Eastbourne Borough Council elections

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Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England, is elected every four years. Until 2007 one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without an election. [1] 27 councillors were elected with 3 each from the 9 wards. [2]

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Council elections

For a summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for the full details of each election.

Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election which reduced the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. [3] The council then switched from a system of by-third elections to whole council elections in 2007. [1]

Composition of the council [4]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (33 seats)
1973 101940Liberal
New ward boundaries (30 seats) [5]
1976 25140Conservative
1978 24420Conservative
1979 20280Conservative
1980 191100Conservative
1982 171210Conservative
1983 181110Conservative
1984 141510No overall control
1986 131700Alliance
1987 131700Alliance
1988 161310Conservative
1990 151311No overall control
1991 121611Liberal Democrats
1992 [6] 131700Liberal Democrats
1994 [7] 111900Liberal Democrats
1995 [8] 92100Liberal Democrats
1996 [9] 82200Liberal Democrats
1998 [10] 121800Liberal Democrats
1999 [11] 151500No overall control
2000 [12] 181200Conservative
New ward boundaries (27 seats) [13]
2002 [3] 121500Liberal Democrats
2003 [14] 131400Liberal Democrats
2004 [15] 141300Conservative
2006 [16] 151200Conservative
New ward boundaries (27 seats)
2007 [17] 72000Liberal Democrats
2011 [18] 121500Liberal Democrats
2015 91800Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (27 seats) [19]
2019 [20] 91800Liberal Democrats
2023 81900Liberal Democrats

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [21] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Devonshire20 June 1996 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Langney5 December 1996 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Langney28 August 1997 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Ratton by-election 3 September 1998 Liberal Democrats Conservative
St Anthony's by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Meads by-election 31 May 2012 Conservative Conservative
Sovereign by-election 24 November 2016 Conservative Conservative
Hampden Park by-election 6 May 2021 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Sovereign by-election Conservative Conservative
St. Anthony's by-election 6 October 2022 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Langney by-election 1 May 2025 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Upperton by-election 1 May 2025 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. 1 2 "EBM Live in doubt after Tories lose control across the Sussex coast". East Magazine. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "How Local Elections Work". Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Eastbourne". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  5. ↑ The Borough of Eastbourne (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
  6. ↑ "Local election results 1992". The Times . 9 May 1992.
  7. ↑ "Non Metropolitan Districts". The Times . 7 May 1994.
  8. ↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times . 6 May 1995.
  9. ↑ "Election Results Round-Up". The Times . 3 May 1996.
  10. ↑ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian . 9 May 1998. p. 16.
  11. ↑ "Eastbourne". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Eastbourne". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  13. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Eastbourne (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  15. ↑ "Eastbourne council". BBC News Online . 11 June 2004. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  16. ↑ "Local elections: Eastbourne". BBC News Online . 4 May 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  17. ↑ "Eastbourne". BBC News Online . 4 May 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  18. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online . 10 May 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  19. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Eastbourne (Electoral Changes) Order 2016. Retrieved on 20 February 2024.
  20. ↑ "Eastbourne Borough Council". BBC News. 2 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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