Langley Green & West Green (electoral division)

Langley Green & West Green is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Extent

The division covers the neighbourhoods of Langley Green and West Green, which form part of the urban area of the town of Crawley, and also Gatwick Airport.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: Langley Green Ward and West Green Ward.

Results of the election held on 3 May 2013:

Langley Green & West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brenda Smith	1,558	58.4	+12.9
	UKIP	Peter Brent	533	20.0	N/A
	Conservative	Vanessa Cumper	499	18.7	-18.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Osborne	77	2.9	-14.4
Majority			1,025	38.4	+30.1
Turnout			2,667	27.9	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Langley Green & West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Smith	1,396	45.5
	Conservative	Lee Gilroy	1,140	37.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Osborne	532	17.3
Majority			256	8.3
Turnout			3,068	33.4
	Labour win (new seat)

This division came into existence as the result of a boundary review recommended by the Boundary Committee for England, the results of which were accepted by the Electoral Commission in March 2009.

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

Electoral Divisions in West Sussex

Conservative	Angmering and Findon Arundel and Wick Billingshurst Bognor Regis West & Aldwick Bramber Castle Broadwater Burgess Hill East Burgess Hill Town Chichester North Chichester South Chichester West Cissbury Chichester East Cuckfield and Lucastes East Grinstead Meridian East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood East Preston and Ferring Fernhurst Fontwell Goring Hassocks and Victoria Haywards Heath East Haywards Heath Town Henfield Holbrook Hurstpierpoint & Bolney Imberdown Kingston Buci Lindfield and High Weald Maidenbower Petworth Pound Hill and Worth Pulborough Roffey Rustington Shoreham Southwater and Nuthurst Southwick Storrington The Witterings Tilgate and Furnace Green Warnham and Rusper Worth Forest Worthing East Worthing Pier Worthing West

UKIP	Bersted Bourne Durrington and Salvington Felpham Lancing Middleton Nyetimber Saltings Selsey Sompting and North Lancing

Liberal Democrats	Bognor Regis East Horsham Hurst Horsham Riverside Horsham Tanbridge & Broadbridge Heath Littlehampton East Littlehampton Town Northbrook Tarring

Labour	Bewbush and Ifield West Broadfield Gossops Green and Ifield East Langley Green and West Green Northgate and Three Bridges Southgate and Crawley Central

Independent	Midhurst

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