# 2019 Arun District Council election

The Arun District Council elections, 2019 took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, electing all 54 members of the council, and taking place alongside the other local elections in England and Northern Ireland.

## Summary
### Election result

2019 Arun District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 41 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 40.7 | 31.0 | 26,169 | +16.3 |
| Conservative | 51 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 38.9 | 42.3 | 35,786 | +0.7 |
| Independent | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14.8 | 9.3 | 7,837 | +1.6 |
| Green | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2,559 | –0.6 |
| Labour | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1.9 | 11.6 | 9,846 | +0.7 |
| UKIP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2,335 | –19.7 |

## Ward results
### Aldwick East

Aldwick East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Anthony Dixon | 1,089 | 56.0 | New |
| | Independent | Hugh Coster | 1,086 | 55.8 | New |
| | Conservative | Trevor Bence* | 789 | 40.5 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Brown* | 742 | 38.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Aldwick West

Aldwick West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Smith* | 722 | 39.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Needs | 595 | 32.1 | |
| | Conservative | Caroline Spencer | 552 | 29.8 | |
| | Conservative | David Gerrie | 529 | 28.6 | |
| | UKIP | Matilda Watson | 382 | 20.6 | |
| | Green | Carol Birch | 274 | 14.8 | New |
| | Labour | Ian Manion | 156 | 8.4 | New |
| | Labour | Lynne Armstrong Lilley | 121 | 6.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Martin Smith was previously elected at a by-election, gaining one of the Conservative seats.

### Angmering & Findon

Angmering & Findon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Bicknell* | 1,405 | 56.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cooper* | 1,177 | 47.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Claydon | 1,168 | 46.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richards | 760 | 30.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Schlich | 680 | 27.3 |
| | Labour | Alison Baker | 539 | 21.6 |
| | UKIP | Jean Dunning | 450 | 18.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Arundel & Walberton

Arundel & Walberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steven Dendle* | 1,088 | 47.9 | |
| | Conservative | Grant Roberts | 923 | 40.6 | |
| | Green | Faye Catterson | 884 | 38.9 | New |
| | Conservative | Robert Wheal* | 852 | 37.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Cockburn | 642 | 28.2 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Graydon | 546 | 24.0 | New |
| | Labour | Michael Ward | 423 | 18.6 | |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth Wallace | 388 | 17.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Barnham

Barnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Hughes* | 932 | 50.1 | |
| | Green | Isabel Thurston | 822 | 44.1 | |
| | Conservative | John Charles* | 753 | 40.4 | |
| | Conservative | Laurence Wilshere | 659 | 35.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Chapman | 654 | 35.1 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Thorpe | 498 | 26.7 | New |
| | Labour | Kristian Vill | 400 | 21.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Beach

Beach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Walsh* | 945 | 65.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Purchese* | 833 | 58.0 | |
| | Conservative | David Britton | 337 | 23.5 | |
| | Conservative | David Gaskin | 336 | 23.4 | New |
| | Labour | Robert Gowland | 136 | 9.5 | |
| | Labour | Stephen McConnell | 135 | 9.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bersted

Bersted :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenton Batley | 760 | 42.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Yeates | 742 | 41.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Lury | 704 | 39.8 | |
| | Conservative | Keir Greenway | 474 | 26.8 | |
| | UKIP | Ann Rapnik* | 433 | 24.5 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Bence* | 427 | 24.1 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Levell | 375 | 21.2 | New |
| | Labour | Heather Robbins | 228 | 12.9 | New |
| | Labour | Jeremy Tomlinson | 208 | 11.8 | New |
| | Labour | Michelle White | 179 | 10.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Brookfield

Brookfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Blanchard-Cooper | 736 | 56.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Blanchard-Cooper | 711 | 54.7 | New |
| | Conservative | Alan Gammon* | 381 | 29.3 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Warren* | 379 | 29.2 | |
| | Labour | Christine Wiltshire | 135 | 10.4 | |
| | Labour | Neil Campbell | 131 | 10.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Courtwick with Toddington

Courtwick with Toddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | June Caffyn | 645 | 41.0 | |
| | Labour | Michael Northeast* | 631 | 40.1 | |
| | Conservative | Victoria Rhodes* | 586 | 37.3 | |
| | Conservative | Jill Long | 547 | 34.8 | New |
| | Labour | Marilyn May | 543 | 34.5 | |
| | Labour | Freddie Tandy | 543 | 34.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Blake | 388 | 24.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
Victoria Rhodes was elected in 2015 as a UKIP councillor.

### East Preston

East Preston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terence Chapman* | 1,528 | 64.7 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Bower* | 1,524 | 64.6 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Kelly | 1,443 | 61.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Taylor-Walsh | 640 | 27.1 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Burn | 634 | 26.9 | New |
| | Labour | Anthony Dines | 493 | 20.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Felpham East

Felpham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul English* | 725 | 61.1 |
| | Conservative | David Edwards* | 698 | 58.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Smith | 480 | 40.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Felpham West

Felpham West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gillian Madeley* | 747 | 57.9 | |
| | Conservative | Elaine Stainton* | 693 | 53.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Gotheridge | 361 | 28.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Waterhouse | 343 | 26.6 | |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Daws | 151 | 11.7 | New |
| | Labour | Bernard May | 142 | 11.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ferring

Ferring :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Elkins* | 1,070 | 68.7 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Oliver-Redgate* | 1,069 | 68.7 | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Macedo | 269 | 17.3 | |
| | Labour | Peter Muncey | 228 | 14.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Midgley | 215 | 13.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hotham

Hotham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stephen Goodheart | 415 | 38.2 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Chapman | 340 | 31.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Barrett | 334 | 30.8 | |
| | Conservative | Joan English | 207 | 19.1 | New |
| | Conservative | Stephen Reynolds* | 201 | 18.5 | |
| | UKIP | Chloe Newby | 193 | 17.8 | New |
| | Labour | David Meagher | 154 | 14.2 | |
| | Labour | Roger Nash | 137 | 12.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Marine

Marine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Brooks* | 684 | 61.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Stanley* | 429 | 38.6 | New |
| | Conservative | Kim-Marie Stone | 253 | 22.8 | |
| | Labour | Alison Sharples | 212 | 19.1 | |
| | Labour | Nigel Alner* | 173 | 15.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Matthew Stanley was previously elected in a by-election, gaining the Conservative seat.

### Middleton-on-Sea

Middleton-on-Sea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Pendleton | 643 | 43.4 | |
| | Independent | Shirley Haywood | 637 | 43.0 | New |
| | Conservative | Paul Wotherspoon* | 582 | 39.3 | |
| | Independent | Graham Jones | 522 | 35.2 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Box | 129 | 8.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Walder | 112 | 7.6 | |
| | Labour | Richard Missenden | 80 | 5.4 | New |
| | Labour | Sam Walker | 80 | 5.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Orchard

Orchard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Oppler* | 501 | 44.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samantha Staniforth | 381 | 34.0 | |
| | Independent | Philip Woodall | 306 | 27.3 | New |
| | Conservative | David Darling | 238 | 21.2 | |
| | Labour | Jan Cosgrove | 231 | 20.6 | |
| | Green | Susan Livett | 169 | 15.1 | New |
| | Labour | Alan Foster | 139 | 12.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Pagham

Pagham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Huntley | 1,438 | 62.6 | New |
| | Independent | June Hamilton | 1,257 | 54.7 | New |
| | Conservative | Anita Hall* | 475 | 20.7 | |
| | Conservative | Ashvinkumar Patel* | 378 | 16.5 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Davis | 283 | 12.3 | |
| | Green | Paul Wyatt | 156 | 6.8 | New |
| | Labour | Alistair Black | 147 | 6.4 | New |
| | Labour | Helen Scutt | 103 | 4.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Pevensey

Pevensey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Sandra Daniells* | 403 | 39.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Inna Erskine | 396 | 38.8 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Erskine | 319 | 31.2 | New |
| | Conservative | Patrick Dillon* | 266 | 26.1 | |
| | Labour | Simon McDougall | 197 | 19.3 | |
| | Labour | Linda Shepperd | 182 | 17.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### River

River :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Buckland* | 962 | 43.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Baker | 912 | 41.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emily Seex | 821 | 37.2 | |
| | Labour | George O'Neill | 514 | 23.3 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Booker | 494 | 22.4 | New |
| | Labour | Alan Butcher | 488 | 22.1 | |
| | Labour | Bernadette Millam | 441 | 20.0 | |
| | Conservative | George Blampied* | 414 | 18.8 | |
| | Conservative | David Paige | 365 | 16.5 | New |
| | UKIP | Steven Trigg | 362 | 16.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

### Rustington East

Rustington East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alison Cooper | 975 | 61.2 |
| | Conservative | Shaun Gunner | 861 | 54.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jessica Halligan | 497 | 31.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Chase | 466 | 29.2 |
| | Labour | Christopher Walsh | 177 | 11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Rustington West

Rustington West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Gregory | 1,281 | 51.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamies Bennett | 1,226 | 49.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Tilbrook | 1,128 | 45.7 | New |
| | Conservative | Philippa Bower* | 942 | 38.2 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Horne | 885 | 35.9 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Turner | 876 | 35.5 | |
| | Labour | Lucy Toynbee | 269 | 10.9 | |
| | Labour | Nigel Stapley | 258 | 10.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Yapton

Yapton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Worne | 800 | 54.2 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joshua Jones | 550 | 37.3 | New |
| | Conservative | Stephen Haymes* | 382 | 25.9 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Ambler* | 371 | 25.1 | |
| | UKIP | Patricia Wales | 277 | 18.8 | |
| | Green | Douglas Maw | 254 | 17.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
Derek Ambler was elected in 2015 as a UKIP councillor.

## By-elections
### Brookfield

Brookfield: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Chace | 680 | 48.5 | +18.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Woodman | 526 | 37.5 | −21.3 |
| | Labour | Freddie Tandy | 152 | 10.8 | ±0.0 |
| | Workers Party | Jonathan Maxted | 45 | 3.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 11.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,403 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 19.7 | |

### Pevensey

Pevensey: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joan English | 357 | 38.3 | +17.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Barrett | 210 | 22.5 | −8.9 |
| | Labour | Simon McDougall | 140 | 15.0 | −0.6 |
| | Independent | Jan Cosgrove | 132 | 14.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Carol Birch | 93 | 10.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 15.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 932 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 13.1 | |

### Barnham

Barnham: 8 September 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Sue Wallsgrove | 786 | 50.9 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Jones | 641 | 41.5 | |
| | Labour | Alan Butcher | 116 | 7.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1543 | 21.3 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |