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2019 Eastbourne Borough Council Election
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All 27 Council Seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader David Tutt Tony Freebody Jake Lambert
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election 18 seats

66.6%

9 seats

33.3%

0 Seats, 0%
Seats won 18 seats

66.6%

9 seats

33.3%

0 Seats

0%

Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 36,604 24,396 7,909
Percentage 49.6% 33.1 10.7%
Swing Increase14.1% Increase2.9% Increase0.6%
Results by ward
Council Control before election

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Liberal Democrats

Subsequent Council Control


Liberal Democrats

The 2019 Eastbourne District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. All 27 members of the council were elected over 9 3 member wards.


The Liberal Democrats maintained majority control of the Council.

Summary

Election result

2019 Eastbourne Borough Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 27 18 0 0 Steady 66.7 49.6 36,604 +14.1
  Conservative 27 9 0 0 Steady 33.3 33.1 24,396 +2.9
  Labour 23 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 10.7 7,909 +0.6
  Green 4 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 3.6 2,637 –4.7
  UKIP 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.3 1,715 –12.9
  Independent 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 299 –0.3
  SDP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 199 New

Ward Results

A * denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Devonshire

Devonshire (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bannister* 1,637 56.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Holt* 1,521 52.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Wallis* 1,472 51.0
Labour Helen Owen 541 18.7
Conservative Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty 455 15.7
Labour Louis Thorburn 450 15.6
Conservative Daniel Evans 433 15.0
Conservative Danielle Perry 426 14.8
Green Linda Wintle 425 14.7
Labour Geri Rolfe 423 14.6
Turnout 2,888 29.81
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hampden Park

Hampden Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Murray* 1,315 57.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Swansborough* 1,250 54.8
Liberal Democrats Dean Sabri 1,133 49.6
Conservative Mark Aukett 490 21.5
Conservative Brian Liddiard 450 19.7
Labour Wendy Lambert 448 19.6
Labour Graham Dean 443 19.4
Labour Margaret Robinson 389 17.0
Conservative Peter Lutterer 373 16.3
Turnout 2,283 29.30
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Langney

Langney (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Shuttleworth* 1,607 67.4
Liberal Democrats Harun Miah* 1,333 56.0
Liberal Democrats Candy Vaughan 1,333 56.0
Conservative Sandra Elkin 363 15.2
Conservative Antony Hatton 352 14.8
UKIP Ian Garbutt 344 14.4
Conservative Sandie Howlett 342 14.4
UKIP Michael Mason 317 13.3
Labour Lee Comfort 225 9.4
Labour Julie Hart 212 8.9
Labour Roy Noble 165 6.9
Turnout 2,383 30.21
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Meads

Meads (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Smart 1,702 44.9
Conservative Barry Taylor* 1,687 44.5
Conservative Jane Lamb 1,671 44.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Durrant 1,162 30.7
Liberal Democrats Ruth Lintott 1,118 29.5
Liberal Democrats Debra Sabri 1,002 26.4
Green Dorothy Forsyth 795 21.0
Labour Janee Sa 467 12.3
UKIP Christopher Holloway 418 11.0
Turnout 3,791 44.44
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Old Town

Old Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Dow* 1,962 51.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Diplock 1,910 50.6
Liberal Democrats Amanda Morris 1,566 41.5
Conservative Nicholas Ansell 1,022 27.1
Conservative Robert Findon 865 22.9
Conservative Mozmil Hussain 816 21.6
Green Jo Henderson 757 20.0
Labour Jake Lambert 597 15.8
Labour Sarah Richards 349 9.2
Labour Rue Franklin 331 8.8
SDP Sally Kitchen 199 5.3
Turnout 3,778 45.53
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ratton

Ratton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Belsey* 1,516 49.9
Conservative Tony Freebody* 1,373 45.2
Conservative Colin Murdoch* 1,356 44.6
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Madell 1,167 38.4
Liberal Democrats Hugh Parker 1,023 33.7
Liberal Democrats Blash Rassekh Ghaemmaghani 983 32.6
Labour Jill Shacklock 303 10.0
Labour John Lambert 283 9.3
Labour David Bishop 270 8.9
Turnout 3038 40.42
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Anthony's

St Anthony's (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Tutt* 1,604 56.7
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Whippy 1,469 51.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Burton 1,257 44.4
Conservative Anne Angel 547 19.3
Conservative Donald Cornwall 489 17.3
Conservative Richard Davis 484 17.1
UKIP Colin Horscroft 316 11.2
Independent Stephen Halbhuber 299 10.6
Labour Rachael Norris 292 10.3
Labour Dave Brinson 275 9.7
Labour Phil Mills 217 7.7
Turnout 2830 33.26
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sovereign

Sovereign (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Ansell 1,749 56.0
Conservative Paul Metcalfe 1,613 51.6
Conservative Penelope di Cara* 1,551 49.6
Liberal Democrats Sam Browne 1,035 33.1
Liberal Democrats David Edwards 982 31.4
Liberal Democrats James Prime 928 29.7
Labour Ian Culshaw 284 9.1
Labour Farol Pernet 241 7.7
Turnout 3,124 33.37
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Upperton

Upperton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sammy Choudhury* 1,701 52.5
Liberal Democrats Pat Rodohan* 1,638 50.5
Liberal Democrats Robin Maxted 1,496 46.1
Conservative Nicholas Henderson 775 23.9
Conservative Tom Liddiard 755 23.3
Conservative Darryl Gosling 741 22.8
Green Alexandra Hough 660 20.4
Labour Gill Poole 398 12.3
UKIP Amanda Sheehan 320 9.9
Labour Paul Richards 306 9.4
Turnout 3,243 39.20
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, 6 May 2021
Replacing Dean Sabri (resigned)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Josh Babarinde 1,080 45.9 −4.8
Conservative Luke Borland 857 36.4 +14.5
Labour Margaret Robinson 418 17.7 +0.3
Majority 223 9.5
Turnout 2,355
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sovereign

Sovereign, 6 May 2021
Replacing Caroline Ansell (resigned)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kshama Shore 1,996 56.4 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Kathy Ballard 1,160 32.8 −1.1
Labour Louis Thorburn 257 7.3 −2.0
UKIP Ian Garbutt 124 3.5 New
Majority 836 23.6
Turnout 3,537
Conservative hold Swing

St. Anthony's

St. Anthony's: 6 October 2022
Replacing Helen Burton (Resigned)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Wayne Parker 972 49.6 −2.9
Conservative Nicholas John Raymond Ansell 513 26.2 +8.3
Green Rachael Dawn Norris 420 21.4 New
UKIP Ian Charles Garbutt 55 2.8 −7.5
Majority 459 23.4
Turnout 1,960 23.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease 5.6

References

  1. ^ "Eastbourne Borough Council". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. ^ "BOROUGH OF EASTBOURNE" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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