1995 Horsham District Council election

1995 UK local government election

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The 1995 Horsham District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from the Conservatives with a 3 seat majority. This was the first time ever the Conservative Party lost control of Horsham District Council since they first won overall control in 1976.

← 1991

4 May 1995

1999 →

All 43 seats to Horsham District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Independent
Seats won	24	17	2
Seat change	11	11

Council composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
33	6	2
Con	LDem	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
24	17	2
LDem	Con	Ind

Results summary

1995 Horsham District Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	24	11	0	11	55.8	46.2	27,912	+9.2
Conservative	17	1	12	11	39.5	41.6	25125	+0.1
Independent	2	2	2		4.7	4.6	2,791	0.0
Labour	0	-	-		0.0	7.7	4,630	-8.1

Ward results

Billingshurst

Billingshurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lawes G.	728	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	Baczkowski A. Ms.	615
	Conservative	Linney C.	491	30.4
	Conservative	Podger J.	459
	Independent	Longhurst K.	395	24.5
Turnout				33.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Bramber & Upper Beeding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell J. M Ms.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Williams S.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Horner S. Ms.	634	77.3	+15.4
	Conservative	Ronaasen V. Ms.	186	22.7	−7.4
Turnout				36.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenkins E.	686	51.1	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Parker C.	656	48.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Ellis Y. Ms.	618
	Liberal Democrats	Stevens R.	589
Turnout				37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cowfold

Cowfold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Capo-Bianco S. Ms.	452	63.8
	Liberal Democrats	Holden E.	257	36.2
Turnout				35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Denne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Banyard L. Ms.	908	42.4	−8.6
	Conservative	Charles J.	879
	Conservative	Collins M.	877
	Liberal Democrats	Miles N. Ms.	831	38.8	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lingwood S. Ms.	802
	Liberal Democrats	Pollard P.	753
	Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	402	18.8	−2.7
	Labour	Macdonald K.	399
Turnout				38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Newman D.	1,004	48.6	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rutherford P. Ms.	989
	Liberal Democrats	Hyett J. Ms.	961
	Conservative	Hordern A.	733	35.5	−6.3
	Conservative	Povey J.	687
	Conservative	Wilkinson F.	635
	Labour	Black D. Ms.	329	15.9	+2.8
	Labour	Uwins S.	296
Turnout				38.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Henfield

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Matthews S. Ms.	1,065	46.9
	Conservative	Marsh J.	844	37.2
	Conservative	Howard M.	771
	Liberal Democrats	Clausen R. Ms.	362	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Price L.	329
Turnout				41.4
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook

Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dale S. Ms.	905	43.4	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Millson A.	840
	Conservative	Darby E. Ms.	773	37.1	−10.7
	Conservative	Godwin G.	771
	Labour	Chapman R.	408	19.6	−8.9
	Labour	Harper J. Ms.	353
Turnout				33.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Itchingfield & Shipley

Itchingfield & Shipley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vickers C. Ms.	466	62.2	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Baker J. Ms.	283	37.8	+37.8
Turnout				37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuthurst

Nuthurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mortlock M. Ms.	444	63.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brundish D.	252	36.2
Turnout				53.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Pulborough & Coldwatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Copeman G.	846	62.3
	Conservative	Howarth J.	839
	Liberal Democrats	French M.	512	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hughes A.	422
Turnout				35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sully C. Ms.	1,246	50.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clarke P. Ms.	1,225
	Liberal Democrats	Howell J.	1,154
	Conservative	Watson B.	800	32.5	−1.6
	Conservative	John P.	757
	Labour	Burton G.	415	16.9	+4.1
	Labour	Burton A. Ms.	385
Turnout				38.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roffey North

Roffey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Price B. Ms.	884	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	Owen E.	795
	Conservative	Hilliard D.	647	34.5
	Conservative	Ramsey V.	538
	Labour	Baughan R.	346	18.4
	Labour	Gillians E.	274
Turnout				38.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Rudgwick

Rudgwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Niven L. Ms.	469	67.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Allen J. Ms.	224	32.3	−11.7
Turnout				36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusper

Rusper
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kitchen E. Ms.	477	71.7
	Liberal Democrats	Abrahams N.	188	28.3
Turnout				36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slinfold

Slinfold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chisholm A.	342	70.7	+21.8
	Conservative	Vanden Bergh S.	142	29.3	−7.2
Turnout				37.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southwater

Southwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stainton J. Ms.	1,280	57.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stainton P.	1,229
	Conservative	Lockwood W.	948	42.5	+10.1
Turnout				40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Steyning

Steyning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Cockman G.	1,063	37.6	+37.6
	Conservative	Lee S. Ms.	885	31.3	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Taylor F.	879	31.1	−3.6
	Conservative	Ward M. Ms.	729
Turnout				42.1
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Storrington

Storrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brain J. Ms.	786	48.5	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Walker L.	697
	Conservative	Pope J.	565	34.9	−11.5
	Conservative	Riches W.	486
	Independent	Parminter K.	268	16.6	+16.6
Turnout				40.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sullington

Sullington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Banks D.	530	70.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Goodfellow J.	220	29.3	+0.3
Turnout				50.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Trafalgar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chapman N.	1,118	50.5	+25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Costin C. Ms.	1,068
	Liberal Democrats	Crosbie L.	1,021
	Conservative	Smith J. Ms.	793	35.8	−11.4
	Conservative	Howes D.	776
	Conservative	Miller M. Ms.	770
	Labour	Dumbrill D. Ms.	304	13.7	−2.8
	Labour	Gale S.	278
Turnout				51.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Warnham

Warnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Burnham J. Ms.	417	59.0
	Labour	Ward G.	192	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pearce T.	98	13.9
Turnout				51.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Chiltington

West Chiltington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jackson M.	784	73.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stoneley L. Ms.	287	26.8
Turnout				38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Grinstead

West Grinstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	McKenzie E. Ms.	557	59.1
	Labour	Mallinson J.	249	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Horner P.	137	14.5
Turnout				44.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (26 February 2013). "Horsham District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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