1991 Horsham District Council election

The 1991 Horsham District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives retained control of the council with a reduced majority. The Liberal Democrats gained a net total of 7 and Independent candidates had 2 councillors elected.

Council composition

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

↓
33	6	4
Con	SDP-Lib	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
28	13	2
Con	Lib Dem	Ind

Results summary

1991 Horsham District Council election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	28	3	8	5	65.1	41.5	14,922	-12.2
Liberal Democrats	13	8	1	7	30.2	37.0	13,292	+6.9
Independent	2	0	2	2	4.7	4.6	1,638	-0.9
Labour	0	–	–		0.0	15.8	5,692	+8.0
Green	0	–	–		0.0	0.8	289	-0.5
Ind. Conservative	0	–	–		0.0	0.2	92	+0.2

Ward results

Billingshurst

Billingshurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Van Den Bergh S. Ms.*	Unopposed
	Conservative	Jones B.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Bramber & Upper Beeding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell J. Ms.	880	37.9	−0.9
	Independent	Sanford L.	833	35.9	−1.1
	Conservative	Williamson V. Ms.	608	26.2	+2.1
Turnout				67.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Horner S. Ms.	652	61.9	+15.8
	Conservative	Gillman L. Ms.	317	30.1	−17.0
	Labour	Duffy P.	84	8.0	+1.1
Turnout				45.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenkins E.	928	53.1	−9.4
	Conservative	Smith P.	876
	Liberal Democrats	Greensmith A. Ms.	821	46.9	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	House G. Ms.	789
Turnout				46.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowfold

Cowfold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Capo-Bianco S. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Denne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Billington P.	1,351	51.0	−4.5
	Conservative	Palmer B. Ms.	1,340
	Conservative	Hogben E. Ms.	1,287
	Liberal Democrats	Eeles N. Ms.	730	27.5	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Beeson M. Ms.	714
	Labour	Thurston J. Ms.	570	21.5	+7.8
Turnout				48.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rutherford P. Ms.	1,196	45.1	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Newman D.	1,137
	Conservative	Mauchel E. Ms.	1,109	41.8	−9.3
	Conservative	Sanson J.	1,038
	Conservative	Wilkinson F.	958
	Labour	Dumbrill D. Ms.	347	13.1	−1.0
	Labour	Uwins B. Ms.	278
Turnout				48.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henfield

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Corp G.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Howard M.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook

Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darby E. Ms.	901	47.8	−1.5
	Conservative	Godwin G.	890
	Labour	Lamb P. Dr.	536	28.5	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Millson A.	446	23.7	9.7
	Labour	Uwins S.	420
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Itchingfield & Shipley

Itchingfield & Shipley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vickers C. Ms.	520	67.4
	Independent	Keen D.	252	32.6
Turnout				39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keen D. was elected in Itchingfield & Shipley as a Conservative in 1987, when this seat was last contested.

Nuthurst

Nuthurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walker S. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Pulborough & Coldwatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Copeman G.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Pope J.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Parminter K. Ms.	1,627	48.8	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sully C. Ms.	1,377
	Liberal Democrats	White V. Ms.	1,282
	Conservative	Allcard D.	1,138	34.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Watson B.	1,077
	Conservative	Beagley P. Ms.	1,031
	Labour	Barrett D.	427	12.8	−3.3
	Labour	Richardson P.	334
	Labour	Street M.	332
	Green	Pinfold J.	145	4.3	+4.3
	Green	King T.	144
Turnout				46.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roffey North

Roffey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilliard D.	937	47.0	+0.2
	Conservative	Terner G.	804
	Liberal Democrats	Price B. Ms.	627	31.5	−5.8
	Labour	Spottiswoode J. Ms.	429	21.5	+5.5
	Labour	Gillians E.	421
Turnout				41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rudgwick

Rudgwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Niven L. Ms.	510	56.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence J. Ms.	401	44.0
Turnout				53.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Rusper

Rusper
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kitchen E. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slinfold

Slinfold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chisholm A.	307	48.9	+48.9
	Conservative	Mason D.	229	36.5	−11.7
	Ind. Conservative	Shields N.	92	14.6	+14.6
Turnout				47.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Southwater

Southwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stainton J. Ms.	1,418	56.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stainton P.	1,273
	Conservative	Banks D.	816	32.4	−8.9
	Conservative	Youtan J.	631
	Independent	D'Singh D.	284	11.3	+11.3
Turnout				46.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Steyning

Steyning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee S. Ms.	1,021	44.9	+16.0
	Conservative	Ward M. Ms.	908
	Liberal Democrats	Clarke M. Ms.	790	34.7	+16.0
	Labour	Drew D.	464	20.4	+13.5
	Labour	Greenland P.	334
Turnout				50.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Storrington

Storrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Walker L.	895	53.6	+22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brain J. Ms.	852
	Conservative	Hyde M.	776	46.4	−15.8
	Conservative	Blackman R. Ms.	737
Turnout				42.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sullington

Sullington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Banks D	693	71.0	+15.0
	Conservative	James J.	283	29.0	−13.7
Turnout				56.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Trafalgar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Smith J. Ms.	1,152	47.2	−5.3
	Conservative	Howes D.	1,151
	Conservative	Miller M. Ms.	1,138
	Liberal Democrats	Allen J. Ms.	616	25.3	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Horner P.	568
	Labour	Brady E.	402	16.5	−0.9
	Labour	Lacey R.	314
	Independent	Owen E.	269	11.0	+11.0
Turnout				52.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warnham

Warnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burnham J. Ms.	448	69.8	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bell M. Ms.	194	30.2	−4.0
Turnout				49.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Chiltington

West Chiltington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cheshire J.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Grinstead

West Grinstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	McKenzie E. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Horsham District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2020.

[1] "Horsham District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2020.

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