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Crawley 2016
Local elections held 5 May 2016.
How to read this page
Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.
Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.
If votes were counted by party
Across the 13 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 13 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 9,487 | 45.1% | 9 | 69.2% | 7 | 53.8% | +2 |
| Conservative Party | 8,856 | 42.1% | 4 | 30.8% | 6 | 46.2% | -2 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 1,279 | 6.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 700 | 3.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Green Party | 689 | 3.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Justice | 22 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 21,033 | 100.0% | 13 | 100.0% | 13 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2016 election (current) and immediately before it (2015). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2016 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Tilgate · 1 seat · won at 43.3% · −6.7 pts below quota
- Ifield · 1 seat · won at 44.3% · −5.7 pts below quota
- Gossops Green · 1 seat · won at 50.0% · above quota
- West Green · 1 seat · won at 50.4% · above quota
- Broadfield South · 1 seat · won at 50.8% · above quota
- Three Bridges · 1 seat · won at 52.1% · above quota
- Bewbush · 1 seat · won at 52.8% · above quota
- Southgate · 1 seat · won at 53.7% · above quota
- Langley Green · 1 seat · won at 58.2% · above quota
- Pound Hill South and Worth · 1 seat · won at 59.7% · above quota
- Pound Hill North · 1 seat · won at 64.4% · above quota
- Maidenbower · 1 seat · won at 70.9% · above quota
- Broadfield North · 1 seat · won at 76.7% · above quota
Race results
Tilgate · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 43.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,728
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Portal Castro | Labour Party | 749 | 43.3% | −6.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Claire Griffiths | Conservative Party | 645 | 37.3% | — | |
| 3 | Allan Griffiths | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 244 | 14.1% | — | |
| 4 | Derek Hardman | Green Party | 50 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | James Harper | Liberal Democrats | 40 | 2.3% | — |
Ifield · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 44.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −5.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,264
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Smith | Labour Party | 1,002 | 44.3% | −5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Jagger | Conservative Party | 827 | 36.5% | — | |
| 3 | George Bird | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 305 | 13.5% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Kail | Green Party | 74 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Sargent | Liberal Democrats | 56 | 2.5% | — |
Gossops Green · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,533
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Mullins | Labour Party | 767 | 50.0% | 0.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Philip Norville | Conservative Party | 580 | 37.8% | — | |
| 3 | Neil Setford-Thompson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 186 | 12.1% | — |
West Green · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 50.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +0.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,070
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory Fiveash | Labour Party | 539 | 50.4% | +0.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Anguige | Conservative Party | 311 | 29.1% | — | |
| 3 | Carole Lauderdale | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 132 | 12.3% | — | |
| 4 | David Anderson | Liberal Democrats | 88 | 8.2% | — |
Broadfield South · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +0.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,200
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tahira Rana | Labour Party | 610 | 50.8% | +0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Charles Petts | Conservative Party | 424 | 35.3% | — | |
| 3 | Charlotte Franco | Green Party | 166 | 13.8% | — |
Three Bridges · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 52.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +2.1 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,763
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenda Burgess | Conservative Party | 918 | 52.1% | +2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Daryl Duncan-English | Labour Party | 742 | 42.1% | — | |
| 3 | Colin Young | Liberal Democrats | 103 | 5.8% | — |
Bewbush · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 52.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +2.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,441
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion Ayling | Labour Party | 761 | 52.8% | +2.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Belben | Conservative Party | 319 | 22.1% | — | |
| 3 | Christopher Brown | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 223 | 15.5% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Smith | Liberal Democrats | 62 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Kail | Green Party | 54 | 3.7% | — | |
| 6 | Arshad Khan | Justice | 22 | 1.5% | — |
Southgate · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 53.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +3.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,194
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Pickett | Labour Party | 1,179 | 53.7% | +3.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alison Berridge | Conservative Party | 889 | 40.5% | — | |
| 3 | Kevin Osborne | Liberal Democrats | 126 | 5.7% | — |
Langley Green · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 58.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +8.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,582
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenda Smith | Labour Party | 921 | 58.2% | +8.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Hall | Conservative Party | 341 | 21.6% | — | |
| 3 | Sharon Kennett | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 189 | 11.9% | — | |
| 4 | Marko Scepanovic | Liberal Democrats | 96 | 6.1% | — | |
| 5 | Rudolf Affolter | Green Party | 35 | 2.2% | — |
Pound Hill South and Worth · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 59.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +9.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,020
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Lanzer | Conservative Party | 1,206 | 59.7% | +9.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Colin Flack | Labour Party | 675 | 33.4% | — | |
| 3 | Daniel Elliott | Green Party | 139 | 6.9% | — |
Pound Hill North · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 64.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +14.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,471
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tina Belben | Conservative Party | 947 | 64.4% | +14.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tony Patel | Labour Party | 395 | 26.9% | — | |
| 3 | Valerie Spooner | Liberal Democrats | 129 | 8.8% | — |
Maidenbower · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 70.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +20.9 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,692
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duncan Peck | Conservative Party | 1,199 | 70.9% | +20.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Akram Rana | Labour Party | 322 | 19.0% | — | |
| 3 | Danielle Kail | Green Party | 171 | 10.1% | — |
Broadfield North · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 76.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. +26.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,075
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Quinn | Labour Party | 825 | 76.7% | +26.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Irshad Jalaldeen | Conservative Party | 250 | 23.3% | — |