West Sussex Council election, 2005

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Elections to West Sussex County Council were held on 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held overall control.

[edit] Election Result

West Sussex Local Election Result 2005
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	46			+6	65.71	43.17	192,328
	Liberal Democrat	17			-2	24.29	32.72	145,767
	Labour	7			-4	10.00	17.76	79,139
	UK Independence	0				0.00	2.98	13,283
	Green	0				0.00	2.28	10,145
	Independent	0			-1	0.00	0.84	3,761
	British National Party	0				0.00	0.20	888
	Monster Raving Loony	0				0.00	0.04	192

[edit] Results by wards

Angmering and Findon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr O V Wingrove	2,454
	Liberal Democrat	Mr T J Richards	1,847
	UK Independence	Mr P Russo	588
Majority			607
Turnout			4,889	66.76

Arundel and Wick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr D N Britton	1,723
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D E Leggatt	1,254
	Labour	Mr D F Dyball	1,206
	UK Independence	Mr H F Whitaker	411
Majority			469
Turnout			4,594	64.89

Bersted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr S E McDougall	1,684
	Labour	Mr S Holland	1,661
	Conservative	Mr B W Widger	1,600
	UK Independence	Mr J R W Spencer	598
Majority			23
Turnout			5,543	58.89

Bewbush, Gossops Green & Southgate (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mr C J Mullins	3,674
	Labour	Mrs J C Sully	2,856
	Conservative	Mr B K Blake	2,763
	Conservative	Mr H S Bloom	2,707
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J C Bonner	1,526
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D C Wise	1,142
	Green	Rev M D Liles	747
Turnout			15,415	54.77

Billingshurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr O J Davies	2,950
	Liberal Democrat	Mr G F H Lawes	2,078
	Labour	Ms S Morton	797
Majority			872
Turnout			5,825	66.46

Bognor Regis East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr F R J Oppler	1,331
	Labour	Mr M G Jones	1,228
	Conservative	Mr D M Machonachie	1,206
	UK Independence	Mr A Otton	398
Majority			103
Turnout			4,163	55.21

Bognor Regis West and Aldwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr R B Brown	2,171
	Liberal Democrat	Mr B Dodd	1,860
	UK Independence	Mr I A Fraser	679
Majority			311
Turnout			4,710	61.94

Bourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr T M E Dunn	2,377
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R A Gowlett	1,922
	Labour	Mr J Baker	841
	Independent	Mrs C H Phillips	375
	UK Independence	Mrs A R Denny	347
Majority			455
Turnout			5,862	65.63

Bramber Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D R Deedman	3,056
	Conservative	Mr A N Whall	2,473
	Labour	Mr P Hilditch	737
Majority			583
Turnout			6,266	70.44

Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mr J McGough	1,861
	Conservative	Mr M T Head	1,291
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M R Scott	723
	UK Independence	Mr D A Hardman	212
Majority			570
Turnout			4,087	49.15

Burgess Hill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs S Knight	4,940
	Conservative	Mr A J Barrett-Miles	4,677
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs J M Henwood	4,627
	Conservative	Mrs J A Landriani	4,445
	Labour	Mr I Renshaw	1,495
	Labour	Mr A L West	977
	Green	Mrs M J McGregor	930
Turnout			22,091	67.90

Chichester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A R H Smith	2,191
	Conservative	Mr S I King	1,765
	Labour	Mr B Earnshaw-Mansell	1,047
	UK Independence	Mr A S Preater-Cole	368
Majority			426
Turnout			5,371	59.21

Chichester North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M N Hall	2,628
	Conservative	Mrs H A Flynn	1,884
	Labour	Mr D Morrison	593
	UK Independence	Mr M A H Mason	290
Majority			744
Turnout			5,395	68.36

Chichester South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A D Chaplin	2,244
	Conservative	Mr A P Dignum	2,034
	Labour	Mr M J Few	891
	UK Independence	Mr N D W Sitwell	374
Majority			210
Turnout			5,543	65.34

Chichester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms M L Goldsmith	2,446
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J R Campling	2,051
	Labour	Mr R J Hastings	875
	UK Independence	Mr J McCulloch	367
	Independent	Mr A J Phillips	268
	Independent	Mr R I Apel	202
Majority			395
Turnout			6,209	68.91

Cuckfield & Lucastes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs A M Morris	2,633
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs I Balls	1,556
	Labour	Mr D W Davies	423
	Green	Mr P B Wemyss-Gorman	354
Majority			1,077
Turnout			4,966	72.80

East Grinstead (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs M E Collins	4,802
	Conservative	Mrs M M Ball	4,680
	Conservative	Mr A G Bass	4,449
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A N Brock	4,138
	Labour	Mr S D Fallowell	1,257
	Labour	Mr D A Irvine	875
Turnout			20,201	66.60

East Preston and Ferring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P C Evans	3,781
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J M Richards	1,464
	Labour	Mr H E Miller	1,015
	UK Independence	Mr P V Skinner	348
Majority			2,317
Turnout			6,608	69.75

Felpham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr G G Blampied	2,371
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M J Harvey	1,663
	Labour	Mr J B Cosgrove	727
	UK Independence	Mr A J Richardson	482
Majority			708
Turnout			5,243	68.46

Fernhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lt Con T Pemberton	3,022
	Liberal Democrat	Mr K V Rowsell	1,848
	Labour	Mr B R D Hollowood	616
	UK Independence	Mr D E Denny	295
Majority			1,174
Turnout			5,781	70.52

Fontwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr D R Whittington	2,775
	Liberal Democrat	Mr I S Menzies	2,055
	UK Independence	Mr J Dunning	728
Majority			720
Turnout			5,558	65.50

Gaisford (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr P E Green	5,012
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D R M Lissenburg	4,238
	Conservative	Mrs M F Lermitte	3,452
	Conservative	Mr J L Rogers	3,413
	Labour	Mr J S Gardiner	1,736
	Labour	Mr J M Turley	1,465
	Green	Ms M Hillcoat	1,117
	Independent	Mr I D Sandell	426
Turnout			20,859	58.42

Goring & Northbrook (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr K C R Mercer	4,024
	Conservative	Mr S G Waight	3,766
	Liberal Democrat	Mr N C Rodgers	3,279
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R T Rogers	3,078
	Labour	Mr A Bignell	1,384
	Labour	Mr N T Duffy	1,302
	Green	Mr A M Stace	698
	UK Independence	Mr R G Bater	628
	UK Independence	Mr C M Woodward	515
Turnout			18,674	61.00

Hassocks & Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dr C E Wilsdon	2,818
	Conservative	Mr S K J Bell	2,632
	Labour	Mrs A P Piercy	697
	Green	Mr D M Hammond	423
Majority			186
Turnout			6,570	69.90

Haywards Heath East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr A J De-Mierre	1,779
	Liberal Democrat	Ms J Brown	1,615
	Labour	Mr P J Henry	1,504
Majority			164
Turnout			4,898	67.60

Haywards Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr B Hall	2,096
	Conservative	Mrs M N Baker	2,052
	Labour	Mr R Goddard	846
	Green	Mr P P Smith	324
Majority			44
Turnout			5,318	70.00

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr L H Barnard	3,381
	Liberal Democrat	Mr F W S Taylor	2,086
Majority			1,295
Turnout			5,467	67.67

Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P C Catchpole	2,546
	Liberal Democrat	Mr L J C Crosbie	2,374
	Labour	Mr R E Chapman	815
Majority			172
Turnout			5,734	68.70

Horsham Carfax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dr N P S Dennis	3,018
	Conservative	Ms E A Ostacchini	2,013
	Labour	Ms K J Goddard	815
Majority			1,005
Turnout			5,846	67.90

Horsham Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs M E Millson	3,015
	Conservative	Mr N R M Lowson	1,915
	Labour	Mr J D Thomas	873
Majority			1,100
Turnout			5,803	67.30

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P A D Griffiths	2,816
	Liberal Democrat	Mr N C S Cook	1,479
	Labour	Mr M P Uhlhorn	745
	Monster Raving Loony	Mr P B Berry	192
Majority			1,337
Turnout			5,232	70.70

Ifield, Langley Green & West Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mr J Mortimer	3,906
	Labour	Mr J G T Smith	3,173
	Conservative	Mr J I Denman	2,295
	Conservative	Mr C J Skinner	2,075
	Liberal Democrat	Mr B J Hamilton	1,411
	Liberal Democrat	Mr K J R Osborne	1,175
	British National Party	Mr G W Baldwin	673
	Green	Mr A S D Graham	586
Turnout			15,294	55.74

Imberdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P A C Coote	2,533
	Liberal Democrat	Mr E A Matthews	1,312
	Green	Ms C W Edminson	805
	Labour	Mr M Briggs	578
Majority			1,221
Turnout			5,228	71.90

Kingston Buci
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P A Graysmark	1,674
	Labour Co-op	Mr A P Bray	1,315
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs J Goldsbrough-Jones	1,065
	UK Independence	Mr M C Henn	256
	Green	Mr V Tilsley	227
Majority			359
Turnout			4,537	61.90

Lancing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr C R Albury	2,201
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R T Burt	1,799
	Labour	Mr K G Bashford	1,470
	UK Independence	Mr L W Parsons	413
Majority			731
Turnout			5,883	59.50

Lindfield & High Weald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs M D Johnson	3,586
	Liberal Democrat	Ms A Lucraft	2,045
	Green	Mr P E M Brown	646
	Labour	Mr J M Crawford	613
Majority			1,514
Turnout			6,890	73.46

Littlehampton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dr J M M Walsh	2,132
	Conservative	Mr G M Tyler	1,837
	Labour	Mr M J Thomson	1,246
	UK Independence	Mr R H East	524
Majority			295
Turnout			5,739	62.32

Littlehampton Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mr G K O’Neill	1,399
	Conservative	Mr A W Gammon	1,016
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D M Jones	903
	UK Independence	Ms M E Lees	452
Majority			383
Turnout			3,770	53.51

Middleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs C A Freeman	2,528
	Liberal Democrat	Ms R A Kissell	1,181
	Labour	Mr S B McConnell	989
	UK Independence	Mr A C Sutcliffe	459
Majority			1,347
Turnout			5,157	63.60

Midhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms N J Hendon	2,222
	Independent	Mr A M Shaxson	1,653
	Liberal Democrat	Ms J R Fowler	1,612
	UK Independence	Mr P J Cole	280
Majority			569
Turnout			5,767	68.14

Northgate & Three Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms G D Joyce	1,719
	Conservative	Ms B J Burgess	1,546
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D J Barry	1,049
	British National Party	Mr R N Grice	215
	Green	Mrs M F Liles	143
Majority			173
Turnout			4,672	60.06

Nyetimber
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr M W G Coleman	3,263
	Labour	Ms P P Nash	1,468
	Liberal Democrat	Mr G C Burt	1,450
	UK Independence	Mr S D Porter	649
Majority			1,795
Turnout			6,830	68.08

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P W J Moffatt	3,524
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R Cooper	1,968
	Labour	Ms J Miller	651
	UK Independence	Ms V A Moran	354
Majority			1,556
Turnout			6,497	69.72

Pound Hill, Worth & Maidenbower (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr H E M Smith	5,532
	Conservative	Mr D G Dewdney	4,804
	Labour	Ms J Skudder	2,307
	Labour	Mr E M Sully	2,218
	Liberal Democrat	Mr E Reay	1,853
	Liberal Democrat	Mr P S Bannister	1,528
	Green	Mr B T A Liles	782
Turnout			19,024	63.41

Pulborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs P A C Arculus	3,826
	Liberal Democrat	Mr D B C Wright	2,177
Majority			1,649
Turnout			6,003	68.23

Roffey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mr W J Hellawell	2,751
	Conservative	Mr J W Charles	2,347
	Labour	Mr R M Wilson	946
Majority			404
Turnout			6,044	64.31

Rustington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P T Moor	2,817
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A S D Lauretani	1,971
	Labour	Mr A J Dines	904
	UK Independence	Ms J A Penn	413
Majority			846
Turnout			6,105	68.01

Saltings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr R B Dunn	2,106
	Liberal Democrat	Ms D G Martin	1,377
	Labour Co-op	Mr D J Yates	1,155
	UK Independence	Mr D M Pledge	227
Majority			729
Turnout			4,865	63.40

Salvington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr C A O’Neill	5,265
	Conservative	Mr C H Stevens	5,061
	Liberal Democrat	Mr M D Donin	3,404
	Liberal Democrat	Mr K D R Sunderland	3,191
	Labour	Ms H Rennie	1,797
Turnout			18,718	62.70

Selsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P E Jones	2,155
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J E Shade	1,386
	Labour	Ms M M Lawson	1,214
	UK Independence	Mr B A Smith	605
Majority			769
Turnout			5,360	64.57

Shoreham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr C R Williams	2,359
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A C Stuart	1,055
	Labour Co-op	Mr N R Sweet	965
	Green	Ms M A Martin	430
	UK Independence	Mr P R Drayton-Morris	202
Majority			1,304
Turnout			5,011	70.00

Sompting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs V M Woolhead	1,635
	Liberal Democrat	Mr S H Martin	1,230
	Labour	Mr P Berry	1,226
Majority			405
Turnout			4,091	61.10

Southwater & Nuthurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr B R A D Watson	3,057
	Liberal Democrat	Mr P J Stainton	2,608
	Labour	Mr T C Parker	646
Majority			449
Turnout			6,311	68.96

Southwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr K G Eade	1,966
	Labour Co-op	Ms A Lowe	1,423
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A J Mortimer	959
	UK Independence	Ms J C Greig	317
	Green	Ms S E Board	243
Majority			543
Turnout			4,908	64.00

Storrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr F T Wilkinson	3,767
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A G Hughes	1,619
	Labour	Ms P J Banks	1,020
Majority			2,148
Turnout			6,406	70.11

The Witterings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr J M Daws-Chew	2,339
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A G Wells	993
	Independent	Mr R J Norris	755
	Labour	Mr P J O’Sullivan	632
	UK Independence	Mr R L Wilson	450
Majority			1,346
Turnout			5,169	66.25

Tilgate & Furnace Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr D G Crow	2,302
	Labour	Mr W A Ward	2,127
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R J McMurray	963
	Green	Ms V Dore	283
Majority			175
Turnout			5,675	63.47

Warnham & Rusper
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr M P S Hodgson	3,217
	Liberal Democrat	Mr T H Pearce	1,645
	Labour	Ms J A Battersby	832
Majority			1,572
Turnout			5,694	67.28

Worth Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr W E Acraman	3,208
	Liberal Democrat	Mr G E Knight	1,327
	Labour	Mr R M Burgess	1,025
	Green	Mr M B Weller	452
Majority			1,881
Turnout			6,012	68.50

Worthing East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs I C Richards	1,866
	Conservative	Mr M Saheid	1,764
	Labour	Ms A Saunders	828
Majority			102
Turnout			4,458	57.45

Worthing Pier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr C B Roberts	1,678
	Liberal Democrat	Ms C B Brown	1,434
	Labour	Mr P H Barnes	694
	Green	Mr D H Colkett	351
Majority			244
Turnout			4,157	52.47

Worthing West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr J Livermore	2,357
	Liberal Democrat	Mr A S Rice	1,295
	Labour	Mr B F Slater	820
	Green	Mrs L Colkett	392
	UK Independence	Mr P A Ruddock	266
	Independent	Mr J D Robers	82
Majority			1,062
Turnout			5,212	60.46

[edit] References

• West Sussex Council

Preceded by West Sussex Council election, 2001

West Sussex local elections

Succeeded by West Sussex Council election, 2009