Horsham Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · South East · 48 seats in 22 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Horsham Council. The council has 48 councillors in 22 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 25, Conservative 12, Green 9, Reform 1, Other 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

The government has not decided on local government reorganisation in this area, and the programme has been under review since 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)

48 seats - 25 for a majority

Reform 1Conservative 12Lib Dem 25Green 9Other 1

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Reform +1 Conservative +1 Green +1 Lib Dem −3

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (48 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem34.2%28

Conservative32.4%11

Green18.7%8

Labour10.6%0

Other3.4%1

Reform0.6%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 48 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Lib Dem 25

majority of 2; 25 needed

Closest result

Southwater South & Shipley

Lib Dem won the last seat by 10 votes over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham

Conservative gain from Lib Dem, 7 May 2026 (5 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

48%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib DemGreen

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 22 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Billingshurst John Trollope, Sam Bateman, Mark Baynham	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 39.5% lead 7.3 pts
Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote Mike Croker, Roger Noel	4 May 2023 Green 40.6% lead 6.1 pts
Broadbridge Heath James Brookes, Jonathan Taylor	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 40.0% lead 17.1 pts
Colgate & Rusper Tony Hogben, Hannah Butler	4 May 2023 Conservative 43.0% lead 12.4 pts
Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead Lynn Lambert, Joanne Knowles	4 May 2023 Conservative 40.5% lead 1.2 pts
Denne Cheryl Sweeney, Clive Trott, Ruth Fletcher	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 49.7% lead 20.3 pts
Forest Jon Olson, David Skipp, Colin Minto	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 48.9% lead 24.3 pts
Henfield Gill Perry, Josh Potts	4 May 2023 Independent 25.2% lead 0.5 pts
Holbrook East Warwick Hellawell, Nick Grant	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 45.2% lead 12.1 pts
Holbrook West Chris Franke, Nigel Emery	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 48.8% lead 13.6 pts
Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham Ross Dye, Tricia Youtan	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 42.5% lead 3.3 pts
Nuthurst & Lower Beeding Dennis Livingstone	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 44.6% lead 6.4 pts
Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley Len Ellis-Brown, Jon Campbell, Paul Clarke	4 May 2023 Green 33.2% lead 2.1 pts
Roffey North Belinda Walters, Tony Bevis	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 49.8% lead 21.0 pts
Roffey South Jay Mercer, Sam Raby	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 48.4% lead 19.3 pts
Rudgwick Richard Landeryou	4 May 2023 Conservative 55.5% lead 27.2 pts
Southwater North Claire Vickers, Peter van der Borgh	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 43.8% lead 5.9 pts
Southwater South & Shipley Colette Blackburn, Alexander Jeffery	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 46.6% lead 10.5 pts
Steyning & Ashurst Victoria Finnegan, Nicholas Marks	4 May 2023 Green 46.4% lead 10.6 pts
Storrington & Washington Emma Beard, Claudia Fisher, Joan Grech	4 May 2023 Green 49.5% lead 11.9 pts
Trafalgar Martin Boffey, Anthony Frankland	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 63.2% lead 44.8 pts
West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington Philip Circus, Joy Dennis, Alan Manton	4 May 2023 Conservative 38.5% lead 9.1 pts

Billingshurst

John Trollope Lib DemMark Baynham Lib DemSam Bateman Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem39.5%

Conservative32.2%

Labour21.5%

Green6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Samantha Leigh Bateman Elected	Lib Dem	1,069
Mark Alexander Baynham Elected	Lib Dem	1,044
John Maurice Trollope Elected	Lib Dem	926
Chris Brown	Conservative	871
Danijela David	Conservative	807
Nigel Paul Stafford Jupp	Conservative	802
Jonathan Courtney Austin	Labour	582
Christopher Noel Henson	Labour	579
Trishna Julha	Labour	532
Jonathan Robert Denton	Green	186
Nikki Nama	Green	180
Thomas Roger Satterthwaite Wilson	Green	128

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote

Mike Croker GreenRoger Noel Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green40.6%

Conservative34.5%

Lib Dem24.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mike Croker Elected	Green	940
Roger Noel Elected	Conservative	800
Richard James Allen	Lib Dem	577
Andy Mantell	Lib Dem	148

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Broadbridge Heath

James Brookes Lib DemJonathan Taylor Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem40.0%

Conservative22.9%

Independent17.4%

Labour11.0%

Green8.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
James John Brookes Elected	Lib Dem	579
Jonathan Charles Herbert Taylor Elected	Lib Dem	503
Aaron Courteney-Smith	Conservative	332
Khobi Anne Patterson-Vallis	Conservative	322
Terry Roy Oliver	Independent	252
Jane Louise McGillivray	Labour	160
Sheila Humphreys	Green	126
Sandra Vallens	Green	97

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Colgate & Rusper

Hannah Butler Lib DemTony Hogben Reform

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative43.0%

Lib Dem30.6%

Labour13.9%

Green12.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Liz Kitchen Elected	Conservative	681
Tony Hogben Elected	Conservative	639
Joel David Dinis	Lib Dem	485
Simon Lampard Shearer James	Lib Dem	297
Donald Mahon	Labour	221
Freya Juilette Ione Finnegan	Green	198
Yelena Erin Maddie Finnegan	Green	124

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 17 April 2025

Lib Dem30.3%

Conservative27.2%

Green25.1%

Reform13.8%

Labour3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Hannah Butler Elected	Lib Dem	453	30.3%
Josh Bounds	Conservative	406	27.2%
Andrew John Finnegan	Green	375	25.1%
Robert Charles Nye	Reform	206	13.8%
Gerard Brendan Kavanagh	Labour	53	3.5%

Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead

Joanne Knowles Lib DemLynn Lambert Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative40.5%

Lib Dem39.3%

Green11.3%

Labour8.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lynn Audrey Lambert Elected	Conservative	690
Joanne Knowles Elected	Lib Dem	669
Jonathan Paul Dittmer	Lib Dem	645
Sarah Payne	Conservative	633
Catherine Jennifer Briggs	Green	193
David Croydon Shone	Labour	152
Amalia Ines Lottie Finnegan	Green	148

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Denne

Cheryl Sweeney ConservativeClive Trott Lib DemRuth Fletcher Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem49.7%

Conservative29.4%

Labour12.2%

Green8.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ruth Margaret Fletcher Elected	Lib Dem	1,337
John Milne Elected	Lib Dem	1,204
Clive Trott Elected	Lib Dem	1,153
Ross Dye	Conservative	790
David Walbank	Conservative	780
Kimberley Louise Williams	Conservative	752
Hilary Ann Key	Labour	327
Kevin Stephen O'Sullivan	Labour	287
Matthew James Verrall	Labour	253
Jane Sharp	Green	237
Vicci Johnson	Green	219
Robin Johnson	Green	210

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 21 November 2024

Conservative38.6%

Lib Dem36.4%

Green13.8%

Labour11.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Cheryl Sweeney Elected	Conservative	712	38.6%
Ben Hewson	Lib Dem	672	36.4%
Jen Nuin Smith	Green	255	13.8%
Cameron Scott McGillivray	Labour	205	11.1%

Forest

Colin Minto Lib DemDavid Skipp Lib DemJon Olson Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem48.9%

Labour24.6%

Conservative13.6%

Green7.8%

The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Skipp Elected	Lib Dem	1,382
Colin Minto Elected	Lib Dem	1,362
Jon Olson Elected	Lib Dem	1,316
Carol Hayton	Labour	695
David Vaughan Hide	Labour	662
Gerard Brendan Kavanagh	Labour	560
Michael John Revell	Conservative	385
Ken Eglinton	Conservative	379
Julian Richard Walden	Conservative	361
Hannah Madeleine Moor	Green	220
Tony Baker	Green	200
Lawrence Leather	Green	148
Jim Duggan	The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment	143

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Henfield

Gill Perry GreenJosh Potts Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent25.2%

Conservative24.7%

Green24.4%

Labour19.4%

Lib Dem6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Malcolm George Eastwood Elected	Independent	766
Josh Potts Elected	Conservative	753
Gill Perry	Green	742
Fiona Georgina May Ayres	Labour	590
Sian Louise Fisher	Green	267
Jonathan Dane	Lib Dem	193
Robert Haseeb Mohamed	Lib Dem	83

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 29 February 2024

Green44.2%

Conservative37.7%

Labour14.2%

Lib Dem3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gill Perry Elected	Green	668	44.2%
Tim Lloyd	Conservative	569	37.7%
Fiona Georgina May Ayres	Labour	215	14.2%
Nico Alexander Kearns	Lib Dem	59	3.9%

Holbrook East

Nick Grant Lib DemWarwick Hellawell Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem45.2%

Conservative33.1%

Labour9.6%

Green7.8%

Reform4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nick Grant Elected	Lib Dem	874
Warwick John Hellawell Elected	Lib Dem	784
Karen Jane Burgess	Conservative	640
Simon Torn	Conservative	566
Sheila Marie Chapman	Labour	186
Lorraine Angela Barry	Labour	172
Florian Yeates	Green	150
Mark Dylan Francis	Green	125
Tony Rickett	Reform	82

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Holbrook West

Chris Franke Lib DemNigel Emery Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem48.8%

Conservative35.2%

Labour9.0%

Green7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nigel Douglas Emery Elected	Lib Dem	1,039
Christopher Franke Elected	Lib Dem	913
Peter Maurice Burgess	Conservative	750
Christian Richard Mitchell	Conservative	732
Ray Chapman	Labour	192
David Kim Hall	Green	148
Una Celeste McCartan	Green	133
Ros Shiel	Labour	112

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham

Ross Dye ConservativeTricia Youtan Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem42.5%

Conservative39.2%

Green10.6%

Labour7.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kasia Greenwood Elected	Lib Dem	740
Tricia Youtan Elected	Conservative	683
Robert Charles Nye	Conservative	667
Brian Tweedy	Lib Dem	597
Jennie Tomlinson	Green	185
Andrew John Finnegan	Green	145
Minty Barlow	Labour	134

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 7 May 2026

Conservative31.7%

Lib Dem31.0%

Reform27.1%

Green10.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ross Dye Elected	Conservative	773	31.7%
Ed Skeates	Lib Dem	757	31.0%
Robert Charles Nye	Reform	662	27.1%
Catherine Mary Ross	Green	248	10.2%

Nuthurst & Lower Beeding

Dennis Livingstone Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem44.6%

Conservative38.2%

Labour9.0%

Green8.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dennis Stephen Livingstone Elected	Lib Dem	464	44.6%
Norman Edward Bryant	Conservative	397	38.2%
Hazel Mary Lamb	Labour	94	9.0%
Natasha Sophia Barnes	Green	85	8.2%

Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley

Jon Campbell GreenLen Ellis-Brown GreenPaul Clarke Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green33.2%

Conservative31.1%

Lib Dem13.0%

Labour12.5%

Reform7.9%

Heritage Party2.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jon Campbell Elected	Green	868
Len Ellis-Brown Elected	Green	862
Paul Robert Clarke Elected	Conservative	813
Richard Sinclair Atkins	Conservative	777
Morag Elizabeth Warrack	Green	623
Damian Stuart	Conservative	566
Jane Lindsey Berry	Lib Dem	341
Jane Elizabeth Mote	Labour	326
Christopher Geeson	Lib Dem	269
John Wallace	Reform	208
John Francis Keith Evans	Lib Dem	167
Johanna Hughes	Heritage Party	61

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Roffey North

Belinda Walters Lib DemTony Bevis Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem49.8%

Conservative28.8%

Labour12.8%

Green8.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Anthony David Bevis Elected	Lib Dem	845
Belinda Walters Elected	Lib Dem	771
Jonathan Michael Dancer	Conservative	489
Tracey Grabowski	Conservative	431
Daniel James Everett	Labour	218
Kyle Wickens	Labour	201
Ian David Nicol	Green	146
Nicholas Peter Linfield	Green	125

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Roffey South

Jay Mercer Lib DemSam Raby Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem48.4%

Conservative29.1%

Green11.4%

Labour11.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sam Raby Elected	Lib Dem	746
Jay Mercer Elected	Lib Dem	715
Alan Crawford Britten	Conservative	448
Katie Nagel	Conservative	418
Claire Adcock	Green	175
Nicola Yvonne Gardner	Labour	171
Sara Antonia Loewenthal	Labour	170
Tony Cook	Green	105

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rudgwick

Richard Landeryou Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative55.5%

Lib Dem28.3%

Green8.8%

Labour7.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dick Landeryou Elected	Conservative	497	55.5%
Patrick Gerald Mason	Lib Dem	254	28.3%
Harry James Tilney	Green	79	8.8%
Rebecca Ellen Bainbridge	Labour	66	7.4%

Southwater North

Claire Vickers ConservativePeter van der Borgh Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem43.8%

Conservative37.9%

Labour9.3%

Green9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mike Wood Elected	Lib Dem	732
Peter Jonathan Van der Borgh Elected	Lib Dem	730
Claire Vickers	Conservative	633
John William Chidlow	Conservative	605
Jill Clarke	Labour	155
Nick Barnett	Green	151
Jill Shuker	Green	149
Margaret Cornwell	Labour	126

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 29 February 2024

Conservative49.0%

Lib Dem30.8%

Green12.9%

Labour7.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Claire Vickers Elected	Conservative	618	49.0%
Gary Brian Hayes	Lib Dem	388	30.8%
Jen Nuin Smith	Green	162	12.9%
Minty Barlow	Labour	92	7.3%

Southwater South & Shipley

Alexander Jeffery Lib DemColette Blackburn Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem46.6%

Conservative36.1%

Labour9.1%

Green8.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Colette Mary Blackburn Elected	Lib Dem	889
Alex Jeffery Elected	Lib Dem	699
Ian Nigel Stannard	Conservative	689
Matthew James Payne	Conservative	686
Diane Burstow	Labour	173
Diana Mary Croker	Green	155
Peter Robert Shaw	Green	106

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Steyning & Ashurst

Nicholas Marks GreenVictoria Finnegan Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green46.4%

Conservative35.8%

Lib Dem17.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Victoria Finnegan Elected	Green	895
Nicholas Marks Elected	Green	808
Tim Lloyd	Conservative	690
Hattie Shoosmith	Conservative	576
Christopher John Howell	Lib Dem	344
Kevin Ian Hammond	Lib Dem	344

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Storrington & Washington

Claudia Fisher GreenEmma Beard GreenJoan Grech Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green49.5%

Conservative37.6%

Lib Dem12.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Joan Grech Elected	Green	1,588
Emma Beard Elected	Green	1,579
Claudia Fisher Elected	Green	1,452
Daniel Hall	Conservative	1,206
Anthony John Watts Williams	Conservative	1,099
Gary Markwell	Conservative	903
Janine Hayley Milne	Lib Dem	411
Alex Beveridge	Lib Dem	294
Thomas Worth	Lib Dem	264

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Trafalgar

Anthony Frankland Lib DemMartin Boffey Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem63.2%

Conservative18.4%

Labour11.6%

Green6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Martin Boffey Elected	Lib Dem	1,287
Anthony John Frankland Elected	Lib Dem	1,212
Tim Nagel	Conservative	374
David Jonathan Thompson	Conservative	364
Joanne Kavanagh	Labour	236
Adam James Tollett Key	Labour	161
Wendy Ann Breese	Green	141
Kim Katherine Hope	Green	138

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington

Alan Manton ConservativeJoy Dennis ConservativePhilip Circus Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative38.5%

Green29.4%

Lib Dem15.0%

Independent10.4%

Labour6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Philip James Circus Elected	Conservative	1,369
Alan David Manton Elected	Conservative	1,262
Joy Dennis Elected	Conservative	1,119
Jen Nuin Smith	Green	1,046
Barry Humphreys	Green	981
Ana Rita Almeida Sivers	Green	800
Ian Archdale Miles	Lib Dem	533
Caroline Mary Instance	Independent	370
Robert Patrick Phillips	Lib Dem	288
Nick Dalton	Labour	240
Ewan Stone	Lib Dem	238

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Colgate & Rusper	Tony Hogben	Conservative 2023	Reform

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

5 by-elections since July 2021, 5 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
7 May 2026	Itchingfield, Slinfold & Warnham	Conservative gain from Lib Dem	31.7%
17 April 2025	Colgate & Rusper	Lib Dem gain from Conservative	30.3%
21 November 2024	Denne	Conservative gain from Lib Dem	38.6%
29 February 2024	Henfield	Green gain from Independent	44.2%
29 February 2024	Southwater North	Conservative gain from Lib Dem	49.0%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Horsham	72%	Lib Dem	Conservative 35%
Arundel and South Downs	28%	Conservative	Conservative 39%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Horsham

146,781 residents in 62,375 households

Voted Leave in 2016

48% 4 below GB

Degree or higher

37% 3 above GB

No qualifications

12% 6 below GB

Own their home

72% 11 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

12% 5 below GB

Rent privately

14% 6 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

24% 7 below GB

Aged 65 and over

27% 5 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.