Petworth (electoral division)

Coordinates: 51°01′32″N 0°35′10″W / 51.02542°N 0.58605°W / 51.02542; -0.58605

Petworth
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester, Horsham
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	9585
County Councillor
Janet Duncton (Con)

Petworth 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 is one of the largest in West Sussex and covers the town of Petworth; and the villages of Byworth, Fittleworth, Ifold, Kirdford, Loxwood, Lurgashall, Northchapel, Plaistow, Stopham, Tillington, Upperton and Wisborough Green.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Petworth Ward, Plaistow Ward and Wisborough Green Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Ebernoe, Fittleworth, Kirdford, Loxwood, Lurgashall, Northchapel, Petworth, Plaistow, Stopham, Tillington and Wisborough Green.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Duncton	1,703	54.8	-15.5
	UKIP	Julian Batchelor	809	26.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Karon Read	394	12.7	-7.9
	Labour	Philip Robinson	201	6.5	+2.7
Majority			894	28.8	-20.9
Turnout			3,107	31.7	-9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Duncton	2,769	70.3	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Cooper	810	20.6	+3.3
	BNP	Robert Trower	209	5.3	-5.4
	Labour	Brenda Wise	148	3.8	N/A
Majority			1,959	49.7	-5.0
Turnout			3,939	41.1	+20.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 Bye-election

Results of the bye-election held on 7 June 2007:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Duncton	1,437	72.0	+17.8
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Cooper	346	17.3	-13
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	213	10.7	N/A
Majority			1,091	54.7	+30.8
Turnout			2,002	21.12	-48.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P W J Moffatt	3,524	54.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mr R Cooper	1,968	30.3
	Labour	Ms J Miller	651	10.0
	UKIP	Ms V A Moran	354	5.4
Majority			1,556	23.9
Turnout			6,497	69.7
	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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