Burgess Hill Town (electoral division)

Burgess Hill Town
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:	Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	8989
County Councillor
Andrew Barrett-Miles (Con)

Burgess Hill Town 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 covers the northern part of the town of Burgess Hill, and came into existence as a result of a boundary review by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Burgess Hill Dunstall, Burgess Hill Leylands and the northern part of Burgess Hill Meeds; and of the northern part of the civil parish of Burgess Hill.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Burgess Hill Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Barrett-Miles	1,016	36.6	-3.5
	UKIP	Chris French	709	25.5	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Cartwright	576	20.7	-20.8
	Labour	Janet Smith	384	13.8	+9.4
	Green	Victoria Grimmett	91	3.3	N/A
Majority			307	11.1
Turnout			2,776	30.6	-7.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Burgess Hill Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Ross	1,421	41.5
	Conservative	Andrew Barrett-Miles	1,371	40.1
	UKIP	Chris French	476	13.9
	Labour	Nigel Foulkes	152	4.4
Majority			50	1.4
Turnout			3,420	38.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps