Election Name: | 2023 Crawley Borough Council election |
Country: | West Sussex |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2022 Crawley Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Crawley Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | 12 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 19 |
Leader1: | Michael Jones |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 19 seats, 44.7% |
Seats Before1: | 19 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seats After1: | 20 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 11,354 |
Percentage1: | 47.6% |
Swing1: | 2.9% |
Leader2: | Duncan Crow |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 17 seats, 41.9% |
Seats Before2: | 17 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seats After2: | 16 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,581 |
Percentage2: | 40.2% |
Swing2: | 1.7% |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Michael Jones |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Michael Jones |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The council was under Labour majority control prior to the election, with the party having a two seat majority over the Conservatives. Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives at this election to increase their majority.[2] [3]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[4] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[5]