Crawley elections 2026: Banner day for Reform UK at they claim ten seats on borough council

On top of that, they took eight of the nine Crawley seats available on West Sussex County Council.

While Labour keep control of the borough council thanks to the seats which were not being contested, the county council has moved into No Overall Control.

It was a long day for all involved, with the votes in some wards having to be recounted because the results were so close.

On the borough council, Pound Hill South & Worth went down to the wire, with long-standing Conservative councillor Bob Lanzer losing his seat to Reform’s Bob Laycock by one vote.

Mr Lanzer also lost his Maidenbower & Worth seat on the county council, his 1,367 votes not being enough to see off Reform’s Riszard Rzepa, who took 1,441.

Still on the county council, Brian Quinn kept Broadfield for Labour by one vote, securing 1,143 while Reform’s Marie Mariette took 1,142.

Crawley Borough Council has been peopled by Labour and Tory councillors for decades, with only a couple of Lib Dems thrown in to mix things up – and that was well over ten years ago.

These elections have brought a lot more variety. Sixty-eight candidates threw their hats into the ring to vie for 13 seats, including a by-election in Three Bridges. Only the Gossops Green & North East Broadfield ward didn’t go to the polls.

The results changed the number of councillors to 21 Labour, 11 Reform, and four Conservatives.

On the county council, there are 23 Reform, 23 Lib Dems, 11 Conservative, seven Green, five Labour, and one Local Alliance.

Crawley Borough Council results:

Bewbush & North Broadfield:

Tina Belben (Con) – 390

Robin Burnham (TUSC) – 40

Ian Butler (Ref) – 860

Lawrence Mallinson (Lib Dem) – 151

Ryan Rooke (Green) – 390

Sharmila Sivarajah (Lab) – 809

REF gain from LAB

Turnout – 36.75%

Broadfield:

David Bowen (Con) – 420

Rachael Colbran (Lib Dem) – 153

Tim Lunnon (Lab) – 803

Marie Mariette (Ref) – 980

Carolina Rodrigues Braga (Green) – 354

Turnout: 36.6%

REF gain from LAB

Furnace Green:

Younis Ainine (Lab) – 457

Hazel Hellier (Con) – 630

Sarah Letissier (Ref) – 761

Kevin Osborne (Lib Dem) – 144

Tim Peacock (Green) – 254

Turnout – 49.04%

REF gain from CON

Ifield:

Grainne Conway (Ref) – 1,180

Jilly Hart (Lab) – 752

Asim Hussain (TUSC) – 19

Valerie Knight (Con) – 387

Ines Manning (Green) – 368

Richard Symonds (Ind) – 320

Turnout 41.9%

REF gain from LAB

Langley Green & Tushmore:

Lewis Earthrowl-Gould (TUSC) – 21

Alan Hellier (Con) – 323

Laura Menezes (Green) – 403

Oliver Pickstock (Ref) – 687

Tahira Rana (Lab) – 750

Kemuel Thompson (Lib Dem) – 121

Turnout – 37.65%

LAB hold

Maidenbower:

Imtiaz Khan (Con) – 789

Max Perry (Green) – 526

Stephen Pritchard (Lab) – 398

Riszard Rzepa (Ref) – 1,127

Sarah Smith (Lib Dem) – 330

Turnout – 46.89%

REF gain from CON

Northgate & West Green:

David Anderson (Lib Dem) – 213

Nicky Ascenso (Lab) – 835

Pat Gedge (TUSC) – 13

Nick Park (Green) – 510

Susan Wheeler (Con) – 435

Mitchall Whiston (Ref) – 1,038

Turnout – 38%

REF gain from LAB

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood:

Paul Castle (Con) – 907

Fidel Kuzamba (Lib Dem) – 204

Neal Murdoch (Green) – 515

Zahid Raja (Lab) – 792

James Tidy (Ref) – 1,131

Turnout – 46.43%

REF gain from CON

Pound Hill South & Worth:

Flynn Cowell (Lab) – 560

Heidi James-Dunbar (Green) – 476

Bob Lanzer (Con) – 959

Bob Laycock (Ref) – 960

Theo Van Der Lugt (Lib Dem) – 171

Turnout – 49.98%

REF gain from CON

Southgate:

Zack Ali (Con) – 737

Tim Charters (Ref) – 963

Robin Fitton (Green) – 459

Yasmin Khan (Lab) – 686

Bret Shattock (TUSC) – 24

Turnout – 42.27%

REF gain from LAB

Three Bridges (two seats):

Lekan Babalola (Green) – 466

Mandie Hains (Lab) – 821

Marilyn Hilton (Lab) – 875

Tim Holt (TUSC) – 24

Callum Johnson (Ref) – 782

Georgia-Mae Pocock (Ref) – 762

Jonathan Purdy (Con) – 612

Stephanie Robinson (Lib Dem) – 190

Omar Shafiq (Con) – 465

Tom Wiggins (Green) – 496

Turnout – 41.99%

LAB hold and LAB gain from CON

Tilgate:

Hazel Mehmet (Green) – 275

Tarek Miah (Con) – 454

Tony Patel (Lab) – 412

Emma Whiteoak (Ref) – 863

Turnout – 44.13%

REF gain from CON

The results for the Crawley seats on West Sussex County Council were:

Bewbush & Ifield West:

Tina Belben (Con) – 493

Grainne Conway (Ref) – 1,242

Lawrence Mallinson (Lib Dem) – 179

Chris Oxlade (Lab) – 915

Holly Smith (Green) – 465

Richard Symonds (Ind) – 144

Turnout – 38.07%

REF gain from LAB

Broadfield:

David Bowen (Con) – 480

Rachael Colbran (Lib Dem) – 173

Marie Mariette (Ref) – 1,142

Matt O’Brien (Green) – 469

Brian Quinn (Lab) – 1,143

Turnout – 37%

LAB hold

Langley Green & Ifield East:

Valerie Knight (Con) – 616

Oliver Pickstock (Ref) – 1,364

Tahira Rana (Lab) – 1,166

Karen Sudan (Green) – 641

Kemuel Thompson (Lib Dem) – 212

Turnout – 40.08%

REF gain from LAB

Maidenbower & Worth:

Cyril Gambrell (Green) – 586

Yolanda Geer (Lab) – 578

Bob Lanzer (Con) – 1,367

Riszard Rzepa (Ref) – 1,441

Sarah Smith (Lib Dem) – 439

Turnout – 48.83%

REF gain from CON

Northgate & West Green:

David Anderson (Lib Dem) – 281

Callum Johnson (Ref) – 1,199

Kiran Khan (Lab) – 964

Ben Newman (Green) – 621

Susan Wheeler (Con) – 576

Turnout – 37.63%

REF gain from LAB

Pound Hill:

Steph Bonnie (Green) – 619

Richard Burrett (Con) – 1,066

Nick Hilton (Lab) – 887

Fidel Kuzamba (Lib Dem) – 221

James Tidy (Ref) – 1,318

Turnout – 46.69%

REF gain from CON

Southgate & Gossops Green:

Zack Ali (Con) – 1,117

Tim Charters (Ref) – 1,580

Iain Dickson (Green) – 641

Yasmin Khan (Lab) – 917

Theo van der Lugt (Lib Dem) – 198

Turnout – 44.07%

REF gain from CON

Three Bridges:

Thomas Bidwell (Con) – 911

Marilyn Hilton (Lab) – 1,087

Paul Morgan (Green) – 658

Stephanie Robinson (Lib Dem) – 209

Emma Whiteoak (Ref) – 1,111

Turnout – 44.55%

REF gain from CON

Tilgate & Furnace Green:

Duncan Crow (Con) – 1,201

Callan Gendall (Green) – 502

Sarah LeTissier (Ref) – 1,551

Kevin Osborne (Lib Dem) – 220

Tony Patel (Lab) – 782

Turnout – 46.6%

REF gain from CON