2011 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2011 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Crawley District Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[3]

2011 Crawley Borough Council election[1]
← 2010 5 May 2011 2012 →

12 of the 37 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 26 11
Seats before 25 12
Seats won 8 4
Seats after 24 13
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 12,762 10,363
Percentage 51.1% 41.5%

Map showing the results of the 2011 Crawley Borough Council elections by ward. Blue show Conservative seats, and red shows Labour. Wards in grey had no election.
Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives in a by-election in October 2010[2]

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

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Crawley local election result 2011[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 8 66.7 51.1 12,762
  Labour 4 33.3 41.5 10,363
  Green 0 0.0 3.3 812
  Liberal Democrats 0 0.0 2.3 565
  UKIP 0 0.0 1.3 318
  Justice Party 0 0.0 0.5 132

Ward results

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Bewbush

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Bewbush[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Chris Cheshire 1,121
Conservative Pravin Mistry 564
Justice Party Arshad Khan 132
Turnout 29.55
Labour hold

Furnace Green

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Furnace Green[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Duncan Crow 1,036
Labour Colin Moffatt 722
Liberal Democrats Darren Wise 163
Green Maris Liles 152
Turnout 49.48
Conservative hold

Gossops Green

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Gossops Green[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Keith Blake 797
Labour Chris Mullins 792
Green Iain Dickson 152
Turnout 44.86%
Conservative hold

Ifield

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Ifield[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Chris Oxlade 1,283
Conservative Liam Marshall-Ascough 1,245
Turnout 38.93
Labour hold

Langley Green

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Langley Green[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David Shreeves 1,139
Conservative Christine Brown 539
UKIP Peter Brent 170
Liberal Democrats Kevin Osborne 126
Turnout 34.55
Labour hold

Maidenbower

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Maidenbower[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Lenny Walker 1,737
Labour Olusina Adeniyi 522
Turnout 35.85
Conservative hold

Northgate

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Northgate[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op Geraint Thomas 831
Conservative Duncan Peck 551
Turnout 37.15
Labour Co-op hold

Pound Hill North

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Pound Hill North[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sally Blake 1,241
Labour Aneel Sharma 435
Liberal Democrats Eddie Reay 276
UKIP John MacCanna 148
Turnout 42.78
Conservative hold

Pound Hill North

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Pound Hill South and Worth[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Claire Denman 1,783
Labour Anita Bateman 794
Turnout 41.66
Conservative hold

Southgate

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Southgate[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Karl Williamson 1,091
Labour Raj Sharma 995
Green Malcolm Liles 366
Turnout 39.91
Conservative hold

Three Bridges

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Three Bridges[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Bob Burgess 1,257
Labour Thakordas Patel 892
Turnout 42.03
Conservative hold

Tilgate

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Tilgate[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nigel Boxall 921
Labour Peter Smith 837
Green Derek Hardman 142
Turnout 42.35
Conservative hold

References

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  1. ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2011". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - October 2010". Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Local Elections 2011". Crawley Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.