Horsham Parish Council election results 2026

The council is made up of nine wards, with Chesworth & Oakhill, Highwood & Blackbridge, and Trafalgar having three councillors each, Denne, Forest, and New Town having two each, and Horsham Park, Kingslea, and Millpond having one apiece.

Approval to establish the new council was given in November following a community governance review. With the district council set to be dissolved to make way for a unitary authority covering a much larger area, concerns were raised about residents feeling distanced from their elected representatives.

The idea of the Town Council is to keep a local voice when it comes to decision-making.

It will have similar powers to those of all the parish councils that represent communities across the district, with the new councillors deciding which services to provide.

Once the elections are over, the Town Council is likely to be renamed Horsham Town Council.

Residents voted for their chosen councillors at the polls on Thursday, May 7.

Here are the results:

Chesworth & Oakhill

Jolyon Benn (The Green Party): 210

Edward Blacklock (The Green Party): 213

Jim Duggan (The Peace Party – Non-violence, Justice, Environment): 190

Matthew Foss (The Conservative Party Candidate): 409 Elected

Scott Gilfillan (The Labour Party): 89

Nick Grant (LibDem): 863 Elected

Carol Hayton (The Labour Party): 146

Amy Istead (The Green Party): 306

Jon Olson (LibDem): 894 Elected

Vanessa Rustom (The Labour Party): 109

Diane Sumpter (Independent): 293

Denne

Benjamin Brace ( The Green Party): 85

Ross Dye (The Conservative Party): 186

Roxanne Mashari (The Green Party): 95

Garry Mortimer-Cook (Liberal Democrats): 278 Elected

Kevin O’Sullivan (Labour Party): 46

David Smith (Reform UK): 195

Karen Symes (Labour Party): 28

Jonathan Taylor (Liberal Democrats) 227 Elected

Forest

Nicola Gardner (Labour Party); 27

Jon Jones (Reform UK): 186

Jay Mercer (Liberal Democrats): 592 Elected

Ian Nicol (The Green Party): 57

David Skipp (Liberal Democrats): 617 Elected

Michael Symes (Labour Party) 11

Kim Wakefield (The Green Party): 72

Kimberley Williams (The Conservative Party): 234

Highwood & Blackridge

David Ashley (Green Party first choice): 350

Raymond Chapman (Labour Party): 146

Simon Clare (Reform UK): 534

Aubrey Claridge (Liberal Democrats): 900 Elected

Ruth Fletcher (Liberal Democrats): 941 Elected

Joseph Francis (The Green Party): 199

Thomas Haydon (Labour Party): 78

Sian Jones (The Green Party): 258

Joe Pollard (Labour Party): 60

David Thompson (The Conservative Party): 557 Elected

Horsham Park

Jen Nuin Smith (The Green Party): 89

Jack Nye (Reform UK): 115

Amelie Roland-Gosselin (Liberal Democrats) 361 Elected

Ros Shiel (Labour Party): 29

Charlie Willson (The Conservative Party): 98

Kingslea

Louis Bickerdike (Reform UK): 95

Aaron Courteney-Smith (The Conservative Party): 60

Sara Loewenthal (Labour Party): 10

Sam Raby (Liberal Democrats): 194 Elected

Florian Yeates (The Green Party): 52

Millpond

Michael Gaylard (Labour Party): 9

Steve Makin (Liberal Democrats) 204: Elected

Christian Mitchell (The Conservative Party): 104

Robert Nye (Reform UK): 74

Charlotte Owen-Burge (The Green Party): 34

New Town

Sam Albrow (Liberal Democrats): 858 Elected

David Hide (Labour Party): 152

Donald Mahon (Labour Party): 82

ROBBINS, Nicholas Edward

Nick Robbins (Liberal Democrats): 669 Elected

Samantha Taylor (The Green Party): 237

Claire Vickers (The Conservative Party): 272

Margaret Weir-Wilson (The Green Party): 150

Trafalgar

Martin Boffey (Liberal Democrats): 1521 Elected

Colin Bush (Independent): 256

Mark Francis (The Green Party): 248

Christopher Franke (Liberal Democrats): 1466 Elected

Tony Frankland (Liberal Democrats): 1342 Elected

Gerard Kavanagh (Labour Party): 83

Joanne Kavanagh (Labour Party): 79

Adam Key (Labour Party): 68

Cheryl Sweeney (The Conservative Party): 546

Sandra Vallens (The Green Party): 204

Morag Warrack (Green Party first choice): 343

See what happened elsewhere in our live election blog.