One third of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 36 councillors have been elected from 13 wards.[1]

Political control

From the first elections to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Labour 1973–2006
Conservative 2006
No overall control 2006–2007
Conservative 2007–2014
Labour 2014–2020
No overall control 2020–2022
Labour 2022–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1973 have been:[3]

Councillor Party From To
George Waller Labour 1973 1978
Ben Clay Labour 1978 1980
Alf Pegler Labour 1980 1982
Tony Edwards Labour 1982 1983
Ben Clay Labour 1983 1986
Alf Pegler Labour 1986 1996
Tony Edwards Labour 1996 2000
Chris Redmayne Labour 2000 26 May 2006
Bob Lanzer Conservative 26 May 2006 Aug 2013
Howard Bloom Conservative 26 Sep 2013 13 Jun 2014
Peter Lamb Labour 13 Jun 2014 27 May 2022
Michael Jones Labour 27 May 2022

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election increasing the number of seats by 5, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.[4]

Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats UKIP Notes
1992[7] 22 9 1 0
1994[8] 23 7 2 0 Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[9]
1995[10] 26 4 2 0
1996[11] 28 2 2 0
1998[12] 27 3 2 0
1999[13] 25 5 2 0
2000[14] 24 6 2 0
2002[15] 23 7 2 0
2003[16] 22 8 2 0
2004[4] 19 16 2 0 Borough boundary changes took place increasing the number of seats from 32 to 37.[17]
2006[18] 16 19 2 0
2007[19] 12 22 3 0
2008[20] 9 26 2 0
2010[21] 11 26 0 0
2011[2] 13 24 0 0
2012 16 21 0 0
2014 20 16 0 1
2015[22] 19 18 0 0
2016[23] 20 17 0 0
2018[24] 20 17 0 0
2019[25] 19 17 0 0 Borough boundary changes took place reducing the number of seats from 37 to 36.
2021 17 18 0 0 In addition, one existing Independent former Labour councillor remained on the council.
2022 18 17 0 0 One by-election was still ongoing, subsequently won by Labour.
2023 20 16 0 0

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[26] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Langley Green 28 November 1996 Labour Labour
West Green by-election 14 September 2000 Labour Labour
Pound Hill South 2 October 2003 Conservative Conservative
Northgate 15 October 2009 Liberal Democrats Labour
Tilgate 7 October 2010 Conservative Labour
Southgate 9 October 2014 UKIP Labour
Maidenbower 4 May 2017 Conservative Conservative
Pound Hill South and Worth 8 June 2017 Conservative Conservative
Tilgate 26 September 2019 Conservative Conservative
Southgate 9 June 2022 Labour Labour
Pound Hill South By-Election 2 October 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 548 51.3 -5.8
Labour 234 21.9 -3.9
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay 210 19.7 +2.6
Green 76 7.1 +7.1
Majority 314 29.4
Turnout 1,068 19.8
Conservative hold Swing
Northgate By-Election 15 October 2009[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geraint Thomas 527 43.3 +19.0
Conservative Ryan Smith 446 36.7 +18.9
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise 230 18.9 -26.6
Justice Party Arshad Khan 13 1.1 -8.4
Majority 81 6.6
Turnout 1,216 31.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Tilgate By-Election 7 October 2010[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Lloyd 764 50.8 +15.2
Conservative Ray Ward 656 43.9 +2.8
UKIP Maurice Day 79 5.2 +5.2
Justice Party Arshad Khan 6 0.4 +0.4
Majority 108 6.9
Turnout 1,505 32 -7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Southgate By-Election 9 October 2014[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Pickett 733 44.1 +9
Conservative Jan Tarrant 642 38.6 +6.1
UKIP Simon Darroch 277 16.7 -6.7
Justice Party Arshad Khan 10 0.6 +0.6
Majority 91 5.5
Turnout 1,662 25 -13.3
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Maidenbower By-Election 4 May 2017[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Boxall 1,377 65.1 -5.8
Labour Morgan Flack 413 19.5 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Cummings 178 8.4 +8.4
UKIP Allan Griffiths 100 4.7 +4.7
Green Richard Kail 48 2.3 -7.8
Majority 964 45.6
Turnout 2,116
Conservative hold Swing
Pound Hill South and Worth By-Election 8 June 2017[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Pendlington 2,435 52.2 -7.5
Labour Colin Flack 1,677 36.0 +2.6
Green Daniel Elliott 193 4.1 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Harry Old 192 4.1 +4.1
UKIP Janet Setford-Thompson 165 3.5 +3.5
Majority 758 16.3
Turnout 4,662
Conservative hold Swing
Tilgate By-Election 26 September 2019[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Mwagale 741 57.0
Labour Kiran Khan 396 30.5
Liberal Democrats Angharad Old 82 6.3
Green Derek Hardman 75 5.8
Justice Party Arshad Khan 5 0.4
Majority 345 26.6
Turnout 1,299
Conservative hold Swing
Southgate By-Election 9 June 2022[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Noyce 938 50.1
Conservative Jan Tarrant 790 42.2
Green Richard Kail 144 7.7
Majority 148 7.9
Turnout 1,872
Labour hold Swing

References

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