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
Turnout 43
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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Crawley_Borough_Council_election
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