Midhurst (electoral division)

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Midhurst
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	8784
County Councillor
Gordon McAra (Ind)

Midhurst is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division is one of the largest in West Sussex and covers the town of Midhurst; and the villages of Bepton, Chithurst, Didling, Elsted, Iping, Milland, Nyewood, Rake, Rogate, South Harting, Stedham, Treyford, Trotton and Woolbeding.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Harting Ward, Midhurst Ward, Rogate Ward and the western part of Stedham Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Bepton, Elsted & Treyford, Harting, Linch, Midhurst, Milland, Rogate, Stedham with Iping, Trotton with Chithurst and Woolbeding with Redford.

Election results

2017 Election

Results of the election held on 4 May 2017:

Midhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate O'Kelly	1,263	34.7	+27.5
	Conservative	Alan Sutton	1,214	33.4	+6.5
	Independent	Gordon McAra	1,040	28.6	−2.8
	Green	Philip Maber	114	3.1	N/A
Majority			49		N/A
Turnout			3,631
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Midhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gordon McAra	864	31.4	N/A
	Conservative	John Cherry	742	26.9	−51.3
	UKIP	Pamela Hayton	549	19.9	−1.9
	Independent	Margaret Guest	292	10.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Green	197	7.2	N/A
	Labour	Frances Turner	110	4.0	N/A
Majority			122	4.5	N/A
Turnout			2,754	31.1	+5.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2012 By-election

Results of the by-election held on 15 November 2012:

Midhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cherry	1,410	78.2	+9.8
	UKIP	Judith Fowler	392	21.8	N/A
Majority			1,018	56.0	+13.9
Turnout			1,900	21.5	−15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Midhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nola Hendon	2,479	68.4	+29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Fowler	952	26.3	−1.7
	Labour	Andrew Young	195	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,527	42.1	+32.3
Turnout			3,626	41.3	−26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Midhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms N J Hendon	2,222	38.5
	Independent	Mr A M Shaxson	1,653	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ms J R Fowler	1,612	28.0
	UKIP	Mr P J Cole	280	4.9
Majority			569	9.8
Turnout			5,767	68.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps