# 2024 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2024 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The Labour Party tightened their control of the council to a comfortable working majority of 14, gaining several seats from the Conservatives. Despite multiple other parties fielding several candidates in Crawley's wards, no other party won any seats.

## Summary
### Election result

2024 Crawley Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 10 | 5 | 83.3 | 15 | 25 | 69.4 | 11,242 | 46.8 | –0.8 |
| | Conservative | 2 | 5 | 16.7 | 9 | 11 | 30.6 | 8,383 | 34.9 | –5.3 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,636 | 11.0 | +2.3 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 776 | 3.2 | +3.1 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 558 | 2.3 | +1.7 |
| | Heritage | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 1.3 | +0.5 |
| | Freedom Alliance | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | JAC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 0.2 | N/A |

## Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

### Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Jones* | 920 | 51.3 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Tony Johnson | 416 | 23.2 | +0.6 |
| | Green | Holly Smith | 251 | 14.0 | +3.0 |
| | TUSC | Robin Burnham | 119 | 6.6 | −2.6 |
| | Heritage | Dan Weir | 50 | 2.8 | +1.3 |
| | JAC | Arshad Khan | 38 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,816 | 25.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,230 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Broadfield

Broadfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Kiran Khan* | 979 | 54.5 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Knight | 509 | 28.4 | −1.4 |
| | Heritage | Carolina Morra | 174 | 9.7 | +3.4 |
| | TUSC | Christopher Ellis | 133 | 7.4 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,816 | 24.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,384 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Esther Barrott | 914 | 51.6 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Anwaera Perveen | 557 | 31.5 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Iain Dickson | 191 | 10.8 | −1.3 |
| | Heritage | Debbie Plaister | 82 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Mark Wright | 26 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,780 | 38.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,683 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Ifield

Ifield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Beni Yianni | 1,046 | 50.6 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Purdy | 688 | 33.3 | −5.7 |
| | Green | Ines Manning | 229 | 11.1 | +1.5 |
| | TUSC | Winifred Duggan | 105 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,088 | 29.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,202 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Shelly Bushnell | 722 | 45.1 | −18.5 |
| | Independent | Karen Sudan | 465 | 29.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alan Hellier | 414 | 25.9 | −10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,675 | 27.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,132 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Maidenbower

Maidenbower :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dominic Ramsay | 940 | 43.9 | −7.6 |
| | Green | Max Perry | 614 | 28.7 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Matt Pritchard | 586 | 27.4 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,159 | 31.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,799 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Sue Mullins* | 1,188 | 53.5 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Alison Pendlington* | 641 | 28.9 | −4.5 |
| | Green | Nicholas Park | 278 | 12.5 | +0.5 |
| | TUSC | Peter Miller | 113 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,242 | 29.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,741 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Nicholas Hilton | 1,236 | 49.1 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Paul Castle | 1,014 | 40.3 | −6.1 |
| | Green | Neal Murdoch | 236 | 9.4 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Ben Newman | 31 | 1.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,530 | 34.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,372 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Bidwell | 1,099 | 51.8 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Tony Patel | 721 | 34.0 | −6.4 |
| | Green | Cyril Gambrell | 247 | 11.6 | −0.1 |
| | TUSC | Ruth Gaunt | 54 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,146 | 34.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,221 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Southgate

Southgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Dipesh Patel | 924 | 46.2 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Simon Piggott* | 746 | 37.3 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Robin Fitton | 255 | 12.8 | +3.4 |
| | TUSC | Brett Shattock | 73 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,012 | 30.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,711 | | |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Three Bridges

Three Bridges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Atif Nawaz* | 1,274 | 51.4 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Bonnick | 809 | 32.6 | −13.4 |
| | Green | Denielle Kail | 215 | 8.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Muhammed Hanif | 93 | 3.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Timothy Holt | 89 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,496 | 36.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,773 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Tilgate

Tilgate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Olu Adeniyi | 732 | 48.7 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Francis Guidera | 550 | 36.6 | −14.8 |
| | Green | Simon Thorn | 120 | 8.0 | N/A |
| | Freedom Alliance | Amanda Brown | 69 | 4.6 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Christopher Owen | 33 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,514 | 33.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,495 | | |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

## Changes 2024-2026
### By-elections
#### Northgate and West Green

Northgate and West Green by-election: 24 October 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Khayla Abu Mosa | 704 | 38.5 | –15.0 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Purdy | 492 | 26.9 | –2.0 |
| | Reform UK | Tim Charters | 292 | 16.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Nick Park | 174 | 9.5 | –3.0 |
| | Workers Party | Linda Bamieh | 133 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Robin Burnham | 35 | 1.9 | –3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 11.6 | –13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,842 | 23.6 | –5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,816 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.5 | |