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Friday 12.05.2017 thedistrictpost.co.uk
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Morwen celebrates, Tories dominate, UKIP vanishes phil dennett News Editor
Delighted Morwen Millson is heading towards a 30th anniversary of service for Horsham as the newly-elected West Sussex County Council meets for the first time on May 16. The district and the county is an indelible deeper shade of Tory blue after the Conservatives tightened their stranglehold at County Hall, Chichester. But Morwen won her seat in Horsham Riverside for the Liberal Democrats to head into her 28th year as a county councillor for Horsham. First elected in 1989, she was one of only two Liberal Democrats across the district to win a seat; the other ten within Horsham district went to Conservatives. Morwen told the District Post: “I am delighted to have been reelected as councillor for the new Riverside Division. I look forward to completing 30 years of service to the residents of Riverside. I would like to thank everyone who voted for me, and the many people who helped with my campaign. I will work hard for all residents and will do my best to ensure their voices are heard at County Hall.”
The Conservatives, with 56 seats, now hold an increased and overwhelming overall majority of 42 on the county council after last Thursday’s voting. The Liberal Democrats returned to being the main opposition party as UKIP lost all of its 10 seats. The new constitution of the 70-member council is Conservatives 56 seats, Liberal Democrats 9 seats and Labour 5 seats. Before the elections the Conservatives had 43 seats, UKIP 10, Liberal Democrats 7, Labour 6, Independent 3, with 2 vacant seats. The size of the County Council has decreased from 71 to 70 seats because of changes approved by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Morwen said of the Liberal Democrat improvement: ““Last week’s results show a significant improvement in support for the Liberal Democrats across the District. Our share of the vote has risen, and we are now first or second in every seat. Support for UKIP has virtually disappeared, whilst Labour have shown again that they can’t win seats in Horsham District. The Liberal Democrats are the only alternative to the Conservatives here, under a ‘first past the post’ electoral system. We are once again the main opposition party, as we were for many years before the rise of UKIP four years ago.”
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