Cuckfield & Lucastes (electoral division)

Cuckfield & Lucastes is an electoral division of West Sussex in England, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Cuckfield & Lucastes

Shown within West Sussex
District:Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:Mid Sussex, Horsham
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
Electorate (2009):8018
County Councillor
Peter Bradbury (Con)

Extent

The division covers the town of Cuckfield and the western part of the town of Haywards Heath; and the villages of Ansty, Staplefield and Whitemans Green.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Cuckfield Ward and Haywards Heath Lucastes Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Ansty & Staplefield, Cuckfield and the western part of Haywards Heath.

In March 2007 Anne Marie Morris resigned after she was selected as the Conservative candidate in the Devon seat of Newton Abbot for the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Cuckfield & Lucastes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pete Bradbury 1,282 48.6 +1.8
UKIP Marc Montgomery 585 22.2 +16.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch 470 17.8 -3.4
Labour Sarah Moss 300 11.4 +8.8
Majority 697 26.4 +0.8
Turnout 2,637 33.0 -12.4
Conservative hold Swing 7.2% Con to UKIP

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Cuckfield & Lucastes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bradbury 1,703 46.8 -14.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Blanch 770 21.2 -17.5
Independent Mike Bright 644 17.7 N/A
UKIP Marc Montgomery 218 6.0 N/A
Green Catherine Edminson 208 5.7 N/A
Labour Derek Davies 95 2.6 N/A
Majority 933 25.6 +3.0
Turnout 3,638 45.4 0.0
Conservative hold Swing

2007 Bye-election

Results of the bye-election held on 3 May 2007:

Cuckfield & Lucastes
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 +0.9
Turnout 3,358 45.4 -27.4
Conservative hold Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Cuckfield & Lucastes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Marie Morris 2,633 53.0
Liberal Democrats Irene Balls 1,556 31.3
Labour Derek Davies 423 8.5
Green Peter Wemyss-Gorman 354 7.1
Majority 1,077 21.7
Turnout 4,966 72.8
Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council


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