2024 Crawley Borough Council election

English local election

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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12 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Michael Jones	Duncan Crow
Party	Labour	Conservative
Leader's seat	Bewbush & North Broadfield	Furnace Green
Last election	20 seats, 47.6%	16 seats, 40.2%
Seats before	20	16
Seats after	25	11
Seat change	5	5

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Crawley Borough Council election

Leader before election

Michael Jones
Labour

Leader after election

Michael Jones
Labour

The 2024 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Labour Party tightened their control of the council to a comfortable working majority of 14, gaining several seats from the Conservatives. Despite multiple other parties fielding several candidates in Crawley's wards, no other party won any seats.

Summary

Candidates by party

Labour Party (12/12)

Conservative Party (12/12)

Green Party (10/12)

TUSC (10/12)

Heritage (3/12)

Independent (2/12)

Freedom Alliance (1/12)

Justice (1/12)

Election result

2024 Crawley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	5	83.3	15	25	69.4	11,242	46.8	–0.8
	Conservative	2	5	16.7	9	11	30.6	8,383	34.9	–5.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,636	11.0	+2.3
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	776	3.2	+3.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	558	2.3	+1.7
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	306	1.3	+0.5
	Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	69	0.3	N/A
	JAC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.2	N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Jones*	920	51.3	−4.4
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	416	23.2	+0.6
	Green	Holly Smith	251	14.0	+3.0
	TUSC	Robin Burnham	119	6.6	−2.6
	Heritage	Dan Weir	50	2.8	+1.3
	JAC	Arshad Khan	38	2.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,816	25.1
Registered electors			7,230
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadfield

Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kiran Khan*	979	54.5	−0.1
	Conservative	Valerie Knight	509	28.4	−1.4
	Heritage	Carolina Morra	174	9.7	+3.4
	TUSC	Christopher Ellis	133	7.4	+5.5
Majority
Turnout			1,816	24.6
Registered electors			7,384
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Esther Barrott	914	51.6	−1.5
	Conservative	Anwaera Perveen	557	31.5	−3.4
	Green	Iain Dickson	191	10.8	−1.3
	Heritage	Debbie Plaister	82	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	Mark Wright	26	1.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,780	38.0
Registered electors			4,683
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ifield

Ifield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Beni Yianni	1,046	50.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Purdy	688	33.3	−5.7
	Green	Ines Manning	229	11.1	+1.5
	TUSC	Winifred Duggan	105	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,088	29.0
Registered electors			7,202
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Shelly Bushnell	722	45.1	−18.5
	Independent	Karen Sudan	465	29.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Hellier	414	25.9	−10.5
Majority
Turnout			1,675	27.3
Registered electors			6,132
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Ramsay	940	43.9	−7.6
	Green	Max Perry	614	28.7	+1.0
	Labour	Matt Pritchard	586	27.4	+6.6
Majority
Turnout			2,159	31.8
Registered electors			6,799
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sue Mullins*	1,188	53.5	−1.1
	Conservative	Alison Pendlington*	641	28.9	−4.5
	Green	Nicholas Park	278	12.5	+0.5
	TUSC	Peter Miller	113	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,242	29.0
Registered electors			7,741
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Nicholas Hilton	1,236	49.1	−4.5
	Conservative	Paul Castle	1,014	40.3	−6.1
	Green	Neal Murdoch	236	9.4	N/A
	TUSC	Ben Newman	31	1.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,530	34.3
Registered electors			7,372
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bidwell	1,099	51.8	+3.9
	Labour	Tony Patel	721	34.0	−6.4
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	247	11.6	−0.1
	TUSC	Ruth Gaunt	54	2.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,146	34.5
Registered electors			6,221
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southgate

Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dipesh Patel	924	46.2	−2.9
	Conservative	Simon Piggott*	746	37.3	+1.5
	Green	Robin Fitton	255	12.8	+3.4
	TUSC	Brett Shattock	73	3.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,012	30.0
Registered electors			6,711
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Atif Nawaz*	1,274	51.4	+8.1
	Conservative	Kevin Bonnick	809	32.6	−13.4
	Green	Denielle Kail	215	8.7	+0.7
	Independent	Muhammed Hanif	93	3.8	N/A
	TUSC	Timothy Holt	89	3.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,496	36.9
Registered electors			6,773
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Tilgate

Tilgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Olu Adeniyi	732	48.7	+0.1
	Conservative	Francis Guidera	550	36.6	−14.8
	Green	Simon Thorn	120	8.0	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	Amanda Brown	69	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	Christopher Owen	33	2.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,514	33.7
Registered electors			4,495
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Changes 2024-2026

Affiliation changes

By-elections

Northgate and West Green

Northgate and West Green by-election: 24 October 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Khayla Abu Mosa	704	38.5	–15.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Purdy	492	26.9	–2.0
	Reform UK	Tim Charters	292	16.0	N/A
	Green	Nick Park	174	9.5	–3.0
	Workers Party	Linda Bamieh	133	7.3	N/A
	TUSC	Robin Burnham	35	1.9	–3.2
Majority			212	11.6	–13.0
Turnout			1,842	23.6	–5.4
Registered electors			7,816
	Labour hold		Swing	6.5

References

"Notice of Election" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Dunn, Karen (3 May 2024). "Local elections 2024: Labour's 'best result in decades' in Crawley". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
"Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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