2015 Horsham District Council election

The 2015 Horsham District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2015 United Kingdom general election.

Ward results

Billingshurst and Shipley

Billingshurst and Shipley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Jupp	2,883	38.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Gordon Lindsay	2,532
	Conservative	Kathleen Rowbottom	2,424
	UKIP	Patrick Dearsley	1,301	17.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Brundish	1,209	16.2	-0.2
	Green	Tia Kuchmy	1,072	14.3	+14.3
	Labour	Keith Maslin	1,013	13.5	+1.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Coldwell	1,581	48.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Ben Staines	1,542
	Liberal Democrats	David Boyle	741	22.6	-12.5
	Green	Michael Croker	584	17.8	+17.8
	Labour	Jean Sadgrove	366	11.2	+0.4
	Labour	Adrian Norridge	334
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew French	784	40.4	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Curnock	672	34.6	-3.3
	UKIP	Uri Baran	304	15.7	+6.9
	Green	Shaun Longhurst	180	9.3	+9.3
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Circus	2,943	53.4	-3.7
	Conservative	John Blackall	2,926
	Conservative	Eric Jenkins	2,586
	UKIP	Graham Croft-Smith	1,425	25.8	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Martin	1,147	20.8	+3.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chantry

Chantry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Dawe	3,413	45.6	-8.9
	Conservative	James Sanson	2,967
	Conservative	Paul Marshall	2,771
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Holbrook-Sishton	1,473	19.7	+1.5
	UKIP	Peter Westrip	1,370	18.3	+5.4
	Green	Katherine Hope	1225	16.4	+16.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Chowen	2,087	71.4	+5.0
	Conservative	Roger Clarke	2,071
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Price	837	28.6	-5.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Denne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Lee	1,253	31.8	-7.1
	Conservative	Antony Hogben	1,228
	Independent	David Sheldon	797	20.2	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fairweather-Tall	738	18.7	-18.4
	Labour	Kevin O'Sullivan	616	15.6	+1.5
	UKIP	Raymond Toot	541	13.7	+3.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

David Sheldon was elected as a Liberal Democrat in Denne ward in 2011, the year when this seat was last up for election, he resigned from the party in 2014. ^[2]

Forest

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey Newman	1,125	48.2
	Conservative	Linda Pettitt	987	42.3
	Green	Darrin Green	222	9.5
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Henfield

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Morgan	1,370	35.3	+35.3
	Conservative	Brian O'Connell	1,250	32.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Helena Croft	1,032
	Green	Steve Law	469	12.1	+12.1
	Labour	Paul Crowe	440	11.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Sproxton Miller	349	9.0	-3.4
Turnout
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook East

Holbrook East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Baldwin	1,590	40.8	-19.5
	Conservative	Karen Burgess	1,356
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sharp	698	17.9	-2.0
	UKIP	Christopher Brown	587	15.0	+8.6
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	582	14.9	+1.5
	Green	Robert Turner	444	11.4	+11.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Horsham Lib Dem councillor quits party and becomes independent". www.wscountytimes.co.uk. ^{[dead link]}

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[electionscentre-1] Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2007". Retrieved 24 June 2020.

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