East Sussex local elections

East Sussex Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Conservative 1973 - 1985

No overall control 1985 - 1989

Conservative 1989 - 1993

No overall control 1993 - 2001

Conservative 2001 - present

Council elections

East Sussex Council election, 2001

East Sussex Council election, 2005

By-election results

1989-1993

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Radford-Kirby
votes = 990
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Stevens
votes = 923
percentage = 45.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Jones
votes = 108
percentage = 5.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 67
percentage = 3.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,021
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

1993-1997

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,198
percentage = 58.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 530
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 305
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 668
percentage = 32.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,033
percentage = 24.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

1997-2001

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 798
percentage = 53.4
change = +15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 358
percentage = 24.0
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 337
percentage = 22.6
change = -11.1Election box majority
votes = 440
percentage = 29.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,493
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 885
percentage = 59.5
change = +15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 343
percentage = 23.1
change = -6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 259
percentage = 17.4
change = -5.5Election box majority
votes = 542
percentage = 36.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,487
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,786
percentage = 54.8
change = +12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,476
percentage = 45.2
change = +2.1Election box majority
votes = 310
percentage = 9.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,262
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,027
percentage = 43.9
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 773
percentage = 33.0
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 542
percentage = 23.1
change = -6.5Election box majority
votes = 254
percentage = 10.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,342
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

2001-2005

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Kenward
votes = 1,117
percentage = 61.6
change = +19.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 695
percentage = 38.4
change = +14.7Election box majority
votes = 422
percentage = 23.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,812
percentage = 23.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

2005-2009

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Radford-Kirby
votes = 1,293
percentage = 70.0
change = +20.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cynthia Dewick
votes = 406
percentage = 22.0
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Walker
votes = 147
percentage = 8.0
change = -9.5Election box majority
votes = 887
percentage = 48.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,846
percentage = 25.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +15.4%

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Ensor
votes = 2,825
percentage = 62.3
change = +23.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Kemp
votes = 1,191
percentage = 26.3
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Macpherson
votes = 518
percentage = 11.4
change = -18.8Election box majority
votes = 1,634
percentage = 36.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 4,534
percentage = 25.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk East Sussex Council]