Category Archives: Elections
Horsham Labour Party Select their Chair to fight crucial by-election
David Hide is Labour’s candidate for the District by-election on the 16thFebruary, a by- election triggered by the shock resignation of Council Leader Robert Nye I am standing at this election to provide local residents with a real choice. The … Continue reading
Captain Calamity jumps ship and triggers a by-election
Robert Nye Leader of Horsham District Council resigned on 14 December offering his private financial arrangements as explanation. His surprise resignation automatically triggers a by election in the council seat of Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham which is due to take … Continue reading
Local elections 2011 – our five commitments
From talking to local residents it is clear that many feel disappointed with the level of representation offered by our councillors. Too many councillors once elected are never seen again, or move away like the Lib Dem from Horsham Park … Continue reading
Congratulations to Duncan
This week Duncan Enright won a council byelection for Labour. OK maybe it is only a town council byelection but this was in David Cameron’s back yard and he won convincingly with 66% of the vote – four times as … Continue reading
Happy New Year
We would like to wish all our members, and everybody else in Horsham constituency a Happy New Year in 2011. It is likely to be a good year. Unless you are old. Or looking forward to university. Or fall ill, … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from Horsham Labour
Horsham Labour party would like to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you all at the polling stations in May!
No sign of hope
By Carol Hayton So will the recent election result and the new style of government herald a bright new dawn for the people of Horsham? Having voted for change as Francis Maude urged them to do on his campaign posters, … Continue reading
Postal problems
It has come to our attention that quite a few people in the Horsham constituency did not receive anything from us during the election campaign. This has come as a great surprise and disappointment to us. Obviously with such a large … Continue reading
A post-election message
By Andrew Skudder Now that the dust has settled and we have all more or less got back to our normal sleep patterns after the marathon count I would like to reflect a little on the election campaign and, most … Continue reading
Election results
These are the results in the Horsham constituency after an extremely prolonged count: Conservative 29,447 52.7% Lib Dem 17,987 32.2% Labour 4,189 7.5% UKIP 2,839 5.1% Green 570 1.0% Christian 469 0.8% Peace 253 0.5% Independent 87 0.2% More on … Continue reading