Petworth (electoral division)

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Petworth
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester, Horsham
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	9585
County Councillor
Janet Duncton (Con)

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

Extent

The division is one of the largest in West Sussex and covers the town of Petworth; and the villages of Byworth, Fittleworth, Ifold, Kirdford, Loxwood, Lurgashall, Northchapel, Plaistow, Stopham, Tillington, Upperton and Wisborough Green.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Petworth Ward, Plaistow Ward and Wisborough Green Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Ebernoe, Fittleworth, Kirdford, Loxwood, Lurgashall, Northchapel, Petworth, Plaistow, Stopham, Tillington and Wisborough Green.

Election results

2017 Election

Results of the election held on 4 May 2017:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Janet Elizabeth Duncton	2,568
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Cecilia Hume	592
	UKIP	Jeannie Dunning	166
	Independent	Andrew William Young	130
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Duncton	1,703	54.8	−15.5
	UKIP	Julian Batchelor	809	26.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Karon Read	394	12.7	−7.9
	Labour	Philip Robinson	201	6.5	+2.7
Majority			894	28.8	−20.9
Turnout			3,107	31.7	−9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Duncton	2,769	70.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Cooper	810	20.6	+3.3
	BNP	Robert Trower	209	5.3	−5.4
	Labour	Brenda Wise	148	3.8	N/A
Majority			1,959	49.7	−5.0
Turnout			3,939	41.1	+20.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 Bye-election

Results of the by-election held on 7 June 2007:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Duncton	1,437	72.0	+17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Cooper	346	17.3	−13
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	213	10.7	N/A
Majority			1,091	54.7	+30.8
Turnout			2,002	21.12	−48.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Petworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mr P W J Moffatt	3,524	54.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mr R Cooper	1,968	30.3
	Labour	Ms J Miller	651	10.0
	UKIP	Ms V A Moran	354	5.4
Majority			1,556	23.9
Turnout			6,497	69.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

v t e Electoral Divisions in West Sussex
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Liberal Democrats (11)	Bognor Regis East Bourne Burgess Hill North Burgess Hill Town Chichester West Hassocks and Burgess Hill South Horsham East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Littlehampton East Midhurst
Labour (9)	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Broadwater Langley Green & Ifield East Northgate & West Green Tarring Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West
Independent (1)	Imberdown
Local Alliance (1)	Selsey

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