Chichester West (electoral division)

Coordinates: 50°50′54″N 0°49′45″W / 50.84822°N 0.82912°W / 50.84822; -0.82912

Chichester West
Shown within West Sussex
District:	Chichester
UK Parliament Constituency:	Chichester
Ceremonial county:	West Sussex
EU Constituency:	South East England
Electorate (2009):	9255
County Councillor
Louise Goldsmith (Con)

Chichester West is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current County Councillor, Louise Goldsmith, is also Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources.

Extent

The division covers the western part of the town of Chichester; and the villages of Bosham, East Ashling, Fishbourne, Funtington, West Ashling and West Stoke.

It comprises the following Chichester District wards: Bosham Ward, Chichester West Ward, Fishbourne Ward and Funtington Ward; and of the following civil parishes: Bosham, the western part of Chichester, Fishbourne and Funtington.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Chichester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Louise Goldsmith	1,691	54.6	-0.4
	UKIP	Douglas Denny	716	23.1	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Stevens	339	10.9	-6.5
	Labour	John Bennett	326	10.5	+5.5
	Patria	Andrew Emerson	26	0.8	N/A
Majority			975	31.5	-6.1
Turnout			3,098	32.2	-10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0% Con to UKIP

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Chichester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Louise Goldsmith	2,190	55.0	+15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Henry	692	17.4	-15.6
	UKIP	James McCulloch	380	9.5	+3.6
	Green	Richard Lanchester	378	9.5	N/A
	Labour	John Bennett	199	5.0	-9.1
	BNP	Andrew Emerson	142	3.6	N/A
Majority			1,498	37.6	+31.2
Turnout			3,981	43.0	-22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Chichester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ms M L Goldsmith	2,446	39.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mr J R Campling	2,051	33.0
	Labour	Mr R J Hastings	875	14.1
	UKIP	Mr J McCulloch	367	5.9
	Independent	Mr A J Phillips	268	4.3
	Independent	Mr R I Apel	202	3.3
Majority			395	6.4
Turnout			6,209	68.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links

Electoral Divisions in West Sussex

Conservative	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Wick Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadwater Burgess Hill East Burgess Hill Town Chichester North Chichester South Chichester West Cissbury Chichester East Cuckfield and Lucastes East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Fernhurst Fontwell Goring Hassocks and Victoria Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Imberdown Kingston Buci Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower Petworth Pound Hill and Worth Pulborough Roffey Rustington Shoreham Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick Storrington The Witterings Tilgate and Furnace Green Warnham and Rusper Worth Forest Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West

UKIP	Bersted Bourne Durrington and Salvington Felpham Lancing Middleton Nyetimber Saltings Selsey Sompting and North Lancing

Liberal Democrats	Bognor Regis East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath Littlehampton East Littlehampton Town Northbrook Tarring

Labour	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Gossops Green and Ifield East Langley Green and West Green Northgate and Three Bridges Southgate and Crawley Central

Independent	Midhurst

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