The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives secured a majority of 17, which was the largest majority any party has ever achieved at a Horsham District Council election.

2015 Horsham District Council election

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All 44 seats to Horsham District Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Seats won	39	4	1
Seat change	5	4	1

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
34	8	2
Con	LDem	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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39	4	1
Con	LDem	Ind

Results summary

2015 Horsham District Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	39	5	0	5	88.6	56.4	77,647	0.0
Liberal Democrats	4	0	4	4	9.1	17.2	23,732	-7.2
Independent	1	0	1	1	2.3	2.4	3,300	-1.3
UKIP	0	–	–		0.0	10.1	13,844	+3.3
Labour	0	-	-		0.0	7.8	10,736	+0.6
Green	0	–	–		0.0	5.9	8,071	+4.8
Peace	0	–	–		0.0	0.3	418	0.0

Ward results

Billingshurst and Shipley

Billingshurst and Shipley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Jupp	2,883	38.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Gordon Lindsay	2,532
	Conservative	Kathleen Rowbottom	2,424
	UKIP	Patrick Dearsley	1,301	17.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Brundish	1,209	16.2	-0.2
	Green	Tia Kuchmy	1,072	14.3	+14.3
	Labour	Keith Maslin	1,013	13.5	+1.4
Turnout				69.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Coldwell	1,581	48.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Ben Staines	1,542
	Liberal Democrats	David Boyle	741	22.6	-12.5
	Green	Michael Croker	584	17.8	+17.8
	Labour	Jean Sadgrove	366	11.2	+0.4
	Labour	Adrian Norridge	334
Turnout				70.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew French	784	40.4	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Curnock	672	34.6	-3.3
	UKIP	Uri Baran	304	15.7	+6.9
	Green	Shaun Longhurst	180	9.3	+9.3
Turnout				70.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Circus	2,943	53.4	-3.7
	Conservative	John Blackall	2,926
	Conservative	Eric Jenkins	2,586
	UKIP	Graham Croft-Smith	1,425	25.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Martin	1,147	20.8	+3.8
Turnout				75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chantry

Chantry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Dawe	3,413	45.6	-8.9
	Conservative	James Sanson	2,967
	Conservative	Paul Marshall	2,771
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Holbrook-Sishton	1,473	19.7	+1.5
	UKIP	Peter Westrip	1,370	18.3	+5.4
	Green	Katherine Hope	1,225	16.4	+16.4
Turnout				73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Chowen	2,087	71.4	+5.0
	Conservative	Roger Clarke	2,071
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Price	837	28.6	-5.0
Turnout				72.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Denne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Lee	1,253	31.8	-7.1
	Conservative	Antony Hogben	1,228
	Independent	David Sheldon	797	20.2	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fairweather-Tall	738	18.7	-18.4
	Labour	Kevin O'Sullivan	616	15.6	+1.5
	UKIP	Raymond Toot	541	13.7	+3.8
Turnout				68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

David Sheldon was elected as a Liberal Democrat in Denne ward in 2011, the year when this seat was last up for election, he resigned from the party in 2014.^[2]

Forest

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey Newman	1,125	48.2
	Conservative	Linda Pettitt	987	42.3
	Green	Darrin Green	222	9.5
Turnout				78.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Henfield

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Morgan	1,370	35.3	+35.3
	Conservative	Brian O'Connell	1,250	32.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Helena Croft	1,032
	Green	Steve Law	469	12.1	+12.1
	Labour	Paul Crowe	440	11.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Sproxton Miller	349	9.0	-3.4
Turnout				70.9
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook East

Holbrook East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Baldwin	1,590	40.8	-19.5
	Conservative	Karen Burgess	1,356
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sharp	698	17.9	-2.0
	UKIP	Christopher Brown	587	15.0	+8.6
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	582	14.9	+1.5
	Green	Robert Turner	444	11.4	+11.4
Turnout				73.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook West

Holbrook West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burgess	1,711	49.7	-4.4
	Conservative	Christian Mitchell	1,699
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mullarky	675	19.6	-5.6
	UKIP	John Randell	583	16.9	+9.2
	Labour	Linda Hugl	474	13.8	+0.8
	Labour	Anthony Guyton	426
Turnout				73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horsham Park

Horsham Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Murphy	1,501	32.0	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Skipp	1,400	29.9	-2.7
	Conservative	Connor Relleen	1,332
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Collins	1,256
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Haigh	1,193
	Conservative	Robyn van Ryssen	1,062
	Labour	Carol Hayton	769	16.4	-2.5
	Labour	Raymond Chapman	737
	Labour	David Hide	655
	UKIP	Ian Tandy	601	12.8	+3.9
	Peace	Jim Duggan	418	8.9	-1.0
Turnout				66.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Ritchie	1,661	52.5	+0.7
	Conservative	Patricia Youtan	1,622
	UKIP	Stuart Aldridge	705	22.3	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cornelia Butler	519	16.4	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Fry	456
	Labour	Neal Harris	278	8.8	+8.8
Turnout				71.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuthurst

Nuthurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antoinette Bradnum	1,142	60.4	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Hendy	283	15.0	-5.6
	UKIP	Graham Harper	270	14.3	+3.5
	Green	Darius Assassi	195	10.3	+10.3
Turnout				77.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough and Coldwatham

Pulborough and Coldwatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Clarke	1,940	47.5	-5.1
	Conservative	Brian Donnelly	1,609
	UKIP	John Wallace	813	19.9	+7.1
	UKIP	Elizabeth Wallace	592
	Green	Martin Dale	538	13.2	-1.4
	Labour	Antony Bignell	422	10.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalyn Deedman	372	9.1	-1.5
Turnout				67.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey North

Roffey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Britten	1,257	35.2	-4.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Dancer	1,198
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Bevis	879	24.6	-12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Warwick Hellawell	836
	UKIP	Ivor Williams	634	17.8	+6.8
	UKIP	Ruth Williams	545
	Labour	George Murrell	478	13.4	+0.6
	Independent	Nicholas Butler	319	8.9	+8.9
Turnout				71.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Independent candidate Nicholas Butler stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2011 in Roffey North.

Roffey South

Roffey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Torn	1,450	41.1	-3.9
	Conservative	Roy Cornell	1,250
	UKIP	Roger Arthur	644	18.3	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Belinda Walters	627	17.8	-12.3
	UKIP	Tony Rickett	484
	Labour	Margaret Cornwell	454	12.9	-1.4
	Labour	Ian Nicol	370
	Green	Allan Spraggon	351	10.0	+10.0
Turnout				67.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rudgwick

Rudgwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bailey	870	54.5	-6.2
	Green	Graham Avery	726	45.5	+45.5
Turnout				87.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusper and Colgate

Rusper and Colgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kitchen	1,198	74.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Millson	224	13.9	-1.2
	Green	Darren Jugurnauth	192	11.9	+11.9
Turnout				75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwater

Southwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Chidlow	2,583	35.8	-18.4
	Conservative	Ian Howard	2,442
	Conservative	Claire Vickers	2,347
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Charman	1,233	17.1	-14.2
	UKIP	Christopher Heath	1,099	15.2	+0.7
	UKIP	Neil Whitear	946
	Independent	Roger Smith	814	11.3	+11.3
	Green	Peter Shaw	801	11.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Deedman	743
	Labour	Jacqueline Little	690	9.6	+9.6
Turnout				71.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Former Horsham Football Club manager, Gary Charman, stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Southwater following the council rejecting the football clubs planning application for a stadium at Hop Oast.^[3] The location of the ground falls into the Southwater ward and was opposed by the Conservative councillors representing the ward at the time. A different application at the same location was approved in 2017.^[4]

Steyning

Steyning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Lloyd	1,907	46.2	+16.8
	Conservative	Michael Willett	1,511
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hopkinson	916	22.2	-1.6
	Green	Robert Platt	680	16.5	+16.5
	Labour	Jill Allen	628	15.2	+7.6
	Labour	Elizabeth Edmonds	562
Turnout				72.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Trafalgar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Costin	1,677	40.9	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Crosbie	1,454
	Conservative	Ian Shepherd	1,185	28.9	-4.9
	Conservative	Ronald Vimpany	964
	Labour	Alexandra Davis	442	10.8	+1.8
	UKIP	Carol Bowring	400	9.8	+3.7
	Green	Margaret Weir-Wilson	392	9.6	+4.2
Turnout				74.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Horsham Lib Dem councillor quits party and becomes independent". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
^ "Former Horsham manager stands as Lib Dem in elections". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
^ "Horsham FC's new ground approved". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.

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