West Sussex County Council elections

West Sussex County Council in England is elected every four years.

Council elections

• 1997 West Sussex County Council election
• 2001 West Sussex County Council election
• 2005 West Sussex County Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)^[1]
• 2009 West Sussex County Council election (boundary changes)^[2]
• 2013 West Sussex County Council election
• 2017 West Sussex County Council election
• 2021 West Sussex County Council election
• 2025 West Sussex County Council election

Election results

Composition of the council^[3]

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats[a]	Labour	Green	UKIP	Independents and others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (83 seats)
1973	58	7	10	–	–	8		Conservative
New division boundaries (80 seats)
1977	74	2	4	0	–	0		Conservative
1981	57	14	8	0	–	1		Conservative
New division boundaries (71 seats)
1985	46	17	8	0	–	0		Conservative
1989	46	15	9	0	–	1		Conservative
1993	26	34	10	0	–	1		No overall control
1997	37	24	9	0	0	1		Conservative
2001	42	18	11	0	0	0		Conservative
New division boundaries (71 seats)
2005	46	17	7	0	0	1[b]		Conservative
New division boundaries (71 seats)
2009	48	21	2	0	0	0		Conservative
2013	46	8	6	0	10	1		Conservative
New division boundaries (70 seats)
2017	56	9	5	0	0	0		Conservative
2021	48	10	9	1	0	2[c]		Conservative

Results maps

• 
  2005 results map
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  2009 results map
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  2013 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2021 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

Ifield by-election 11 July 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,283	79.8
	Conservative		229	14.2
	Liberal Democrats		96	6.0
Majority			1,054	65.6
Turnout			1,608	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

1997-2001

Chichester East by-election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,077	50.2	+4.5
	Conservative		750	34.9	−0.5
	Labour		319	14.9	−3.9
Majority			327	15.3
Turnout			2,146
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Steyning by-election 6 May 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Willett	1,297	44.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Deedman	1,040	35.3	−12.0
	Labour	John Ridley	480	16.3	+6.1
	Independent	Bernard Durnford	132	4.5	+4.5
Majority			257	8.7
Turnout			2,949
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gossops Green by-election 28 September 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		830	50.7	−1.1
	Conservative		635	38.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats		171	10.4	+0.0
Majority			195	11.9
Turnout			1,636	23.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005

Cuckfield Rural by-election 3 July 2003^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Webster	1,027	51.8	+22.6
	Conservative	Peter Jones	954	48.2	−4.0
Majority			73	3.6
Turnout			1,981	26.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Saltings by-election 3 July 2003^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Dunn	1,145	59.9	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark O'Keeffe	420	22.0	−2.0
	Labour	Adrienne Lowe	346	18.1	−11.1
Majority			725	37.9
Turnout			1,911	20.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey by-election 10 June 2004^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hull	1,652	44.9	−1.9
	Conservative	John Charles	1,575	42.8	+4.5
	Labour	Richard Wilson	454	12.3	−2.6
Majority			77	2.1
Turnout			3,681	42.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2005-2009

Angmering & Findon by-election 1 June 2006^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Urquhart	1,500	75.6	+25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Richards	334	16.8	−21.0
	Labour	James Field	149	7.5	+7.5
Majority			1,166	58.8
Turnout			1,983	25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick by-election 14 September 2006^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Mockridge	907	55.5	+15.4
	Labour	Andrew Bray	316	19.4	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Doyle	314	19.2	−0.3
	Green	Susan Board	96	5.9	+0.9
Majority			591	36.1
Turnout			1,633	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cuckfield and Lucastes by-election 3 May 2007^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bradbury	2,020	61.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Blanch	1,274	38.7	+7.4
Majority			746	22.6
Turnout			3,358	45.41	−27.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petworth by-election 7 June 2007^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Duncton	1,437	72.0	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Cooper	346	17.3	=13.0
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	213	10.7	+10.7
Majority			1,091	54.7
Turnout			2,002	21.12	−48.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood bye-election, 6 May 2010^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John O'Brien	2,878	48.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Catrin Ingham	2,771	46.4	+6.5
	Independent	Robert Wall	328	5.5	N/A
Majority			107	1.8	−1.8
Turnout			5,977	68.5	+27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maidenbower bye-Election, 7 October 2010^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lanzer	1,036	64.4	−7.9
	Labour	Peter Smith	417	26.0	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sulu Pandya	82	5.1	−8.6
	UKIP	John MacCanna	61	3.8	+3.8
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	12	0.7	+0.7
Majority			619	38.5	−19.8
Turnout			1,609
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.0

Midhurst bye-election, 15 November 2012

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

2013-2017

Storrington bye-election, 26 September 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Circus	1,037	45.9	−2.0
	UKIP	John Wallace	729	32.2	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Hopkinson	364	16.1	+2.0
	Green	James Doyle	131	5.8	N/A
Majority			308	13.7	+3.8
Turnout			2,261	22.5	−10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9

Warnham & Rusper bye-election, 24 October 2013 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Kitchen	868	58.3	+3.3
	UKIP	Geoff Stevens	335	22.5	−7.7
	Green	Darrin Green	119	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Millson	103	6.9	−7.9
	Labour	Carol Hayton	63	4.4	N/A
Majority			533	36.8	+12..0
Turnout			1490	20.1	−10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

Haywards Heath East bye-election, 19 December 2013^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	649	35.5	+1.7
	UKIP	Charles Burrell	576	31.5	+5.1
	Labour	Richard Goddard	346	18.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Hall	201	11.0	−8.2
	Green	Paul Brown	55	3.0	N/A
Majority			73	4.0	−2.4
Turnout			1832	23.1	−6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

2017-2021

Northgate & West Green by-election 2 May 2019^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Sudan	1,293	48.9
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	839	31.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	268	10.1
	Green	Richard Kail	246	9.3
Majority			454	17.2
Turnout			2,646	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Three Bridges by-election 26 September 2019^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Burgess	1,102	51.7
	Labour	Angela Malik	628	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	257	12.1
	Green	Danielle Kail	136	6.4
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	9	0.4
Majority			474	22.2
Turnout			2,132	25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bourne by-election 21 November 2019^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Magill	1,368	48.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kerry-Bedell	1,009	36.0
	Green	Michael Neville	250	8.9
	Labour	Jane Towers	161	5.8
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	12	0.4
Majority			359	12.8
Turnout			2,800	28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2021-2025

Bourne by-election 4 November 2021^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kerry-Bedell	1,180	51.8	+22.8
	Conservative	Bob Hayes	893	39.2	−11.7
	Green	Ann Stewart	178	7.8	−3.1
	Labour	Alan Butcher	25	1.1	−8.1
Majority			287	12.6
Turnout			2,276
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Worthing West by-election 7 July 2022^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham McKnight	1,262	52.0	+5.6
	Conservative	Michael Cloake	795	32.8	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Thorpe	235	9.7	+5.4
	Green	Jo Paul	133	5.5	−1.7
Majority			467	19.3
Turnout			2,425
	Labour hold		Swing

Felpham by-election 8 September 2022^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jaine Wild	803	43.4	+43.4
	Conservative	David Darling	733	39.6	−12.8
	Labour	David Meagher	217	11.7	+3.5
	Independent	Richard Parker	99	5.3	−14.8
Majority			70	3.8
Turnout			1,852
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

East Grinstead Meridian by-election 4 May 2023^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dabell	1,064	43.6	−10.8
	Independent	Norman Mockford	467	19.1	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Lane	365	14.9	+2.5
	Labour	Timothy Cornell	340	13.9	+3.2
	Green	Alex Langridge	207	8.5	−1.3
Majority			597	24.4
Turnout			2,443
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. One vacant seat
3. Including 1 Local Alliance