2018 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2018 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, with no seats changing hands.

2018 Crawley Borough Council election[1][2]
← 2016 3 May 2018 2019 →

12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 20 17
Seats won 8 4
Seats after 20 17
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 10,091 10,156
Percentage 47.1% 47.4%

Map showing the results of the 2018 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

Ward results

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Bewbush

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Bewbush[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael Gerard Jones 891 57.9
Conservative Thomas Bidwell 452 29.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Smith 131 8.5
Justice Party Arshad Khan 34 2.2
Legacy Party Janet Elizabeth Setford-Thompson 32 2.1
Majority 439 28.5
Turnout 1,540 25
Labour hold

Broadfield North

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Broadfield North[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ian Irvine 822 67.3
Conservative Irshad Jalaldeen 338 27.7
Legacy Party Christopher James Brown 61 5.0
Majority 484 39.6
Turnout 1,221 27
Labour hold

Broadfield South

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Broadfield South[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Tim Lunnon 652 53.8
Conservative Jonathan Purdy 478 39.4
Legacy Party George Paul Bird 82 6.8
Majority 174 14.4
Turnout 1,212 27
Labour hold

Furnace Green

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Furnace Green[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Carole Eade 1,008 48.1
Labour Dan Dobson 976 46.5
Liberal Democrats Harry Old 98 4.7
Legacy Party Allan Peter Griffiths 15 0.7
Majority 32 1.6
Turnout 2,097 47
Conservative hold

Ifield

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Ifield[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Laura-Lee Willcock 1,150 46.9
Conservative Josh Bounds 1,141 46.5
Liberal Democrats John Lethbridge 123 5.0
Legacy Party Neil James Setford-Thompson 39 1.6
Majority 9 0.4
Turnout 2,453 37
Labour hold

Langley Green

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Langley Green[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Shahzad Abbas Malik 1,124 60.7
Conservative Kevin Hall 586 31.7
Liberal Democrats Marko Scepanovic 141 7.6
Majority 538 29.0
Turnout 1,851 32
Labour hold

Maidenbower

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Maidenbower[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nigel Boxall 1,349 69.4
Labour Morgan Flack 546 28.1
Legacy Party Leonard Thomas Elphick 48 2.5
Majority 803 41.3
Turnout 1,943 30
Conservative hold

Northgate & West Green

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Northgate & West Green[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter Keir Lamb 821
Conservative Ray Ward 521
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold

Pound Hill North

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Pound Hill North[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Richard David Burrett 1,194 66.4
Labour Stuart Gunatillake 605 33.6
Majority 589 32.8
Turnout 1,799 33
Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth

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Pound Hill South and Worth[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Andrew Belben 1,376 60.2
Labour Colin Flack 911 39.8
Majority 465 20.3
Turnout 2,287 37
Conservative hold


Southgate

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Southgate[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Raj Sharma 1,125 46.2
Conservative Karim Khassal 1,111 45.6
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne 199 8.2
Majority 14 0.6
Turnout 2,435 38
Labour hold

West Green

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West Green[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Karen Sudan 615 48.8
Conservative Ian Pendlington 547 43.4
Liberal Democrats David Anderson 99 7.9
Majority 68 5.4
Turnout 1,261 34
Labour hold

References

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  1. ^ "Borough Election 2018 - Thursday, 3rd May, 2018". Crawley Borough Council.
  2. ^ Noel Dempsey (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Election results for Bewbush". Crawley Borough Council.
  4. ^ "Election results for Broadfield North". Crawley Borough Council.
  5. ^ "Election results for Broadfield South". Crawley Borough Council.
  6. ^ "Election results for Furnace Green". Crawley Borough Council.
  7. ^ "Election results for Ifield". Crawley Borough Council.
  8. ^ "Election results for Langley Green". Crawley Borough Council.
  9. ^ "Election results for Maidenbower". Crawley Borough Council.
  10. ^ "Election results for Northgate & West Green". Crawley Borough Council.
  11. ^ "Election results for Pound Hill North & Forge Wood". Crawley Borough Council.
  12. ^ "Election results for Pound Hill North & Forge Wood". Crawley Borough Council.
  13. ^ "Election results for Southgate". Crawley Borough Council.
  14. ^ "Election results for West Green". Crawley Borough Council.