Rother District Council is the local authority for Rother District in East Sussex, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 38 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing one or two councillors. [1]
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election reducing the number of seats by 7. [2]
| Year | Conservative | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Green | Rother Association of Independent Councillors | Vacant | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 [4] | 20 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995 [5] | 14 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [6] |
| 1999 [7] | 28 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 [8] | 23 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | New ward boundaries [9] |
| 2007 [10] | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 [11] | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 [12] | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 [13] | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries [14] |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [15] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. Its council is based in Bexhill-on-Sea. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.
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