Sompting & North Lancing (electoral division)
Coordinates: 50°50′59″N 0°19′57″W / 50.84974°N 0.33259°W
| Sompting & North Lancing | |
|---|---|
.png) Shown within West Sussex | |
| District: | Adur |
| UK Parliament Constituency: | East Worthing & Shoreham |
| Ceremonial county: | West Sussex |
| EU Constituency: | South East England |
| Electorate (2009): | 8609 |
| County Councillor | |
| Lionel Parsons (UKIP) | |
Sompting & North Lancing is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on the West Sussex County Council.
Extent
The division covers the neighbourhoods of North Lancing and Sompting, and the hamlets of Coombes and Sompting Abbotts. It also includes Lancing College.
It comprises the following Adur district wards: Cokeham Ward, the north part of Manor Ward, and Peverel Ward; and the following civil parishes: Coombes, the north part of Lancing, and Sompting.
2013 Election
Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:
| Sompting & North Lancing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| UKIP | Lionel Parsons | 1,144 | 45.5 | +20.9 | |
| Conservative | Carson Albury | 773 | 30.7 | -14.6 | |
| Labour | Alun Jones | 368 | 14.6 | +2.4 | |
| Green | Simon Williams | 124 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patricia Izod | 107 | 4.3 | -13.7 | |
| Majority | 371 | 14.8 | +14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,516 | 28.9 | -6.4 | ||
| UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | 17.8% Con to UKIP | |||
2009 Election
Results of the election which took place on 4 June 2009:
| Sompting & North Lancing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Simmons | 1,376 | 45.3 | n/a | |
| UKIP | Reuben Whiting | 747 | 24.6 | n/a | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Burt | 546 | 18.0 | n/a | |
| Labour | Barry Mear | 370 | 12.2 | n/a | |
| Majority | 629 | 20.7 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 3,039 | 35.3 | n/a | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
Election Results - West Sussex County Council