2024 Crawley Borough Council election

← 2023

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

2026 →

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


Leader	Michael Jones	Duncan Crow
Party	Labour	Conservative
Last election	20 seats, 47.6%	16 seats, 40.2%
Current seats	20	16

Incumbent Leader

Michael Jones
Labour

The 2024 Crawley Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England.^[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

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				15
	Conservative				9
	Green				0
	TUSC				0
	Independent				0
	Freedom Alliance				0
	Heritage				0
	Justice & Anti-Corruption				0

Candidates

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.^[2] 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
	Justice & Anti-Corruption	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

References

^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

v t e Council elections in West Sussex
West Sussex CC	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Adur	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Arun	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Chichester	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Crawley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Horsham	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Mid Sussex	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Worthing	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2023 ←) 2024 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2025)
Combined Authority Mayors	East Midlands Liverpool City Region Greater Manchester London North East South Yorkshire Tees Valley West Midlands West Yorkshire York and North Yorkshire
Single Authority Mayors	Salford
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Dorset Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils	Adur Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Crawley Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Harlow Hart Hastings Havant Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor St Albans Stevenage Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing
Other elections	London Assembly Police and crime commissioners Blackpool South by-election

This page was last edited on 10 May 2024, at 12:41