Chichester East (electoral division)

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

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

External links

Electoral Divisions in West Sussex

Conservative	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Wick Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadwater Burgess Hill East Burgess Hill Town Chichester North Chichester South Chichester West Cissbury Chichester East Cuckfield and Lucastes East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Fernhurst Fontwell Goring Hassocks and Victoria Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Imberdown Kingston Buci Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower Petworth Pound Hill and Worth Pulborough Roffey Rustington Shoreham Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick Storrington The Witterings Tilgate and Furnace Green Warnham and Rusper Worth Forest Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West

UKIP	Bersted Bourne Durrington and Salvington Felpham Lancing Middleton Nyetimber Saltings Selsey Sompting and North Lancing

Liberal Democrats	Bognor Regis East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath Littlehampton East Littlehampton Town Northbrook Tarring

Labour	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Gossops Green and Ifield East Langley Green and West Green Northgate and Three Bridges Southgate and Crawley Central

Independent	Midhurst

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