2019 Chichester District Council election

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 2 May 2019. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party had its majority wiped out.[1][2]

2019 Chichester District Council election
2 May 2019
All 36 seats to Chichester District Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 38[lower-alpha 1] 5[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 18 11
Seat change 10[lower-alpha 2] 7[lower-alpha 2]
Popular vote 24,245 19,228
Percentage 41.6% 33.0%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Chichester District Council elections by ward.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

No overall control

Boundary changes

In 2016, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England presented its proposed boundary changes for the Chichester District, following a three month consultation with the public. This involved reducing the number of councillors from 48 to 36, and the number of wards from 29 to 21.[3]

Boundary changes in effect from May 2019
Old wards New wards
Chichester East Chichester Central‡
Chichester North
Chichester South
Chichester East Chichester East
Chichester North
Chichester North Chichester North
Chichester West
Chichester South Chichester South
Chichester East
Chichester West Chichester West
Chichester South
Easebourne Easebourne
Stedham*
Fernhurst Fernhurst
Plaistow*
Rogate*
Bury* Fittleworth‡
Petworth
Boxgrove* Goodwood‡
Lavant
Bosham* Harbour Villages‡
Donnington*
Fishbourne*
Southbourne
Harting Harting
Rogate*
Lavant Lavant
Funtington*
Petworth Loxwood‡
Plaistow*
Wisborough Green*
Midhurst Midhurst
Stedham*
North Mundham* North Mundham and Tangmere‡
Tangmere*
Sidlesham*
Petworth Petworth
Selsey South Selsey South
Selsey North*
Sidlesham* Sidlesham with Selsey North‡
Selsey North*
Southbourne Southbourne
East Wittering* The Witterings‡
West Wittering*
Westbourne Westbourne
Funtington*
* Abolished ‡ New creation

Election result
Chichester District Council Election Result 2019[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 18 1 11 10 50.00 41.61 24,245
  Liberal Democrats 10 7 0 7 30.55 33.00 19,228
  Green 2 2 0 3 5.56 8.37 4,878
  Labour 2 2 0 2 5.56 6.63 3,864
  Local Alliance 2 2 0 2 5.56 2.62 1,528
  Independent 1 0 3 3 2.77 4.07 2,374
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.00 2.72 1,582
  Patria 0 0 0 0.00 0.14 84
Total 36 58,262
↓
18 11 2 2 2 1
Conservative Liberal Democrats Green Labour LA I

Ward results
Chichester Central (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martyn John Bell 381 44.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna 353 40.1
Labour Malcolm Shepherd 108 12.5
Turnout 861 38.46
Conservative hold Swing
Chichester East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Garry Hughes 462 34.6
Labour Sarah Carol Lishman 441
Conservative Christopher Carl Spink 380 28.1
Conservative Jane Louise Kilby 355
Liberal Democrats John Francis Hughes 283 20.2
Green Pauline Gaskin 279 10.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Woolley 246
UKIP Terrence Leonard Walters 146 5.6
Turnout 2,612 30.99
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Chichester North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Edward Plowman 625 37.9
Conservative Anthony Peter Dignum 623 38.7
Conservative Peter John Budge 586 18.8
Liberal Democrats Julian Alexander Joy 560
Green Elizabeth Lucy Noble 490 15.7
Labour Theo Kent 219 7.0
Turnout 3,125 38.76
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chichester South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah Mary Sharp 987 54.9
Green Heather Margaret Barrie 692
Conservative Jamie David Fitzjohn 324 21.1
Conservative Nigel Geoffrey Galloway 321
Liberal Democrats Angus Richard Bond 196 11.6
Labour Amanda Jane Atkinson 187 11.6
Labour Philip James Wilson 167
Liberal Democrats John Kentish Turbefield 160
Turnout 3,056 31.74
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Chichester West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Margaret Mary Apel 1,139 51.1
Liberal Democrats John-Henry David Bowden 890
Conservative Simon Huw Peter Lloyd-Williams 538 26.1
Conservative Stephen Leon Hill 498
Labour James Douglas Hobson 228 11.1
Labour Aimie Jane Merrett 216
Independent Michael Clive Thorn 181 4.6
UKIP Michael Alan Hamilton Mason 177 4.5
Patria Andrew Emerson 84 2.1
Turnout 3,970 42.71
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Easebourne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Erik Francis Hobbs 536 63.7
Liberal Democrats Alexander Gordon Motley 287 34.1
Turnout 841 35.93
Conservative hold Swing
Fernhurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norma Dorothy Graves 969 66.9
Conservative Peter John Henry Wilding 922
Liberal Democrats John Derek Morton 690 24.4
UKIP Peter Hugh Pearce 227 8.0
Turnout 2,829 34.35
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Fittleworth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan James Franklin Sutton 661 66.8
Liberal Democrats Sean Anton Cemm 302 30.5
Turnout 990 38.70
Conservative hold Swing
Goodwood (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Charles Potter 448 52.0
Green Philip Gerald Maber 212 24.6
Liberal Democrats Jack David Lovejoy 186 21.6
Turnout 861 34.75
Conservative hold Swing
Harbour Villages (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss 1,739 44.6
Liberal Democrats David John Alwin Rodgers 1,247
Conservative Penelope Clare Plant 1,178 35.6
Liberal Democrats David Conrad Mackintosh 1,138
Conservative Andrew Charles Collins 1,107
Conservative Michael Brian Dicker 996
Green Michael John Neville 961 10.4
Labour Jane Anne Towers 329 8.9
Labour Stephen John Gough 256
Labour Jane Loveda Turton 235
Turnout 9,234 42.19
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Harting (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kate Francesca Bacon O'Kelly 968 74.1
Conservative Lawrence Vere Tristram Abel 313 23.9
Turnout 1,307 45.22
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Lavant (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Erroll Prior Palmer 531 58.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew John Leeming 266 29.2
Labour Gwendoline Jane Miles 94 10.3
Turnout 910 36.01
Conservative hold Swing
Loxwood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Natalie Cecilia Hume 1,088 54.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth Benjamin Evans 938
Conservative Christian Nicholas Mahne 868 44.2
Conservative Christine Victoria Gibson-Pierce 781
Turnout 3,731 36.56
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Midhurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gordon Valentine McAra 1,280 34.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Russell Fowler 666 27.0
Conservative Sally Veronica Watts 636 32.0
Conservative Nicholas Richard Donald Thomas 553
Liberal Democrats Caroline Lynda Annette Neville 335
Labour Margaret Rhona Guest 227 6.1
Turnout 3,707 38.21
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
North Mundham and Tangmere (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon John Oakley 798 60.2
Conservative Christopher Leslie William Page 691
Liberal Democrats David Betts 666 27.1
UKIP Andrew John Sheppard 289 11.8
Turnout 2,456 30.88
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Petworth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eileen Patricia Lintill 650 68.4
Liberal Democrats David Clifford Hares 172 26.5
Labour Jonathan Michael Rodell 107 11.3
Turnout 950 34.01
Conservative hold Swing
Selsey South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Local Alliance Timothy Simon Charles Johnson 811 31.0
Conservative John William Evans Elliott 735 47.7
Conservative Peter Roger Barrow 513
Liberal Democrats Simon Scotland 265 10.1
Labour Bridget Ash 147 10.5
Labour Mark Andrew Farwell 127
Turnout 2,616 31.40
Local Alliance gain from Conservative
Conservative hold Swing
Sidlesham with Selsey North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Local Alliance Donna Frances Johnson 717 28.2
Conservative Linda Caroline Purnell 648 43.3
Conservative Patricia Mary Tull 453
Green Lucinda Anne Gibson-House 436 17.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Mary Scotland 280 11.0
Turnout 2,544 30.90
Local Alliance gain from Conservative
Conservative hold Swing
Southbourne (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Andrew Brown 1,018 61.1
Liberal Democrats Tracie Patricia Bangert 884
Conservative Robert Hayes 674 21.7
Conservative Nigel Philip Hogben 492 37.5
Turnout 3,111
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
The Witterings (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graeme Arthur Frederick Barrett 1,309 46.5
Conservative Elizabeth Angela Booth Hamilton 1,191
Conservative Susan Therese Taylor 1,003
Liberal Democrats Margaret Joanna Gormley 744 19.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Elizabeth Milnes 703
Green Stephanie Grace Carn 592 7.9
Independent Laurence Pocock 577 7.7
UKIP Jonathan Bowman 396 9.9
UKIP Maureen Patricia Hunt 347
Independent Martin John Silcocks 336 4.5
Labour Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan 314 4.2
Turnout 7,536 36.58
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Westbourne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Alan Briscoe 583 57.4
Green Ann Elizabeth Stewart 229 22.6
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise Power 194 19.1
Turnout 1,015 37.89
Conservative hold Swing

Notes and references
  1. Based on pre-2019 boundaries.
  2. Indicates boundary change—so this is a nominal figure.
  1. "Election results: Tories lose three Sussex councils". BBC News. 3 May 2019.
  2. "Tories lose overall control of Chichester District Council". Chichester Observer. 3 May 2019.
  3. "Overview of draft recommendations for Chichester District Council" (PDF). Chichester City Council. 2016.
  4. "District and Parish Election Results 2019". Chichester District Council. 2019.
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