Election Name: | 2016 Crawley Borough Council election[1] |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2015 Crawley Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2018 Crawley Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | 12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 19 |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 9,487 |
Percentage1: | 45.1% |
Seats After1: | 20 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 16 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,856 |
Percentage2: | 42.1% |
Seats After2: | 17 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
The 2016 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
[3] The Labour Party governing group of councillors increased their majority, gaining one seat from the Conservative opposition. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place.