Worth Forest (electoral division)

Worth Forest is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Worth Forest

Shown within West Sussex
District:Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:Horsham, Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
Electorate (2009):9356
County Councillor
Bill Acraman (Con)

Extent

The division covers the villages of Ardingly, Balcombe, Copthorne, Handcross, Pease Pottage and Turners Hill.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Ardingly & Balcombe Ward, Copthorne & Worth Ward, and the south part of Crawley Down & Turners Hill Ward; and the following civil parishes: Ardingly, Balcombe, the north part of Slaugham, Turners Hill and the west part of Worth.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Worth Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Acraman 1,200 44.1 -17.1
UKIP Vivienne Etherton 815 30.0 N/A
Labour Alan Rew 338 12.4 +6.0
Green Gillian Maher 198 7.3 -7.5
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Dennis 168 6.2 -11.4
Majority 385 14.1 -29.5
Turnout 2,719 29.1 -8.4
Conservative hold Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Worth Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Acraman 2,147 61.2 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Nick Dennis 617 17.6 -4.5
Green Barrie Weller 518 14.8 +7.3
Labour Frank Thomson 225 6.4 -10.6
Majority 1,530 43.6 +12.3
Turnout 3,507 37.5 -31.0
Conservative hold Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Worth Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mr W E Acraman 3,208 53.4
Liberal Democrats Mr G E Knight 1,327 22.1
Labour Mr R M Burgess 1,025 17.0
Green Mr M B Weller 452 7.5
Majority 1,881 31.3
Turnout 6,012 68.5
Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council


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