Selsey (electoral division)

This article is about the electoral division. For the seaside town and civil parish, see Selsey.

Selsey
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
Electorate (2009):	8849
County Councillor
Bernard Smith (UKIP)

Selsey 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 town of Selsey; and the hamlet of Church Norton.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Selsey North Ward and Selsey South Ward; the electoral division is co-terminous with the civil parish of Selsey.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Selsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Bernard Smith	1,201	45.8	+5.8
	Conservative	Roland O'Brien	1,091	41.6	-5.5
	Labour	Ian Bell	332	12.7	-0.1
Majority			110	4.2	N/A
Turnout			2,624	29.9	-6.7
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing	5.7% Con to UKIP

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Selsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Jones	1,525	47.1	+6.9
	UKIP	Bernard Smith	1,295	40.0	+28.7
	Labour	Ian Bell	415	12.8	-9.8
Majority			230	7.1	-7.2
Turnout			3,235	36.6	-28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Selsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mr P E Jones	2,155	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mr J E Shade	1,386	25.9
	Labour	Ms M M Lawson	1,214	22.6
	UKIP	Mr B A Smith	605	11.3
Majority			769	14.3
Turnout			5,360	64.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

• West Sussex County Council
• Election Maps