Mid Sussex
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| Mid Sussex District | |
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 Shown within West Sussex |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South East England |
| Historic County: | Sussex |
| Admin. County: | West Sussex |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 146th 334.02 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Haywards Heath |
| ONS code: | 45UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 145th 129,000 386 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.4% White |
| Politics | |
 Mid Sussex District Council http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Nick Herbert, Francis Maude, Nicholas Soames |
Mid Sussex is a local government district in South East England - part of the county of West Sussex. It contains the towns of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill.
The district was created on April 1, 1974, and replaced the urban districts of Cuckfield, Burgess Hill, and East Grinstead and nearly all of Cuckfield Rural District. These districts had previously been under East Sussex.
[edit] Civil parishes
Within the District are the following civil parishes:
- Albourne
- Ardingly
- Ashurst Wood
- Balcombe
- Bolney
- Burgess Hill
- Cuckfield
- Cuckfield Rural
- East Grinstead
- Fulking
- Hassocks
- Haywards Heath
- Horsted Keynes
- Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common
- Lindfield
- Lindfield Rural
- Newtimber
- Poynings
- Pyecombe
- Slaugham
- Turners Hill
- Twineham
- West Hoathly
- Worth
[edit] Local Politics
Mid Sussex is a Conservative Constituency, with the current Member of Parliament (MP) Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Winston Churchill. In the 2005 general election, the Conservatives represented by Soames won 48.0% of the popular vote, a 1.8% increase, the Liberal Democrats represented by Serena Tierney took 36.1% of votes, a 5.0% increase, the Labour Party with Robert Fromant managed 12.7% of the vote, a 6.1% decrease, and the United Kingdom Independence Party candidate Harold Piggott received 3.2%, a 0.7% increase. The turnout for Mid Sussex was 49 494 people, accounting for 68.6% of the population of Mid Sussex eligible to vote. This was a 3.7% increase.
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