2021 Crawley Borough Council election

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2021 Crawley Borough Council Election

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6 May 2021

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21 of the 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
Seats before	17	18	1
Seats won	1	0	0
Seats after	18	17	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	14,909	12,129	287
Percentage	48.6%	39.5%	0.9%

Winner in each ward for the 2021 Crawley Borough Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2021 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2021 Crawley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	57.1	10	18	50.0	14,909	48.6	+2.1
	Labour	6	1	42.9	11	17	47.2	12,129	39.5	-7.5
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	2.8	287	0.9	New
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,053	6.7	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,270	4.1	+1.7
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	59	0.2	New

Ward results

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Jones	1,045	48.3	+0.6
	Conservative	David Brades	744	34.4	+15.0
	Green	Richard Kail	283	13.1	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shamsul Arfin	92	4.3	−3.7
Majority			301	13.9
Turnout			2,164	29.7	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

Broadfield

Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kiran Khan	1,095	49.7	−10.7
	Conservative	Craig Burke	964	43.7	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Parveen Khan	145	6.6	N/A
Majority			131	6.0
Turnout			2,204	30.0	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zaker Ali	1,014	50.8	+9.8
	Labour	Tahira Rana	737	36.9	−4.7
	Green	Ben Fletcher	113	5.7	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	May Champion	73	3.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Colin Thornback	59	3.0	N/A
Majority			277	13.9
Turnout			1,996	41.6	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Ifield

Ifield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Josh Bounds	1,157	43.2
	Labour	Sandra Buck	967	36.1
	Conservative	Martin Stone	938	35.1
	Labour	Jilly Hart	935	34.9
	Green	Iain Dickson	302	11.3
	Green	Sally-Claire Fadelle	236	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Mallinson	116	4.3
Turnout			2,676	37.0
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Mullins	1,001	48.3	−12.1
	Conservative	Tahir Ashraf	823	39.7	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sargent	248	12.0	−4.7
Majority			178	8.6
Turnout			2,072	34.2	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	14.5

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Peck	1,517	62.8	−4.9
	Labour	Matt Pritchard	557	23.0	−9.3
	Green	Max Perry	343	14.2	N/A
Majority			960	39.8
Turnout			2,417	35.7	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Smita Raja	1,097	42.8	+1.7
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	965	37.7	+7.5
	Independent	Karen Sudan	287	11.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	213	8.3	−5.1
Majority			132	5.1
Turnout			2,562	33.5	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevan McCarthy	1,528	66.4	+3.9
	Labour	Bob Noyce	773	33.6	+5.6
Majority			755	32.8
Turnout			2,301	35.1	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Pendlington	1,469	58.4	+9.0
	Labour	Olusina Adeniyi	695	27.6	−2.5
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	272	10.8	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Naeem Shahzad	80	3.2	N/A
Majority			774	30.8
Turnout			2,516	40.2	+6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.8

Southgate

Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Piggott	1,139	45.3	+6.8
	Labour	Julian Charatan	1,069	42.6	−5.3
	Green	Robin Fitton	167	6.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Eastman	137	5.5	−8.0
Majority			70	2.7
Turnout			2,512	38.8	+4.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.1

Three Bridges

Three Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Atif Nawaz	1,099	44.2	+9.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Purdy	1,071	43.1	−2.2
	Green	Danielle Kail	205	8.3	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Taylor-Burr	109	4.4	N/A
Majority			28	1.1
Turnout			2,484	39.6	+6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.3

Tilgate

Tilgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michelle Morris	808	49.4
	Conservative	Maureen Mwagale	772	47.2
	Labour	Carlos Castro	569	34.8
	Labour	Kerry-Anne Flynn	490	29.9
	Green	Tom Coombes	132	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Old	57	3.5
Turnout			1,637	36.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References

"Notice of Election" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
"Borough Election 2021 - Thursday, 6th May, 2021". Crawley Borough Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
"Crawley scoreboard". BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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