Chichester District Council elections
Appearance
Chichester District Council in West Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors have been elected from 29 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1995 | |
No overall control | 1995–1999 | |
Conservative | 1999–2004 | |
No overall control | 2004–2006 | |
Conservative | 2006–2019 | |
No overall control | 2019 | |
Conservative | 2019–2020 | |
No overall control | 2020–2023 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2023–present |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:[3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jane Chevis | Conservative | 1999 | 2002 | |
Janet Duncton | Conservative | 2002 | 2005 | |
Andrew Smith | Liberal Democrats | 2005 | 2006 | |
Myles Cullen | Conservative | 2006 | 2011 | |
Heather Caird | Conservative | 2011 | 2015 | |
Tony Dignum | Conservative | 2015 | 2019 | |
Eileen Lintill | Conservative | 2019 | 2023 | |
Adrian Moss | Liberal Democrats | 2023 |
Council elections
- 1973 Chichester District Council election
- 1976 Chichester District Council election
- 1979 Chichester District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 1983 Chichester District Council election
- 1987 Chichester District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- 1991 Chichester District Council election
- 1995 Chichester District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[6][7]
- 1999 Chichester District Council election
- 2003 Chichester District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)[8][9]
- 2007 Chichester District Council election
- 2011 Chichester District Council election
- 2015 Chichester District Council election
- 2019 Chichester District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 12)
- 2023 Chichester District Council election
Election results
Overall control | Conservative | Lib Dems | Labour | Green | Local Alliance | Independent | |||||||
2023 | LD | 5 | 25 | - | 2 | 4 | - | ||||||
2019 | NOC | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
2015 | Con | 42 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||
2011 | Con | 38 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||
2007 | Con | 34 | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||
2003 | Con | 26 | 21 | - | - | - | 1 |
By-election results
1995–1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 607 | 51.8 | +7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 482 | 41.1 | −14.6 | ||
Labour | 65 | 5.5 | +5.5 | ||
Independent | 18 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||
Majority | 125 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,172 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 673 | 50.2 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative | 425 | 31.7 | +7.8 | ||
Labour | 242 | 18.1 | −5.8 | ||
Majority | 248 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,340 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 688 | 56.3 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative | 341 | 27.9 | +5.2 | ||
Labour | 193 | 15.8 | −5.6 | ||
Majority | 347 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,222 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
1999–2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 595 | 66.0 | +35.5 | ||
Conservative | 249 | 27.6 | −35.7 | ||
UKIP | 57 | 6.3 | +6.3 | ||
Majority | 346 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 901 | 35.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 418 | 51.7 | −10.3 | ||
UKIP | 186 | 23.0 | +23.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 159 | 19.7 | −6.7 | ||
Labour | 46 | 5.7 | −5.9 | ||
Majority | 232 | 28.7 | |||
Turnout | 809 | 32.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2003–2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Keith Smith | 427 | 35.8 | +35.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Green | 421 | 35.3 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Jane Chevis | 231 | 19.4 | −15.8 | |
UKIP | Roger Wilson | 69 | 5.8 | −4.2 | |
Labour | Patrick O'Sullivan | 45 | 3.8 | −11.1 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,193 | 33.6 | |||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Mackey | 471 | 52.6 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Cooper | 363 | 40.5 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Vivienne Moran | 62 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 108 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 896 | 24.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Cook | 485 | 35.3 | +35.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bromfield | 414 | 30.1 | −18.0 | |
UKIP | Bernard Smith | 328 | 23.9 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Ian Bell | 147 | 10.7 | −21.0 | |
Majority | 71 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,374 | 28.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Denmead | 611 | 62.1 | +20.9 | |
Conservative | Stuart King | 262 | 26.6 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | James McCulloch | 58 | 6.0 | −9.6 | |
BNP | Andrew Emerson | 52 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 349 | 35.5 | |||
Turnout | 983 | 17.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brenda Esther Atlee | 278 | 44.1 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Betty Rudkin | 275 | 43.7 | −8.4 | |
BNP | Andrew Emerson | 41 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
UKIP | James McCulloch | 22 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan | 14 | 2.2 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 630 | 36.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Justus Adriaan Pieter Montyn | 868 | 57.5 | +5.6 | |
Independent | David Hopson | 330 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Walter Tilbury | 139 | 9.2 | −9.9 | |
BNP | Andrew Emerson | 123 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Gordon Trevor Churchill | 48 | 3.2 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 538 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,508 | 37.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2007–2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Francis Elliott | 431 | 69.3 | +14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hares | 191 | 30.7 | +30.7 | |
Majority | 240 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 622 | 34.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Barrett | 410 | 40.3 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Ellen Green | 364 | 35.8 | +7.0 | |
BNP | Andrew Emerson | 125 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan | 69 | 6.8 | −0.4 | |
UKIP | James McCulloch | 49 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 46 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,017 | 25.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Andrews | 455 | 57.1 | −21.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Ernest John Cooper | 342 | 42.9 | +21.0 | |
Majority | 113 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 797 | 21.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philippa Hardwick | 504 | 57.7 | −20.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ray Cooper | 301 | 34.4 | +12.5 | |
BNP | Andrew Emerson | 69 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 203 | 23.3 | |||
Turnout | 874 | 23.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2011–2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Thomas | 455 | 52.7 | −8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ray Cooper | 408 | 47.3 | +20.6 | |
Majority | 47 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 863 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Dunn | 184 | 41.3 | −18.6 | |
UKIP | Alicia Denny | 106 | 23.8 | +23.8 | |
Green | Thomas French | 85 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip MacDougall | 68 | 15.2 | −24.9 | |
Patria | Andrew Emerson | 3 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 78 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 446 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gillian Keegan | 342 | 71.3 | −19.8 | |
UKIP | Elena McCloskey | 106 | 28.8 | +28.8 | |
Majority | 204 | 42.5 | |||
Turnout | 480 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2015–2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Brown | 646 | 57.7 | +15.8 | |
Conservative | David Harwood | 289 | 25.8 | −32.3 | |
UKIP | Patricia Hunt | 132 | 11.8 | +11.8 | |
Labour | Rebecca Hamlet | 53 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 357 | 31.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,120 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andy Collins | 859 | 57.0 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Moss | 649 | 43.0 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 210 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,508 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Martin | 965 | 72.6 | +20.7 | |
Labour | Joe O'Sullivan | 177 | 13.3 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Scotland | 169 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Patria | Andrew Emerson | 18 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 788 | 59.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,329 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Page | 471 | 68.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Linzell | 221 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 250 | 36.2 | |||
Turnout | 692 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Wilding | 1,042 | 73.6 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Cooper | 373 | 26.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 669 | 47.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,415 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Moss | 459 | 54.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Libby Alexander | 294 | 35.0 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Kevin Hughes | 88 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 165 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 841 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kate O'Kelly | 444 | 55.8 | +55.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Pettigrew | 319 | 40.1 | −27.3 | |
Labour | Ray Davey | 21 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Green | Philip Naber | 12 | 1.5 | −18.2 | |
Majority | 125 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 796 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
2019–2023
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janet Duncton | 1,005 | 61.8 | +17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Jeffery | 486 | 29.9 | −25.7 | |
Green | Francesca Chetta | 126 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Patria | Andrew Emerson | 9 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 519 | 31.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,626 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bill Brisbane | 430 | 43.0 | +24.7 | |
Conservative | Jane Kilby | 310 | 31.0 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Clare Walsh | 261 | 26.1 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 120 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,001 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
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