Rother District Council elections

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 2003, 38 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]

Map showing the composition of Rother District Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

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
Independent1973–1979
No overall control1979–1983
Conservative1983–1991
No overall control1991–1999
Conservative1999–2019
No overall control2019–present

Leadership

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

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ivor Brampton[4] Conservative17 Jan 2001
Graham Gubby[5] Conservative20016 May 2007
Carl Maynard[6] Conservative23 May 200722 May 2019
Doug Oliver Independent22 May 2019

Council elections

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.[7]

  • 1973 Rother District Council election
  • 1976 Rother District Council election
  • 1979 Rother District Council election
  • 1983 Rother District Council election (New ward boundaries)[8]
  • 1987 Rother District Council election
Year Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats Labour Green Vacant Notes
1991[9] 20 6 16 3 0 0
1995[10] 14 5 21 5 0 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[11]
1999[12] 28 4 8 5 0 0
2003[13] 23 2 8 3 0 2 New ward boundaries[14]
2007[15] 28 2 8 0 0 0
2011[2] 27 4 5 2 0 0
2015[16] 31 4 2 1 0 0
2019[17] 14 13 7 3 1 0

District result maps
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[18] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Bexhill Central 19 September 1996 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Beckley and Peasmarsh 27 February 1997 Conservative Conservative
Central 25 September 1997 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Bexhill Central by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill St Mark's by-election 7 June 2001 Conservative Conservative
Fairlight by-election 1 November 2001 Conservative Conservative
Old Town by-election 17 October 2002 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Bexhill Sackville by-election 9 September 2004 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill St Stephens by-election 29 September 2005 Conservative Conservative
Ticehurst and Etchingham by-election 17 November 2005 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill Kewhurst by-election 4 May 2006 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill Sackville by-election 4 May 2006 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill St Marks by-election 4 May 2006 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill Collington by-election 12 June 2008 Conservative Conservative
Bexhill Sackville by-election 3 July 2008 Conservative Conservative
Darwell by-election 31 July 2014 Conservative Conservative
Battle Town by-election 16 July 2015 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Collington by-election 27 October 2016 Independent Independent
Darwell by-election Conservative Conservative
St Marks by-election 10 January 2019 Independent Independent
Eastern Rother by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative

References
  1. "Council and Democracy". Rother District Council. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Council minutes". Rother District Council. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. "Death of leader - statement from Rother DC". Local Government Chronicle. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "Gubby to stand down". Sussex World. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. "New leaders of Rother are crowned". Sussex World. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  7. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. The District of Rother (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  9. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  10. "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
  11. legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  12. "Rother". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  13. "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
  14. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  15. "Rother". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  16. "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  17. "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  18. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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