Chichester council election, 2023
Most seats
25
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
36
across 21 wards
Turnout
38.5%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 25 | +14 | 32,691 | 50.9% | +17.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 5 | -13 | 19,843 | 30.9% | -11.1 |
| Local Alliance | 4 | +2 | 2,603 | 4.1% | +1.4 |
| Green Party | 2 | +0 | 4,318 | 6.7% | -1.7 |
| Labour Party | 0 | -2 | 3,444 | 5.4% | -1.3 |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 932 | 1.5% | -2.7 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 226 | 0.4% | — |
| Patria | 0 | +0 | 92 | 0.1% | -0.0 |
| Heritage Party | 0 | +0 | 68 | 0.1% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 36 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 34 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 32 | |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | 17 | |
| Green Party | 12 | |
| Local Alliance | 4 | |
| Independent | 2 | |
| Reform UK | 2 | |
| Heritage Party | 1 | |
| Patria | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 36 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Chichester Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | James Vivian Elected | 404 | 46.0% | +4.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicholas Hart Roberts | 275 | 31.3% | -13.9 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | James Michael Field | 107 | 12.2% | -0.6 |
| Green Party | Mark Robert Record | 92 | 10.5% | — |
| Majority | 129 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,148 | |||
| Ballots cast | 878 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Chichester East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Brisbane Elected | 705 | 58.8% | +15.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rhys John Chant Elected | 613 | 51.2% | — |
| Labour Party | James Sandbach | 353 | 29.5% | +3.4 |
| Labour Party | Clare Louise Walsh | 348 | 29.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Vaughan Beveridge | 286 | 23.9% | -7.1 |
| Patria | Andrew Emerson | 92 | 7.7% | — |
| Majority | 260 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,295 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,198 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party
Chichester North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Corfield Elected | 1,280 | 67.5% | +27.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Brown Elected | 1,255 | 66.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alison Griffiths | 462 | 24.4% | -15.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Giles Peregrine Thompson | 448 | 23.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Olivia Katherine Connolly | 280 | 14.8% | +0.7 |
| Heritage Party | Teri Christine Grieve | 68 | 3.6% | — |
| Majority | 793 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,506 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,896 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
Chichester South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Sarah Sharp Elected | 1,287 | 83.6% | +18.5 |
| Green Party | Tim Young Elected | 943 | 61.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Kondabeka | 303 | 19.7% | +6.8 |
| Labour Party | Gareth John Robert Hitchman | 281 | 18.2% | +5.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Alexander Farquhar Bailey | 266 | 17.3% | -4.1 |
| Majority | 640 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,087 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,540 | |||
Green Party hold
Chichester West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Apel Elected | 1,554 | 71.1% | +13.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Quail Elected | 1,403 | 64.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Huw Peter Lloyd-Williams | 549 | 25.1% | -2.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Millican | 540 | 24.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Adam David Fyfe | 325 | 14.9% | +3.3 |
| Majority | 854 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,094 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,186 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Easebourne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Francis Hobbs Elected | 534 | 58.2% | -7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carl Keeling | 243 | 26.5% | -8.4 |
| Green Party | Leo Harry Homewood | 76 | 8.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Gordon Trevor Churchill | 65 | 7.1% | — |
| Majority | 291 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,411 | |||
| Ballots cast | 918 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Fernhurst 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Eleanora Newbery Elected | 892 | 69.4% | +20.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brett Elise Burkhart Elected | 853 | 66.4% | -2.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter John Henry Wilding | 825 | 64.2% | — |
| Majority | 28 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,087 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,285 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Fittleworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Morgan Cross Elected | 534 | 47.5% | +16.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan James Franklin Sutton | 506 | 45.0% | -23.6 |
| Green Party | David John Ross | 84 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 28 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,538 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,124 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Goodwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Henry Charles Potter Elected | 450 | 47.1% | -5.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack David Lovejoy | 283 | 29.6% | +7.6 |
| Green Party | Philip Gerald Maber | 222 | 23.2% | -1.8 |
| Majority | 167 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,855 | |||
| Ballots cast | 955 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Harbour Villages 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Moss Elected | 2,342 | 68.1% | +11.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Bates Elected | 2,257 | 65.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Johnson Elected | 2,066 | 60.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Penny Plant | 855 | 24.9% | -13.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sandra James | 755 | 21.9% | — |
| Green Party | Georgina Caroline Armour Glasius | 705 | 20.5% | -10.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Louise Kilby | 690 | 20.1% | — |
| Independent | Kevin Nigel Arthur Mann | 341 | 9.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Susan Joan Walsh | 309 | 9.0% | -1.8 |
| Majority | 1,211 | |||
| Turnout | 45.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,166 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,440 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
Harting
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tim O'Kelly Elected | 942 | 76.5% | +1.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Hall | 289 | 23.5% | -1.0 |
| Majority | 653 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,832 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,231 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Lavant
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Charlie George William Brookes-Harmer Elected | 475 | 45.8% | +16.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Erroll Prior Palmer | 457 | 44.1% | -15.5 |
| Labour Party | Rhiannon Isabella Brome Thompson | 105 | 10.1% | -0.4 |
| Majority | 18 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,570 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,037 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Loxwood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Evans Elected | 1,805 | 78.4% | +48.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Todhunter Elected | 1,556 | 67.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul North | 711 | 30.9% | -30.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Waight | 530 | 23.0% | — |
| Majority | 845 | |||
| Turnout | 43.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,301 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Midhurst 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jess Brown-Fuller Elected | 1,326 | 64.9% | +28.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Burton Elected | 1,112 | 54.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tom Richardson | 817 | 40.0% | +5.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicola Jane Holben | 694 | 34.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Don Fraser | 138 | 6.8% | -5.5 |
| Majority | 295 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,571 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,044 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent · Liberal Democrats hold
North Mundham & Tangmere 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Betts Elected | 1,123 | 66.6% | +12.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlie Hastain Elected | 880 | 52.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon John Oakley | 649 | 38.5% | -26.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Terry O'Brien | 468 | 27.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Mark Wainwright Todd | 253 | 15.0% | — |
| Majority | 231 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,731 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,686 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Petworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Harsha Ranjit Desai Elected | 616 | 53.5% | +35.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Janet Duncton | 450 | 39.1% | -30.9 |
| Labour Party | Jonathan Michael Rodell | 56 | 4.9% | -6.7 |
| Green Party | Stephenie Grace Carn | 30 | 2.6% | — |
| Majority | 166 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,747 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,152 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Selsey South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Alliance | Tim Johnson Elected | 741 | 51.2% | -11.3 |
| Local Alliance | Steve Boulcott Elected | 729 | 50.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roger Barrow | 479 | 33.1% | -23.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin Francis Rickman | 452 | 31.2% | — |
| Green Party | Jack Liam Olley | 168 | 11.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Heather Ann Smith | 153 | 10.6% | -0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jill McMillan Hilliard | 119 | 8.2% | -12.2 |
| Reform UK | Simon James Edginton | 54 | 3.7% | — |
| Majority | 250 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,808 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,448 | |||
Local Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Local Alliance hold
Sidlesham with Selsey North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Alliance | Donna Frances Johnson Elected | 631 | 47.9% | -8.6 |
| Local Alliance | Val Weller Elected | 502 | 38.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tom Bromfield | 457 | 34.7% | -16.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nick Rose | 448 | 34.0% | — |
| Green Party | Andrew Michael Swain | 308 | 23.4% | -11.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Beth Meek | 152 | 11.6% | -10.5 |
| Labour Party | Phil White | 135 | 10.3% | — |
| Majority | 45 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,706 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,316 | |||
Local Alliance gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Local Alliance hold
Southbourne 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tracie Patricia Bangert Elected | 1,226 | 68.9% | +2.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Oona Hickson Elected | 1,034 | 58.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jake Sawkins | 463 | 26.0% | -17.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Gould | 409 | 23.0% | — |
| Green Party | Derrick Johnson | 303 | 17.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Sorcha Ellen Galvin | 125 | 7.0% | — |
| Majority | 571 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,642 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,780 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
The Witterings 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Chilton Elected | 1,302 | 48.8% | +19.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Ballantyne Elected | 1,234 | 46.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elizabeth Angela Booth Hamilton Elected | 1,118 | 41.9% | -10.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Thompson | 1,112 | 41.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Therese Taylor | 1,099 | 41.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joanna El-Batal | 996 | 37.4% | — |
| Independent | Graeme Arthur Frederick Barrett | 591 | 22.2% | -0.9 |
| Labour Party | Joe O'Sullivan | 374 | 14.0% | +1.5 |
| Reform UK | Pat Hunt | 172 | 6.5% | — |
| Majority | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,104 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,666 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Westbourne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roy Alan Briscoe Elected | 563 | 45.3% | -12.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Penfold | 543 | 43.7% | +24.4 |
| Green Party | Ann Elizabeth Stewart | 100 | 8.0% | -14.7 |
| Labour Party | Luca Manuel Clark-Gutierrez | 37 | 3.0% | — |
| Majority | 20 | |||
| Turnout | 47.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,669 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,243 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold