2023 Arun District Council election

The 2023 Arun District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Arun District Council in West Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

2023 Arun District Council election
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All 54 council seats on Arun District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 21 seats, 42.3% 22 seats, 31.0% 1 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 20 14 8
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease8 Increase7
Popular vote 34,319 17,846 12,604
Percentage 40.7% 21.1% 14.9%
Swing Decrease1.6% Decrease9.9% Increase3.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Independent
Last election 2 seats, 3.0% 8 seats, 9.3%
Seats won 6 6
Seat change Increase4 Decrease2
Popular vote 12,270 7,035
Percentage 14.5% 8.3%
Swing Increase11.5% Decrease1.0%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Arun District Council election

Leader before election


No overall control

Leader after election

No overall control

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by a Conservative minority administration. Following the election the council remained under no overall control, but a Liberal Democrat, Labour, Green and Independent alliance formed to take over the leadership of the council.[2] The Liberal Democrats appointed Matt Stanley as their new group leader after the election, and as the Liberal Democrats are the largest group in the alliance, he was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 31 May 2023.[3][4]

Pre-Election Composition

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The result at the last election and the current composition of the council is given below:

Affiliation Members
Elected Current Change
Conservative 21 23   2
Liberal Democrats 22 17   5
Independent 8 10   2
Green 2 3   1
Labour 1 1  
Total 54 54  

Overall results

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The results were:[5]

2023 Arun District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 49 20 7 8   1 37.0 40.6 34,319 –1.7
  Liberal Democrats 30 14 1 9   8 25.9 21.1 17,846 –9.9
  Labour 29 8 7 0   7 14.8 14.9 12,604 +3.3
  Green 18 6 4 0   4 11.1 14.5 12,270 +11.5
  Independent 14 6 0 2   2 11.1 8.3 7,035 –1.0
  Heritage 3 0 0 0   0.0 0.4 313 N/A
  TUSC 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 56 N/A

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Arun District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[6] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[7]

Aldwick East

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Aldwick East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ash Patel 768 42.5 +4.4
Conservative Trevor William Bence 729 40.4 −0.1
Independent Fiona Huntley 643 35.6 N/A
Independent Ian Manion 539 29.8 N/A
Green Justin Adam Bell 332 18.4 N/A
Labour Ray Palmer 327 18.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,806 39.92
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Aldwick West

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Aldwick West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Guy Purser 657 38.2 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Claire Needs * 636 37.0 +4.9
Conservative Diana Thas 601 34.9 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Ralph 582 33.8 −5.2
Labour Lynne Armstrong 274 15.9 +9.4
Green Tony Douglas Coates 255 14.8 ±0.0
Heritage David Kurten 148 8.6 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,721 33.63
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Angmering and Findon

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Angmering and Findon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bicknell * 1,349 50.3 −6.1
Conservative Andy Cooper * 1,147 42.7 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Amelia Worne 1,103 41.1 +10.6
Green Helen Ruth Justice 1,036 38.6 N/A
Conservative Kevin Edmundston 1,035 38.6 −8.3
Labour Paul Anthony Summers 990 36.9 +15.3
Majority
Turnout 2,684 32.11
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Arundel and Walberton

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Arundel and Walberton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stephen McAuliffe * 1,471 56.9 +18.0
Green Carol Jane Birch 1,363 52.7 N/A
Green Melanie Jill Penycate 1,198 46.3 N/A
Conservative Gary Markwell 833 32.2 −15.7
Conservative Stephen Reynolds 787 30.4 −10.2
Conservative Mario Trabucco 733 28.3 −9.2
Labour Michael Ward 714 27.6 +9.0
Majority
Turnout 2,586 37.23
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green hold Swing

Steve McAuliffe was previously elected at a by-election, retaining one of the Green seats.

Barnham

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Barnham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Paul Brian Ayling 1,316 59.4 +15.3
Green Sue Jennifer Ellen Wallsgrove * 1,252 56.5 N/A
Green Anita June Lawrence 1,030 46.5 N/A
Conservative Stephen Haymes 712 32.1 −18.0
Conservative Susan Bence 677 30.6 −9.8
Conservative Graham Lewis Jones 620 28.0 −7.4
Labour William John Ashton 425 19.2 −2.3
TUSC Susan Welch 56 2.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,216 29.31
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Sue Wallsgrove was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Conservative seats.

Beach

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Beach (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Billy Blanchard-Cooper 782 55.4 −10.5
Liberal Democrats Bob Woodman 697 49.4 −8.6
Conservative Mick Warren 433 30.7 +7.2
Conservative Travis Hayler 392 27.8 +4.4
Labour Stephen Bernard McConnell 230 16.3 +6.9
Labour Michael Terence Murphy 203 14.4 +4.9
Majority
Turnout 1,411 37.01
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bersted

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Bersted (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keir Greenway 852 47.4 +20.6
Liberal Democrats Gill Yeates * 841 46.8 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Lury * 826 46.0 +6.2
Conservative David Raymond Paige 610 34.0 +9.9
Labour Nigel Smith 540 30.1 +17.2
Conservative Rob Outen 513 18.3 −2.9
Majority
Turnout 1,796 23.97
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brookfield

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Brookfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Michael Meade Walsh 618 48.1 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Jill Irene Fortnam Long 586 45.6 −9.1
Conservative Mikey Blackwood 409 31.9 +2.6
Conservative David Edward Chace * 404 31.5 +2.3
Labour Neil Alistair Campbell 265 20.6 +10.5
Heritage Jane Neal 61 4.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,284 27.13
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

David Chace was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Liberal Democrat seats.

Courtwick with Toddington

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Courtwick with Toddington (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Northeast * 766 47.5 +7.4
Labour Maralyn May 695 43.1 +8.6
Labour Freddie William Tandy 637 39.5 +5.0
Conservative Tony Woodward 582 36.1 −4.9
Conservative Vicky Rhodes * 530 32.8 −4.5
Conservative Rod Vincent 523 32.4 −2.4
Green Deborah O'Reilly 356 22.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Saša Krajnc 242 15.0 −9.7
Majority
Turnout 1,614 20.44
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

East Preston

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East Preston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philippa Bower 1,329 54.4 −10.3
Conservative Paul Kelly * 1,294 52.9 −8.2
Conservative Ricky Bower * 1,281 52.4 −12.2
Liberal Democrats John Michael Richards 768 31.4 +4.3
Green Liz Hammond 740 30.3 N/A
Labour Alex Haslam 560 22.9 +2.0
Liberal Democrats David Richard Tilbrook 510 20.9 −6.0
Majority
Turnout 2,444 34.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Felpham East

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Felpham East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Harty 575 43.4 N/A
Conservative Joan Constance English 530 40.0 −18.9
Conservative Paul Anthony English * 527 39.7 −21.4
Independent Rick Parker 506 38.2 N/A
Labour Stuart Varndall 284 21.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,326 27.99
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Felpham West

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Felpham West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gill Madeley * 651 42.5 −15.4
Conservative Elaine Stainton * 593 38.7 −15.0
Independent Martin Harvey 486 31.7 N/A
Green Linda Lancaster 382 25.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roslyn Anne Kissell 326 21.3 −6.7
Labour Ray Mills 301 19.7 +8.0
Majority
Turnout 1,531 31.47
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ferring

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Ferring (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Elkins * 1,018 61.4 −7.3
Conservative Mark Turner 949 57.3 −11.4
Labour Dorothy Portia Macedo 403 24.3 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Helen Roberts 316 19.1 +5.3
Green Kerstin Sonnemann 272 16.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,657 39.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hotham

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Hotham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Warr * 402 42.6 +11.3
Independent Steve Goodheart * 389 41.3 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Bob Waterhouse 304 32.2 +1.4
Conservative David Nicholas Britton 299 31.7 +12.6
Labour David Meagher 208 22.1 +7.9
Majority
Turnout 943 22.21
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Marine

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Marine (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Brooks * 669 59.6 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Stanley * 468 41.7 +3.1
Labour Heather Robbins 354 31.5 +12.4
Conservative Philip Richard James Sanders 295 26.3 +3.5
Majority
Turnout 1,123 23.34
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Middleton-on-Sea

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Middleton-on-Sea (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacky Pendleton * 729 49.3 +5.9
Independent Shirley Yvonne Haywood * 639 43.2 +0.2
Conservative David Darling 556 37.6 −1.7
Green Liam Warren 336 22.7 N/A
Labour Jeff Daws 266 18.0 +12.6
Majority
Turnout 1,478 35.40
Conservative hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Orchard

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Orchard (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Francis Oppler * 477 47.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Kenton Batley 375 37.1 +3.1
Independent Phil Woodall 236 23.3 −4.0
Labour Jan Cosgrove 231 22.8 +2.2
Conservative Billy Edward Kelly 207 20.5 −0.7
Independent Kinga Elzbieta Arciszewska 169 16.7 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,011 21.51
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pagham

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Pagham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Huntley * 1,037 65.8 +3.2
Independent June Hamilton * 825 52.3 −2.4
Conservative Harry Triggs 462 29.3 +8.6
Labour Pauline Nash 298 18.9 +12.5
Majority
Turnout 1,577 30.30
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Pevensey

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Pevensey (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Nash 292 30.3 +12.5
Labour Simon McDougall 277 28.7 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Wells 247 25.6 −13.3
Conservative Pat Dillon 235 24.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats John Barrett 207 21.5 −9.7
Independent Sandra Elizabeth Daniells * 163 16.9 −22.6
Independent Adam William Wojtek Cunard 159 16.5 N/A
Green John Paul Erskine 76 7.9 −23.3
Green Paul Wyatt 72 7.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 965 24.04
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

River

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River (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Keith O'Neill 674 34.8 +11.5
Labour Alan Terence Butcher 665 34.3 +12.2
Labour Mary Christine Wiltshire 665 34.3 +14.3
Conservative Michelle Molloy 559 28.9 +6.5
Conservative Nigel Smith 505 26.1 +7.3
Conservative Gary Russell Hart 504 26.0 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Buckland * 499 25.8 −17.8
Liberal Democrats Ady Clark 425 21.9 −19.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Croft 350 18.1 −19.1
Green Lilias Rider Haggard Cheyne 331 17.1 N/A
Heritage Gabi Gates 104 5.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,937 27.35
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Rustington East

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Rustington East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Cooper * 1,086 62.7 +1.5
Conservative Shaun Gunner * 973 56.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Anchorette Lucy Parvin-Blackstone 557 32.2 +1.0
Labour Sean Lee 494 28.5 +17.4
Majority
Turnout 1,731 39.01 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rustington West

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Rustington West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley-Anne Lloyd 1,101 45.9 +7.7
Conservative Peggy Partridge 1,033 43.1 +7.2
Conservative Lynne Edwards 1,018 42.4 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Pauline Anne Gregory * 934 38.9 −13.0
Liberal Democrats Jamie Bennett * 811 33.8 −15.9
Liberal Democrats Nick Jays 757 31.6 −14.1
Green Faye Faithful 452 18.8 N/A
Labour Bernadette Millam 390 16.3 +5.4
Majority
Turnout 2,399 35.05
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Yapton

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Yapton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Worne * 1,160 69.8 +15.6
Liberal Democrats Henry Jones * 1,039 62.6 +25.3
Conservative Oli Byron-Davies 395 23.8 −2.1
Conservative Paul Dendle 364 21.9 −3.2
Labour Doris Audrey Richards 176 10.6 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,661 30.73
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election". Arun District Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ Gormley, Connor (5 May 2023). "Arun District local election results 2023 - Conservatives are largest party, but strong showing for Labour". Sussex World. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Council meeting, 31 May 2023". Arun District Council. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ^ Dunn, Karen (1 June 2023). "Coalition of Lib Dems, Labour, Greens and Independents to run Arun District Council". Sussex World. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Arun District Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Arun District Council election results 4 May 2023". Arun District Council. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.