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Burgess Hill East
Burgess Hill East
Shown within West Sussex
District:Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
Electorate (2009):9371
County Councillor
Anne Jones (Con)

Burgess Hill East 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 eastern half of the town of Burgess Hill and came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended 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 Franklands Ward, the southern part of Burgess Hill Meeds Ward and Burgess Hill St. Andrews Ward; and of the eastern part of the civil parish of Burgess Hill.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Burgess Hill East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Jones 1,127 33.9 -11.6
UKIP Kevin Walker 847 25.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sue Knight 601 18.1 -31.9
Labour Tony Balsdon 564 17.0 +12.5
Green Anne Eves 185 5.6 +5.6
Majority 280 8.4 N/A
Turnout 3,324 35.0 -6.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Burgess Hill East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Knight 1,944 50.0
Conservative Jacqui Landriani 1,769 45.5 '
Labour Peter Allott 174 4.5
Majority 175 4.5
Turnout 3,887 41.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council


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