2015 Crawley Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2015 Crawley Borough Council election[1] [2]
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2014 Crawley Borough Council election
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2016 Crawley Borough Council election
Next Year:2016
Seats For Election:12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
Majority Seats:19
Election Date:7 May 2015
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election1:20
Seats Before1:21
Seats1:3
Seat Change1:2
Popular Vote1:15,671
Percentage1:37.2%
Seats After1:19
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election2:16
Seats Before2:16
Seats2:9
Seat Change2:2
Popular Vote2:21,760
Percentage2:51.6%
Seats After2:18
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Labour

The 2015 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect third of the members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England as part of the English local elections coinciding with the 2015 General Election.[3] The seats up for election were last contested in 2011.

Results

The Labour Party governing group of councillors saw their majority reduced to one councillor, with one gained by a Conservative, keeping some areas of the authority having no representatives within the group with control of the council. Five of six seats held were retained by Labour candidates, keeping some areas with sole majority party representation. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place. Seats from two lower-population wards were without elections in 2015.[4] [5] [6]

Ward by ward

Southgate

Tilgate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local Election Results 2015. Andrew Teale. Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. Web site: Local elections 2015. 18 June 2015. House of Commons Library. Steven Ayres. 18.
  3. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums . 8 April 2015 . The Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums . 15 March 2015 . live.
  4. http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/ve-hammered-confesses-Labour-leader/story-26488003-detail/story.html Election result
  5. http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/labour-hold-crawley-borough-council-by-slimmest-majority-1-6734688 "Labour hold Crawley Borough Council by slimmest majority"
  6. http://crawley.gov.uk/pw/Council_Services_and_Democracy/Elections/Election_Results/PUB172293 2011 results showing by ward with all candidates' votes
  7. Web site: Three senior Crawley Tories defect to UKIP . 29 July 2013 . Crawley and Horley Observer.
  8. Web site: Crawley UKIP chairman was given only a day’s notice of councillor’s resignation . 29 August 2014 . Crawley and Horley Observer .