Hurstpierpoint & Bolney (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°57′22″N 0°11′36″W / 50.95605°N 0.19329°W / 50.95605; -0.19329

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:	Arundel & South Downs, Horsham
Ceremonial County:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	7833
County Councillor
Peter Griffiths (Con)

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current County Councillor, Peter Griffiths, is also Cabinet Member for Education & Schools.

Extent

The division is one of the largest in West Sussex, covering the villages of Albourne, Bolney, Fulking, Hickstead, Hurst Wickham, Hurstpierpoint, Newtimber, Poynings, Pyecombe, Sayers Common, Slaugham and Warninglid.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Bolney Ward and Hurstpierpoint & Downs Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Albourne, Bolney, Fulking, Hurstpierpoint & Sayers Common, Newtimber, Poynings, Pyecombe, the southern part of Slaugham, and Twineham.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	1,275	49.1	-9.3
	UKIP	Ian Holt	487	18.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Jackson	341	13.1	-7.7
	Green	Mike Airey	285	11.0	-4.1
	Labour	David Chalkley	209	8.0	+2.3
Majority			788	30.3	-7.3
Turnout			2,597	32.9	-11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	2,038	58.4	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Jackson	727	20.8	-7.5
	Green	Mike Airey	529	15.1	N/A
	Labour	Ann Morgan	198	5.7	-8.5
Majority			1,311	37.6	+12.1
Turnout			3,492	44.6	-26.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P A D Griffiths	2,816	53.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mr N C S Cook	1,479	28.3
	Labour	Mr M P Uhlhorn	745	14.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Mr P B Berry	192	3.7
Majority			1,337	25.5
Turnout			5,232	70.7
	Conservative 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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