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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.
The Liberal Democrats retained their majority on the council. [2] Their leader prior to the election was David Tutt, who did not stand for re-election. [3] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023, Stephen Holt was appointed the new leader of the council. [4]
2023 Eastbourne Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 27 | 19 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 70.4% | 50.7% | 36350 | 1.1 | |
Conservative | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 29.6% | 33.9% | 24101 | 0.8 | |
Labour | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8.5% | 6045 | 2.2 | |
Green | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5.8% | 4121 | 2.2 | |
UKIP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.4% | 341 | 1.9 | |
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.4% | 340 | New | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.1% | 97 | 0.3 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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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