Maidenbower (electoral division)

Maidenbower
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Crawley
UK Parliament Constituency:	Crawley
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	8720
County Councillor
Robert Lanzer (Con)

Maidenbower 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, is Robert Lanzer who won the seat in a by-election after the resignation of the former Leader of West Sussex County Council Henry Smith upon being elected as Member of Parliament for Crawley.

Extent

The division covers the neighbourhoods of Maidenbower and the southern part of Pound Hill, which form part of the urban area of the town of Crawley.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: Maidenbower Ward and the western part of Pound Hill South & Worth Ward.

election results

The electoral history of the seat is as follows:

Maidenbower By-Election 7 October 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lanzer	1036	64.4	- 7.9
	Labour	Peter Smoth	417	25.9	+ 11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sulu Pandya	82	5,1	- 8.6
	UKIP	John MacCanna	61	3.8	n/a
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	12	0.7	n/a
Majority			619	48.5	- 9.8
Turnout			1626	17.1	- 17.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	- 9.9

Maidenbower 5 June 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Smith	2,192	72.3	n/a
	Labour	Kieran Byrne	425	14.0	n/a
	Liberal Democrat	Suhasini Gaurishanker	415	13.7	n/a
Majority			1,767	58.3	n/a
Turnout			3,032	34.8	n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

Current Boundaries

The division came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps