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2024 Crawley Borough Council election
12 out of 36 seats to Crawley Borough Council; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2024 Crawley Borough Council election
Leader before election; Michael Jones; Labour	Leader after election ; Michael Jones; Labour

The 2024 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Labour Party tightened their control of the council to a comfortable working majority of 14, gaining several seats from the Conservatives. Despite multiple other parties fielding several candidates in Crawley's wards, no other party won any seats.^[2]

Summary

Candidates by party

Labour Party (12/12)

Conservative Party (12/12)

Green Party (10/12)

TUSC (10/12)

Heritage (3/12)

Independent (2/12)

Freedom Alliance (1/12)

Justice (1/12)

Election result

2024 Crawley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	5	83.3	15	25	69.4
	Conservative	2	5	16.7	9	11	30.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0
	Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0
	JAC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Crawley Borough Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.^[3] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bewbush & North Broadfield

Bewbush & North Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Jones*	920	51.3	−4.4
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	416	23.2	+0.6
	Green	Holly Smith	251	14.0	+3.0
	TUSC	Robin Burnham	119	6.6	−2.6
	Heritage	Dan Weir	50	2.8	+1.3
	JAC	Arshad Khan	38	2.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,816	25.1
Registered electors			7,230
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadfield

Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kiran Khan*	979	54.5	−0.1
	Conservative	Valerie Knight	509	28.4	−1.4
	Heritage	Carolina Morra	174	9.7	+3.4
	TUSC	Christopher Ellis	133	7.4	+5.5
Majority
Turnout			1,816	24.6
Registered electors			7,384
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield

Gossops Green & North East Broadfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Esther Barrott	914	51.6	−1.5
	Conservative	Anwaera Perveen	557	31.5	−3.4
	Green	Iain Dickson	191	10.8	−1.3
	Heritage	Debbie Plaister	82	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	Mark Wright	26	1.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,780	38.0
Registered electors			4,683
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ifield

Ifield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Beni Yianni	1,046	50.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Purdy	688	33.3	−5.7
	Green	Ines Manning	229	11.1	+1.5
	TUSC	Winifred Duggan	105	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,088	29.0
Registered electors			7,202
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Langley Green & Tushmore

Langley Green & Tushmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Shelly Bushnell	722	45.1	−18.5
	Independent	Karen Sudan	465	29.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Hellier	414	25.9	−10.5
Majority
Turnout			1,675	27.3
Registered electors			6,132
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Maidenbower

Maidenbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Ramsay	940	43.9	−7.6
	Green	Max Perry	614	28.7	+1.0
	Labour	Matt Pritchard	586	27.4	+6.6
Majority
Turnout			2,159	31.8
Registered electors			6,799
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northgate & West Green

Northgate & West Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sue Mullins*	1,188	53.5	−1.1
	Conservative	Alison Pendlington*	641	28.9	−4.5
	Green	Nicholas Park	278	12.5	+0.5
	TUSC	Peter Miller	113	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,242	29.0
Registered electors			7,741
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood

Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Nicholas Hilton	1,236	49.1	−4.5
	Conservative	Paul Castle	1,014	40.3	−6.1
	Green	Neal Murdoch	236	9.4	N/A
	TUSC	Ben Newman	31	1.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,530	34.3
Registered electors			7,372
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Pound Hill South & Worth

Pound Hill South & Worth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bidwell	1,099	51.8	+3.9
	Labour	Tony Patel	721	34.0	−6.4
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	247	11.6	−0.1
	TUSC	Ruth Gaunt	54	2.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,146	34.5
Registered electors			6,221
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southgate

Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dipesh Patel	924	46.2	−2.9
	Conservative	Simon Piggott*	746	37.3	+1.5
	Green	Robin Fitton	255	12.8	+3.4
	TUSC	Brett Shattock	73	3.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,012	30.0
Registered electors			6,711
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Atif Nawaz*	1,274	51.4	+8.1
	Conservative	Kevin Bonnick	809	32.6	−13.4
	Green	Denielle Kail	215	8.7	+0.7
	Independent	Muhammed Hanif	93	3.8	N/A
	TUSC	Timothy Holt	89	3.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,496	36.9
Registered electors			6,773
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Tilgate

Tilgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Olu Adeniyi	732	48.7	+0.1
	Conservative	Francis Guidera	550	36.6	−14.8
	Green	Simon Thorn	120	8.0	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	Amanda Brown	69	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	Christopher Owen	33	2.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,514	33.7
Registered electors			4,495
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing