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Broadwater
Broadwater
Shown within West Sussex
District:Worthing
UK Parliament Constituency:East Worthing & Shoreham
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
Electorate (2009):9738
County Councillor
Bryan Turner (Con)

Broadwater 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 original settlement of Worthing of Broadwater village and 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.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Worthing Borough and comprises the following borough wards: all but WA3 polling district of Broadwater Ward and the eastern part of Gaisford Ward.

Election results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Broadwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Turner 734 31.2 -7.1
UKIP Colin Avis 646 27.5 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Rice 601 25.6 -13.2
Labour John Turley 369 15.7 +10.2
Majority 88 3.7
Turnout 2,350 23.7 -9.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Broadwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Rice 1,245 38.8
Conservative Tom Wye 1,230 38.3
UKIP Lionel Parsons 559 17.4
Labour John Turley 177 5.5
Majority 15 0.5
Turnout 3,211 33.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council


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