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The 2024 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The Labour Party tightened their control of the council to a comfortable working majority of 14, gaining several seats from the Conservatives. Despite multiple other parties fielding several candidates in Crawley's wards, no other party won any seats.[2]
Summary
Candidates by party
Election result
2024 Crawley Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 10 | ![]() |
83.3 | 15 | 25 | 69.4 | ||||
Conservative | 2 | ![]() |
16.7 | 9 | 11 | 30.6 | ||||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Heritage | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
JAC | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Candidates
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[3] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
Bewbush & North Broadfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Jones* | 920 | 51.3 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Tony Johnson | 416 | 23.2 | +0.6 | |
Green | Holly Smith | 251 | 14.0 | +3.0 | |
TUSC | Robin Burnham | 119 | 6.6 | −2.6 | |
Heritage | Dan Weir | 50 | 2.8 | +1.3 | |
JAC | Arshad Khan | 38 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,816 | 25.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,230 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Broadfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Kiran Khan* | 979 | 54.5 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Valerie Knight | 509 | 28.4 | −1.4 | |
Heritage | Carolina Morra | 174 | 9.7 | +3.4 | |
TUSC | Christopher Ellis | 133 | 7.4 | +5.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,816 | 24.6 | |||
Registered electors | 7,384 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Esther Barrott | 914 | 51.6 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Anwaera Perveen | 557 | 31.5 | −3.4 | |
Green | Iain Dickson | 191 | 10.8 | −1.3 | |
Heritage | Debbie Plaister | 82 | 4.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Mark Wright | 26 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,780 | 38.0 | |||
Registered electors | 4,683 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Ifield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Beni Yianni | 1,046 | 50.6 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Purdy | 688 | 33.3 | −5.7 | |
Green | Ines Manning | 229 | 11.1 | +1.5 | |
TUSC | Winifred Duggan | 105 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,088 | 29.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,202 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Langley Green & Tushmore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Shelly Bushnell | 722 | 45.1 | −18.5 | |
Independent | Karen Sudan | 465 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alan Hellier | 414 | 25.9 | −10.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,675 | 27.3 | |||
Registered electors | 6,132 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Maidenbower
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dominic Ramsay | 940 | 43.9 | −7.6 | |
Green | Max Perry | 614 | 28.7 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Matt Pritchard | 586 | 27.4 | +6.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,159 | 31.8 | |||
Registered electors | 6,799 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Northgate & West Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Sue Mullins* | 1,188 | 53.5 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Alison Pendlington* | 641 | 28.9 | −4.5 | |
Green | Nicholas Park | 278 | 12.5 | +0.5 | |
TUSC | Peter Miller | 113 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,242 | 29.0 | |||
Registered electors | 7,741 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Nicholas Hilton | 1,236 | 49.1 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Castle | 1,014 | 40.3 | −6.1 | |
Green | Neal Murdoch | 236 | 9.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Ben Newman | 31 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,530 | 34.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,372 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Pound Hill South & Worth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bidwell | 1,099 | 51.8 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Tony Patel | 721 | 34.0 | −6.4 | |
Green | Cyril Gambrell | 247 | 11.6 | −0.1 | |
TUSC | Ruth Gaunt | 54 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,146 | 34.5 | |||
Registered electors | 6,221 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Southgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Dipesh Patel | 924 | 46.2 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Piggott* | 746 | 37.3 | +1.5 | |
Green | Robin Fitton | 255 | 12.8 | +3.4 | |
TUSC | Brett Shattock | 73 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,012 | 30.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,711 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Three Bridges
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Atif Nawaz* | 1,274 | 51.4 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Kevin Bonnick | 809 | 32.6 | −13.4 | |
Green | Denielle Kail | 215 | 8.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Muhammed Hanif | 93 | 3.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Timothy Holt | 89 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,496 | 36.9 | |||
Registered electors | 6,773 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Tilgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Olu Adeniyi | 732 | 48.7 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Francis Guidera | 550 | 36.6 | −14.8 | |
Green | Simon Thorn | 120 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Freedom Alliance | Amanda Brown | 69 | 4.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Christopher Owen | 33 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,514 | 33.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,495 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Dunn, Karen (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: Labour's 'best result in decades' in Crawley". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.