Local Election Results 2005
East Sussex
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
Other results for East Sussex:
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By-elections for East Sussex (may be incomplete): 29th September 2005 (Pevensey & Westham)
— 12th June 2008 (Bexhill King Offa)
— 9th July 2015 (Old Hastings & Tressell)
— 5th May 2016 (St Helens & Silverhill)
— 10th January 2019 (Bexhill W.)
— 27th July 2023 (Heathfield & Mayfield)
— 3rd August 2023 (Meads)
Results for district councils — Eastbourne 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Hastings 2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2021
2022
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— Lewes 2003
2007
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— Rother 2003
2007
2011
2015
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— Wealden 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
103810 |
41.8% |
29 |
| Liberal Democrat |
88011 |
35.4% |
14 |
| Labour |
39636 |
15.9% |
5 |
| Green Party |
9707 |
3.9% |
0 |
| Independent |
5417 |
2.2% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
2008 |
0.8% |
0 |
| John Garvican |
C |
3246 |
56.9% |
| Daniel Shing |
LD |
2455 |
43.1% |
| John Wilson |
C |
2347 |
45.4% |
| Ronald Rushbrook |
Lab |
1646 |
31.8% |
| Patricia Kennelly |
LD |
958 |
18.5% |
| Brian Phillips |
Grn |
219 |
4.2% |
| Jeremy Birch |
Lab |
1789 |
43.3% |
| Peter Pragnell |
C |
1347 |
32.6% |
| David Hancock |
LD |
832 |
20.2% |
| Mary Robertson |
Grn |
159 |
3.9% |
| Kathryn Field |
LD |
2358 |
48.8% |
| Richard Carroll |
C |
1855 |
38.4% |
| Timothy Macpherson |
Lab |
619 |
12.8% |
| Martyn Forster |
LD |
2160 |
50.7% |
| Martin Kenward |
C |
2100 |
49.3% |
| Ronald Dyason |
C |
4398 |
39.2% |
| Graham Gubby |
C |
3435 |
|
| Neil Francis |
LD |
3427 |
30.6% |
| James Wood |
LD |
3419 |
|
| Keith Bridger |
Lab |
3386 |
30.2% |
| Brian Gadd |
C |
3278 |
61.0% |
| Trevor Smith |
LD |
2098 |
39.0% |
| Godfrey Daniel |
Lab |
2087 |
47.6% |
| Robert Cooke |
C |
1068 |
24.4% |
| Gary Potter |
LD |
904 |
20.6% |
| Laurence Homewood |
Grn |
326 |
7.4% |
| Carl Maynard |
C |
2789 |
55.1% |
| John Smith |
LD |
1423 |
28.1% |
| David Waller |
Lab |
846 |
16.7% |
| Anthony Reid |
C |
3610 |
63.2% |
| John Stevens |
LD |
1470 |
25.7% |
| Roy Barnacle |
Lab |
632 |
11.1% |
| Trevor Webb |
Lab |
1547 |
39.6% |
| Keith Bing |
C |
1109 |
28.4% |
| Evelyn Modlinger |
LD |
894 |
22.9% |
| David Carey-Stuart |
Grn |
359 |
9.2% |
| Margaret Stroude |
C |
3217 |
49.9% |
| Gavin Burke |
LD |
2351 |
36.5% |
| Peter Hambly |
Lab |
473 |
7.3% |
| Lorraine Serrecchia |
Grn |
408 |
6.3% |
| Richard Stogdon |
C |
4307 |
42.3% |
| Sylvia Tidy |
C |
3904 |
|
| Carolyn Clark |
LD |
2618 |
25.7% |
| Hilary Lyon |
LD |
2317 |
|
| Brendan Clegg |
Lab |
1209 |
11.9% |
| Ian McKirgan |
Ind |
1205 |
11.8% |
| Jean McCarthy |
Lab |
1132 |
|
| Paul Scott |
Ind |
1098 |
|
| Sarah Hale |
Grn |
841 |
8.3% |
| Colin Stocks |
Grn |
586 |
|
| Beryl Healy |
LD |
2395 |
55.3% |
| Kenneth Graham |
C |
1074 |
24.8% |
| Richard Goude |
Lab |
509 |
11.7% |
| Clive Gross |
Grn |
231 |
5.3% |
| Leonard Richardson |
UKIP |
125 |
2.9% |
| Francis Whetstone |
C |
2975 |
49.8% |
| Linda Graham |
LD |
1568 |
26.2% |
| David Jonas |
Grn |
875 |
14.6% |
| Sonja le Vay |
Lab |
559 |
9.4% |
| Christopher Dowling |
C |
3070 |
54.1% |
| Michael Harker |
LD |
1576 |
27.8% |
| Ian Smith |
Lab |
691 |
12.2% |
| Keith Riddle |
UKIP |
334 |
5.9% |
| William Bentley |
C |
4558 |
43.2% |
| John Thomas |
C |
3607 |
|
| Brian Cock |
LD |
3228 |
30.6% |
| David White |
LD |
3139 |
|
| Laura Jordan |
Lab |
1739 |
16.5% |
| Steven Jordan |
Lab |
1531 |
|
| Laurence Keeley |
UKIP |
1028 |
9.7% |
| Olive Woodall |
LD |
2452 |
58.5% |
| Edward Abella |
C |
851 |
20.3% |
| Nora Ring |
Lab |
695 |
16.6% |
| Leslie Dalton |
Grn |
192 |
4.6% |
| Rupert Simmons |
C |
2992 |
57.6% |
| Elizabeth Kiernan |
LD |
2201 |
42.4% |
| Philip Scott |
Lab |
2246 |
54.0% |
| Gladys Martin |
C |
1087 |
26.1% |
| Wilfrid Pickard |
LD |
625 |
15.0% |
| Kevin Young |
Grn |
204 |
4.9% |
| Jon Harris |
LD |
2218 |
53.9% |
| Lorraine Zonneveld |
C |
1196 |
29.1% |
| James Nolan |
Lab |
538 |
13.1% |
| Christine Quarrington |
Grn |
161 |
3.9% |
| Christina O'Keeffe |
Ind |
2951 |
46.2% |
| Elizabeth Sleeper |
LD |
1699 |
26.6% |
| Isabel Warren |
C |
630 |
9.9% |
| Stephen Watts |
Lab |
593 |
9.3% |
| Susan Murray |
Grn |
402 |
6.3% |
| Andrew Small |
Ind |
110 |
1.7% |
| Joy Waite |
C |
1914 |
43.5% |
| Alan Roberts |
Lab |
1360 |
30.9% |
| Brett McLean |
LD |
911 |
20.7% |
| Catriona Toms |
Grn |
219 |
5.0% |
| Barry Taylor |
C |
3066 |
60.3% |
| Margaret Ticehurst |
LD |
1234 |
24.3% |
| Dennis Scard |
Lab |
384 |
7.6% |
| Kate Arnold |
Grn |
261 |
5.1% |
| Ian Cameron |
UKIP |
136 |
2.7% |
| David Rogers |
LD |
2369 |
47.2% |
| Sheryn Scanlan |
C |
1168 |
23.3% |
| Eric Lambert |
Lab |
642 |
12.8% |
| Sian Bishop |
Ind |
548 |
10.9% |
| Richard Luxford |
Grn |
287 |
5.7% |
| Peter Jones |
C |
2789 |
49.7% |
| Susan Prochak |
LD |
2221 |
39.6% |
| Annette Maloney |
Lab |
605 |
10.8% |
| Jay Kramer |
Lab |
1750 |
40.6% |
| Richard Stevens |
LD |
1206 |
28.0% |
| Terence Keen |
C |
1074 |
24.9% |
| Sura Poorun |
Grn |
283 |
6.6% |
| Maurice Skilton |
LD |
2921 |
50.1% |
| Ronald Cussons |
C |
2188 |
37.5% |
| Zoe Vonderdell |
Grn |
365 |
6.3% |
| Colin Akers |
Lab |
360 |
6.2% |
| Thomas Ost |
LD |
2427 |
46.6% |
| Graham Yeldon |
C |
1658 |
31.8% |
| William Spicer |
Lab |
605 |
11.6% |
| Christopher Chatwin |
Ind |
363 |
7.0% |
| Keith Rapley |
Grn |
157 |
3.0% |
| John Livings |
C |
3939 |
40.5% |
| Philip Howson |
C |
3782 |
|
| Marina Pepper |
LD |
2620 |
26.9% |
| John Carden |
Lab |
2554 |
26.3% |
| Elizabeth Lee |
LD |
2390 |
|
| Lorrel Wood |
Lab |
2249 |
|
| Patricia Broome Reed |
Grn |
613 |
6.3% |
| Luisa Serrecchia |
Grn |
493 |
|
| John Vincent |
C |
2374 |
49.9% |
| Cynthia Dewick |
LD |
1553 |
32.6% |
| Robert Walker |
Lab |
834 |
17.5% |
| Roy Martin |
LD |
4739 |
51.0% |
| Stephen Shing |
LD |
4621 |
|
| Margaret Whitmore |
C |
3664 |
39.4% |
| Anthony Wallis |
C |
3558 |
|
| Malcolm Cornwall |
Lab |
897 |
9.6% |
| Michael Tunwell |
C |
2816 |
52.1% |
| Andrew Watkins |
LD |
1717 |
31.8% |
| Martin Falkner |
Lab |
501 |
9.3% |
| Kenneth Alderton |
UKIP |
198 |
3.7% |
| Kevin Moore |
Grn |
171 |
3.2% |
| Rosalyn St Pierre |
LD |
2597 |
43.2% |
| Ian Wilson |
C |
1852 |
30.8% |
| Simon Anderson |
Grn |
831 |
13.8% |
| Anne Sawyer |
Lab |
734 |
12.2% |
| Anthony Barnes |
C |
2724 |
56.3% |
| George Hearn |
LD |
2116 |
43.7% |
| Keith Glazier |
C |
2182 |
46.0% |
| Geoffrey Lyus |
Lab |
1304 |
27.5% |
| Sonia Holmes |
LD |
1253 |
26.4% |
| David Tutt |
LD |
3080 |
58.2% |
| Brian Jones |
C |
1520 |
28.7% |
| Ian Culshaw |
Lab |
467 |
8.8% |
| Hugh Norris |
Grn |
223 |
4.2% |
| Matthew Lock |
C |
1903 |
38.1% |
| Melanie Rycroft |
Lab |
1869 |
37.4% |
| Ann Terry |
LD |
835 |
16.7% |
| Sally Phillips |
Grn |
206 |
4.1% |
| Neil Jackson |
UKIP |
187 |
3.7% |
| Jon Freeman |
LD |
2450 |
48.8% |
| Julian Peterson |
C |
1579 |
31.5% |
| Helen Renson |
Lab |
493 |
9.8% |
| Nichola McGilligan |
Grn |
256 |
5.1% |
| Linda Sheppard |
Ind |
240 |
4.8% |
| Michael Murphy |
C |
2331 |
44.2% |
| Ralph Taylor |
LD |
2209 |
41.9% |
| Trevor Hopper |
Lab |
471 |
8.9% |
| Roger Murray |
Grn |
260 |
4.9% |
| David Elkin |
C |
2220 |
48.8% |
| Margaret Salsbury |
LD |
2007 |
44.1% |
| Jocelyn McCarthy |
Grn |
320 |
7.0% |
| Paul Sparks |
LD |
2475 |
46.7% |
| Mairede Thomas |
C |
1907 |
36.0% |
| Leonard Ashby |
Lab |
916 |
17.3% |
| Robert Lacey |
C |
2274 |
48.9% |
| Richard Noden |
LD |
1602 |
34.5% |
| Elizabeth Goude |
Lab |
442 |
9.5% |
| John Storey-Tennant |
Grn |
332 |
7.1% |
| Robert Tidy |
C |
3564 |
56.5% |
| Adria Morris |
LD |
1559 |
24.7% |
| Jane Zacharzewski |
Lab |
644 |
10.2% |
| Keith Obbard |
Grn |
546 |
8.6% |
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