East Preston & Ferring (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°48′28″N 0°27′52″W / 50.80767°N 0.46452°W / 50.80767; -0.46452

East Preston & Ferring

Shown within West Sussex
District:Arun
UK Parliament Constituency:Worthing West
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):9762
County Councillor
Peter Evans (Con)

East Preston & Ferring 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 Evans, is also Cabinet Member for Public Protection.

Extent

The division covers the villages of East Preston, Ferring and Kingston Gorse.

It comprises the following Arun District wards: East Preston with Kingston Ward, and Ferring Ward; and of the following civil parishes: East Preston, Ferring and Kingston.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

East Preston & Ferring
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Evans 1,804 49.3 -16.7
UKIP Phil Ruddock 1,142 31.2 N/A
Labour Ed Miller 527 14.4 +5.7
Liberal Democrat Trevor Richards 187 5.1 -9.4
Majority 662 18.1 -33.4
Turnout 3,660 36.6 -9.3
Conservative hold Swing

2009 Election

The latest election took place on 4 June 2009:

East Preston & Ferring
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Evans 2,956 66.0 +8.8
Liberal Democrat Christine Brown 649 14.5 -7.7
English Democrat Clive Maltby 482 10.8 N/A
Labour Ed Miller 390 8.7 -6.7
Majority 2,307 51.5 +16.5
Turnout 4,477 45.9 -23.9
Conservative hold Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

East Preston & Ferring
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mr P C Evans 3,781 57.2
Liberal Democrat Mr J M Richards 1,464 22.2
Labour Mr H E Miller 1,015 15.4
UKIP Mr P V Skinner 348 5.3
Majority 2,317 35.0
Turnout 6,608 69.8
Conservative win (new seat)

References


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