Chichester East (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°49′24″N 0°43′55″W / 50.82329°N 0.73196°W

Chichester East

Shown within West Sussex
District:Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:Chichester
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):9528
County Councillor
Simon Oakley (CON)

Chichester East is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the eastern part of the town of Chichester; and the villages of Colworth, Merston, North Mundham, Oving, Runcton, South Mundham and Tangmere.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Chichester East Ward, North Mundham Ward and Tangmere Ward; and of the following civil parishes: the eastern part of Chichester, North Mundham, Oving and Tangmere.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Chichester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Oakley 894 35.0 -0.6
Liberal Democrat Andrew Smith 663 26.0 -26.3
UKIP Alicia Denny 648 25.4 N/A
Labour Ben Earnshaw-Mansell 349 13.7 +7.7
Majority 231 9.0 +9.0
Turnout 2,554 24.4 -10.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing 12.9% LD to Con

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Chichester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Andrew Smith 1,717 52.3 +11.5
Conservative Norman Dingemans 1,168 35.6 +2.7
BNP Ray Fallick 203 6.2 +6.2
Labour June Leonard 196 6.0 -13.5
Majority 549 16.7 +8.8
Turnout 3,284 34.5 -24.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Chichester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mr A R H Smith 2,191 40.8
Conservative Mr S I King 1,765 32.9
Labour Mr B Earnshaw-Mansell 1,047 19.5
UKIP Mr A S Preater-Cole 368 6.9
Majority 426 7.9
Turnout 5,371 59.2
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

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