Hassocks & Victoria (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°55′45″N 0°08′35″W / 50.92922°N 0.14317°W / 50.92922; -0.14317

Hassocks & Victoria
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:	Arundel & South Downs, Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	9703
County Councillor
Andy Petch (Con)

Hassocks & Victoria 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 southwestern part of the town of Burgess Hill and the villages of Clayton, Hassocks and Keymer.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Burgess Hill Victoria Ward and Hassocks Ward; and of the following civil parishes: the southwestern part of Burgess Hill, and Hassocks.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Hassocks & Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Petch	1,464	41.4	-2.8
	UKIP	Raplh Wylam	678	19.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Kristian Berggreen	635	17.8	-32.6
	Labour	Linda Taylor	383	10.8	+6.0
	Green	Victoria Standfast	285	8.0	N/A
	Independent	Scott McCarthy	113	3.2	N/A
Majority			786	22.3
Turnout			3,558	35.1	-8.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Hassocks & Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Wilsdon	2,159	50.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Mandy Thomas-Atkin	1,895	44.2	+4.1
	Labour	Jenny Epstein	204	4.8	-5.8
Majority			264	6.2	+3.4
Turnout			4,258	43.9	-26.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Hassocks & Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Wilsdon	2,818	42.9
	Conservative	Stephen Bell	2,632	40.1
	Labour	Arleen Piercy	697	10.6
	Green	David Hammond	423	6.4
Majority			186	2.8
Turnout			6,570	69.9
	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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