2015 Horsham District Council election

The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election. The Conservatives secured a majority of 17, which was the largest majority any party has ever achieved at a Horsham District Council election.

2015 Horsham District Council election
7 May 2015
All 44 seats to Horsham District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won 39 4 1
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 4 Decrease 1

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
34 8 2
Con LDem Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
39 4 1
Con LDem Ind

Results summary
2015 Horsham District Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 5 0 Increase 5 88.6 56.4 77,647 0.0
  Liberal Democrats 4 0 4 Decrease 4 9.1 17.2 23,732 -7.2
  Independent 1 0 1 Decrease 1 2.3 2.4 3,300 -1.3
  UKIP 0 – – Steady 0.0 10.1 13,844 +3.3
  Labour 0 - - Steady 0.0 7.8 10,736 +0.6
  Green 0 – – Steady 0.0 5.9 8,071 +4.8
  Peace 0 – – Steady 0.0 0.3 418 0.0

Ward results

Billingshurst and Shipley
Billingshurst and Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Jupp 2,883 38.6 -3.7
Conservative Gordon Lindsay 2,532
Conservative Kathleen Rowbottom 2,424
UKIP Patrick Dearsley 1,301 17.4 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Brundish 1,209 16.2 -0.2
Green Tia Kuchmy 1,072 14.3 +14.3
Labour Keith Maslin 1,013 13.5 +1.4
Turnout 69.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Coldwell 1,581 48.3 +3.9
Conservative Ben Staines 1,542
Liberal Democrats David Boyle 741 22.6 -12.5
Green Michael Croker 584 17.8 +17.8
Labour Jean Sadgrove 366 11.2 +0.4
Labour Adrian Norridge 334
Turnout 70.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Broadbridge Heath
Broadbridge Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew French 784 40.4 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Curnock 672 34.6 -3.3
UKIP Uri Baran 304 15.7 +6.9
Green Shaun Longhurst 180 9.3 +9.3
Turnout 70.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Chanctonbury
Chanctonbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Circus 2,943 53.4 -3.7
Conservative John Blackall 2,926
Conservative Eric Jenkins 2,586
UKIP Graham Croft-Smith 1,425 25.8 +13.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin 1,147 20.8 +3.8
Turnout 75.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chantry
Chantry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Dawe 3,413 45.6 -8.9
Conservative James Sanson 2,967
Conservative Paul Marshall 2,771
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holbrook-Sishton 1,473 19.7 +1.5
UKIP Peter Westrip 1,370 18.3 +5.4
Green Katherine Hope 1,225 16.4 +16.4
Turnout 73.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Chowen 2,087 71.4 +5.0
Conservative Roger Clarke 2,071
Liberal Democrats Laurence Price 837 28.6 -5.0
Turnout 72.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Denne
Denne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Lee 1,253 31.8 -7.1
Conservative Antony Hogben 1,228
Independent David Sheldon 797 20.2 +20.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fairweather-Tall 738 18.7 -18.4
Labour Kevin O'Sullivan 616 15.6 +1.5
UKIP Raymond Toot 541 13.7 +3.8
Turnout 68.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

David Sheldon was elected as a Liberal Democrat in Denne ward in 2011, the year when this seat was last up for election, he resigned from the party in 2014.[2]

Forest
Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Godfrey Newman 1,125 48.2
Conservative Linda Pettitt 987 42.3
Green Darrin Green 222 9.5
Turnout 78.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Henfield
Henfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Morgan 1,370 35.3 +35.3
Conservative Brian O'Connell 1,250 32.2 +1.4
Conservative Helena Croft 1,032
Green Steve Law 469 12.1 +12.1
Labour Paul Crowe 440 11.3 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Jessica Sproxton Miller 349 9.0 -3.4
Turnout 70.9
Independent gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Holbrook East
Holbrook East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Baldwin 1,590 40.8 -19.5
Conservative Karen Burgess 1,356
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sharp 698 17.9 -2.0
UKIP Christopher Brown 587 15.0 +8.6
Labour Sheila Chapman 582 14.9 +1.5
Green Robert Turner 444 11.4 +11.4
Turnout 73.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Holbrook West
Holbrook West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Burgess 1,711 49.7 -4.4
Conservative Christian Mitchell 1,699
Liberal Democrats Peter Mullarky 675 19.6 -5.6
UKIP John Randell 583 16.9 +9.2
Labour Linda Hugl 474 13.8 +0.8
Labour Anthony Guyton 426
Turnout 73.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Horsham Park
Horsham Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josh Murphy 1,501 32.0 +2.3
Liberal Democrats David Skipp 1,400 29.9 -2.7
Conservative Connor Relleen 1,332
Liberal Democrats Gregory Collins 1,256
Liberal Democrats Frances Haigh 1,193
Conservative Robyn van Ryssen 1,062
Labour Carol Hayton 769 16.4 -2.5
Labour Raymond Chapman 737
Labour David Hide 655
UKIP Ian Tandy 601 12.8 +3.9
Peace Jim Duggan 418 8.9 -1.0
Turnout 66.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Ritchie 1,661 52.5 +0.7
Conservative Patricia Youtan 1,622
UKIP Stuart Aldridge 705 22.3 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Cornelia Butler 519 16.4 -6.2
Liberal Democrats John Fry 456
Labour Neal Harris 278 8.8 +8.8
Turnout 71.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Nuthurst
Nuthurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antoinette Bradnum 1,142 60.4 -8.3
Liberal Democrats Lesley Hendy 283 15.0 -5.6
UKIP Graham Harper 270 14.3 +3.5
Green Darius Assassi 195 10.3 +10.3
Turnout 77.5
Conservative hold Swing

Pulborough and Coldwatham
Pulborough and Coldwatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Clarke 1,940 47.5 -5.1
Conservative Brian Donnelly 1,609
UKIP John Wallace 813 19.9 +7.1
UKIP Elizabeth Wallace 592
Green Martin Dale 538 13.2 -1.4
Labour Antony Bignell 422 10.3 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Rosalyn Deedman 372 9.1 -1.5
Turnout 67.5
Conservative hold Swing

Roffey North
Roffey North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Britten 1,257 35.2 -4.2
Conservative Jonathan Dancer 1,198
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bevis 879 24.6 -12.2
Liberal Democrats Warwick Hellawell 836
UKIP Ivor Williams 634 17.8 +6.8
UKIP Ruth Williams 545
Labour George Murrell 478 13.4 +0.6
Independent Nicholas Butler 319 8.9 +8.9
Turnout 71.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Independent candidate Nicholas Butler stood as a Liberal Democrat in 2011 in Roffey North.

Roffey South
Roffey South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Torn 1,450 41.1 -3.9
Conservative Roy Cornell 1,250
UKIP Roger Arthur 644 18.3 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Belinda Walters 627 17.8 -12.3
UKIP Tony Rickett 484
Labour Margaret Cornwell 454 12.9 -1.4
Labour Ian Nicol 370
Green Allan Spraggon 351 10.0 +10.0
Turnout 67.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rudgwick
Rudgwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Bailey 870 54.5 -6.2
Green Graham Avery 726 45.5 +45.5
Turnout 87.1
Conservative hold Swing

Rusper and Colgate
Rusper and Colgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Kitchen 1,198 74.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Millson 224 13.9 -1.2
Green Darren Jugurnauth 192 11.9 +11.9
Turnout 75.0
Conservative hold Swing

Southwater
Southwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Chidlow 2,583 35.8 -18.4
Conservative Ian Howard 2,442
Conservative Claire Vickers 2,347
Liberal Democrats Gary Charman 1,233 17.1 -14.2
UKIP Christopher Heath 1,099 15.2 +0.7
UKIP Neil Whitear 946
Independent Roger Smith 814 11.3 +11.3
Green Peter Shaw 801 11.1 +11.1
Liberal Democrats Derek Deedman 743
Labour Jacqueline Little 690 9.6 +9.6
Turnout 71.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Former Horsham Football Club manager, Gary Charman, stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Southwater following the council rejecting the football clubs planning application for a stadium at Hop Oast.[3] The location of the ground falls into the Southwater ward and was opposed by the Conservative councillors representing the ward at the time. A different application at the same location was approved in 2017.[4]

Steyning
Steyning
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Lloyd 1,907 46.2 +16.8
Conservative Michael Willett 1,511
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hopkinson 916 22.2 -1.6
Green Robert Platt 680 16.5 +16.5
Labour Jill Allen 628 15.2 +7.6
Labour Elizabeth Edmonds 562
Turnout 72.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Trafalgar
Trafalgar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Costin 1,677 40.9 -4.8
Liberal Democrats Leonard Crosbie 1,454
Conservative Ian Shepherd 1,185 28.9 -4.9
Conservative Ronald Vimpany 964
Labour Alexandra Davis 442 10.8 +1.8
UKIP Carol Bowring 400 9.8 +3.7
Green Margaret Weir-Wilson 392 9.6 +4.2
Turnout 74.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References
  1. Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. "Horsham Lib Dem councillor quits party and becomes independent". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
  3. "Former Horsham manager stands as Lib Dem in elections". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
  4. "Horsham FC's new ground approved". www.wscountytimes.co.uk.
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