Worth Forest (electoral division)
Coordinates: 51°05′02″N 0°07′57″W / 51.08390°N 0.13252°W
| Worth Forest | |
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.png) Shown within West Sussex |
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| District: | Mid Sussex |
| UK Parliament Constituency: | Horsham, Mid Sussex |
| Ceremonial county: | West Sussex |
| EU Constituency: | South East England |
| Electorate (2009): | 9356 |
| County Councillor | |
| Bill Acraman (Con) | |
Worth Forest 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 villages of Ardingly, Balcombe, Copthorne, Handcross, Pease Pottage and Turners Hill.
It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Ardingly & Balcombe Ward, Copthorne & Worth Ward, and the south part of Crawley Down & Turners Hill Ward; and the following civil parishes: Ardingly, Balcombe, the north part of Slaugham, Turners Hill and the west part of Worth.
Latest election result
The latest election in the division took place on 4 June 2009:
| Worth Forest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Bill Acraman | 2,147 | 61.2 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nick Dennis | 617 | 17.6 | -4.5 | |
| Green | Barrie Weller | 518 | 14.8 | +7.3 | |
| Labour | Frank Thomson | 225 | 6.4 | -10.6 | |
| Majority | 1,530 | 43.6 | +12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,507 | 37.5 | -31.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Previous election results
Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:
| Worth Forest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mr W E Acraman | 3,208 | 53.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Mr G E Knight | 1,327 | 22.1 | ||
| Labour | Mr R M Burgess | 1,025 | 17.0 | ||
| Green | Mr M B Weller | 452 | 7.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,881 | 31.3 | |||
| Turnout | 6,012 | 68.5 | |||
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