The 2026 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. There were 13 of the 36 seats on the council up for election on this occasion, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Reform UK won 10 of the 13 seats contested at this election, but Labour retained its overall majority on the council.
Summary
Election result
Incumbents
Ward Incumbent councillorParty Re-standing Bewbush & North Broadfield Sharmila Sivarajah Yes Broadfield Tim Lunnon Yes Furnace Green Hazel Hellier Yes Ifield Jilly Hart Yes Langley Green & Tushmore Tahira Rana Yes Maidenbower Imtiaz Khan Yes Northgate & West Green Gurinder Jhans No Pound Hill North & Forge Wood Tina Belben Yes Pound Hill South & Worth Bob Lanzer Yes Southgate Yasmin Khan Yes Three Bridges Steve Pritchard No Tilgate Maureen Mwagale No
Candidates
Total Standing +PartyCandidatesLabour Party*13Conservative Party13Green Party13Liberal Democrats9Reform UK13TUSC6Independent1 *1 Labour candidate is running under 'Labour and the Cooperative Party'
Buwbush & North Broadfield
Broadfield Marie Mariette was the first Chagossian councillor to be elected in the UK.
Furnace Green
Ifield
Langley Green & Tushmore
Maidenbower
Northgate & West Green
Pound Hill North & Forge Wood
Pound Hill South & Worth
Southgate
Three Bridges
Tilgate
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