1991 Horsham District Council election
Appearance
The 1991 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives retained control of the council with a reduced majority. The Liberal Democrats gained a net total of 7 and Independent candidates had 2 councillors elected.
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All 43 seats to Horsham District Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width:76.7%;" | 33 | style="background:Template:SDP–Liberal Alliance/meta/color; width:13.9%;" | 6 | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width:9.3%;" | 4 |
Con | SDP-Lib | Ind |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
style="background:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width:65.1%;" | 28 | style="background:Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width:30.2%;" | 13 | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; width:4.7%;" | 2 |
Con | Lib Dem | Ind |
Results summary
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 28 | 3 | 8 | ![]() |
65.1 | 41.5 | 14,922 | -12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
30.2 | 37.0 | 13,292 | +6.9 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
4.7 | 4.6 | 1,638 | -0.9 | |
Labour | 0 | – | – | ![]() |
0.0 | 15.8 | 5,692 | +8.0 | |
Green | 0 | – | – | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.8 | 289 | -0.5 | |
Ind. Conservative | 0 | – | – | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 92 | +0.2 |
Ward results
Billingshurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Van Den Bergh S. Ms.* | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Jones B. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bramber & Upper Beeding
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Campbell J. Ms. | 880 | 37.9 | −0.9 | |
Independent | Sanford L. | 833 | 35.9 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Williamson V. Ms. | 608 | 26.2 | +2.1 | |
Turnout | 67.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Broadbridge Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Horner S. Ms. | 652 | 61.9 | +15.8 | |
Conservative | Gillman L. Ms. | 317 | 30.1 | −17.0 | |
Labour | Duffy P. | 84 | 8.0 | +1.1 | |
Turnout | 45.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Chanctonbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jenkins E. | 928 | 53.1 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Smith P. | 876 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Greensmith A. Ms. | 821 | 46.9 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | House G. Ms. | 789 | |||
Turnout | 46.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cowfold
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Capo-Bianco S. Ms. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Denne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Billington P. | 1,351 | 51.0 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Palmer B. Ms. | 1,340 | |||
Conservative | Hogben E. Ms. | 1,287 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eeles N. Ms. | 730 | 27.5 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Beeson M. Ms. | 714 | |||
Labour | Thurston J. Ms. | 570 | 21.5 | +7.8 | |
Turnout | 48.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Forest
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rutherford P. Ms. | 1,196 | 45.1 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Newman D. | 1,137 | |||
Conservative | Mauchel E. Ms. | 1,109 | 41.8 | −9.3 | |
Conservative | Sanson J. | 1,038 | |||
Conservative | Wilkinson F. | 958 | |||
Labour | Dumbrill D. Ms. | 347 | 13.1 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Uwins B. Ms. | 278 | |||
Turnout | 48.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Henfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Corp G. | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Howard M. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Holbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Darby E. Ms. | 901 | 47.8 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Godwin G. | 890 | |||
Labour | Lamb P. Dr. | 536 | 28.5 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Millson A. | 446 | 23.7 | 9.7 | |
Labour | Uwins S. | 420 | |||
Turnout | 40.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Itchingfield & Shipley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vickers C. Ms. | 520 | 67.4 | ||
Independent | Keen D. | 252 | 32.6 | ||
Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Keen D. was elected in Itchingfield & Shipley as a Conservative in 1987, when this seat was last contested.
Nuthurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walker S. Ms. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Pulborough & Coldwatham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Copeman G. | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Pope J. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Riverside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Parminter K. Ms. | 1,627 | 48.8 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sully C. Ms. | 1,377 | |||
Liberal Democrats | White V. Ms. | 1,282 | |||
Conservative | Allcard D. | 1,138 | 34.1 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Watson B. | 1,077 | |||
Conservative | Beagley P. Ms. | 1,031 | |||
Labour | Barrett D. | 427 | 12.8 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Richardson P. | 334 | |||
Labour | Street M. | 332 | |||
Green | Pinfold J. | 145 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Green | King T. | 144 | |||
Turnout | 46.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Roffey North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hilliard D. | 937 | 47.0 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Terner G. | 804 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Price B. Ms. | 627 | 31.5 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Spottiswoode J. Ms. | 429 | 21.5 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Gillians E. | 421 | |||
Turnout | 41.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rudgwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Niven L. Ms. | 510 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lawrence J. Ms. | 401 | 44.0 | ||
Turnout | 53.5 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Rusper
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kitchen E. Ms. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Slinfold
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chisholm A. | 307 | 48.9 | +48.9 | |
Conservative | Mason D. | 229 | 36.5 | −11.7 | |
Ind. Conservative | Shields N. | 92 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Turnout | 47.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Southwater
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stainton J. Ms. | 1,418 | 56.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stainton P. | 1,273 | |||
Conservative | Banks D. | 816 | 32.4 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | Youtan J. | 631 | |||
Independent | D'Singh D. | 284 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Steyning
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lee S. Ms. | 1,021 | 44.9 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | Ward M. Ms. | 908 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clarke M. Ms. | 790 | 34.7 | +16.0 | |
Labour | Drew D. | 464 | 20.4 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Greenland P. | 334 | |||
Turnout | 50.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Storrington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Walker L. | 895 | 53.6 | +22.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brain J. Ms. | 852 | |||
Conservative | Hyde M. | 776 | 46.4 | −15.8 | |
Conservative | Blackman R. Ms. | 737 | |||
Turnout | 42.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sullington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Banks D | 693 | 71.0 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | James J. | 283 | 29.0 | −13.7 | |
Turnout | 56.8 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Trafalgar
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Smith J. Ms. | 1,152 | 47.2 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Howes D. | 1,151 | |||
Conservative | Miller M. Ms. | 1,138 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Allen J. Ms. | 616 | 25.3 | −4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Horner P. | 568 | |||
Labour | Brady E. | 402 | 16.5 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Lacey R. | 314 | |||
Independent | Owen E. | 269 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Turnout | 52.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warnham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Burnham J. Ms. | 448 | 69.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bell M. Ms. | 194 | 30.2 | −4.0 | |
Turnout | 49.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Chiltington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cheshire J. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Grinstead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | McKenzie E. Ms. | Unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |