2023 Eastbourne Borough Council election

2023 Eastbourne Borough Council election
All 27 seats to Eastbourne Borough Council ; 14 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; David Tutt; Liberal Democrats	Leader after election; Stephen Holt; Liberal Democrats

Last updated May 23, 2024

The 2023 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2023 Eastbourne Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	27	19	1	0	+1	70.4	50.7	36,350	1.1
	Conservative	27	8	0	1	-1	29.6	33.9	24,101	0.8
	Labour	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	8.5	6,045	2.2
	Green	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.8	4.121	2.2
	UKIP	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	341	1.9
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	340	New
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	97	0.3

Candidates and Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Eastbourne Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[5]

Devonshire

Devonshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bannister*	1,409	52.0	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Ewbank	1,248	46.1	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Holt*	1,233	45.5	7.2
	Labour	Dave Brinson	631	23.3	4.6
	Conservative	Fiona Mullen	565	20.9	5.2
	Conservative	Anne McWilliams	529	19.5	4.5
	Conservative	Tahrin Begum	505	18.6	3.8
	Labour	John Lambert	503	18.6	3.0
	Labour	Lyn Pemberton	451	16.6	2.0
	Green	Theresa McGhee	333	12.3	2.4
	UKIP	Nigel Harper	147	5.4	New
Turnout			2709	27.0
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hampden Park

Hampden Park (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Swansborough*	1,091	55.4	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Murray*	1,037	52.6	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Teri Sayers-Cooper	1,004	51.0	1.4
	Conservative	Luke Borland	448	22.7	1.2
	Conservative	Peter Lutterer	411	20.9	4.6
	Conservative	Brian Liddiard	408	20.7	1.0
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	271	13.8	3.2
	Labour	Wendy Lambert	264	13.4	6.2
	Labour	Graham Dean	254	12.9	6.5
	Green	Sue Dixon	215	10.9	New
	Independent	Dave Poole	97	4.9	New
Turnout			1970	25.3
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Langney

Langney (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Shuttleworth*	1,485	71.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Mayes	1,358	65.2	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Candy Vaughan*	1,318	63.3	7.3
	Conservative	Brian Stevens	372	17.9	2.7
	Conservative	Lucy Wooler	354	17.0	2.2
	Conservative	Radwan Hussain	310	14.9	0.5
	Labour	Lee Comfort	175	8.4	1.0
	Green	Sarah Hill	137	6.6	New
	Labour	Roy Noble	132	6.3	0.6
	Labour	Daniel Thomas	114	5.5	3.4
	UKIP	Ian Garbutt	95	4.6	9.8
Turnout			2083	26.5
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Meads

Meads (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Collins	1,630	42.5	11.8
	Conservative	Jane Lamb*	1,585	41.4	2.7
	Conservative	Robert Smart*	1,536	40.0	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsteen Miller	1,515	39.5	10.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Taylor	1,508	39.4	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Hudson	1,457	38.0	11.6
	Green	Alexandra Hough	297	7.8	13.2
	Green	Claire Martin	247	6.4	14.6
	Labour	David Mannion	211	5.5	6.8
	Labour	Angela Goodchild	209	5.5	6.8
	Reform UK	Keith Gell	184	4.8	New
	Labour	Bill Filby	176	4.6	7.7
	Reform UK	Kayaking Kris Mullens	156	4.1	New
Turnout			3,832	43.4
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Town

Old Town (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Diplock*	2,074	57.7	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Dehdashty	1,939	53.9	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Morris*	1,913	53.2	11.7
	Conservative	Jessica Gisby	817	22.7	4.4
	Conservative	Vivienne de Havilland-Geraghty	767	21.3	1.6
	Conservative	James Sneath	738	20.5	0.5
	Labour Co-op	Jake Lambert	497	13.8	2.0
	Green	Jo Henderson	421	11.7	8.3
	Green	Pippa Oliphant	364	10.1	9.9
	Green	Trevor Egglestone	339	9.4	11.6
	Labour Co-op	Paul Richards	262	7.3	1.9
	UKIP	Colin Horscroft	99	2.8	New
Turnout			3596	42.7
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ratton

Ratton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Belsey*	1,453	50.8	0.9
	Conservative	Nick Ansell	1,438	50.2	5.0
	Conservative	David Small	1,324	46.3	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Banner	1,002	35.0	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Heaps	992	34.6	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brett Wright	862	30.1	2.5
	Green	Jo Thorpe	338	11.8	New
	Labour	David Godfrey	281	9.8	0.2
	Labour	Jill Shacklock	242	8.5	0.8
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	223	7.8	1.1
Turnout			2862	38.0	2.4
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Anthony's

St Anthony's (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Butcher	1,399	56.5	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Williams	1,395	56.3	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Parker	1,304	52.7	8.3
	Conservative	Sandie Howlett	599	24.2	4.9
	Conservative	Richard Davis	592	23.9	6.6
	Conservative	Bradley Coleiro-Swain	570	23.0	5.9
	Green	Rachael Norris	414	16.7	New
	Green	Noah Rutter	307	12.4	New
	Labour	John Sailing	269	10.9	0.6
Turnout			2476	28.8
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sovereign

Sovereign (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny di Cara*	1,629	51.7	2.1
	Conservative	Kshama Shore	1,511	48.0	8.0
	Conservative	Nigel Goodyear	1,480	47.0	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Ballard	996	31.6	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Doherty	914	29.0	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Deidre Glasgow	874	27.8	1.9
	Green	Susan Kerrison	386	12.3	New
	Green	Sue Whall	323	10.3	New
	Labour	Derek Bradley	321	10.2	1.1
	Labour	Alexander Richards	289	9.2	1.5
	Labour	Scott Murly-Cleves	270	8.6	0.9
Majority
Turnout			3149	32.8
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperton

Upperton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Ballard	1,683	53.5	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Rodohan*	1,633	51.9	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Maxted*	1,585	50.4	4.3
	Conservative	Anne Angel	929	29.5	6.2
	Conservative	Nick Henderson	897	28.5	4.6
	Conservative	Mozmil Hussain	826	26.2	3.4
	Green	Justine Munson	354	11.2	9.2
	Labour	Gabriel Beck	318	10.1	2.2
	Green	Jaime Birdbrook	282	9.0	New
	Labour	Ian Culshaw	247	7.8	1.6
	Labour	Daniel Hill	212	6.7	New
Majority
Turnout			3147	36.8
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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References

↑ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
↑ Panons, Jacob (5 May 2023). "Full results: Eastbourne local results 2023 as they happened live". Sussex World. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
↑ Panons, Jacob (14 March 2023). "Eastbourne council leader to step down after almost two decades". Sussex World. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
↑ Panon, Jacob (25 May 2023). "New mayor, leader and cabinet chosen for Eastbourne". Sussex World. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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[1] "Notice of Election" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[2] Panons, Jacob (5 May 2023). "Full results: Eastbourne local results 2023 as they happened live". Sussex World. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[3] Panons, Jacob (14 March 2023). "Eastbourne council leader to step down after almost two decades". Sussex World. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[4] Panon, Jacob (25 May 2023). "New mayor, leader and cabinet chosen for Eastbourne". Sussex World. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[5] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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