Broadwater (electoral division)
Coordinates: 50°49′34″N 0°22′09″W / 50.82611°N 0.36924°W
| Broadwater | |
|---|---|
.png) Shown within West Sussex | |
| District: | Worthing |
| UK Parliament Constituency: | East Worthing & Shoreham |
| Ceremonial county: | West Sussex |
| EU Constituency: | South East England |
| Electorate (2009): | 9738 |
| County Councillor | |
| Bryan Turner (Con) | |
Broadwater 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 original settlement of Worthing of Broadwater village and came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.
It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Worthing Borough and comprises the following borough wards: all but WA3 polling district of Broadwater Ward and the eastern part of Gaisford Ward.
Election Results
2013 Election
Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:
| Broadwater | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bryan Turner | 734 | 31.2 | -7.1 | |
| UKIP | Colin Avis | 646 | 27.5 | +9.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alan Rice | 601 | 25.6 | -13.2 | |
| Labour | John Turley | 369 | 15.7 | +10.2 | |
| Majority | 88 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,350 | 23.7 | -9.3 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
2009 Election
Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:
| Broadwater | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alan Rice | 1,245 | 38.8 | ||
| Conservative | Tom Wye | 1,230 | 38.3 | ||
| UKIP | Lionel Parsons | 559 | 17.4 | ||
| Labour | John Turley | 177 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | 15 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,211 | 33.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
References
Election Results - West Sussex County Council