Actinidia Arguta

The 2012 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Crawley District Council in West Sussex, England.^[2][3] One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:^[4]

• Conservative 21
• Labour 16

Bewbush^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marion Ayling	874	70.9%
	Conservative	Susan Lester	285	23.1%
	Justice Party	Arshad Khan	74	6.0%
Majority			589	47.8%
Turnout			1,233
	Labour hold

Broadfield North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Quinn	738	69.4%
	Conservative	Simon Darroch	326	30.6%
Majority			412	38.8%
Turnout			1,064
	Labour hold

Broadfield South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Moffatt	645	57.5%
	Conservative	Lee Gilroy	476	42.5%
Majority			169	15.0%
Turnout			1,121
	Labour gain from Conservative

Gossops Green^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Mullins	731	47.7%
	Conservative	Beryl Mecrow	658	42.9%
	BNP	Vernon Atkinson	91	5.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dickson	54	3.5%
Majority			73	4.8%
Turnout			1,534
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ifield^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Smith	983	49.6%
	Conservative	Ali Burke	660	33.3%
	UKIP	Steven Wade	337	17.0%
Majority			323	16.3%
Turnout			1,980
	Labour gain from Conservative

Langley Green^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Smith	1,085	68.3%
	Conservative	Richard Nixon	347	21.8%
	UKIP	Gill Andrew	157	9.9%
Majority			738	46.5%
Turnout			1,589
	Labour hold

Maidenbower^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Peck	1,074	71.6%
	Labour	Andrew Skudder	425	28.4%
Majority			649	43.2%
Turnout			1,499
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Brockwell	880	62.5%
	Labour	Kultar Jogi	307	21.8%
	Liberal Democrats	John Mac Canna	140	10.0%
	UKIP	Richard Symonds	80	5.7%
Majority			573	40.7%
Turnout			1,407
	Conservative hold

Pound Hill South and Worth^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Lanzer	1,224	71.0%
	Labour	Sina Adeniyi	499	29.0%
Majority			725	42.0%
Turnout			1,723
	Conservative hold

Southgate^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liam Marshall-Ascough	920	44.5%
	Labour	Raj Sharma	854	41.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Liles	294	14.2%
Majority			66	3.2%
Turnout			2,068
	Conservative hold

Three Bridges^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Burgess	875	54.6%
	Labour	Samantha Bateman	728	45.4%
Majority			147	9.2%
Turnout			1,603
	Conservative hold

Tilgate^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Lloyd	878	59.4%
	Conservative	George O'Keefe	482	32.6%
	Green	Derek Hardman	119	8.0%
Majority			396	26.8%
Turnout			1,479
	Labour hold

• Note: This Tilgate seat was won by the Conservatives at the previous regular election in 2008, but gained by Labour in a by-election in 2010^[5]

West Green^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Ward	658	67.3%
	Conservative	Chrissie Brown	320	32.7%
Majority			338	34.6%
Turnout			978
	Labour hold