One third of
Crawley Borough Council in
West Sussex
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,
England
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is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 36
councillor
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Canada
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s have been elected from 13
wards.
Political control
From the first elections to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the
Local Government Act 1972
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, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council since 1973 have been:
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the
2004 election increasing the number of seats by 5, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.
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1973 Crawley Borough Council election
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1976 Crawley Borough Council election
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1979 Crawley Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1980 Crawley Borough Council election
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1982 Crawley Borough Council election
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1983 Crawley Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
[The Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex (Areas) Order 1982]
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1984 Crawley Borough Council election
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1986 Crawley Borough Council election
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1987 Crawley Borough Council election
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1988 Crawley Borough Council election
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1990 Crawley Borough Council election
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1991 Crawley Borough Council election
Borough result maps
File:Crawley UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2008 map.svg, 2008 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2012 map.svg, 2012 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2014 map.svg, 2014 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2016 map.svg, 2016 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2014 map.svg, 2018 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2019 map.svg, 2019 results map
File:Crawley UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;
full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
References
External links
Crawley Borough Council
{{Crawley
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Council elections in West Sussex
District council elections in England