Local Election Results 2009
East Sussex
Whole council up for election.
Other results for East Sussex:
2005
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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
2011
2015
2019
— Rother 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Wealden 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
66832 |
40.6% |
29 |
| Liberal Democrat |
50352 |
30.6% |
13 |
| Labour |
13685 |
8.3% |
4 |
| UK Independence Party |
12294 |
7.5% |
0 |
| Independent |
9039 |
5.5% |
3 |
| Green Party |
8974 |
5.5% |
0 |
| British National Party |
2149 |
1.3% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
1156 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Nick Bennett |
C |
1720 |
43.1% |
| David White |
LD |
1475 |
37.0% |
| Lizzie Chisholm |
UKIP |
562 |
14.1% |
| Raymond Shing |
Ind |
230 |
5.8% |
| Peter Pragnell |
C |
1679 |
53.2% |
| Anne Gallop |
LD |
619 |
19.6% |
| Bruce Dowling |
Lab |
502 |
15.9% |
| Keith Standring |
BNP |
354 |
11.2% |
| Terry Fawthrop |
C |
809 |
32.5% |
| Kim Forward |
Lab |
771 |
31.0% |
| Paul Willard |
UKIP |
382 |
15.4% |
| Anne Scott |
LD |
353 |
14.2% |
| Frank Swaine |
BNP |
173 |
7.0% |
| Kathryn Field |
LD |
1849 |
56.5% |
| Samantha Guard |
C |
1225 |
37.4% |
| Richard Body |
Lab |
198 |
6.1% |
| Martin Kenward |
C |
946 |
34.0% |
| Martyn Forster |
LD |
940 |
33.8% |
| Diane Granger |
UKIP |
688 |
24.7% |
| Maurice Watson |
Lab |
207 |
7.4% |
| Michael Ensor |
C |
2821 |
43.2% |
| Joy Hughes |
C |
2647 |
|
| John Kemp |
LD |
1681 |
25.7% |
| Marcia Linden |
LD |
1632 |
|
| Frederick Jones |
UKIP |
1427 |
21.9% |
| Kenneth Lampey |
UKIP |
1346 |
|
| Timothy MacPherson |
Lab |
601 |
9.2% |
| Hugh Meredith |
Lab |
511 |
|
| Brian Gadd |
C |
1792 |
50.9% |
| Nick Hollington |
LD |
1594 |
45.3% |
| Abdulla Khan |
Lab |
135 |
3.8% |
| Godfrey Daniel |
Lab |
1522 |
47.5% |
| Andy Dumas |
Ind |
625 |
19.5% |
| Matthew Beaver |
C |
581 |
18.1% |
| Roger Weeden |
LD |
318 |
9.9% |
| Michael Turner |
BNP |
161 |
5.0% |
| Carl Maynard |
C |
1885 |
62.0% |
| Derek Greenup |
LD |
871 |
28.6% |
| Linda Harland |
Lab |
286 |
9.4% |
| Tony Reid |
C |
2559 |
68.1% |
| David Jonas |
Grn |
531 |
14.1% |
| Alan Whittaker |
LD |
516 |
13.7% |
| Nathan Webb |
Lab |
152 |
4.0% |
| Trevor Webb |
Lab |
1068 |
40.6% |
| Simon Corello |
C |
843 |
32.0% |
| Oliver Maloney |
LD |
522 |
19.8% |
| Stephen Weir |
BNP |
200 |
7.6% |
| Meg Stroude |
C |
2581 |
59.7% |
| Ann Jamieson |
LD |
1163 |
26.9% |
| Richard Rudkin |
Grn |
443 |
10.3% |
| Louis Blair |
Lab |
134 |
3.1% |
| Richard Stogdon |
C |
3470 |
49.4% |
| Sylvia Tidy |
C |
3362 |
|
| Jane Clark |
LD |
1801 |
25.7% |
| Colin Stocks |
Grn |
1242 |
17.7% |
| Chris Bowers |
LD |
934 |
|
| Brendan Clegg |
Lab |
505 |
7.2% |
| Beryl Healey |
LD |
1325 |
51.7% |
| Reg Jenkins |
C |
513 |
20.0% |
| Leonard Richardson |
UKIP |
355 |
13.9% |
| Kevin Moore |
Grn |
214 |
8.4% |
| Richard Goude |
Lab |
154 |
6.0% |
| Francis Whetstone |
C |
1976 |
47.2% |
| Keith Obbard |
Grn |
1754 |
41.9% |
| David Butcher |
EDP |
454 |
10.9% |
| Christopher Dowling |
C |
2546 |
69.1% |
| Michael Harker |
LD |
971 |
26.4% |
| Vanessa Setford-Smith |
Lab |
167 |
4.5% |
| Bill Bentley |
C |
2913 |
37.0% |
| Roger Thomas |
C |
2301 |
|
| Laurence Keeley |
UKIP |
1939 |
24.6% |
| Laura Murphy |
LD |
1873 |
23.8% |
| Anne Blake Coggins |
LD |
1806 |
|
| Kevin Moore |
EDP |
702 |
8.9% |
| Laura Jordan |
Lab |
442 |
5.6% |
| Mike Thompson |
LD |
870 |
37.3% |
| Caroline Ansell |
C |
556 |
23.8% |
| Betty Kennelly |
UKIP |
352 |
15.1% |
| Oi Shing |
Ind |
225 |
9.6% |
| Dalton Leslie |
Grn |
186 |
8.0% |
| David Salmon |
Lab |
143 |
6.1% |
| Rupert Simmons |
C |
2143 |
65.6% |
| Jim Benson |
LD |
1123 |
34.4% |
| Phil Scott |
Lab |
1132 |
42.9% |
| Rob Cooke |
C |
793 |
30.0% |
| Chris Benner |
LD |
369 |
14.0% |
| Victoria Britton |
BNP |
347 |
13.1% |
| Jon Harris |
LD |
964 |
41.2% |
| Stephanie Walters |
C |
564 |
24.1% |
| Diane Kefallinos |
UKIP |
309 |
13.2% |
| David Tomlinson |
Ind |
284 |
12.1% |
| Chris Quarrington |
Grn |
126 |
5.4% |
| Brigid Jones |
Lab |
94 |
4.0% |
| Ruth O'Keeffe |
Ind |
3032 |
64.1% |
| Michael Chartier |
LD |
867 |
18.3% |
| Jim Sheppard |
C |
294 |
6.2% |
| Susan Murray |
Grn |
254 |
5.4% |
| Jonathan Spencer |
Lab |
149 |
3.1% |
| Paul Hartfield |
UKIP |
136 |
2.9% |
| Joy Waite |
C |
1358 |
49.5% |
| Tricia Kennelly |
LD |
555 |
20.2% |
| Alan Roberts |
Lab |
507 |
18.5% |
| Kenneth Donnelly |
BNP |
324 |
11.8% |
| Barry Taylor |
C |
2001 |
54.3% |
| Margaret Ticehurst |
LD |
657 |
17.8% |
| Ian Cameron |
UKIP |
534 |
14.5% |
| Dorothy Forsyth |
Grn |
324 |
8.8% |
| Dennis Scard |
Lab |
170 |
4.6% |
| David Rogers |
LD |
1515 |
48.8% |
| Melvyn Simmons |
C |
703 |
22.6% |
| George Cork |
UKIP |
494 |
15.9% |
| Keith Rapley |
Grn |
256 |
8.2% |
| Trevor Hopper |
Lab |
136 |
4.4% |
| Peter Jones |
C |
2046 |
55.1% |
| Sue Prochak |
LD |
1503 |
40.4% |
| Roger Macmillan |
Lab |
167 |
4.5% |
| Jeremy Birch |
Lab |
1053 |
35.4% |
| Stuart Padget |
C |
855 |
28.7% |
| Stuart Murphy |
LD |
745 |
25.0% |
| Nicholas Prince |
BNP |
322 |
10.8% |
| Carolyn Heaps |
LD |
1990 |
48.6% |
| Sandie Howlett |
C |
1381 |
33.7% |
| Anne Chambers |
UKIP |
340 |
8.3% |
| Robert Sier |
Grn |
284 |
6.9% |
| Jean Couture |
Lab |
102 |
2.5% |
| Pat Ost |
LD |
1535 |
44.4% |
| George Bishop |
C |
1037 |
30.0% |
| Ursula Jenner |
UKIP |
530 |
15.3% |
| Martin Crees |
Grn |
239 |
6.9% |
| Eric Lambert |
Lab |
118 |
3.4% |
| Philip Howson |
C |
3099 |
54.0% |
| John Livings |
C |
3020 |
|
| Liz Lee |
LD |
1054 |
18.4% |
| Darren Grover |
LD |
924 |
|
| John Carden |
Lab |
875 |
15.2% |
| Laurence O'Connor |
Lab |
751 |
|
| Johnny Denis |
Grn |
715 |
12.4% |
| Nicola McGilligan |
Grn |
705 |
|
| Tony Freebody |
C |
1314 |
44.9% |
| Michael Pursglove |
UKIP |
935 |
31.9% |
| Marc Benier |
LD |
493 |
16.8% |
| Roy Payea |
Lab |
187 |
6.4% |
| Stephen Shing |
Ind |
3834 |
50.9% |
| Daniel Shing |
Ind |
3452 |
|
| Kirsty Fenton |
C |
1734 |
23.0% |
| Douglas Murray |
C |
1573 |
|
| Roy Martin |
LD |
1473 |
19.6% |
| Andy Watkins |
LD |
1035 |
|
| Alan Ticehurst |
UKIP |
493 |
6.5% |
| Catharine Ticehurst |
UKIP |
406 |
|
| Colin Belsey |
C |
1712 |
44.3% |
| Nicola Grover |
LD |
1428 |
36.9% |
| Roger Needham |
UKIP |
403 |
10.4% |
| Izzy Riach |
Grn |
198 |
5.1% |
| Jake Lambert |
Lab |
125 |
3.2% |
| Rosalyn St Pierre |
LD |
2100 |
50.1% |
| Roy Burman |
C |
1031 |
24.6% |
| Matt Kent |
Grn |
454 |
10.8% |
| Peter Charlton |
UKIP |
402 |
9.6% |
| Steve Watts |
Lab |
207 |
4.9% |
| Anthony Barnes |
C |
1891 |
63.8% |
| George Hearn |
LD |
1075 |
36.2% |
| Keith Glazier |
C |
1572 |
52.8% |
| John Smith |
LD |
1000 |
33.6% |
| Chris Mears |
Lab |
407 |
13.7% |
| David Tutt |
LD |
1683 |
53.4% |
| Susan Steinberg |
C |
736 |
23.4% |
| Kenneth Alderton |
UKIP |
475 |
15.1% |
| Hugh Norris |
Grn |
166 |
5.3% |
| Ian Culshaw |
Lab |
91 |
2.9% |
| Matthew Lock |
C |
1459 |
47.9% |
| Nigel Sinden |
Lab |
686 |
22.5% |
| Christopher Beaumont |
LD |
636 |
20.9% |
| Neil Jackson |
BNP |
268 |
8.8% |
| Jon Freeman |
LD |
1571 |
46.9% |
| Eddie Reynolds |
C |
1050 |
31.4% |
| Christina Latham |
UKIP |
513 |
15.3% |
| Patti Broome |
Grn |
215 |
6.4% |
| Carolyn Lambert |
LD |
1584 |
43.2% |
| Mike Murphy |
C |
1468 |
40.1% |
| Alan Latham |
UKIP |
408 |
11.1% |
| Roger Murray |
Grn |
203 |
5.5% |
| David Elkin |
C |
1184 |
33.7% |
| Susan Morris |
LD |
989 |
28.2% |
| Rick Runalls |
Ind |
809 |
23.0% |
| Patricia Porte |
UKIP |
343 |
9.8% |
| Harry Boys |
Grn |
117 |
3.3% |
| David Mieres |
Lab |
68 |
1.9% |
| Paul Sparks |
LD |
2580 |
88.5% |
| Leonard Ashby |
Lab |
334 |
11.5% |
| Pat Rodohan |
LD |
1491 |
43.1% |
| Anne Angel |
C |
1352 |
39.1% |
| Geraldine MacKillop |
UKIP |
274 |
7.9% |
| Susan Montague |
Grn |
253 |
7.3% |
| Elizabeth Goude |
Lab |
90 |
2.6% |
| Bob Tidy |
C |
2640 |
64.8% |
| Beth Martin |
Grn |
800 |
19.7% |
| Bob Sweetland |
LD |
631 |
15.5% |
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