Local Election Results 2017
East Sussex
Whole council up for election on new division boundaries.
Other results for East Sussex:
2005
2009
2013
2021
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
2024
— Lewes 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Rother 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Wealden 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
69746 |
45.6% |
30 |
| Liberal Democrat |
34893 |
22.8% |
11 |
| Labour |
23849 |
15.6% |
4 |
| Independent |
10105 |
6.6% |
5 |
| Green Party |
8803 |
5.8% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
5479 |
3.6% |
0 |
| Socialist Party |
19 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Nicholas Bennett |
C |
1706 |
59.2% |
| Chris Bowers |
LD |
568 |
19.7% |
| Kay Syrad |
Grn |
217 |
7.5% |
| Anthony Fielding |
Lab |
199 |
6.9% |
| Chris Magness |
UKIP |
192 |
6.7% |
| Peter Pragnell |
C |
1599 |
62.0% |
| Eileen Masters |
Lab |
720 |
27.9% |
| Robert Wakeford |
LD |
190 |
7.4% |
| Gabriel Carlyle |
Grn |
71 |
2.8% |
| Laurie Loe |
C |
1182 |
47.2% |
| Kim Forward |
Lab |
1111 |
44.4% |
| Katy Hunter-Burbridge |
LD |
112 |
4.5% |
| Judy Scott |
Grn |
97 |
3.9% |
| Kathryn Field |
LD |
1465 |
48.3% |
| Alastair Douglas |
C |
1080 |
35.6% |
| Antonia Berelson |
Lab |
357 |
11.8% |
| Michael Phillips |
UKIP |
132 |
4.4% |
| Charles Clark |
Ind |
919 |
35.3% |
| Gillian Johnson |
C |
801 |
30.8% |
| Roger McCarthy |
Lab |
362 |
13.9% |
| Diane Smith |
LD |
306 |
11.8% |
| Geoffrey Bastin |
UKIP |
216 |
8.3% |
| Michael Ensor |
C |
1275 |
44.8% |
| Andy Batsford |
Lab |
798 |
28.0% |
| Helen Bridger |
Ind |
382 |
13.4% |
| Trevor Clements |
UKIP |
245 |
8.6% |
| Graham Martin-Royle |
LD |
146 |
5.1% |
| Simon Elford |
C |
1952 |
58.5% |
| Richard Sage |
Lab |
741 |
22.2% |
| Vivienne Bond |
LD |
459 |
13.8% |
| Sheila Allen-Rodgers |
UKIP |
186 |
5.6% |
| Stuart Earl |
Ind |
2056 |
50.4% |
| Martin Kenward |
C |
1356 |
33.3% |
| Samuel Coleman |
Lab |
290 |
7.1% |
| Joel Kemp |
LD |
227 |
5.6% |
| Alf Lovell |
UKIP |
148 |
3.6% |
| Godfrey Daniel |
Lab |
1848 |
58.6% |
| Rob Cooke |
C |
684 |
21.7% |
| Xan Brooker |
LD |
371 |
11.8% |
| Andrea Needham |
Grn |
252 |
8.0% |
| Carl Maynard |
C |
2016 |
67.0% |
| Andy Ives |
Lab |
414 |
13.7% |
| Ian Stone |
LD |
408 |
13.6% |
| Lynne Hehir |
UKIP |
173 |
5.7% |
| Trevor Webb |
Lab |
1520 |
53.7% |
| Graeme Williams |
C |
784 |
27.7% |
| Paul Homer |
Grn |
280 |
9.9% |
| Tony Seymour |
LD |
247 |
8.7% |
| Jim Sheppard |
C |
1957 |
60.2% |
| Peter Gardiner |
LD |
784 |
24.1% |
| Nicholas Belcher |
Lab |
311 |
9.6% |
| Holly Atkins |
Grn |
200 |
6.2% |
| Richard Stogdon |
C |
1846 |
65.9% |
| Karen Shaw |
LD |
439 |
15.7% |
| Sara Newman |
Lab |
292 |
10.4% |
| Colin Stocks |
Grn |
225 |
8.0% |
| Sylvia Tidy |
C |
1774 |
69.0% |
| Adrian Morris |
LD |
441 |
17.1% |
| Brendan Clegg |
Lab |
198 |
7.7% |
| Gabrielle Symonds |
Grn |
159 |
6.2% |
| Steve Wallis |
LD |
1424 |
49.2% |
| Robert Whippy |
C |
657 |
22.7% |
| Paul Howard |
Lab |
463 |
16.0% |
| Rachel Large |
UKIP |
232 |
8.0% |
| Linda Wintle |
Grn |
117 |
4.0% |
| Francis Whetstone |
C |
1468 |
45.8% |
| Keith Obbard |
Grn |
1406 |
43.9% |
| Tessa Younger |
LD |
331 |
10.3% |
| Bob Bowdler |
C |
943 |
40.9% |
| Alexa Clarke |
LD |
609 |
26.4% |
| Louise Orbell |
Lab |
401 |
17.4% |
| Laurence Keeley |
UKIP |
353 |
15.3% |
| Gerard Fox |
C |
1283 |
52.4% |
| Gavin Blake-Coggins |
LD |
634 |
25.9% |
| Mark Osborn |
Lab |
364 |
14.9% |
| Charlotte Still |
Grn |
166 |
6.8% |
| Colin Swansborough |
LD |
1339 |
55.0% |
| Mozmil Hussain |
C |
632 |
26.0% |
| Dave Poole |
Lab |
345 |
14.2% |
| Ivor Hueting |
Grn |
119 |
4.9% |
| Rupert Simmons |
C |
2217 |
70.6% |
| Fraser Kerr |
LD |
374 |
11.9% |
| David Newman |
Lab |
347 |
11.1% |
| Clare Whistler |
Grn |
202 |
6.4% |
| Phil Scott |
Lab |
1287 |
56.1% |
| John Rankin |
C |
795 |
34.7% |
| Stephen Milton |
LD |
108 |
4.7% |
| Arkady Johns |
Grn |
103 |
4.5% |
| Alan Shuttleworth |
LD |
1646 |
64.4% |
| Christopher Whippy |
C |
561 |
22.0% |
| Ian Garbutt |
UKIP |
160 |
6.3% |
| Lee Comfort |
Lab |
144 |
5.6% |
| Rosana Capirocci Jimenez |
Grn |
44 |
1.7% |
| Ruth O'Keeffe |
Ind |
2370 |
55.3% |
| Oliver Henman |
LD |
757 |
17.7% |
| Emily Clarke |
Lab |
568 |
13.3% |
| Tony Rowell |
Grn |
307 |
7.2% |
| Jane Slater |
C |
263 |
6.1% |
| Howard Pilott |
Soc |
19 |
0.4% |
| Roy Galley |
C |
2381 |
69.6% |
| James Edwards |
LD |
453 |
13.2% |
| Ian Tysh |
Grn |
310 |
9.1% |
| Gareth Looker |
Lab |
278 |
8.1% |
| Matthew Beaver |
C |
1391 |
51.7% |
| Steve Thorpe |
Lab |
807 |
30.0% |
| Eve Montgomery |
LD |
285 |
10.6% |
| Diane Granger |
Ind |
112 |
4.2% |
| Thaddeus Skews |
Grn |
94 |
3.5% |
| Barry Taylor |
C |
2213 |
59.6% |
| Robin Maxted |
LD |
918 |
24.7% |
| Jean Couture |
Lab |
236 |
6.4% |
| Sally Boys |
Grn |
187 |
5.0% |
| Christopher Holloway |
UKIP |
157 |
4.2% |
| Darren Grover |
LD |
1239 |
39.1% |
| Peter Charlton |
C |
1194 |
37.6% |
| Andrew Bryant |
Lab |
319 |
10.1% |
| Ian Buchanan |
UKIP |
227 |
7.2% |
| Mark Bullock |
Grn |
101 |
3.2% |
| Laurence Pulling |
Ind |
92 |
2.9% |
| Angharad Davies |
C |
1719 |
58.9% |
| Sue Prochak |
LD |
782 |
26.8% |
| Larry Hyett |
Lab |
241 |
8.3% |
| Edward Tuddenham |
UKIP |
177 |
6.1% |
| Tania Charman |
Lab |
1414 |
54.4% |
| Claire Hamill |
C |
740 |
28.5% |
| Julia Hilton |
Grn |
284 |
10.9% |
| John Faulkner |
LD |
163 |
6.3% |
| John Ungar |
LD |
2074 |
55.7% |
| Vivienne de Havilland-Geraghty |
C |
1123 |
30.2% |
| Jake Lambert |
Lab |
342 |
9.2% |
| Alex Hough |
Grn |
184 |
4.9% |
| Sarah Osborne |
LD |
1722 |
51.8% |
| Roy Burman |
C |
1253 |
37.7% |
| Jerry Gould |
Lab |
205 |
6.2% |
| Anthony Shuster |
Grn |
144 |
4.3% |
| Nigel Enever |
C |
1446 |
54.1% |
| Ciarron Clarkson |
Lab |
720 |
27.0% |
| Phil Howson |
UKIP |
310 |
11.6% |
| Lee St Clair |
LD |
118 |
4.4% |
| Lesley Orr |
Grn |
77 |
2.9% |
| Tom Liddiard |
C |
1161 |
47.2% |
| Mike Pursglove |
UKIP |
431 |
17.5% |
| Daniel Brookbank |
Ind |
366 |
14.9% |
| Wendy Dash |
LD |
272 |
11.1% |
| Tim Macpherson |
Lab |
169 |
6.9% |
| Iona Rowan |
Grn |
59 |
2.4% |
| Daniel Shing |
Ind |
1810 |
52.9% |
| David Watts |
C |
1017 |
29.7% |
| Steve Murphy |
LD |
225 |
6.6% |
| Bernie Goodwin |
UKIP |
175 |
5.1% |
| Alex Mthobi |
Lab |
135 |
3.9% |
| Peter Wright |
Grn |
62 |
1.8% |
| Colin Belsey |
C |
2054 |
62.6% |
| Marcus von Thiele |
LD |
697 |
21.2% |
| John Lambert |
Lab |
256 |
7.8% |
| Rex Kosters |
UKIP |
181 |
5.5% |
| Pippa Oliphant |
Grn |
95 |
2.9% |
| Philip Daniel |
LD |
1492 |
33.0% |
| Johnny Denis |
Grn |
1385 |
30.6% |
| Paul Gander |
C |
1116 |
24.7% |
| Belinda Chapman |
Lab |
412 |
9.1% |
| Tony Best |
UKIP |
121 |
2.7% |
| John Barnes |
C |
1686 |
62.0% |
| Mary Varrall |
LD |
623 |
22.9% |
| Sara Watson |
Lab |
254 |
9.3% |
| Edward Smith |
UKIP |
157 |
5.8% |
| Keith Glazier |
C |
1697 |
55.5% |
| Nigel Jennings |
Lab |
641 |
21.0% |
| Derek Greenup |
LD |
318 |
10.4% |
| Alison Phillips |
UKIP |
204 |
6.7% |
| Adam Smith |
Grn |
197 |
6.4% |
| David Tutt |
LD |
1834 |
59.5% |
| Jamie Hollywood |
C |
847 |
27.5% |
| Jackie Ferguson |
Lab |
192 |
6.2% |
| Colin Horscroft |
UKIP |
150 |
4.9% |
| Nick Symons |
Grn |
60 |
1.9% |
| Martin Clarke |
C |
1643 |
50.4% |
| Judy Rogers |
Lab |
1228 |
37.7% |
| Stewart Rayment |
LD |
258 |
7.9% |
| Sally Phillips |
Grn |
129 |
4.0% |
| Phil Boorman |
C |
1767 |
51.0% |
| Ian Cairns |
LD |
1000 |
28.9% |
| John Edson |
Lab |
260 |
7.5% |
| Eric Woodward |
UKIP |
232 |
6.7% |
| Mary de Pleave |
Grn |
119 |
3.4% |
| Anthony White |
Ind |
84 |
2.4% |
| Carolyn Lambert |
LD |
1670 |
44.9% |
| Sam Adeniji |
C |
1494 |
40.2% |
| Steve Floor |
Lab |
277 |
7.5% |
| Pete Leeming |
UKIP |
172 |
4.6% |
| Emily O'Brien |
Grn |
105 |
2.8% |
| David Elkin |
C |
1998 |
64.3% |
| Kate Daly |
LD |
829 |
26.7% |
| Natasha Duursma |
Lab |
195 |
6.3% |
| Hugh Norris |
Grn |
83 |
2.7% |
| Andy Smith |
C |
1575 |
55.2% |
| Julie Vaughan |
Lab |
723 |
25.3% |
| Deborah Holt |
UKIP |
226 |
7.9% |
| Charlie Carr |
LD |
222 |
7.8% |
| Zoe Nicholson |
Grn |
108 |
3.8% |
| Claire Dowling |
C |
1350 |
53.3% |
| Paul Sparks |
LD |
815 |
32.1% |
| Robert Williams |
Lab |
268 |
10.6% |
| Melissa Tysh |
Grn |
102 |
4.0% |
| Chris Dowling |
C |
1588 |
60.4% |
| Paul Meakin |
LD |
552 |
21.0% |
| William Ball |
Lab |
314 |
11.9% |
| Pamela Tysh |
Grn |
176 |
6.7% |
| Pat Rodohan |
LD |
1634 |
48.3% |
| Diane Mulkeirins |
C |
1254 |
37.1% |
| Paul Richards |
Lab |
241 |
7.1% |
| Dorothy Forsyth |
Grn |
138 |
4.1% |
| Amanda Sheehan |
UKIP |
116 |
3.4% |
| Bill Bentley |
C |
1973 |
57.2% |
| Paul Coleshill |
LD |
614 |
17.8% |
| Jane Vinnicombe |
Lab |
326 |
9.4% |
| Hannah Shoubridge |
UKIP |
282 |
8.2% |
| Eve Ashley |
Grn |
257 |
7.4% |
| Bob Standley |
C |
1926 |
68.2% |
| Beverley Johnstone |
LD |
407 |
14.4% |
| Beth Martin |
Grn |
285 |
10.1% |
| Christopher Morris |
Lab |
206 |
7.3% |
| Stephen Shing |
Ind |
1914 |
49.8% |
| Douglas Murray |
C |
1309 |
34.0% |
| Christopher Hartley |
LD |
292 |
7.6% |
| Maureen Goodwin |
UKIP |
124 |
3.2% |
| Jill Shacklock |
Lab |
110 |
2.9% |
| Jennifer Howells |
Grn |
97 |
2.5% |
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