2017 West Sussex County Council election

West Sussex County Council election, 2017

4 May 2017
All 70 seats to West Sussex County Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 46 8 6 Seats won 56 9 5 Seat change 10 1 1
Map showing the results of the 2017 West Sussex County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2017 West Sussex County Council election took place as part of the 2017 local elections in the UK. All councillors were elected for single-member electoral divisions for a four-year term. The voting system used was first-past-the-post.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

The result was Conservative councillors formed an increased, 20-seat, majority on the council at the loss of the ten UKIP seats. The second-largest party grouping of councillors remained Liberal Democrats, gaining one seat to have nine seats and the balance of the council was formed by five Labour Party councillors, having lost one seat, net.

Results summary

West Sussex County Council election, 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	56	13	3	+10		51.1	110,427
	Liberal Democrats	9	3	2	+1		19.2	41,428
	Labour	5	0	1	-1		15.7	33,915
	Green	0			-		5.1	10,983
	UKIP	0	0	10	-10		6.3	13,584
	Other parties	0			-		2.6	5,674