Buxted Parish Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Councillor Vivienne Blandford | |
Councillor John Rose | |
Structure | |
Seats | 12* |
Political groups | Independent (12) |
Elections | |
Last election | 7 May 2015 |
Next election | May/June 2019 |
Website | |
Official website | |
Footnotes | |
Only 12 of the 15 available seats are currently filled. |
Buxted Parish Council governs the village of Buxted, a civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex in England. The council appoints one councillor who is then known as the Chairman or Chairwoman. The current Chairperson is Councillor Vivienne Blandford. [1]
Buxted Parish Council is formed of two wards - these wards are currently represented by twelve parish councillors. [2]
Clockwise, from the north, it borders the communities of Crowborough, Five Ashes, Heathfield, Buxted & Uckfield.
Group affiliation | Members | |
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Independent | 12 | |
Total | 12 |
Buxted Parish Council is made up of up to 15 councillors elected from two wards. The last elections were held in 2015, and resulted in the election of 12 Independent councillors. [3]
The 2015 Buxted Parish Council elections were held alongside the elections for Wealden District Council & the Wealden Parliamentary constituency on 7 May 2015. All 15 seats were up for election, of these seats only 12 were filled. [4]
Ward | Party | Parish councillors elected 2015 | |
Buxted | Independent | Vivienne Blandford | |
Independent | Ian Goldsmith | ||
Independent | Martin Hall | ||
Independent | Francis Harding | ||
Independent | Kate Littlefield | ||
Independent | Fiona McQuarrie | ||
Independent | Jon Milner | ||
Independent | Dermot Mulvagh | ||
Independent | John Rose | ||
Independent | Jean Skinner | ||
High Hurstwood | Independent | Morna Rogers | |
Independent | Geoffrey Sheard | ||
In the 2011 Buxted Parish Council elections 15 seats were contested, all of these seats were filled by independent candidates. [5]
Ward | Party | Parish councillors elected 2011 | |
Buxted | Independent | Marjan Hoorieh Arabizadeh | |
Independent | Vivienne Blandford | ||
Independent | Alison Crowe | ||
Independent | Maggie Dopson | ||
Independent | Martin Hall | ||
Independent | Francis Harding | ||
Independent | Graham Manchester | ||
Independent | John Pearson | ||
Independent | John Rose | ||
Independent | Katie Seddon | ||
High Hurstwood | Independent | Louise Daniel | |
Independent | Geoffrey Sheard | ||
Independent | Violet Treacher | ||
Independent | Michelle Warner | ||
Independent | Pat Wood | ||
In the 2007 Buxted Parish Council elections an uncontested election occurred in which 12 of the 15 available seats were filled by independents. [6]
Ward | Party | Parish councillors elected 2007 | |
Buxted | Independent | James Chalmers | |
Independent | Peter Coxon | ||
Independent | Alison Crowe | ||
Independent | Louise Daniel | ||
Independent | Jacky Downing | ||
Independent | Francis Harding | ||
Independent | Mike Kettell | ||
Independent | Martin Rogers | ||
Independent | John Rose | ||
Independent | Henry Wilkes | ||
High Hurstwood | Independent | Fraser Sheard | |
Independent | Violet Treacher | ||
In the 2003 Buxted Parish Council elections an uncontested election occurred in which 10 seats were filled by independents. [7]
Ward | Party | Parish councillors elected 2003 | |
Buxted | Independent | Alison Crowe | |
Independent | Jacqueline Downing | ||
Independent | Michael Kettell | ||
Independent | John Rose | ||
Independent | Walter Wilkes | ||
High Hurstwood | Independent | Peter Bowdery | |
Independent | Jean McQuillen | ||
Independent | Fraser Sheard | ||
Independent | Violet Treacher | ||
Independent | Michael Turton | ||
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