Rother District Council elections

Rother District Council in East Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 38 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1979
No overall control	1979 - 1983
Conservative	1983 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - 2019
No overall control	2019 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election reducing the number of seats by 7.^[3]

Year	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|		Notes
Year	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Green	Vacant	Notes
1991^[5]	20	6	16	3	0	0
1995^[6]	14	5	21	5	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[7]
1999^[8]	28	4	8	5	0	0
2003^[9]	23	2	8	3	0	2	New ward boundaries^[10]
2007^[11]	28	2	8	0	0	0
2011^[2]	27	4	5	2	0	0
2015^[12]	31	4	2	1	0	0
2019^[13]	14	13	7	3	1	0
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[14] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party
Bexhill Central	19 September 1996 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Beckley and Peasmarsh	27 February 1997 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Central	25 September 1997 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill Central by-election	7 June 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill St Mark's by-election	7 June 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Fairlight by-election	1 November 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Old Town by-election	17 October 2002 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats
Bexhill Sackville by-election	9 September 2004 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill St Stephens by-election	29 September 2005 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Ticehurst and Etchingham by-election	17 November 2005 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill Kewhurst by-election	4 May 2006 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill Sackville by-election	4 May 2006 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill St Marks by-election	4 May 2006 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill Collington by-election	12 June 2008 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Bexhill Sackville by-election	3 July 2008 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Darwell by-election	31 July 2014 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Battle Town by-election	16 July 2015 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats

References

^ "Council and Democracy". Rother District Council. Retrieved 25 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^a ^b "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ The District of Rother (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Rother". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Rother". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 14 July 2014.

External links

Rother District Council

[democracy-1] "Council and Democracy". Rother District Council. Retrieved 25 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[vote2011-2] "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[vote2003-3] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[4] The District of Rother (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

[round-5] "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.

[complete-6] "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.

[7] slation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[vote99-8] "Rother". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[metro-9] "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2003. p. 47.

[10] slation.gov.uk - The District of Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[election2007-11] "Rother". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[vote2015-12] "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[vote2019-13] "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[byelection-14] "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 14 July 2014.

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v t e Council elections in East Sussex
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Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Eastbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 Abolished
Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes