Arun District Council elections

Arun District Council in West Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 54 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 the council had been controlled by the Conservative Party, but in 2019 for the first time in 46 years they were no longer the majority party :[1]

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973–2019
No overall control 2019-present

Council elections

Composition of council

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour UKIP Independents Majority Notes
1973[8] 39 4 4 0 13 Con Maj 18 First elections to Council, formed of 60 seats
1976 50 5 1 0 4 Con Maj 40
1979 50 9 1 0 0 Con Maj 40
1983 51 4 1 0 0 Con Maj 46 Boundary changes reduce size of council to 56
1987 51 4 1 0 0 Con Maj 46
1991 36 11 7 0 2 Con Maj 16
1995 29 14 10 0 3 Con Maj 2
1999 36 10 8 0 2 Con Maj 16
2003 36 11 8 0 1 Con Maj 16
2007 42 9 3 0 2 Con Maj 28
2011 48 4 3 0 1 Con Maj 40
2015 42 5 1 4 2 Con Maj 30 Boundary changes reduce size of council to 54
2019 21 22 1 0 8 NOC

District result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Rustington South By-Election 26 March 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 594 60.4
Liberal Democrats 374 38.6
Majority 220 22.8
Turnout 968 31.0
Conservative hold Swing
Felpham By-Election 3 December 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 393 40.1 +9.6
Independent 294 30.0 +8.8
Liberal Democrats 167 17.0 +9.4
Independent 102 10.4 +10.4
Labour 24 2.5 -6.4
Majority 99 10.1
Turnout 980 27.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

1999-2003

Rustington South By-Election 15 July 1999[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Florence Harrison 604 64.1
Liberal Democrats Richard James 208 22.1
Labour Moira Rice 130 13.8
Majority 396 42.0
Turnout 942 30.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hotham By-Election 27 July 2000[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Evans 429 38.7 -2.7
Labour Pauline Nash 388 35.0 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Olliver 292 26.3 -3.0
Majority 41 3.7
Turnout 1,109 24.4
Conservative hold Swing

2003-2007

Yapton By-Election 5 May 2005[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Menzies 1,213 50.7 +24.3
Conservative Richard Taft 1,179 49.3 -24.3
Majority 34 1.4
Turnout 2,392 60.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Felpham East By-Election 22 September 2005[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul English 492 58.2 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Harvey 267 31.6 +31.6
Labour Simon Holland 86 10.2 -1.6
Majority 225 26.6
Turnout 845 22.6
Conservative hold Swing
Angmering By-Election 10 November 2005[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bicknell 846 66.8 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Trevor Richards 421 33.2 -3.4
Majority 425 33.6
Turnout 1,267 22.8
Conservative hold Swing
Rustington West By-Election 20 April 2006[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Florence Harrison 769 44.1 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lauretani 581 33.4 +3.0
UKIP 277 15.9 -2.1
Labour 115 6.6 -2.7
Majority 188 10.7
Turnout 1,742 26.8
Conservative hold Swing
Angmering By-Election 1 June 2006[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,052 73.6 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Trevor Richards 254 17.8 -15.4
Labour 123 8.6 +8.6
Majority 798 55.8 +22.2
Turnout 1,429 24.7 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing
Yapton By-Election 1 June 2006[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Taft 699 70.5 +21.2
Liberal Democrats Roslyn Kissell 205 20.7 -30.0
Labour 87 8.8 +8.8
Majority 494 49.8
Turnout 991 24.0 -36.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2007-2011

Yapton by-election 20 March 2008[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ema Neno 620 59.8 -4.8
Liberal Democrats David Jones 212 20.4 -2.4
BNP Albert Bodle 205 19.8 +19.8
Majority 408 39.4
Turnout 1,037 25.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.2
Felpham West by-election 2 April 2009[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gillian Madeley 630 52.1 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Lury 269 22.2 +10.3
BNP Michael Witchell 165 13.6 +13.6
UKIP Joan Phillips 89 7.4 -4.6
Labour Michelle White 56 4.6 +4.6
Majority 361 29.9 N/A
Turnout 1,209 30.2 -8.5
Conservative hold Swing

2011-2015

Aldwick East by-election 14 March 2013[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Wells 383 33.6 +17.9
Conservative Bill Smee 357 31.3 -32.6
UKIP Janet Taylor 339 29.7 +22.6
Labour Richard Dawson 61 5.3 -1.3
Majority 26 2.3
Turnout 1,141 26.8 -26.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 25.3

References

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