Burgess Hill East (electoral division)

Burgess Hill East
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:	Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	9371
County Councillor
Anne Jones (Con)

Burgess Hill East is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the eastern half of the town of Burgess Hill and 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.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Burgess Hill Franklands Ward, the southern part of Burgess Hill Meeds Ward and Burgess Hill St. Andrews Ward; and of the eastern part of the civil parish of Burgess Hill.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Burgess Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Jones	1,127	33.9	−11.6
	UKIP	Kevin Walker	847	25.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Knight	601	18.1	−31.9
	Labour	Tony Balsdon	564	17.0	+12.5
	Green	Anne Eves	185	5.6	+5.6
Majority			280	8.4	N/A
Turnout			3,324	35.0	−6.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Burgess Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Knight	1,944	50.0
	Conservative	Jacqui Landriani	1,769	45.5	'
	Labour	Peter Allott	174	4.5
Majority			175	4.5
Turnout			3,887	41.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps