Haywards Heath East (electoral division)
# Haywards Heath East (electoral division)

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Haywards Heath East 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 eastern part of the town of Haywards Heath.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Haywards Heath Bentswood Ward and Haywards Heath Franklands Ward; and of the eastern part of the civil parish of Haywards Heath.

On 31 October 2013 John de Mierre died, this necessitated the holding of a bye-election, which was held on 19 December 2013

## Election results

### 2013 Bye-election

Results of the bye-election held on 19 December 2013:

Haywards Heath East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hillier | 649 | 35.5 | +1.7 |
| | UKIP | Charles Burrell | 576 | 31.5 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Richard Goddard | 346 | 18.9 | -2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Hall | 201 | 11.0 | -8.2 |
| | Green | Paul Brown | 55 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 4.0 | -2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1832 | 23.1 | -6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.2 | |

### 2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Haywards Heath East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | John de Mierre | 789 | 33.8 | -5.9 |
| | UKIP | Charles Burrell | 617 | 26.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Richard Goddard | 505 | 21.6 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Hall | 424 | 18.2 | -23.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 6.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,335 | 29.7 | -9.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Haywards Heath East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Hall | 1,237 | 41.2 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | John de Mierre | 1,194 | 39.7 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Osiji Onah | 406 | 13.5 | -17.2 |
| | BNP | Richard Trower | 168 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,005 | 39.1 | -28.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Haywards Heath East :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mr A J De-Mierre | 1,779 | 36.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ms J Brown | 1,615 | 33.0 | |
| | Labour | Mr P J Henry | 1,504 | 30.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 3.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,898 | 67.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
