East Grinstead Meridian (electoral division)

Coordinates: 51°08′00″N 0°00′02″W / 51.13326°N 0.00043°W / 51.13326; -0.00043

East Grinstead Meridian

Shown within West Sussex
District:Mid Sussex
UK Parliament Constituency:Mid Sussex
Ceremonial county:West Sussex
EU Constituency:South East England
Electorate (2009):8323
County Councillor
Liz Bennett (Con)

East Grinstead Meridian 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 northern part of the town of East Grinstead, 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 comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: East Grinstead Ashplats Ward, East Grinstead Baldwins Ward and the northern part of East Grinstead Town Ward; and falls entirely within the civil parish of East Grinstead.

Election Results

2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

East Grinstead Meridian
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Liz Bennett 1,006 48.0 +0.5
UKIP Ian Simcock 507 24.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jackie Beckford 307 14.7 -24.2
Labour Andrew Skudder 163 7.8 +4.3
Green Catherine Edminson 111 5.3 -4.8
Majority 499 23.8 +15.2
Turnout 2,094 24.9 -10.7
Conservative hold Swing

2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

East Grinstead Meridian
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Liz Bennett 1,408 47.5
Liberal Democrat Paul Johnson 1,153 38.9
Green James Blair 300 10.1
Labour Colin Moffatt 103 3.5
Majority 255 8.6
Turnout 2,964 35.6
Conservative win (new seat)

References

Election Results - West Sussex County Council

External links


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