Middleton (electoral division)

Middleton
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Arun
UK Parliament Constituency:	Bognor Regis & Littlehampton, Arundel & South Downs
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	8397
County Councillor
Joan Phillips (UKIP)

Middleton 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 villages of Atherington, Climping, Elmer, Ford, Middleton-on-Sea and Yapton.

It comprises the following Arun District wards: Middleton-on-Sea Ward and Yapton Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Climping, Ford, Middleton-on-Sea and the northern part of Yapton.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Joan Phillips	1,181	44.2	+16.7
	Conservative	Hilary Flynn	1,099	41.2	-7.7
	Labour	Gilbert Cockburn	268	10.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Meagher	121	7.2	-8.9
Majority			82	3.0	+3.0
Turnout			2,669	31.5	-7.7
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	12.2% Con to UKIP

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christina Freeman	1,640	49.9	-0.9
	UKIP	Joan Phillips	906	27.5	+18.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Bliss	531	16.1	-6.8
	Labour	Stan Nattrass	212	6.4	-12.8
Majority			734	22.4	-3.7
Turnout			3,289	39.2	-24.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs C A Freeman	2,528	49.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ms R A Kissell	1,181	22.9
	Labour	Mr S B McConnell	989	19.2
	UKIP	Mr A C Sutcliffe	459	8.9
Majority			1,347	26.1
Turnout			5,157	63.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps