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The 2011 Horsham District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. The Conservatives increased their majority on the council to 12, winning a total of 34 seats.

2011 Horsham District Council election

← 2007 5 May 2011 2015 →
All 44 seats to Horsham District Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 34 8 2 Seat change 3 3

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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31	11	2
Con	LDem	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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34	8	2
Con	LDem	Ind

2011 Horsham District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	4	1	3	77.3	56.4	51,157	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	4	3	18.2	24.4	22,114	-12.4
	Independent	2	0	0		4.5	3.7	3,376	+0.5
	Labour	0	–	–		0.0	7.2	6,533	+5.6
	UKIP	0	-	-		0.0	6.8	6,190	+3.9
	Green	0	–	–		0.0	1.1	1,022	+0.8
	Peace	0	–	–		0.0	0.3	266	0.0

Billingshurst and Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Breacher	1,467	42.3	−5.6
	Conservative	Gordon Lindsay	1,414
	Conservative	Kathleen Rowbottom	1,360
	UKIP	Douglas Rands	601	17.3	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Knight	568	16.4	−18.1
	UKIP	David Duke	561
	UKIP	Graham Harper	441
	Labour	John Box	421	12.1	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Lee	414
	Independent	Roy Margetts	409	11.8	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Seth	385
	Labour	Keith Maslin	351
Turnout				44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Goddard	974	44.4	−4.1
	Conservative	David Coldwell	938
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Purches	770	35.1	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Sproxton-Miller	518
	Labour	Adrian Norridge	236	10.8	+4.4
	UKIP	Stuart Bower	212	9.7	+9.7
Turnout				49.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Curnock	391	37.9	−26.0
	Conservative	Linda Pettitt	385	37.3	+1.2
	Labour	Raymond Chapman	164	15.9	+15.9
	UKIP	Valerie Gray	91	8.8	+8.8
Turnout				44.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chanctonbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Circus	1,851	57.1	−7.6
	Conservative	Roger Arthur	1,789
	Conservative	Eric Jenkins	1,786
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Martin	550	17.0	−4.9
	Labour	Susan Shord	427	13.2	+13.2
	UKIP	Jean Westrip	414	12.8	−0.6
Turnout				49.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chantry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Mason	2,507	54.5	−4.3
	Conservative	Raymond Dawe	2,495
	Conservative	James Sanson	2,265
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Addy	836	18.2	−6.1
	Labour	Margaret Cornwell	661	14.4	+14.4
	UKIP	Peter Westrip	592	12.9	−4.0
Turnout				49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Chowen	1,242	66.4	−7.8
	Conservative	Andrew Dunlop	1,127
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Dittmer	628	33.6	+7.8
Turnout				39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Deakins	854	38.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Sheldon	816	37.1	−11.4
	Conservative	Ronald Vimpany	630
	Liberal Democrats	Alessandro Mancini	588
	Labour	Jane Field	309	14.1	+8.2
	UKIP	Martin Bridewell	218	9.9	+9.9
Turnout				45.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey Newman	976	53.0	+5.3
	Conservative	David Scozzafava	667	36.2	−12.4
	Labour	Josephine Battersby	121	6.6	+2.9
	UKIP	Harry Aldridge	78	4.2	+4.2
Turnout				62.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sheila Matthews	1,133	35.2	−6.7
	Conservative	Brian O'Connell	986	30.8	−6.2
	Independent	Matthew Brookbank	428	13.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sharp	398	12.4	−8.7
	Labour	Mark Boorsma	262	8.2	+8.2
Turnout				51.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Baldwin	1,295	60.3	+4.0
	Conservative	James Rae	1,050
	Liberal Democrats	Warwick Hellawell	428	19.9	−17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Collins	417
	Labour	Linda Hugl	289	13.4	+13.4
	UKIP	Micheal Smith	137	6.4	+6.4
Turnout				48.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burgess	1,174	54.1	+7.2
	Conservative	Christian Mitchell	1,151
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Newman	547	25.2	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Belinda Walters	541
	Labour	Sheila Chapman	283	13.0	+9.4
	UKIP	Sally Wilkins	168	7.7	+7.7
Turnout				48.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Peter Burgess stood as an Independent in Holbrook West in 2007, the year when this seat was last contested.

Horsham Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Holmes	876	32.6	−16.2
	Conservative	Josh Murphy	798	29.7	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Haigh	785
	Conservative	Lauren Proctor	759
	Conservative	Connor Relleen	712
	Liberal Democrats	Roberto Nacci	564
	Labour	Carol Hayton	507	18.9	+6.2
	Labour	Jonathan Austin	499
	Labour	David Hide	437
	Peace	Jim Duggan	266	9.9	+0.2
	UKIP	Nigel Smith	240	8.9	+8.9
Turnout				43.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Nye	1,303	51.8	−0.5
	Conservative	Patricia Youtan	898
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Shepherd	569	22.6	−14.5
	Green	Justin Pickard	366	14.6	+14.6
	UKIP	George Tribe	276	11.0	+0.4
Turnout				49.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuthurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan England	862	68.7	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mullarkey	258	20.6	+2.3
	UKIP	Adam Bufton	135	10.8	+10.8
Turnout				55.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough and Coldwatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Donnelly	1,329	52.6	−24.1
	Conservative	Roger Paterson	1,253
	Green	Peter Alison	368	14.6	+14.6
	UKIP	Peter Lee	323	12.8	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stokes	269	10.6	−12.7
	UKIP	John Wallace	241
	Labour	Jill Allen	240	9.5	+9.5
Turnout				44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helena Croft	999	39.4	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Skipp	932	36.8	−16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Butler	748
	Conservative	Mikko Figura	694
	Labour	Nicholas Field	324	12.8	+12.8
	UKIP	Micheal Rowlands	278	11.0	+11.0
Turnout				47.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roffey South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Cornell	934	45.0	−0.4
	Conservative	Simon Torn	914
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllis Rutherford	625	30.1	−13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Wilton	586
	Labour	Raymond Battersby	297	14.3	+3.6
	UKIP	David Buck	218	10.5	+10.5
Turnout				41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Rudgwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bailey	662	60.7	−16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Price	229	21.0	+1.6
	UKIP	Albert Stevens	200	18.3	+18.3
Turnout				55.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusper and Colgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kitchen	713	73.7	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Millson	146	15.1	+1.2
	UKIP	Stuart Aldridge	109	11.3	+11.3
Turnout				48.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Howard	1,857	54.2	−0.4
	Conservative	Claire Vickers	1,806
	Conservative	John Chidlow	1,721
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stainton	1,073	31.3	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstin Turner	834
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Belmore	666
	UKIP	Bryan Bufton	495	14.5	+14.5
Turnout				44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Steyning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Cockman	1,406	39.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Susan Rogers	1,059	29.4	−3.9
	Conservative	David Barling	961
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hopkinson	857	23.8	−5.8
	Labour	Antony Bignell	274	7.6	+2.6
Turnout				43.9
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Costin	1,210	45.7	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Crosbie	1,116
	Conservative	Keith Bridgeman	895	33.8	+6.1
	Labour	Alexandra Davis	239	9.0	+3.2
	Labour	Jacqueline Little	192
	UKIP	Claire Bridewell	162	6.1	+0.8
	Green	Nicholas Fitter	144	5.4	−2.1
	Green	Stacey Frier	144
Turnout				53.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing