Maidenbower (electoral division)
# Maidenbower (electoral division)

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Maidenbower is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current County Councillor, is Robert Lanzer who won the seat in a by-election after the resignation of the former Leader of West Sussex County Council Henry Smith upon being elected as Member of Parliament for Crawley.

## Extent

The division covers the neighbourhoods of Maidenbower and the southern part of Pound Hill, which form part of the urban area of the town of Crawley.

It falls entirely within the un-parished area of Crawley Borough and comprises the following borough wards: Maidenbower Ward and the western part of Pound Hill South & Worth Ward.

## Election results

### 2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Maidenbower :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bob Lanzer | 1,165 | 50.3 | -22.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Smith | 506 | 21.8 | +7.8 |
| | UKIP | Simon Mizzi | 462 | 19.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Ben Liles | 104 | 4.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Morrison | 79 | 3.4 | -10.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 659 | 28.5 | -6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,316 | 24.9 | -9.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 14.9% Con to Lab | |

### 2010 By-Election

Results of the election held on 7 October 2010:

Maidenbower :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Robert Lanzer | 1036 | 64.4 | - 7.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Smith | 417 | 25.9 | + 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sulu Pandya | 82 | 5,1 | - 8.6 |
| | UKIP | John MacCanna | 61 | 3.8 | N/A |
| | Justice Party | Arshad Khan | 12 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 619 | 48.5 | - 9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1626 | 17.1 | - 17.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | - 9.9 | |

### 2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Maidenbower :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Henry Smith | 2,192 | 72.3 | |
| | Labour | Kieran Byrne | 425 | 14.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suhasini Gaurishanker | 415 | 13.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,767 | 58.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,032 | 34.8 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

The division 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.

