Wealden District Council elections

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Wealden District Council in East Sussex, England is elected every four years. From 2003 until the election in 2019, 55 councillors were elected from 35 wards. From 2019, 45 councillors have been elected from 41 wards. [1]

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
Conservative 1973–1995
No overall control 1995–1997
Conservative 1997–2023
No overall control 2023-present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2001 have been: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Rupert Thornely-Taylor Conservative 18 Jul 20014 May 2003
Nigel Coltman Conservative 21 May 20036 May 2007
Pam Doodes Conservative 23 May 200719 May 2010
Bob Standley Conservative 19 May 201018 May 2022
Ann Newton Conservative 18 May 202218 May 2023
James Partridge Liberal Democrats 18 May 2023Present

Council elections

Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election.

Year Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats Green Labour Notes
1991 [5] 4431100
1995 [6] 2952400District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [7] [8]
1999 [9] 3422200
2003 [10] 3461500New ward boundaries [11]
2007 [12] 3471220Some new ward boundaries [13]
2011 [2] 475300
2015 495100
2019 345420New ward boundaries, with the number of seats reduced to 45 [14]
2023 91013112

District result maps

By-election results

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.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Pevensey Weston28 November 1996 Conservative Conservative
Wadhurst4 September 1997 Independent Conservative
Buxted28 September 1997 Conservative Conservative
Pevensey Westham28 September 1997 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Herstmonceux2 April 1998 Conservative Conservative
Polegate South28 May 1998 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Heathfield by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Uckfield by-election (2) 29 November 2001 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Herstmonceux by-election 4 April 2002 Conservative Conservative
Uckfield by-election 27 June 2002 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Uckfield Ridgewood by-election 16 September 2004 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Pevensey and Westham by-election 29 September 2005 Conservative Conservative
Crowborough North by-election 6 April 2006 Conservative Conservative
Uckfield New Town by-election 29 June 2006 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Uckfield New Town by-election 17 July 2008 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Alfriston by-election 25 September 2008 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Heathfield North and Central by-election 23 September 2010 Conservative Conservative
Polegate North by-election 2 August 2012 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Heathfield North and Central by-election 29 November 2012 Conservative Conservative
Crowborough West by-election 22 January 2015 Conservative Conservative
Hellingly by-election 29 October 2015 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Crowborough East by-election 21 January 2016 Conservative Conservative
Chiddingly and East Hoathly by-election 20 July 2017 Conservative Conservative
Hailsham North by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Hailsham South by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
Heathfield North by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
Heathfield South by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
Hartfield by-election 2 December 2021 Conservative Green
Hailsham South by-election 10 February 2022 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Maresfield by-election 22 September 2022 Conservative Green

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