Worth Forest (electoral division)
# Worth Forest (electoral division)

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Worth Forest 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 villages of Ardingly, Balcombe, Copthorne, Handcross, Pease Pottage and Turners Hill.

It comprises the following Mid Sussex District wards: Ardingly & Balcombe Ward, Copthorne & Worth Ward, and the south part of Crawley Down & Turners Hill Ward; and the following civil parishes: Ardingly, Balcombe, the north part of Slaugham, Turners Hill and the west part of Worth.

## Election results

### 2013 Election

Results of the election held on 2 May 2013:

Worth Forest :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bill Acraman | 1,200 | 44.1 | -17.1 |
| | UKIP | Vivienne Etherton | 815 | 30.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Alan Rew | 338 | 12.4 | +6.0 |
| | Green | Gillian Maher | 198 | 7.3 | -7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Dennis | 168 | 6.2 | -11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 14.1 | -29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,719 | 29.1 | -8.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2009 Election

Results of the election held on 4 June 2009:

Worth Forest :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Bill Acraman | 2,147 | 61.2 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Dennis | 617 | 17.6 | -4.5 |
| | Green | Barrie Weller | 518 | 14.8 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Frank Thomson | 225 | 6.4 | -10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,530 | 43.6 | +12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,507 | 37.5 | -31.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2005 Election

Results of the election held on 5 May 2005:

Worth Forest :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mr W E Acraman | 3,208 | 53.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mr G E Knight | 1,327 | 22.1 | |
| | Labour | Mr R M Burgess | 1,025 | 17.0 | |
| | Green | Mr M B Weller | 452 | 7.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,881 | 31.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,012 | 68.5 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
