The 2022 Crawley Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 12 of the 36 seats were up for election.[1]

Background

In its first election in 1973, Crawley was won by Labour. Their control of the council continued until 2006, when the Conservatives took control.[2] Labour regained the council in 2014, and this continued until the 2021 election, when the Conservatives became the largest party, although Labour continued to govern in coalition with an independent.[3] In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 48.6% of the vote, Labour lost one seat with 39.5%, and independents made no gains or losses with 0.9%.

The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2019 due to boundary changes. In that election, Labour won 19 seats with 42.6%, and Conservatives won 17 with 42.6%.[4]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2022 election[5]
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 18 Conservative 18
Labour 17 Labour 16
Independent 1 Independent 1

Results

2022 Crawley Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Increase 2 53.8 11 18 50.0 10,820 44.7 +5.2
  Conservative 5 Decrease 1 38.5 12 17 47.2 10,131 41.9 –6.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,913 7.9 +1.2
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,007 4.2 +0.1
  Independent 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 150 0.5 –0.4
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 112 0.5 N/A
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 91 0.4 +0.2

Council composition after election

After 2022 election
Party Seats
Labour 18
Conservative 17

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bewbush and North Broadfield

Bewbush and North Broadfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharmila Sivarajah 893 50.1 +1.8
Conservative Jonathan Purdy 534 30.0 -4.4
Green Holly Smith 224 12.6 -0.5
Independent Robin Burnham 124 7.0 N/A
Independent Tan Bui 6 0.3 N/A
Majority 359 20.2
Turnout 1781
Labour gain from Independent Swing

This seat was won from an independent who had defected from Labour since his last election.

Broadfield

Broadfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tim Lunnon* 970 51.8 +2.1
Conservative Valerie Knight 618 33.0 -10.7
Liberal Democrats Parveen Khan 172 9.2 +2.6
Heritage Carolina Morra 112 6.0 N/A
Majority 352 18.8
Turnout 1872 26
Labour hold Swing

Furnace Green

Furnace Green[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hazel Hellier 870 49.7 -1.3
Labour Jason Vine 676 38.6 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Angharad Old 115 6.6 -1.7
Reform UK Allan Griffiths 91 5.2 N/A
Majority 194 11.1
Turnout 1752
Conservative hold Swing

Ifield

Ifield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jilly Hart 1,244 51.0 +13.0
Conservative Martin Stone 939 38.5 -7.0
Green Ines Manning 165 6.8 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Mallinson 90 3.7 -0.9
Majority 305 12.5
Turnout 2,452 34.1
Labour hold Swing Increase10.0

Langley Green and Tushmore

Langley Green and Tushmore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tahira Rana 798 51.0 +2.7
Conservative Tahir Ashraf 470 30.0 -9.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Sargent 180 11.5 -0.5
Green Iain Dickson 117 7.5 N/A
Majority 328 21.0
Turnout 1,584 26.1
Labour hold Swing Increase6.2

Maidenbower

Maidenbower[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Millar-Smith* 1,080 48.0 -14.8
Green Max Perry 629 28.0 +13.8
Labour Peter Smith 540 24.0 +1.0
Majority 451 20.0
Turnout 2,258 33.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease14.3

Northgate and West Green

Northgate and West Green[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurinder Jhans* 1,021 48.1 +5.3
Conservative Tony Johnson 747 35.2 -2.5
Green John Atherton 219 10.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Anderson 134 6.3 -2.0
Majority 274 12.9
Turnout 2,135 28.1
Labour hold Swing Increase3.9

Pound Hill North and Forge Wood

Pound Hill North and Forge Wood[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tina Belben* 1,071 53.7 -12.7
Labour Justin Russell 923 46.3 +12.7
Majority 148 7.4
Turnout 2,020 29.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease12.7

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Lanzer* 1,214 54.6 -3.8
Labour Matthew Gaffar 748 33.6 +6.0
Green Cyril Gambrell 262 11.8 +1.0
Majority 466 21.0
Turnout 2,239 36.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.9

Southgate

Southgate[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yasmin Khan 1,094 46.6 +4.0
Conservative Jan Tarrant 927 39.4 -5.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Eastman 185 7.9 +2.4
Green Robin Fitton 144 6.1 -0.5
Majority 167 7.1
Turnout 2350
Labour hold Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Pritchard 1,161 50.2 +6.0
Conservative Craig Burke 866 37.5 -5.6
Green Danielle Kail 153 6.6 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Taylor-Burr 131 5.7 +1.3
Majority 295 12.8
Turnout 2311
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tilgate

Tilgate[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Mwagale* 795 51.4 +4.2
Labour Khayla Abu Mosa 752 48.6 +13.8
Majority 43 2.8
Turnout 1547
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Crawley Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Koehler, Ingrid. "Who runs the councils in No Overall Control?". Local Government Information Unit. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Crawley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". crawley.gov. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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