Link to >>> Council Election Results May 2016 - April 2017
Horsham, Southwater - Conservative hold
| Party | 2016 votes | 2016 share | since 2015 "top" | since 2015 "average" | since 2011 "top" | since 2011 "average" |
Conservative
|
1,046
|
66.2%
|
+30.4%
|
+29.9%
|
+11.9%
|
+9.1%
|
Liberal Democrat
|
308
|
19.5%
|
+2.4%
|
+4.9%
|
-11.8%
|
-7.8%
|
Labour
|
118
|
7.5%
|
-2.1%
|
-2.7%
|
from nowhere
|
from nowhere
|
UKIP
|
109
|
6.9%
|
-8.3%
|
-8.2%
|
-7.6%
|
-8.8%
|
Independent
|
-11.3%
|
-12.0%
| ||||
Green
|
-11.1%
|
-11.8%
| ||||
Total votes
|
1,581
|
22%
|
23%
|
46%
|
50%
|
Swing Liberal Democrat to Conservative ~14% / 12½% since 2015 and ~12% / 8½% since 2011
Council now 38 Conservative, 4 Liberal Democrat, 2 Independent
Southwater - Horsham DC - Ian Howard (Conservative) died. He was a councillor from 1999 to 2003 and since 2007 and he was the Cabinet Member for Planning until he resigned from Cabinet in 2013 due to health issues.
2015: Con 2583/2442/2347, LD 1233/743, UKIP 1099/946, Ind 814, Grn 801, Lab 690
2011: Con 1857/1806/1721, LD 1073/834/666, UKIP 495
2007: Con 1575/1433/1405, LD 1312/1265/1195
2003: LD 1232/1227/1205, Con 971/966/938, Lab 179
Uri Baran (United Kingdom Independence Party)
Billy Greening (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Richard Greenwood (Liberal Democrats)
Kevin O'Sullivan (Labour Party)
