2023 Lewes District Council election

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2023 Lewes District Council election
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All 41 seats to Lewes District Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderZoe Nicholson James MacCleary
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election9 seats, 27.9%8 seats, 22.5%
Seats before89
Seats won1715
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 7
Popular vote19,99117,610
Percentage31.8%28.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.9%Increase2.svg 5.5%
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderChris CollierIsabelle Linington
Party Labour Conservative
Last election3 seats, 10.5%19 seats, 27.1%
Seats before418
Seats won90
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 19
Popular vote10,52213,893
Percentage16.7%22.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.2%Decrease2.svg 5.0%
Lewes UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Lewes District Council election
Leader before election

James MacCleary
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

Contents

Leader after election

Zoe Nicholson
Green
No overall control

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

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a "co-operative alliance" comprising the Liberal Democrat, Green and Labour groups and one independent councillor, with the Liberal Democrat and Green leaders taking turns to be leader of the council in alternate years. The Conservatives, with 18 councillors, were the largest individual party and formed the council's opposition. [2]

The election saw the Conservatives lose all their seats. The Greens, Liberal Democrats and Labour all made significant gains, with the Greens becoming the largest party. Following the election the Greens and Labour formed an alliance to run the council, with the Liberal Democrats taking the scrutiny roles as the opposition. [3] [4]

Summary

Election result

2023 Lewes District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Green 411791Increase2.svg 841.531.819,991+3.9
  Liberal Democrats 411570Increase2.svg 736.628.017,610+5.5
  Labour 20960Increase2.svg 622.016.710,522+6.2
  Conservative 350019Decrease2.svg 190.022.113,893–5.0
  Independent 5002Decrease2.svg 20.01.2776–8.9
  Reform UK 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2129N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Lewes District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [5] The results for each ward were: [6]

Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey

Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Joa Saunders 990 53.7 +30.7
Green Mark Slater 914 49.6 +27.7
Conservative Sharon Davy*68637.2–8.0
Conservative Isabelle Linington*64034.7–6.2
Liberal Democrats Marlon Hughes24713.4–11.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Spain21211.5–10.3
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Ditchling & Westmeston

Ditchling & Westmeston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Mellor 377 34.3 –5.8
Green Edward Elford36533.2+20.8
Conservative Alan Jones35632.4–15.3
Majority121.1N/A
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg13.3

East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs

East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Robinson* 1,132 69.9 +32.5
Labour Laurence O'Connor* 1,089 67.3 +33.0
Labour Ian Alexander 1,087 67.2 N/A
Conservative Paul Clark53833.2–2.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Ackroyd32820.3+5.3
Liberal Democrats Liz Lee18011.1N/A
Green Nicky Blackwell1519.3–20.2
Liberal Democrats Donna Martinez-Claras1328.2N/A
Green Nick Tigg1126.9N/A
Green Diana Wilkins1066.5N/A
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Kingston

Kingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stella Spiteri 431 47.5 –4.3
Green David Hoare32635.9+18.1
Conservative Rosemarie Jeffery15016.5–6.8
Majority10511.6–16.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.2

Lewes Bridge

Lewes Bridge (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Zoe Nicholson* 916 49.3 –0.7
Liberal Democrats Janet Baah 812 43.7 +4.2
Green Adrian Ross*79442.7–0.9
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Halley49126.4–6.4
Labour Matt Kent24613.2+1.6
Conservative Colin French1689.0+0.1
Labour Amy Wilkins1477.9–1.5
Conservative Catharine Robinson1447.7–0.5
Turnout
Green hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Green

Lewes Castle

Lewes Castle (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Wendy Maples 696 47.8 +5.4
Green Nicolas Kortalla-Bird 600 41.2 +3.5
Labour Emily Clarke57239.3+14.4
Labour Stephen Catlin35624.5+11.4
Liberal Democrats Kate Wood23616.2–16.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Parker22915.7–13.7
Conservative Diane Burman1228.4+2.2
Conservative Karen French996.8+0.7
Turnout
Green hold
Green hold

Lewes Priory

Lewes Priory (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Imogen Makepeace* 1,727 54.7 +13.4
Green Graham Clews 1,457 46.2 +8.6
Green Paul Keene 1,420 45.0 +14.0
Liberal Democrats Kevin West98131.1+14.0
Liberal Democrats Paddy Henshaw92729.4+15.0
Liberal Democrats Edwina Livesey87027.6+15.6
Labour Linda Drabble55017.4+10.9
Labour Peter Hambly51516.3+9.9
Labour Danny Sweeney42313.4+7.3
Conservative Catherine Boorman31810.1+6.1
Conservative Elizabeth Slater2839.0+5.3
Turnout
Green hold
Green gain from Independent
Green hold

Newhaven North

Newhaven North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Carr* 628 58.7 +31.1
Liberal Democrats Sean Macleod 589 55.0 +30.1
Independent Steve Saunders*34832.5–2.4
Conservative Susan Chowen24522.9–1.0
Independent Andrew Winter17115.2N/A
Green Tai Ray-Jones969.0–1.5
Green Dirk Campbell646.0–3.8
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Newhaven South

Newhaven South (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Amy* 766 58.3 +4.2
Liberal Democrats James MacCleary* 672 51.2 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Christoph Von Kurthy* 611 46.5 +1.2
Independent Pinky McLean-Knight38729.5N/A
Conservative Bill Giles33825.7+6.9
Conservative Linda Wallraven26320.0+4.5
Conservative Abdul Ahmed23918.2+2.9
Green Holly Atkins21616.5–2.0
Independent Nick Jones18914.4N/A
Green Martin Meadows14010.7–7.4
Green Martin O'Brien1189.0–6.1
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Newick

Newick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Charlotte Keenan 533 56.5 +39.1
Conservative Nate Delo33735.7–21.3
Liberal Democrats Samantha Robbins737.7–12.4
Majority19425.8N/A
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg30.2

Ouse Valley & Ringmer

Ouse Valley & Ringmer (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Johnny Denis* 1,263 57.1 –6.2
Green Emily O'Brien* 1,213 54.8 +5.1
Green Lucy Agace 1,042 47.1 +2.3
Conservative Richard Turner69731.5+8.8
Conservative Matther Crisp65929.8+7.1
Conservative Katie Sanderson59526.9+5.1
Liberal Democrats Victoria Vincent42019.0–7.2
Liberal Democrats Cathy Bryan38317.3–4.7
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Macleod36716.6–6.2
Turnout
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Peacehaven East

Peacehaven East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Davies 620 58.4 +21.3
Labour Cathy Gallagher 537 50.6 +18.0
Conservative Nigel Enever39937.6–4.5
Conservative Tara Moore32430.5–4.2
Liberal Democrats Emily Kramers736.9N/A
Green Lesley Orr656.1–12.3
Liberal Democrats Helena Pickup615.7N/A
Green Anthony Shuster434.1–12.1
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Peacehaven North

Peacehaven North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ciarron Clarkson* 555 52.0 +24.1
Labour Isobel Sharkey 553 51.8 N/A
Conservative Keira O'Neill*40938.3–6.6
Conservative Andy Smith38936.4–9.1
Liberal Democrats Joyce Bell656.1N/A
Green Liz Mansfield605.6–15.2
Green Rikki Begley565.2–10.6
Liberal Democrats David Stechler494.6N/A
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Peacehaven West

Peacehaven West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Collier* 689 72.6 N/A
Labour Nikki Fabry 557 58.7 N/A
Conservative Keiran Sefton39041.1+6.1
Liberal Democrats Liz Webb10010.5–11.8
Green Emily Slater717.5–16.1
Liberal Democrats Fawzia Whittuck464.8N/A
Green Debra Vice-Holt444.6–12.9
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John (Without)

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John (Without)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Stewart-Roberts 601 66.6 +0.8
Conservative Tam Large20823.1+0.2
Green John Oughton9310.3+1.9
Majority39343.5+0.6
Turnout 902
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg0.3

Seaford Central

Seaford Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gauntlett* 632 50.1 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Freddie Hoareau 532 42.2 +10.8
Conservative Geoff Rutland*41132.6–2.2
Labour Elaine Sammarco29723.6–6.1
Labour Christopher Purser27621.9N/A
Green Alice McCarthy Sommerville18814.9–2.6
Green Roy Francomb18514.7–1.6
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Seaford East

Seaford East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Becky Francomb 774 44.8 +19.5
Green Ezra Cohen 764 44.3 +25.3
Conservative Sam Adenji*69540.3–6.3
Conservative Julian Peterson*58333.8–11.4
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Stirton22513.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Maggie Wearmouth21512.5N/A
Reform UK Alan Latham1297.5N/A
Independent Lorraine Crawley683.9N/A
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Seaford North

Seaford North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green James Meek 584 41.9 +16.4
Green Roy Clay 566 40.6 +26.6
Conservative James Lord*41429.7–12.0
Liberal Democrats Morag Everden40929.4–3.7
Conservative Sylvia Lord*40929.4–9.6
Liberal Democrats Sally Markwell40429.0–2.5
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Seaford South

Seaford South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Brett* 799 55.5 +13.5
Liberal Democrats Olivia Honeyman 760 52.8 +11.3
Conservative Mark Brown42229.3–13.4
Conservative Melvyn Simmons34924.2–11.3
Green Miranda Suheimat21815.1+2.1
Labour Co-op Alun Tlusty-Sheen18212.6–2.3
Green Rachel Fryer15010.4–2.1
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Seaford West

Seaford West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christina Bristow 851 50.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lesley Boniface 733 43.6 N/A
Conservative Liz Boorman*66339.4–15.6
Conservative Bill Payne60636.0–20.4
Green Robert Burns21913.0–28.5
Green Gemma McFarlane1559.2–17.6
Labour Martin Waite1398.3–15.3
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Wivelsfield

Wivelsfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green William Coupland 497 52.6 +35.1
Conservative Nancy Bikson*34536.5–19.9
Liberal Democrats Julie Salmon10210.8–15.3
Majority15216.1N/A
Turnout
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg27.5

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