Horsham council election, 2023
Most seats
28
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
48
across 22 wards
Turnout
37.5%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 28 | +15 | 32,756 | 35.2% | +6.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 11 | -21 | 31,226 | 33.5% | -15.0 |
| Green Party | 8 | +6 | 18,506 | 19.9% | +16.3 |
| Independent | 1 | +0 | 1,388 | 1.5% | +0.1 |
| Labour Party | 0 | +0 | 8,733 | 9.4% | -5.4 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 290 | 0.3% | — |
| The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment | 0 | +0 | 143 | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Heritage Party | 0 | +0 | 61 | 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 48 |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 48 | |
| Green Party | 47 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 46 | |
| Labour Party | 31 | |
| Independent | 3 | |
| Reform UK | 2 | |
| Heritage Party | 1 | |
| The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 48 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.
Billingshurst 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha Leigh Bateman Elected | 1,069 | 40.3% | -1.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Alexander Baynham Elected | 1,044 | 39.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | John Maurice Trollope Elected | 926 | 34.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Brown | 871 | 32.9% | -24.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Danijela David | 807 | 30.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel Paul Stafford Jupp | 802 | 30.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Jonathan Courtney Austin | 582 | 22.0% | +3.1 |
| Labour Party | Christopher Noel Henson | 579 | 21.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Trishna Julha | 532 | 20.1% | — |
| Green Party | Jonathan Robert Denton | 186 | 7.0% | — |
| Green Party | Nikki Nama | 180 | 6.8% | — |
| Green Party | Thomas Roger Satterthwaite Wilson | 128 | 4.8% | — |
| Majority | 55 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,041 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,651 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Mike Croker Elected | 940 | 57.7% | +4.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roger Noel Elected | 800 | 49.1% | +0.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard James Allen | 577 | 35.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Mantell | 148 | 9.1% | — |
| Majority | 223 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,258 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,630 | |||
Green Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Broadbridge Heath 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | James John Brookes Elected | 579 | 44.7% | -18.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Charles Herbert Taylor Elected | 503 | 38.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Aaron Courteney-Smith | 332 | 25.7% | -7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Khobi Anne Patterson-Vallis | 322 | 24.9% | — |
| Independent | Terry Roy Oliver | 252 | 19.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Jane Louise McGillivray | 160 | 12.4% | +0.6 |
| Green Party | Sheila Humphreys | 126 | 9.7% | — |
| Green Party | Sandra Vallens | 97 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 171 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,400 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,294 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Colgate & Rusper 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Kitchen Elected | 681 | 48.0% | -33.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tony Hogben Elected | 639 | 45.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joel David Dinis | 485 | 34.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Lampard Shearer James | 297 | 20.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Donald Mahon | 221 | 15.6% | -8.2 |
| Green Party | Freya Juilette Ione Finnegan | 198 | 14.0% | — |
| Green Party | Yelena Erin Maddie Finnegan | 124 | 8.7% | — |
| Majority | 154 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,876 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,418 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lynn Audrey Lambert Elected | 690 | 41.5% | -42.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Knowles Elected | 669 | 40.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Paul Dittmer | 645 | 38.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Payne | 633 | 38.0% | — |
| Green Party | Catherine Jennifer Briggs | 193 | 11.6% | — |
| Labour Party | David Croydon Shone | 152 | 9.1% | -24.2 |
| Green Party | Amalia Ines Lottie Finnegan | 148 | 8.9% | — |
| Majority | 24 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,431 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,664 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Denne 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Margaret Fletcher Elected | 1,337 | 51.2% | +5.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Milne Elected | 1,204 | 46.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Trott Elected | 1,153 | 44.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ross Dye | 790 | 30.3% | -4.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Walbank | 780 | 29.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kimberley Louise Williams | 752 | 28.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Hilary Ann Key | 327 | 12.5% | -0.8 |
| Labour Party | Kevin Stephen O'Sullivan | 287 | 11.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Matthew James Verrall | 253 | 9.7% | — |
| Green Party | Jane Sharp | 237 | 9.1% | +3.2 |
| Green Party | Vicci Johnson | 219 | 8.4% | — |
| Green Party | Robin Johnson | 210 | 8.0% | — |
| Majority | 363 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,605 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,610 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Forest 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Skipp Elected | 1,382 | 51.0% | +3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Minto Elected | 1,362 | 50.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Olson Elected | 1,316 | 48.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Carol Hayton | 695 | 25.6% | -0.9 |
| Labour Party | David Vaughan Hide | 662 | 24.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Gerard Brendan Kavanagh | 560 | 20.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michael John Revell | 385 | 14.2% | -6.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ken Eglinton | 379 | 14.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julian Richard Walden | 361 | 13.3% | — |
| Green Party | Hannah Madeleine Moor | 220 | 8.1% | +3.1 |
| Green Party | Tony Baker | 200 | 7.4% | — |
| Green Party | Lawrence Leather | 148 | 5.5% | — |
| The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment | Jim Duggan | 143 | 5.3% | — |
| Majority | 621 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,857 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,711 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Henfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Malcolm George Eastwood Elected | 766 | 40.2% | -26.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Josh Potts Elected | 753 | 39.5% | +1.7 |
| Green Party | Gill Perry | 742 | 39.0% | +6.2 |
| Labour Party | Fiona Georgina May Ayres | 590 | 31.0% | -0.2 |
| Green Party | Sian Louise Fisher | 267 | 14.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Dane | 193 | 10.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Haseeb Mohamed | 83 | 4.4% | — |
| Majority | 11 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,596 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,905 | |||
Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Holbrook East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Grant Elected | 874 | 47.3% | +3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Warwick John Hellawell Elected | 784 | 42.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Karen Jane Burgess | 640 | 34.6% | -24.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Torn | 566 | 30.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Sheila Marie Chapman | 186 | 10.1% | -12.2 |
| Labour Party | Lorraine Angela Barry | 172 | 9.3% | — |
| Green Party | Florian Yeates | 150 | 8.1% | — |
| Green Party | Mark Dylan Francis | 125 | 6.8% | — |
| Reform UK | Tony Rickett | 82 | 4.4% | — |
| Majority | 144 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,568 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,849 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Holbrook West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Douglas Emery Elected | 1,039 | 50.6% | +14.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Franke Elected | 913 | 44.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Maurice Burgess | 750 | 36.5% | -14.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christian Richard Mitchell | 732 | 35.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Ray Chapman | 192 | 9.4% | -6.7 |
| Green Party | David Kim Hall | 148 | 7.2% | — |
| Green Party | Una Celeste McCartan | 133 | 6.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Ros Shiel | 112 | 5.5% | — |
| Majority | 163 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,006 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,052 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kasia Greenwood Elected | 740 | 44.2% | +9.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tricia Youtan Elected | 683 | 40.8% | -11.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Charles Nye | 667 | 39.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Tweedy | 597 | 35.6% | — |
| Green Party | Jennie Tomlinson | 185 | 11.0% | — |
| Green Party | Andrew John Finnegan | 145 | 8.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Minty Barlow | 134 | 8.0% | -0.3 |
| Majority | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,460 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,676 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Nuthurst & Lower Beeding
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Stephen Livingstone Elected | 464 | 44.6% | +9.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Norman Edward Bryant | 397 | 38.2% | -20.1 |
| Labour Party | Hazel Mary Lamb | 94 | 9.0% | +2.3 |
| Green Party | Natasha Sophia Barnes | 85 | 8.2% | — |
| Majority | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 43.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,446 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,040 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Jon Campbell Elected | 868 | 40.9% | -9.0 |
| Green Party | Len Ellis-Brown Elected | 862 | 40.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Robert Clarke Elected | 813 | 38.3% | -27.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Sinclair Atkins | 777 | 36.6% | — |
| Green Party | Morag Elizabeth Warrack | 623 | 29.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Damian Stuart | 566 | 26.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Lindsey Berry | 341 | 16.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Jane Elizabeth Mote | 326 | 15.3% | -16.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Geeson | 269 | 12.7% | — |
| Reform UK | John Wallace | 208 | 9.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | John Francis Keith Evans | 167 | 7.9% | — |
| Heritage Party | Johanna Hughes | 61 | 2.9% | — |
| Majority | 36 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,934 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,124 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Roffey North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony David Bevis Elected | 845 | 50.9% | +0.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Belinda Walters Elected | 771 | 46.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonathan Michael Dancer | 489 | 29.4% | -11.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tracey Grabowski | 431 | 25.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Daniel James Everett | 218 | 13.1% | -2.1 |
| Labour Party | Kyle Wickens | 201 | 12.1% | — |
| Green Party | Ian David Nicol | 146 | 8.8% | — |
| Green Party | Nicholas Peter Linfield | 125 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 282 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,805 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,661 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Roffey South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Raby Elected | 746 | 48.6% | +7.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jay Mercer Elected | 715 | 46.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan Crawford Britten | 448 | 29.2% | -0.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Katie Nagel | 418 | 27.2% | — |
| Green Party | Claire Adcock | 175 | 11.4% | -8.5 |
| Labour Party | Nicola Yvonne Gardner | 171 | 11.1% | +2.6 |
| Labour Party | Sara Antonia Loewenthal | 170 | 11.1% | — |
| Green Party | Tony Cook | 105 | 6.8% | — |
| Majority | 267 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,917 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,535 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
Rudgwick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dick Landeryou Elected | 497 | 55.0% | -14.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Gerald Mason | 254 | 28.1% | +5.2 |
| Green Party | Harry James Tilney | 79 | 8.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Rebecca Ellen Bainbridge | 66 | 7.3% | -0.1 |
| Majority | 243 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,323 | |||
| Ballots cast | 903 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Southwater North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Wood Elected | 732 | 43.4% | +6.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Jonathan Van der Borgh Elected | 730 | 43.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Claire Vickers | 633 | 37.5% | -17.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John William Chidlow | 605 | 35.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Jill Clarke | 155 | 9.2% | -1.0 |
| Green Party | Nick Barnett | 151 | 9.0% | — |
| Green Party | Jill Shuker | 149 | 8.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Margaret Cornwell | 126 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 97 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,417 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,687 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Southwater South & Shipley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Colette Mary Blackburn Elected | 889 | 50.5% | +10.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Jeffery Elected | 699 | 39.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Nigel Stannard | 689 | 39.1% | -8.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Matthew James Payne | 686 | 38.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Diane Burstow | 173 | 9.8% | +0.1 |
| Green Party | Diana Mary Croker | 155 | 8.8% | — |
| Green Party | Peter Robert Shaw | 106 | 6.0% | — |
| Majority | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,283 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,762 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Steyning & Ashurst 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Victoria Finnegan Elected | 895 | 47.2% | -2.3 |
| Green Party | Nicholas Marks Elected | 808 | 42.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tim Lloyd | 690 | 36.4% | -11.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Hattie Shoosmith | 576 | 30.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Howell | 344 | 18.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Ian Hammond | 344 | 18.2% | — |
| Majority | 118 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,741 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,895 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party hold
Storrington & Washington 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Joan Grech Elected | 1,588 | 51.6% | +3.8 |
| Green Party | Emma Beard Elected | 1,579 | 51.3% | — |
| Green Party | Claudia Fisher Elected | 1,452 | 47.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel Hall | 1,206 | 39.2% | +4.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Anthony John Watts Williams | 1,099 | 35.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gary Markwell | 903 | 29.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Janine Hayley Milne | 411 | 13.4% | -3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Beveridge | 294 | 9.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Worth | 264 | 8.6% | — |
| Majority | 246 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,487 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,075 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Trafalgar 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Boffey Elected | 1,287 | 64.2% | -1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony John Frankland Elected | 1,212 | 60.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tim Nagel | 374 | 18.6% | -3.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Jonathan Thompson | 364 | 18.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Joanne Kavanagh | 236 | 11.8% | -0.9 |
| Labour Party | Adam James Tollett Key | 161 | 8.0% | — |
| Green Party | Wendy Ann Breese | 141 | 7.0% | — |
| Green Party | Kim Katherine Hope | 138 | 6.9% | — |
| Majority | 838 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,783 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,006 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Philip James Circus Elected | 1,369 | 46.2% | -29.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan David Manton Elected | 1,262 | 42.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joy Dennis Elected | 1,119 | 37.8% | — |
| Green Party | Jen Nuin Smith | 1,046 | 35.3% | — |
| Green Party | Barry Humphreys | 981 | 33.1% | — |
| Green Party | Ana Rita Almeida Sivers | 800 | 27.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Archdale Miles | 533 | 18.0% | -21.2 |
| Independent | Caroline Mary Instance | 370 | 12.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Patrick Phillips | 288 | 9.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Nick Dalton | 240 | 8.1% | -12.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ewan Stone | 238 | 8.0% | — |
| Majority | 73 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,064 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,963 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold