Local Election Results 2003
Rother
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Many thanks to MaxQue for a correction to this section.
Note:— The election in Rother Levels was postponed after the death of a candidate.
Other results for Rother:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Rother (may be incomplete): 9th September 2004 (Sackville)
— 29th September 2005 (St Stephens)
— 17th November 2005 (Ticehurst & Etchingham)
— 4th May 2006 (Kewhurst; Sackville; St Marks)
— 12th June 2008 (Collington)
— 3rd July 2008 (Sackville)
— 12th June 2014 (Collington)
— 31st July 2014 (Darwell)
— 16th September 2015 (Battle Town)
— 27th October 2016 (Collington; Darwell)
— 10th January 2019 (St Marks)
— 6th May 2021 (Eastern Rother)
— 16th June 2022 (Brede & Udimore)
Results for East Sussex county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
13980 |
51.3% |
25 |
| Liberal Democrat |
9191 |
33.7% |
8 |
| Labour |
2216 |
8.1% |
3 |
| Independent |
1883 |
6.9% |
2 |
| Suzanne Williams |
LD |
668 |
46.1% |
| Robert White |
LD |
664 |
|
| Margaret Leicester |
C |
599 |
41.3% |
| Anthony Mitchell |
C |
560 |
|
| John Gately |
Lab |
182 |
12.6% |
| Richard Carroll |
C |
775 |
54.5% |
| Carl Maynard |
C |
750 |
|
| Rowan Fookes |
LD |
647 |
45.5% |
| Eveline Armstrong |
C |
634 |
56.7% |
| Joyce Hughes |
C |
608 |
|
| Neil Francis |
LD |
484 |
43.3% |
| Michael Doncaster |
LD |
451 |
|
| Ronald Dyason |
C |
1071 |
65.1% |
| Christopher Starnes |
C |
974 |
|
| Heather Morrey |
LD |
575 |
34.9% |
| John Kemp |
LD |
486 |
55.5% |
| Ian Tomisson |
C |
315 |
36.0% |
| Timothy MacPherson |
Lab |
74 |
8.5% |
| David Vereker |
C |
858 |
41.1% |
| Wendy Miers |
Ind |
756 |
36.2% |
| Trevor Seeman |
LD |
476 |
22.8% |
| Keith Glazier |
C |
733 |
49.8% |
| Charles Ramus |
C |
707 |
|
| Sonia Holmes |
LD |
427 |
29.0% |
| Nicholas Cleveland-Stevens |
LD |
349 |
|
| Paul Carey |
Lab |
311 |
21.1% |
| Keith Pike |
Lab |
223 |
|
| Matthew Wilson |
C |
602 |
67.5% |
| Jeremy Field |
LD |
290 |
32.5% |
| Brian Kentfield |
C |
1199 |
88.1% |
| Martin Horscroft |
C |
1180 |
|
| John Zipperlen |
LD |
162 |
11.9% |
| Robin Patten |
C |
935 |
50.4% |
| Roger Bird |
C |
894 |
|
| Hugh Gallagher |
Ind |
496 |
26.8% |
| Joloyn Holden |
LD |
285 |
15.4% |
| Paola Dorigato |
Lab |
138 |
7.4% |
| Shirley Wheeldon |
Lab |
132 |
|
| James Wood |
LD |
499 |
46.8% |
| Eric Armstrong |
LD |
469 |
|
| Paul Lendon |
C |
373 |
35.0% |
| Nicholas Hollington |
Lab |
195 |
18.3% |
| Martin Mooney |
C |
702 |
55.7% |
| Ronald Parren |
C |
685 |
|
| Jennifer Als |
LD |
466 |
37.0% |
| Alan Coote |
LD |
372 |
|
| Linda Whymark |
Lab |
93 |
7.4% |
| Jean Parks |
Lab |
65 |
|
| Samual Souster |
Lab |
542 |
34.9% |
| Granville Bantick |
LD |
537 |
34.6% |
| David Russell |
C |
474 |
30.5% |
| Anthony Arfwedson |
C |
448 |
|
| Geoffrey Lyus |
Lab |
443 |
|
| Jean Hopkinson |
C |
876 |
68.1% |
| Deirdre Williams |
C |
775 |
|
| Christopher Storer |
LD |
411 |
31.9% |
| Stuart Earl |
C |
1236 |
77.5% |
| Joanne Gadd |
C |
1106 |
|
| Stephen Callandine-Evans |
LD |
359 |
22.5% |
| Charles Clark |
Ind |
631 |
46.1% |
| Peter Fairhurst |
C |
393 |
28.7% |
| Martin Kenward |
C |
373 |
|
| Martyn Forster |
LD |
346 |
25.3% |
| Graham Gubby |
C |
648 |
49.3% |
| William Clements |
C |
631 |
|
| Hilary McCorry |
LD |
432 |
32.9% |
| Trevor Smith |
LD |
339 |
|
| Dominic Coughlan |
Lab |
235 |
17.9% |
| Susan Prochak |
LD |
894 |
64.4% |
| George Hearn |
LD |
828 |
|
| Mary Barnes |
C |
495 |
35.6% |
| Geoffrey Goodsell |
C |
485 |
|
| Helen Bridger |
Lab |
446 |
42.5% |
| Keith Bridger |
Lab |
418 |
|
| Robert Wheeler |
C |
399 |
38.0% |
| Irena Massarella |
C |
395 |
|
| Matthew Kemp |
LD |
205 |
19.5% |
| Ian Jenkins |
C |
663 |
55.0% |
| John Potter |
C |
633 |
|
| Albert Barrass |
LD |
542 |
45.0% |
| Mary Varrall |
LD |
542 |
|
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