# 2019 Chichester District Council election

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 2 May 2019. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party had its majority wiped out.

## Boundary changes

In 2016, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England presented its proposed boundary changes for the Chichester District, following a three-month consultation with the public. This involved reducing the number of councillors from 48 to 36, and the number of wards from 29 to 21.
Boundary changes in effect from May 2019 :
| Old wards | New wards |
| Chichester East | Chichester Central‡ |
| Chichester North | Chichester Central‡ |
| Chichester South | Chichester Central‡ |
| Chichester East | Chichester East |
| Chichester North | Chichester East |
| Chichester North | Chichester North |
| Chichester West | Chichester North |
| Chichester South | Chichester South |
| Chichester East | Chichester South |
| Chichester West | Chichester West |
| Chichester South | Chichester West |
| Easebourne | Easebourne |
| Stedham* | Easebourne |
| Fernhurst | Fernhurst |
| Plaistow* | Fernhurst |
| Rogate* | Fernhurst |
| Bury* | Fittleworth‡ |
| Petworth | Fittleworth‡ |
| Boxgrove* | Goodwood‡ |
| Lavant | Goodwood‡ |
| Bosham* | Harbour Villages‡ |
| Donnington* | Harbour Villages‡ |
| Fishbourne* | Harbour Villages‡ |
| Southbourne | Harbour Villages‡ |
| Harting | Harting |
| Rogate* | Harting |
| Lavant | Lavant |
| Funtington* | Lavant |
| Petworth | Loxwood‡ |
| Plaistow* | Loxwood‡ |
| Wisborough Green* | Loxwood‡ |
| Midhurst | Midhurst |
| Stedham* | Midhurst |
| North Mundham* | North Mundham and Tangmere‡ |
| Tangmere* | North Mundham and Tangmere‡ |
| Sidlesham* | North Mundham and Tangmere‡ |
| Petworth | Petworth |
| Selsey South | Selsey South |
| Selsey North* | Selsey South |
| Sidlesham* | Sidlesham with Selsey North‡ |
| Selsey North* | Sidlesham with Selsey North‡ |
| Southbourne | Southbourne |
| East Wittering* | The Witterings‡ |
| West Wittering* | The Witterings‡ |
| Westbourne | Westbourne |
| Funtington* | Westbourne |
| * Abolished | ‡ New creation |

## Summary
### Election result

2019 Chichester District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 36 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 50.0 | 42.0 | 24,245 | –15.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 31 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 30.6 | 33.3 | 19,228 | +13.6 |
| Green | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 4,878 | +1.9 |
| Labour | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 3,864 | ±0.0 |
| Local Alliance | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 1,528 | N/A |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2,374 | –2.3 |
| UKIP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1,582 | +0.1 |
| Patria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 84 | ±0.0 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Green | Labour | LA | I |

## Ward results

Chichester Central (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Martyn John Bell | 381 | 44.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna | 353 | 40.1 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Shepherd | 108 | 12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 861 | 38.46 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chichester East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin Garry Hughes | 462 | 33.8 |
| | Labour | Sarah Carol Lishman | 441 | 32.3 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Carl Spink | 380 | 27.8 |
| | Conservative | Jane Louise Kilby | 355 | 26.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Francis Hughes | 283 | 20.7 |
| | Green | Pauline Gaskin | 279 | 20.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Woolley | 246 | 18.0 |
| | UKIP | Terrence Leonard Walters | 146 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,387 | 30.99 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Chichester North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Edward Plowman | 625 | 38.4 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Peter Dignum | 623 | 38.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter John Budge | 586 | 36.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Alexander Joy | 560 | 34.4 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Lucy Noble | 490 | 30.1 |
| | Labour | Theo Kent | 219 | 13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,650 | 38.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Chichester South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Sarah Mary Sharp | 987 | 61.4 |
| | Green | Heather Margaret Barrie | 692 | 43.0 |
| | Conservative | Jamie David Fitzjohn | 324 | 20.1 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Geoffrey Galloway | 321 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angus Richard Bond | 196 | 12.2 |
| | Labour | Amanda Jane Atkinson | 187 | 11.6 |
| | Labour | Philip James Wilson | 167 | 10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Kentish Turbefield | 160 | 10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,630 | 31.74 |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Chichester West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Margaret Mary Apel | 1,139 | 55.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John-Henry David Bowden | 890 | 43.6 |
| | Conservative | Simon Huw Peter Lloyd-Williams | 538 | 26.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Leon Hill | 498 | 24.4 |
| | Labour | James Douglas Hobson | 228 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | Aimie Jane Merrett | 216 | 10.6 |
| | Independent | Michael Clive Thorn | 181 | 8.9 |
| | UKIP | Michael Alan Hamilton Mason | 177 | 8.7 |
| | Patria | Andrew Emerson | 84 | 4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,062 | 42.71 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Easebourne (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Erik Francis Hobbs | 536 | 63.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Gordon Motley | 287 | 34.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 841 | 35.93 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Fernhurst (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Norma Dorothy Graves | 969 | 56.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter John Henry Wilding | 922 | 53.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Derek Morton | 690 | 40.2 |
| | UKIP | Peter Hugh Pearce | 227 | 13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,736 | 34.35 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Fittleworth (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alan James Franklin Sutton | 661 | 66.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Anton Cemm | 302 | 30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 990 | 38.70 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Goodwood (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Henry Charles Potter | 448 | 52.0 |
| | Green | Philip Gerald Maber | 212 | 24.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack David Lovejoy | 186 | 21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 861 | 34.75 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Harbour Villages (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss | 1,739 | 52.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Alwin Rodgers | 1,247 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative | Penelope Clare Plant | 1,178 | 35.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Conrad Mackintosh | 1,138 | 34.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Charles Collins | 1,107 | 33.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Brian Dicker | 996 | 29.8 |
| | Green | Michael John Neville | 961 | 28.7 |
| | Labour | Jane Anne Towers | 329 | 9.8 |
| | Labour | Stephen John Gough | 256 | 7.6 |
| | Labour | Jane Loveda Turton | 235 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,395 | 42.19 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Harting (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Francesca Bacon O'Kelly | 968 | 74.1 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Vere Tristram Abel | 313 | 23.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,307 | 45.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
Lavant (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Erroll Prior Palmer | 531 | 58.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew John Leeming | 266 | 29.2 |
| | Labour | Gwendoline Jane Miles | 94 | 10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 910 | 36.01 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Loxwood (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natalie Cecilia Hume | 1,088 | 55.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Benjamin Evans | 938 | 47.8 |
| | Conservative | Christian Nicholas Mahne | 868 | 44.3 |
| | Conservative | Christine Victoria Gibson-Pierce | 781 | 39.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,017 | 36.56 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Midhurst (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Gordon Valentine McAra | 1,280 | 59.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Russell Fowler | 666 | 31.1 |
| | Conservative | Sally Veronica Watts | 636 | 29.7 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Richard Donald Thomas | 553 | 25.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lynda Annette Neville | 335 | 15.7 |
| | Labour | Margaret Rhona Guest | 227 | 10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,150 | 38.21 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
North Mundham and Tangmere (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Simon John Oakley | 798 | 51.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Leslie William Page | 691 | 44.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Betts | 666 | 42.6 |
| | UKIP | Andrew John Sheppard | 289 | 18.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,576 | 30.88 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Petworth (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eileen Patricia Lintill | 650 | 68.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Clifford Hares | 172 | 26.5 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Michael Rodell | 107 | 11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 950 | 34.01 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Selsey South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Local Alliance | Timothy Simon Charles Johnson | 811 | 53.0 |
| | Conservative | John William Evans Elliott | 735 | 48.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Roger Barrow | 513 | 33.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Scotland | 265 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Bridget Ash | 147 | 9.6 |
| | Labour | Mark Andrew Farwell | 127 | 8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,547 | 31.40 |
| | Local Alliance gain from Conservative | Local Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Sidlesham with Selsey North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Local Alliance | Donna Frances Johnson | 717 | 49.4 |
| | Conservative | Linda Caroline Purnell | 648 | 44.6 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Mary Tull | 453 | 31.2 |
| | Green | Lucinda Anne Gibson-House | 436 | 30.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Mary Scotland | 280 | 19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,462 | 30.90 |
| | Local Alliance gain from Conservative | Local Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Southbourne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Andrew Brown | 1,018 | 62.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracie Patricia Bangert | 884 | 54.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Hayes | 674 | 41.3 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Philip Hogben | 492 | 30.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,673 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
The Witterings (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graeme Arthur Frederick Barrett | 1,309 | 44.8 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Angela Booth Hamilton | 1,191 | 40.7 |
| | Conservative | Susan Therese Taylor | 1,003 | 34.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Joanna Gormley | 744 | 25.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Elizabeth Milnes | 703 | 24.0 |
| | Green | Stephanie Grace Carn | 592 | 20.2 |
| | Independent | Laurence Pocock | 577 | 19.7 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Bowman | 396 | 13.5 |
| | UKIP | Maureen Patricia Hunt | 347 | 11.9 |
| | Independent | Martin John Silcocks | 336 | 11.5 |
| | Labour | Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan | 314 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,948 | 36.58 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Westbourne (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roy Alan Briscoe | 583 | 57.4 |
| | Green | Ann Elizabeth Stewart | 229 | 22.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Louise Power | 194 | 19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,015 | 37.89 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |