinn |
Lab |
1310 |
54.9% |
| Irshad Jalaldeen |
C |
662 |
27.7% |
| George Bird |
UKIP |
267 |
11.2% |
| Charlotte Franco |
Grn |
76 |
3.2% |
| Stephen Tall |
LD |
73 |
3.1% |
| Bryan Turner |
C |
1290 |
42.0% |
| Lorna Beaumont |
Lab |
1035 |
33.7% |
| John Aspey |
LD |
365 |
11.9% |
| Richard Battson |
Grn |
196 |
6.4% |
| Christopher Gould |
UKIP |
185 |
6.0% |
| Anne Jones |
C |
1440 |
41.2% |
| Roger Cartwright |
LD |
1060 |
30.4% |
| Pamela Haigh |
Lab |
371 |
10.6% |
| Scott McCarthy |
Ind |
287 |
8.2% |
| Chris French |
UKIP |
195 |
5.6% |
| Matthew Cornish |
Grn |
139 |
4.0% |
| Andrew Barrett-Miles |
C |
1359 |
40.2% |
| Peter Chapman |
Ind |
817 |
24.1% |
| Lee Gibbs |
LD |
476 |
14.1% |
| Simon Hayward |
Lab |
463 |
13.7% |
| Timothy Cooper |
UKIP |
144 |
4.3% |
| Anne Eves |
Grn |
125 |
3.7% |
| Simon Oakley |
C |
1138 |
47.7% |
| John Turbefield |
LD |
692 |
29.0% |
| Mark Farwell |
Lab |
354 |
14.8% |
| Polly Gaskin |
Grn |
204 |
8.5% |
| Jeremy Hunt |
C |
1946 |
56.0% |
| Bethany Norrell |
LD |
745 |
21.5% |
| Kevin Hughes |
Lab |
303 |
8.7% |
| Sam Pickford |
Grn |
239 |
6.9% |
| Mike Mason |
UKIP |
150 |
4.3% |
| Joseph Brookes-Harmer |
Ind |
90 |
2.6% |
| Jamie Fitzjohn |
C |
1630 |
47.7% |
| Sarah Sharp |
Grn |
944 |
27.6% |
| Craig Gershater |
LD |
550 |
16.1% |
| John Ball |
Lab |
292 |
8.5% |
| Louise Goldsmith |
C |
2185 |
55.4% |
| Adrian Moss |
LD |
1046 |
26.5% |
| James Hobson |
Lab |
279 |
7.1% |
| Lynne Waylen |
Grn |
242 |
6.1% |
| Bernard Smith |
UKIP |
173 |
4.4% |
| Andrew Emerson |
Patria |
21 |
0.5% |
| Elizabeth Sparkes |
C |
2225 |
65.9% |
| Jackie Cranefield |
LD |
429 |
12.7% |
| Margaret Howard |
Lab |
355 |
10.5% |
| Adam Fitchett |
UKIP |
207 |
6.1% |
| Daniel Parsonage |
Grn |
159 |
4.7% |
| Pete Bradbury |
C |
1641 |
57.2% |
| Stephen Blanch |
LD |
711 |
24.8% |
| Sarah Moss |
Lab |
286 |
10.0% |
| Catherine Edminson |
Grn |
229 |
8.0% |
| Noel Atkins |
C |
1553 |
51.1% |
| Hazel Thorpe |
LD |
629 |
20.7% |
| Guy Chadwick |
Lab |
390 |
12.8% |
| Mike Jelliss |
UKIP |
331 |
10.9% |
| Stephen Carleysmith |
Grn |
137 |
4.5% |
| Liz Bennett |
C |
1524 |
65.1% |
| Michael Miller |
Lab |
294 |
12.6% |
| Susan Knight |
LD |
261 |
11.2% |
| James Symons |
Grn |
148 |
6.3% |
| Ian Simcock |
UKIP |
113 |
4.8% |
| Jacquie Russell |
C |
1505 |
55.8% |
| Paul Johnson |
LD |
626 |
23.2% |
| Elaine Eichner |
Grn |
241 |
8.9% |
| David Wilbraham |
Lab |
195 |
7.2% |
| Barry Noldart |
UKIP |
129 |
4.8% |
| Roger Elkins |
C |
2994 |
72.0% |
| Rachel Keys |
Lab |
474 |
11.4% |
| John Richards |
LD |
427 |
10.3% |
| Rick Setford |
UKIP |
262 |
6.3% |
| Hilary Flynn |
C |
1846 |
64.9% |
| Graham Jones |
Ind |
423 |
14.9% |
| Martyn Eaves |
Lab |
241 |
8.5% |
| Alan Gale |
LD |
231 |
8.1% |
| Nathan Meagher |
Grn |
104 |
3.7% |
| Derek Whittington |
C |
1890 |
63.7% |
| Barbara Roberts |
LD |
303 |
10.2% |
| Isabel Thurston |
Grn |
303 |
10.2% |
| Roger Nash |
Lab |
247 |
8.3% |
| Tricia Wales |
UKIP |
224 |
7.5% |
| Steve Waight |
C |
1996 |
61.3% |
| Rebecca Cooper |
Lab |
454 |
13.9% |
| Antony Brown |
LD |
368 |
11.3% |
| Richard Bater |
UKIP |
238 |
7.3% |
| David Aherne |
Grn |
201 |
6.2% |
| Kirsty Lord |
LD |
1545 |
38.9% |
| Tudor Ellis |
C |
1525 |
38.4% |
| Linda Taylor |
Lab |
549 |
13.8% |
| Charles Burrell |
UKIP |
182 |
4.6% |
| Nicholas Dearden |
Grn |
175 |
4.4% |
| Stephen Hillier |
C |
1317 |
51.5% |
| William Blunden |
Lab |
460 |
18.0% |
| Stephanie Inglesfield |
LD |
438 |
17.1% |
| Howard Burrell |
UKIP |
193 |
7.6% |
| Gillian Maher |
Grn |
147 |
5.8% |
| Sujan Wickremaratchi |
C |
1459 |
47.8% |
| Richard Bates |
LD |
990 |
32.4% |
| Hilary Schan-Martyn |
Lab |
443 |
14.5% |
| David Woolley |
Grn |
161 |
5.3% |
| Lionel Barling |
C |
2051 |
70.4% |
| David Boyle |
LD |
471 |
16.2% |
| Helen Wright |
Lab |
391 |
13.4% |
| Peter Catchpole |
C |
1973 |
62.9% |
| Warwick Hellawell |
LD |
653 |
20.8% |
| Raymond Chapman |
Lab |
314 |
10.0% |
| James Smith |
SthgNew |
199 |
6.3% |
| Andrew Baldwin |
C |
1709 |
48.4% |
| Frances Haigh |
LD |
1169 |
33.1% |
| Ian Nicol |
Lab |
293 |
8.3% |
| Mike Rowlands |
UKIP |
215 |
6.1% |
| Ferial Mactavish |
Grn |
144 |
4.1% |
| Nigel Dennis |
LD |
1909 |
52.7% |
| Alan Britten |
C |
1160 |
32.0% |
| Carol Hayton |
Lab |
430 |
11.9% |
| Robin Monk |
UKIP |
121 |
3.3% |
| Morwen Millson |
LD |
1320 |
43.6% |
| Ross Dye |
C |
1119 |
36.9% |
| David Hyde |
Lab |
318 |
10.5% |
| Ray Toots |
UKIP |
176 |
5.8% |
| Jim Duggan |
Peace |
97 |
3.2% |
| Joy Dennis |
C |
1821 |
49.7% |
| Alison Bennett |
LD |
982 |
26.8% |
| Norina O'Hare |
Lab |
396 |
10.8% |
| Mike Airey |
Grn |
280 |
7.6% |
| Peter Hopgood |
UKIP |
142 |
3.9% |
| Baron Thunderclap |
Loony |
41 |
1.1% |
| Heidi Brunsdon |
C |
1476 |
47.8% |
| Ian Gibson |
Ind |
988 |
32.0% |
| Graham Knight |
LD |
215 |
7.0% |
| Deborah Miles |
Lab |
188 |
6.1% |
| Brian Bezzant |
UKIP |
115 |
3.7% |
| Justin Morgan |
Grn |
104 |
3.4% |
| Ann Bridges |
C |
1385 |
44.4% |
| Lee Cowen |
Lab |
550 |
17.6% |
| Roger Arthur |
UKIP |
544 |
17.4% |
| Doris Martin |
LD |
438 |
14.0% |
| Paul Hendy |
Grn |
201 |
6.4% |
| Brenda Smith |
Lab |
1343 |
48.3% |
| Brenda Burgess |
C |
1012 |
36.4% |
| Sharon Kennett |
UKIP |
202 |
7.3% |
| Mike Sargent |
LD |
137 |
4.9% |
| Ben Fletcher |
Grn |
89 |
3.2% |
| Andrew Lea |
C |
2233 |
58.5% |
| Anne-Marie Lucraft |
LD |
604 |
15.8% |
| Paul Brown |
Grn |
496 |
13.0% |
| Lisa Desbruslais |
Lab |
353 |
9.3% |
| Eric Prior |
UKIP |
129 |
3.4% |
| James Walsh |
LD |
1439 |
44.7% |
| Stephen Haymes |
C |
1302 |
40.5% |
| Maralyn May |
Lab |
356 |
11.1% |
| Nathan Wyatt |
Grn |
119 |
3.7% |
| Ian Buckland |
LD |
1142 |
39.6% |
| David Britton |
C |
924 |
32.0% |
| Alan Butcher |
Lab |
607 |
21.1% |
| David Jones |
Grn |
141 |
4.9% |
| Joby Akira |
Ind |
69 |
2.4% |
| Bob Lanzer |
C |
1962 |
65.1% |
| Peter Smith |
Lab |
540 |
17.9% |
| Paul Cummings |
LD |
292 |
9.7% |
| Leonard Elphick |
UKIP |
132 |
4.4% |
| Daniel Fletcher |
Grn |
87 |
2.9% |
| Jacky Pendleton |
C |
1961 |
65.8% |
| Linda Shepperd |
Lab |
256 |
8.6% |
| Kenton Batley |
LD |
237 |
7.9% |
| Yusuf Ali |
UKIP |
196 |
6.6% |
| Derek Ambler |
Ind |
179 |
6.0% |
| Sarah Rands |
Grn |
153 |
5.1% |
| Kate O'Kelly |
LD |
1263 |
34.8% |
| Alan Sutton |
C |
1214 |
33.4% |
| Gordon McAra |
Ind |
1040 |
28.6% |
| Philip Maber |
Grn |
114 |
3.1% |
| Sean McDonald |
C |
1315 |
49.8% |
| Jamie Bennett |
LD |
516 |
19.6% |
| Adrienne Davis |
Lab |
364 |
13.8% |
| Mark Withers |
UKIP |
310 |
11.7% |
| Julian Warrick |
Grn |
134 |
5.1% |
| Sue Mullins |
Lab |
1196 |
49.4% |
| Ian Pendlington |
C |
852 |
35.2% |
| Kevin Williams |
UKIP |
154 |
6.4% |
| Marko Scepanovic |
LD |
120 |
5.0% |
| Sam Wiltshire |
Grn |
100 |
4.1% |
| Dawn Hall |
C |
1996 |
57.5% |
| Michael Warden |
UKIP |
623 |
17.9% |
| Brooke Olsen |
LD |
363 |
10.5% |
| Jan Cosgrove |
Lab |
280 |
8.1% |
| Carol Birch |
Grn |
211 |
6.1% |
| Janet Duncton |
C |
2568 |
74.3% |
| Natalie Hume |
LD |
592 |
17.1% |
| Jeannie Dunning |
UKIP |
166 |
4.8% |
| Andrew Young |
Ind |
130 |
3.8% |
| Richard Burrett |
C |
1435 |
66.0% |
| Tahira Rana |
Lab |
416 |
19.1% |
| Valerie Spooner |
LD |
155 |
7.1% |
| Daniel Elliott |
Grn |
92 |
4.2% |
| Janet Setford-Thompson |
UKIP |
75 |
3.5% |
| Pat Arculus |
C |
2317 |
65.7% |
| Samuel Hancock |
LD |
610 |
17.3% |
| Jane Mote |
Lab |
338 |
9.6% |
| Liz Wallace |
UKIP |
260 |
7.4% |
| David Bradford |
C |
2079 |
69.5% |
| David Hares |
LD |
617 |
20.6% |
| John Smith |
Lab |
294 |
9.8% |
| Daniel Purchese |
LD |
1970 |
46.0% |
| Graham Tyler |
C |
1853 |
43.3% |
| Nigel Stapley |
Lab |
237 |
5.5% |
| Sue Waghorn |
UKIP |
220 |
5.1% |
| Liz Kitchen |
C |
1179 |
62.1% |
| Anthony Bevis |
LD |
333 |
17.5% |
| Rosalind Hillman |
Lab |
196 |
10.3% |
| Raymond Butler |
UKIP |
191 |
10.1% |
| Carol Purnell |
C |
1480 |
51.4% |
| Donna Johnson |
Ind |
784 |
27.3% |
| Andrew Moncreiff |
UKIP |
227 |
7.9% |
| Donna Gabhriel |
Lab |
210 |
7.3% |
| Simon Scotland |
LD |
97 |
3.4% |
| John Cluley |
Grn |
79 |
2.7% |
| Debbie Kennard |
C |
1728 |
51.3% |
| Jed Smith |
Lab |
748 |
22.2% |
| Paul Graysmark |
UKIP |
319 |
9.5% |
| Steve Martin |
LD |
304 |
9.0% |
| Lynn Finnigan |
Grn |
270 |
8.0% |
| Kevin Boram |
C |
1637 |
46.3% |
| Steve Gilbert |
Lab |
885 |
25.0% |
| Andrew Bradbury |
Grn |
390 |
11.0% |
| Drew Tinsley |
LD |
372 |
10.5% |
| Geoff Patmore |
UKIP |
252 |
7.1% |
| George Barton |
C |
1752 |
51.7% |
| Michael Thornton |
Lab |
606 |
17.9% |
| Patrick Lowe |
UKIP |
564 |
16.6% |
| Steve Creed |
LD |
327 |
9.7% |
| Leslie Groves Williams |
Grn |
139 |
4.1% |
| Michael Jones |
Lab |
1550 |
44.9% |
| Kim Jaggard |
C |
1527 |
44.2% |
| Neil Setford-Thompson |
UKIP |
219 |
6.3% |
| Richard Kail |
Grn |
158 |
4.6% |
| Nigel Jupp |
C |
1574 |
55.1% |
| Bob Wheatcroft |
LD |
720 |
25.2% |
| Kevin O'Sullivan |
Lab |
195 |
6.8% |
| Peter Shaw |
Grn |
193 |
6.8% |
| Gloria Eveleigh |
UKIP |
177 |
6.2% |
| David Simmons |
C |
1503 |
51.6% |
| Les Alden |
Lab |
839 |
28.8% |
| Holly Creed |
LD |
218 |
7.5% |
| Jennifer Greig |
UKIP |
211 |
7.2% |
| Patrick Ginnelly |
Grn |
144 |
4.9% |
| Paul Marshall |
C |
2389 |
62.0% |
| Steve Holbrook |
LD |
782 |
20.3% |
| Caroline Fife |
Lab |
379 |
9.8% |
| Peter Grace |
UKIP |
302 |
7.8% |
| Bob Smytherman |
LD |
1304 |
38.4% |
| Vino Vinojan |
C |
1184 |
34.8% |
| David Lace |
Lab |
506 |
14.9% |
| Adrian Price |
UKIP |
229 |
6.7% |
| Constantine de Goguel |
Grn |
177 |
5.2% |
| Charles Petts |
C |
1303 |
45.0% |
| Julian Charatan |
Lab |
1157 |
39.9% |
| David Anderson |
LD |
164 |
5.7% |
| Martin Rann |
UKIP |
155 |
5.3% |
| Danielle Kail |
Grn |
119 |
4.1% |
| Duncan Crow |
C |
1934 |
58.1% |
| Raj Sharma |
Lab |
955 |
28.7% |
| Allan Griffiths |
UKIP |
187 |
5.6% |
| Kevin Osborne |
LD |
170 |
5.1% |
| Derek Hardman |
Grn |
81 |
2.4% |
| Pieter Montyn |
C |
2242 |
68.5% |
| Jane Scotland |
LD |
339 |
10.4% |
| Joe O'Sullivan |
Lab |
282 |
8.6% |
| Maureen Hunt |
UKIP |
258 |
7.9% |
| Stephanie Carn |
Grn |
154 |
4.7% |
| Bill Acraman |
C |
1937 |
64.6% |
| Henry Fleming |
LD |
416 |
13.9% |
| Susannah Brady |
Lab |
283 |
9.4% |
| Darrin Green |
Grn |
213 |
7.1% |
| Marielena Burrell |
UKIP |
148 |
4.9% |
| Roger Oakley |
C |
1210 |
38.4% |
| Mike Barrett |
Lab |
1182 |
37.5% |
| Yvonne Leonard |
LD |
341 |
10.8% |
| Rosie Turner |
Grn |
214 |
6.8% |
| Graham Adams |
UKIP |
201 |
6.4% |
| Michael Cloake |
C |
1197 |
37.2% |
| Jim Deen |
Lab |
1000 |
31.1% |
| James Doyle |
Grn |
618 |
19.2% |
| Christine Brown |
LD |
236 |
7.3% |
| Sue Jelliss |
UKIP |
166 |
5.2% |
| Paul High |
C |
1605 |
51.6% |
| Richard Mulholland |
Lab |
681 |
21.9% |
| Keith Sunderland |
LD |
372 |
12.0% |
| Caroline Ponto |
Grn |
264 |
8.5% |
| Trevor England |
UKIP |
189 |
6.1% |
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