Mid Sussex District Council elections

Mid Sussex District Council is elected every four years.

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially acting as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–1979
	Conservative	1979–1995
	Liberal Democrats	1995–1999
	Conservative	1999–2023
	No overall control	2023-present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2006 have been:[1]

Councillor		From	To
Christine Field	Conservative		17 May 2006
Patrick Shanahan	Conservative	17 May 2006	6 May 2007
Gordon Marples	Conservative	16 May 2007	31 Oct 2009
Garry Wall	Conservative	18 Nov 2009	5 May 2019
Jonathan Ash-Edwards	Conservative	22 May 2019	4 May 2023[2]
Robert Eggleston	Liberal Democrats	24 May 2023[3]

Council elections

1973 Mid Sussex District Council election
1976 Mid Sussex District Council election
1979 Mid Sussex District Council election
1983 Mid Sussex District Council election (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)[4][5]
1984 Mid Sussex District Council election
1986 Mid Sussex District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6]
1987 Mid Sussex District Council election
1991 Mid Sussex District Council election
1995 Mid Sussex District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[7][8]
1999 Mid Sussex District Council election
2003 Mid Sussex District Council election (New ward boundaries)[9]
2007 Mid Sussex District Council election
2011 Mid Sussex District Council election
2015 Mid Sussex District Council election
2019 Mid Sussex District Council election
2023 Mid Sussex District Council Election

Election results

	Overall control		Conservative		Lib Dems		Labour		Green		Independent
2023	NOC	18		20		1		4		5
2019	Con	34		13		-		3		4
2015	Con	54		-		-		-		-
2011	Con	45		8		1		-		-
2007	Con	30		23		1		-		-
2003	Con	28		24		2		-		-

By-election results

2003-2007

Hurstpierpoint and Downs By-Election 5 May 2005[10][11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Maidment	1,890	50.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Jackson	1,240	33.1	-0.8
	Labour	Ann Morgan	619	16.5	-3.0
Majority			650	17.3
Turnout			3,749
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Burgess Hill St Andrews By-Election 3 July 2008 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Henwood	876
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Knight	829
	Conservative	Peter Burgess	561
	Conservative	Jim Clapperton	501
	Green	Philip Smith	65
	Labour	Leigh Marshall	40
Turnout			2,872	42.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hurstpierpoint and Downs By-Election 24 July 2008[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Callaghan	1,040	51.4	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Jackson	608	30.1	+3.3
	Green	Mike Airey	374	18.5	-4.8
Majority			432	21.3
Turnout			2,022	35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Bentswood By-Election 22 January 2009[13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Balls	514	36.9	+1.4
	Labour	Richard Goddard	456	32.7	-2.6
	Conservative	Andy Mackintosh	332	23.8	-5.4
	BNP	Tony Brewer	92	6.6	+6.6
Majority			58	4.2
Turnout			1,394
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cuckfield By-Election 6 May 2010[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Salisbury	1,597	54.0	-11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blanch	1,362	46.0	+11.7
Majority			235	8.0
Turnout			2,959
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Heath By-Election 6 May 2010[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Ng	1,350	46.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Robert Salisbury	1,310	45.5	-9.0
	Labour	Alan Yates	221	7.7	+7.7
Majority			40	1.4
Turnout			2,881
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

High Weald By-Election 6 May 2010[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon McMenemy	1,670	55.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Lucraft	922	30.9	+15.0
	Green	Paul Brown	395	13.2	-15.9
Majority			748	25.0
Turnout			2,987
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hurstpierpoint and Downs By-Election 6 May 2010[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon McMenemy	2,362	56.1	+15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Jackson	1,848	43.9	+17.1
Majority			514	12.2
Turnout			4,210
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Franklands By-Election 29 July 2010[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John de Mierre	545	50.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Raha Kazemi	464	43.3	+27.8
	Independent	Colin Bates	63	5.9	+5.9
Majority			81	7.6
Turnout			1,072
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Cuckfield By-Election 2 May 2013[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pete Bradbury	770	57.8	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blanch	429	32.2	-0.7
	Labour	Stuart Gilboy	134	10.1	+3.1
Majority			341	25.6
Turnout			1,333
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Franklands By-Election 19 December 2013[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick Clarke	414	45.6	-8.0
	UKIP	Howard Burrell	269	29.6	+29.6
	Labour	Gregory Mountain	103	11.3	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Lucraft	91	10.0	-12.6
	Green	Miranda Diboll	31	3.4	+3.4
Majority			145	16.0
Turnout			908
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Lucastes By-Election 23 October 2014[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Rawlinson	524	56.4	+3.9
	UKIP	Marc Montgomery	203	21.9	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Chapman	112	12.1	-10.9
	Labour	Henry Fowler	90	9.7	+9.7
Majority			321	34.6
Turnout			929
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bolney By-Election 13 November 2014[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Allen	261	42.9	-24.2
	UKIP	Anthony Williams	187	30.7	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hicks	161	26.4	+6.9
Majority			74	12.2
Turnout			609
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Bolney By-Election 4 May 2017[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Llewellyn-Burke	562	65.7	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Jackson	201	23.5	-4.9
	UKIP	Peter Hopgood	59	6.9	-12.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron von Thunderclap	33	3.9	+3.9
Majority			361	42.2
Turnout			855
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burgess Hill Franklands By-Election 4 May 2017[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Claire Fussell	757	44.4	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Allen	600	35.2	+13.6
	Labour	Elaine Bolton	175	10.3	-1.3
	UKIP	Chris French	91	5.3	-9.8
	Green	Robert Duggan	81	4.8	-4.4
Majority			157	9.2
Turnout			1,704
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hassocks By-Election 8 June 2017 (2 seats)[26]
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Michelle Binks	2,023
Liberal Democrats	Susan Hatton	1,931
Conservative	Jessica Edwards	1,835
Liberal Democrats	Gemma Stockford	1,536
Labour	Will Matthews	1,042
Labour	Harry Young	812
Green	Viv Aloy	512
Conservative hold		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

East Grinstead Imberhorne By-Election 26 October 2017[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rex Whittaker	540	58.5	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Martin	206	22.3	+22.3
	Labour	David Wilbraham	110	11.9	-8.7
	Independent	Ian Sanders	67	7.3	+7.3
Majority			334	36.2
Turnout			923
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Copthorne and Worth By-Election 6 May 2021[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Forbes	810	61.6	+26.7
	Green	Matthew Brewin	284	21.6	+21.6
	Independent	Norman Mockford	221	16.8	+16.8
Majority			526	40.0
Turnout			1,315
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Ardingly and Balcombe By-Election 8 July 2021[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jenny Edwards	452	36.9	+13.6
	Conservative	Lorraine Nunes-Carvalho	409	33.4	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Jerrit	340	27.8	+1.0
	Independent	Carole Steggles	23	1.9	+1.9
Majority			43	3.5
Turnout			1,224
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Bolney By-Election 15 September 2022[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kristy Adams	301	50.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jackson	163	27.4	+8.3
	Labour	Andrew Foster	66	11.1	+4.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron von Thunderclap	30	5.0	+5.0
	Green	Sue Kelly	28	4.7	-8.8
	Independent	Norman Mockford	7	1.2	+1.2
Majority			138	23.2
Turnout			595
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Council minutes". Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
"Full Mid Sussex District Council election results - here's how it all unfolded". SussexWorld. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
"Joint administration confirmed for Mid Sussex District Council". www.midsussex.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
The Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1982
The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
The Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1985
legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Hurstpierpoint and Downs Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
"ELECTION OF A COUNCILLOR FOR THE HURSTPIERPOINT AND DOWNS WARD OF THE DISTRICT OF MID SUSSEX" (PDF). midsussex.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
"Hurstpierpoint and Downs (District Council By-election) 2008". Mid Sussex District Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Bentswood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL HAYWARDS HEATH BENTSWOOD WARD" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Cuckfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — High Weald Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Hurstpierpoint and Downs Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Franklands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Cuckfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Franklands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Lucastes Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Bolney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Bolney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Burgess Hill Franklands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Hassocks Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — East Grinstead Imberhorne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Copthorne and Worth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Ardingly and Balcombe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Bolney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

External links

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[1] "Council minutes". Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[2] "Full Mid Sussex District Council election results - here's how it all unfolded". SussexWorld. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[3] "Joint administration confirmed for Mid Sussex District Council". www.midsussex.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[4] The Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1982

[5] The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

[6] The Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1985

[7] slation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[9] slation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Sussex (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[10] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hurstpierpoint and Downs Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[11] "ELECTION OF A COUNCILLOR FOR THE HURSTPIERPOINT AND DOWNS WARD OF THE DISTRICT OF MID SUSSEX" (PDF). midsussex.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[downs-12] "Hurstpierpoint and Downs (District Council By-election) 2008". Mid Sussex District Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2008.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Bentswood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[14] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL HAYWARDS HEATH BENTSWOOD WARD" (PDF). Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cuckfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[16] "Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project — High Weald Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[18] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hurstpierpoint and Downs Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[19] "Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Franklands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[20] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cuckfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Franklands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[22] "Local Elections Archive Project — Haywards Heath Lucastes Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[23] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bolney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[24] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bolney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[25] "Local Elections Archive Project — Burgess Hill Franklands Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[26] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hassocks Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[27] "Local Elections Archive Project — East Grinstead Imberhorne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[28] "Local Elections Archive Project — Copthorne and Worth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[29] "Local Elections Archive Project — Ardingly and Balcombe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

[30] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bolney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

Council elections in West Sussex
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Arun	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Chichester	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Crawley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Horsham	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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See also: Wards Boundary changes