2022 Crawley Borough Council election

2022 UK local government election

The 2022 Crawley Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 12 of the 36 seats were up for election.

Background

In its first election in 1973, Crawley was won by Labour. Their control of the council continued until 2006, when the Conservatives took control. Labour regained the council in 2014, and this continued until the 2021 election, when the Conservatives became the largest party, although Labour continued to govern in coalition with an independent. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 48.6% of the vote, Labour lost one seat with 39.5%, and independents made no gains or losses with 0.9%.

The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2019 due to boundary changes. In that election, Labour won 19 seats with 42.6%, and Conservatives won 17 with 42.6%.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	18		Conservative	18
	Labour	17		Labour	16
	Independent	1		Independent	1

Results

2022 Crawley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	2	53.8	11	18	50.0	10,820	44.7	+5.2
	Conservative	5	1	38.5	12	17	47.2	10,131	41.9	–6.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,913	7.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,007	4.2	+0.1
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	150	0.5	–0.4
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	112	0.5	N/A
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	91	0.4	+0.2

Council composition after election

After 2022 election
Party		Seats
	Labour	18
	Conservative	17

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bewbush and North Broadfield

Bewbush and North Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharmila Sivarajah	893	50.1	+1.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Purdy	534	30.0	−4.4
	Green	Holly Smith	224	12.6	−0.5
	Independent	Robin Burnham	124	7.0	N/A
	Independent	Tan Bui	6	0.3	N/A
Majority			359	20.2
Turnout			1781
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

This seat was won from an independent who had defected from Labour since his last election.

Broadfield

Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Lunnon*	970	51.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Valerie Knight	618	33.0	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Parveen Khan	172	9.2	+2.6
	Heritage	Carolina Morra	112	6.0	N/A
Majority			352	18.8
Turnout			1872	26
	Labour hold		Swing

Furnace Green

Furnace Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Hellier	870	49.7	−1.3
	Labour	Jason Vine	676	38.6	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Angharad Old	115	6.6	−1.7
	Reform UK	Allan Griffiths	91	5.2	N/A
Majority			194	11.1
Turnout			1752
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ifield

Ifield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jilly Hart	1,244	51.0	+13.0
	Conservative	Martin Stone	939	38.5	−7.0
	Green	Ines Manning	165	6.8	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Mallinson	90	3.7	−0.9
Majority			305	12.5
Turnout			2,452	34.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.0

Langley Green and Tushmore

Langley Green and Tushmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tahira Rana	798	51.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Tahir Ashraf	470	30.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sargent	180	11.5	−0.5
	Green	Iain Dickson	117	7.5	N/A
Majority			328	21.0
Turnout			1,584	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Millar-Smith*	1,080	48.0	−14.8
	Green	Max Perry	629	28.0	+13.8
	Labour	Peter Smith	540	24.0	+1.0
Majority			451	20.0
Turnout			2,258	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.3

Northgate and West Green

Northgate and West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurinder Jhans*	1,021	48.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	747	35.2	−2.5
	Green	John Atherton	219	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	134	6.3	−2.0
Majority			274	12.9
Turnout			2,135	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

Pound Hill North and Forge Wood

Pound Hill North and Forge Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Belben*	1,071	53.7	−12.7
	Labour	Justin Russell	923	46.3	+12.7
Majority			148	7.4
Turnout			2,020	29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.7

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Lanzer*	1,214	54.6	−3.8
	Labour	Matthew Gaffar	748	33.6	+6.0
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	262	11.8	+1.0
Majority			466	21.0
Turnout			2,239	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

Southgate

Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmin Khan	1,094	46.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	927	39.4	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Eastman	185	7.9	+2.4
	Green	Robin Fitton	144	6.1	−0.5
Majority			167	7.1
Turnout			2350
	Labour hold		Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Pritchard	1,161	50.2	+6.0
	Conservative	Craig Burke	866	37.5	−5.6
	Green	Danielle Kail	153	6.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Taylor-Burr	131	5.7	+1.3
Majority			295	12.8
Turnout			2311
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Tilgate

Tilgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Mwagale*	795	51.4	+4.2
	Labour	Khayla Abu Mosa	752	48.6	+13.8
Majority			43	2.8
Turnout			1547
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
"Crawley Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
Koehler, Ingrid. "Who runs the councils in No Overall Control?". Local Government Information Unit. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
"Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Crawley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
"Your Councillors by Party". crawley.gov. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

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