title: Arun District Council elections
text: # Arun District Council elections
  
  Arun District Council in West Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 54 councillors have been elected from 23 wards.
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 1973 Arun District Council election
  * 1976 Arun District Council election
  * 1979 Arun District Council election
  * 1983 Arun District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 1987 Arun District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  * 1991 Arun District Council election
  * 1995 Arun District Council election
  * 1999 Arun District Council election
  * 2003 Arun District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 2007 Arun District Council election
  * 2011 Arun District Council election
  * 2015 Arun District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 2019 Arun District Council election
  * 2023 Arun District Council election
  
  ### Overview
  
  **Election results**
  
  | Year | | Conservative | | Liberal Democrats | | Labour | | UKIP | | Independents | Majority | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1973 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | Con Maj 18 | First elections to Council, formed of 60 seats |
  | 1976 | 50 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Con Maj 40 | |
  | 1979 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Con Maj 40 | |
  | 1983 | 51 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Con Maj 46 | Boundary changes reduce size of council to 56 |
  | 1987 | 51 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Con Maj 46 | |
  | 1991 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Con Maj 16 | |
  | 1995 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Con Maj 2 | |
  | 1999 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Con Maj 16 | |
  | 2003 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Con Maj 16 | |
  | 2007 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Con Maj 28 | |
  | 2011 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Con Maj 40 | |
  | 2015 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Con Maj 30 | Boundary changes reduce size of council to 54 |
  | 2019 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | NOC | |
  | 2023 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | NOC | |
  
  **Composition of the council**
  
  | Political party | Political party | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Political party | Political party | 1973 | 1976 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | 2023 |
  | | Conservative | 39 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 36 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 42 | 21 | 20 / 54 | |
  | | Liberal Democrat | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 / 54 | |
  | | Labour | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 / 54 | |
  | | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 / 54 | |
  | | Independent | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 / 54 | |
  | | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 / 54 | |
  
  ## District result maps
  
  * 2003 results map
  * 2007 results map
  * 2011 results map
  
  ## By-election results
  
  ### Overview
  
  | By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Rustington South | 26 March 1998 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Felpham | 3 December 1998 | Independent | Conservative |
  | Rustington South | 15 July 1999 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Hotham | 27 July 2000 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Yapton | 5 May 2005 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
  | Felpham East | 22 September 2005 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Angmering | 10 November 2005 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Rustington West | 20 April 2006 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Angmering | 1 June 2006 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Yapton | 1 June 2006 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
  | Yapton | 20 March 2008 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Felpham West | 2 April 2009 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Aldwick East | 14 March 2013 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
  | Angmering | 18 April 2013 | Conservative | Conservative |
  | Aldwick West | 2 November 2017 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
  | Marine | 22 February 2018 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
  | Brookfield | 6 May 2021 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
  | Pevensey | 6 May 2021 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative |
  
  ### 1995-1999
  
  Rustington South By-Election 26 March 1998 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | | 594 | 60.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 374 | 38.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 220 | 22.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 968 | 31.0 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Felpham By-Election 3 December 1998 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | | 393 | 40.1 | +9.6 |
  | | Independent | | 294 | 30.0 | +8.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 167 | 17.0 | +9.4 |
  | | Independent | | 102 | 10.4 | +10.4 |
  | | Labour | | 24 | 2.5 | -6.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 10.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 980 | 27.4 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  
  ### 1999-2003
  
  Rustington South By-Election 15 July 1999 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Florence Harrison | 604 | 64.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard James | 208 | 22.1 |
  | | Labour | Moira Rice | 130 | 13.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 42.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 942 | 30.0 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Hotham By-Election 27 July 2000 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Evans | 429 | 38.7 | -2.7 |
  | | Labour | Pauline Nash | 388 | 35.0 | +5.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Olliver | 292 | 26.3 | -3.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 3.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,109 | 24.4 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2003-2007
  
  Yapton By-Election 5 May 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Menzies | 1,213 | 50.7 | +24.3 |
  | | Conservative | Richard Taft | 1,179 | 49.3 | -24.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 1.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,392 | 60.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  Felpham East By-Election 22 September 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Paul English | 492 | 58.2 | +9.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Harvey | 267 | 31.6 | +31.6 |
  | | Labour | Simon Holland | 86 | 10.2 | -1.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | 26.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 845 | 22.6 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Angmering By-Election 10 November 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Paul Bicknell | 846 | 66.8 | +3.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Richards | 421 | 33.2 | -3.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | 33.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,267 | 22.8 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Rustington West By-Election 20 April 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Florence Harrison | 769 | 44.1 | +1.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lauretani | 581 | 33.4 | +3.0 |
  | | UKIP | | 277 | 15.9 | -2.1 |
  | | Labour | | 115 | 6.6 | -2.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 10.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,742 | 26.8 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Angmering By-Election 1 June 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Dudley Wensley | 1,052 | 73.6 | +6.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Richards | 254 | 17.8 | -15.4 |
  | | Labour | | 123 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 798 | 55.8 | +22.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,429 | 24.7 | +1.9 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Yapton By-Election 1 June 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Michael Taft | 699 | 70.5 | +21.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Roslyn Kissell | 205 | 20.7 | -30.0 |
  | | Labour | | 87 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 494 | 49.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 991 | 24.0 | -36.5 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2007-2011
  
  Yapton by-election 20 March 2008 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Emma Neno | 620 | 59.8 | -4.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 212 | 20.4 | -2.4 |
  | | BNP | Albert Bodle | 205 | 19.8 | +19.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | 39.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,037 | 25.4 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.2 | |
  
  Felpham West by-election 2 April 2009 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Gillian Madeley | 630 | 52.1 | -3.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Lury | 269 | 22.2 | +10.3 |
  | | BNP | Michael Witchell | 165 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
  | | UKIP | Joan Phillips | 89 | 7.4 | -4.6 |
  | | Labour | Michelle White | 56 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 29.9 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,209 | 30.2 | -8.5 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2011-2015
  
  Aldwick East by-election 14 March 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Wells | 383 | 33.6 | +17.9 |
  | | Conservative | Bill Smee | 357 | 31.3 | -32.6 |
  | | UKIP | Janet Taylor | 339 | 29.7 | +22.6 |
  | | Labour | Richard Dawson | 61 | 5.3 | -1.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,141 | 26.8 | -26.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 25.3 | |
  
  Angmering by-election 18 April 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andy Cooper | 878 | 63.9 | +22.3 |
  | | Labour | Carly Godwin | 268 | 19.5 | +1.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Bennett | 228 | 16.6 | +4.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 34.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,141 | 23.4 | -21.4 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 10.4 | |
  
  ### 2015-2019
  
  Aldwick West by-election 2 November 2017 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Smith | 719 | 52.7 | +17.9 |
  | | Conservative | Guy Purser | 480 | 36.2 | -32.6 |
  | | Labour | Ian Manion | 112 | 8.2 | New |
  | | Green | Carol Birch | 54 | 4.0 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | 17.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,369 | 26.3 | -26.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 25.5 | |
  
  Marine by-election 22 February 2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Matt Stanley | 309 | 32.7 | New |
  | | Labour | Alison Sharples | 252 | 26.7 | +7.3 |
  | | Conservative | Katherine Eccles | 242 | 25.6 | -0.7 |
  | | Independent | Steve Goodheart | 141 | 14.9 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 6.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 950 | 20.1 | -30.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.7 | |
  
  ### 2019-2023
  
  Brookfield by-election 6 May 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | David Chace | 680 | 48.5 | +17.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Roberta Woodman | 526 | 37.5 | -21.0 |
  | | Labour | Freddie Tandy | 152 | 10.8 | +0.1 |
  | | Workers Party | Jonathan Maxted | 45 | 3.2 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | 11.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,411 | 29.6 | +1.1 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 19.4 | |
  
  Pevensey by-election 6 May 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Joan English | 357 | 38.3 | +16.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Barrett | 210 | 22.5 | -6.9 |
  | | Labour | Simon McDougall | 140 | 15.0 | -0.6 |
  | | Independent | Jan Cosgrove | 132 | 14.2 | New |
  | | Green | Carol Birch | 93 | 10.0 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 15.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 947 | 22.4 | -3.3 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 11.7 | |
  
  Barnham by-election 8 September 2022 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Green | Sue Wallsgrove | 786 | 50.9 | +6.8 |
  | | Conservative | Graham Jones | 641 | 41.5 | -8.6 |
  | | Labour | Alan Butcher | 116 | 7.5 | -14.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 9.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,547 | 21.3 | -7.6 |
  | | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  