Election Name: | 2017 West Sussex County Council election |
Country: | West Sussex |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2013 West Sussex County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | 2021 United Kingdom local elections |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Seats For Election: | All 70 seats to West Sussex County Council |
Majority Seats: | 36 |
Election Date: | 4 May 2017 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 46 |
Seats1: | 56 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 8 |
Seats2: | 9 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election3: | 6 |
Seats3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Map Size: | 400px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2017 West Sussex County Council election took place as part of the 2017 local elections in the UK.[1] All councillors were elected for single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term. The voting system used was first-past-the-post.
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[2]
The result was Conservative councillors formed an increased, 20-seat, majority on the council at the loss of the ten UKIP seats. The second-largest party grouping of councillors remained Liberal Democrats, gaining one seat to have nine seats and the balance of the council was formed by five Labour Party councillors, having lost one seat, net.
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West Sussex is composed of 7 districts: Adur District, Arun District, Chichester District, Crawley Borough, Horsham District, Mid Sussex District and Worthing Borough. The following results are grouped by district.