2023 Rother District Council election

2023 Rother District Council election
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All 38 seats to Rother District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Carl Maynard[1] Christine Bayliss Doug Oliver[2]
Party Conservative Labour RAOIC
Last election 14 seats, 36.4% 3 seats, 12.6% N/A
Seats before 15 2 11
Seats won 10 8 8
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 5 Increase 8
Popular vote 16,852 6,400 5,645
Percentage 37.8% 14.3% 12.6%
Swing Increase 1.4% Increase 1.7% N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Sue Prochak Polly Gray
Party Liberal Democrats Green Independent
Last election 7 seats, 15.3% 1 seat, 4.2% 13 seats, 27.0%
Seats before 7 1 1
Seats won 7 3 2
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Decrease 11
Popular vote 7,038 3,064 4,309
Percentage 15.8% 6.9% 9.7%
Swing Steady Increase 2.7% Decrease 17.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Rother District Council election
Leader before election

Doug Oliver
RAOIC
No overall control

Leader after election

Doug Oliver
RAOIC
No overall control

The 2023 Rother District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England.[3] This would be on the same day as other local elections in England.

Prior to the election the council was administered by the "Rother Alliance", being a coalition of the Rother Association of Independent Councillors, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Greens.[4]

The council remained under no overall control after the election, and the Rother Alliance coalition continued to form the council's administration.

Summary

Election result

2023 Rother District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 38 10 0 4 Decrease 4 26.3 37.8 16,852 +1.4
  Labour 16 8 5 0 Increase 5 21.1 14.3 6,400 +1.7
  Rother Association of Independent Councillors 12 8 8 0 Increase 8 21.1 12.6 5,645 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 13 7 2 2 Steady 18.4 15.8 7,038 +0.5
  Green 8 3 2 0 Increase 2 7.9 6.9 3,064 +2.7
  Independent 8 2 2 13 Decrease 11 5.3 9.7 4,309 –17.3
  UKIP 10 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.1 925 –2.5
  Ind. Network 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.9 406 N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Rother District Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[5] The results were as follows:[6]

Bexhill Central

Bexhill Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Bayliss* 732 63.2 +11.0
Labour Ruairi McCourt 579 50.0 +4.1
Conservative Nurul Amin 250 21.6 −15.1
Conservative Paul Webb 224 19.3 −8.2
Independent Andrew Crotty 208 17.9 N/A
Independent Andy Voyce 98 8.5 N/A
UKIP Colin Sullivan 76 6.6 −8.4
Majority
Turnout 1,159 28
Registered electors 4,162
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bexhill Collington

Bexhill Collington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RAOIC Douglas Oliver* 1,148 64.9 +1.4
RAOIC Ashan Jeeawon** 1,055 59.7 −6.5
Conservative Bridget Hollingsworth 560 31.7 +15.3
Conservative Balwinder Khaira 397 22.5 +9.8
UKIP Jill Davies 176 10.0 +3.1
Majority
Turnout 1,768 45
Registered electors 3,928
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing

Ashan Jeeawon was a sitting councillor for Bexhill St. Stephen's ward

Bexhill Kewhurst

Bexhill Kewhurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RAOIC Brian Drayson* 671 42.7 −17.4
RAOIC Andrew Hayward 637 40.6 −25.6
Conservative Gillian Johnson 528 33.6 +2.6
Conservative Martin Kenward 469 29.9 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Bill Goddard 440 28.0 N/A
UKIP Alison Phillips 140 8.9 +0.4
Majority
Turnout 1,570 40
Registered electors 3,994
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing

Bexhill Old Town & Worsham

Bexhill Old Town & Worsham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Polly Gray* 535 54.1 +21.7
Labour Mark Legg 374 37.8 +23.8
RAOIC Chris Madeley* 323 32.7 +4.3
Conservative Barbara Clark 282 28.5 +6.7
Conservative Hannah Fisher 190 19.2 +1.6
UKIP Michael Phillips 79 8.0 −7.6
Majority
Turnout 989 30
Registered electors 3,248
Green hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Bexhill Pebsham & St. Michael's

Bexhill Pebsham & St. Michael's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Clark* 754 60.6 −9.3
Labour Gareth Delany 429 34.5 N/A
Conservative Jay Brewerton* 391 31.4 −19.1
Independent Charles Rustem 268 21.5 N/A
Conservative Geoffrey Robertson 180 14.5 −6.6
UKIP John Dicker 90 7.2 −5.0
Majority
Turnout 1,244 31
Registered electors 3,956
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Bexhill Sackville

Bexhill Sackville (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RAOIC Hazel Timpe* 643 48.4 +3.8
RAOIC Terry Byrne* 629 47.4 +1.3
Conservative Shaji Thomas 392 29.5 −1.6
Labour Brian Basham 313 23.6 +5.0
Conservative Christopher Rawdon-Mogg 293 22.1 −4.2
UKIP Sheila Allen-Rodgers 122 9.2 −6.1
Majority
Turnout 1,328 33
Registered electors 4,064
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing

Bexhill Sidley

Bexhill Sidley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sam Coleman* 507 52.1 +8.6
Labour Fazlul Chowdhury 420 43.2 +10.0
Conservative Jimmy Carroll* 377 38.7 +0.5
Independent Sharon Blagrove 209 21.5 −11.8
Conservative Brett McLean 203 20.9 −12.4
UKIP John Zipser 61 6.3 −18.6
Majority
Turnout 973 23
Registered electors 4,249
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bexhill St. Mark's

Bexhill St. Mark's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Connor Winter 630 37.3 −34.7
RAOIC Jimmy Stanger 527 31.2 −35.0
Conservative Tony Foster 474 28.0 +9.1
Ind. Network Nigel Jacklin 406 24.0 N/A
Conservative Nathaniel Lake 315 18.6 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Wendy Dash 241 14.3 +6.7
Labour Peter Hillier-Palmer 239 14.1 +8.3
Labour Justin Pierce 191 11.3 N/A
UKIP Christine Zipser 99 5.9 −1.0
Majority
Turnout 1,691 41
Registered electors 4,091
Independent hold Swing
RAOIC gain from Independent Swing

Bexhill St. Stephen's

Bexhill St. Stephen's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Arren Rathbone Ariel 561 45.3 +18.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Thomas* 548 44.3 +17.3
Conservative Abul Azad 462 37.3 +16.4
Conservative Richard Carroll 425 34.3 +11.5
UKIP Gillian Ammoun 139 11.2 −4.4
Majority
Turnout 1,238 31
Registered electors 3,961
Green gain from Independent Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brede & Udimore

Brede & Udimore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Gordon 414 58.3 +18.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Griffiths 239 33.7 +26.0
Labour Sandra Margaret 57 8.0 −2.3
Majority
Turnout 710 39
Registered electors 1,809
Conservative hold Swing

Burwash & The Weald

Burwash & The Weald (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Barnes* 610 47.7 −4.3
Conservative Eleanor Kirby-Green* 605 47.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Mary Varrall 541 42.3 +10.0
Independent Heather Love 448 35.0 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,279 36
Registered electors 3,583
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Catsfield & Crowhurst

Catsfield & Crowhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chas Pearce 403 48.4 +21.2
Conservative Gary Curtis* 275 33.1 −5.3
Labour Tim MacPherson 154 18.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 832 43
Registered electors 1,928
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Eastern Rother

Eastern Rother (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lizzie Hacking* 605 44.3 −15.0
Conservative Paul Osborne* 578 42.3 −14.6
Green Dominic Manning 563 41.2 N/A
Green Catherine Glover 466 34.1 N/A
Labour Linda Whymark 300 21.9 −2.0
Majority
Turnout 1,367 36
Registered electors 3,804
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hurst Green & Ticehurst

Hurst Green & Ticehurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Teresa Killeen 740 54.1 +15.4
Conservative Mary Barnes* 635 46.4 −7.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hardy 611 44.7 N/A
Conservative Graham Browne* 603 44.1 −8.8
Majority
Turnout 1,368 33
Registered electors 4,137
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North Battle, Netherfield & Wallington

North Battle, Netherfield & Wallington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Field* 1,092 73.3 +8.1
Green Sue Burton 939 63.1 N/A
Conservative Mark Beaumont 305 20.5 −3.5
Conservative Kirsty Curtis 266 17.9 −3.0
UKIP Bernard Mabon 65 4.4 −5.8
Majority
Turnout 1,489 39
Registered electors 3,848
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Northern Rother

Northern Rother (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Ganly* 881 52.1 −6.7
Conservative Tony Biggs 880 52.0 −3.2
Independent Peter Vine-Hall 851 50.3 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,691 42
Registered electors 4,086
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Robertsbridge

Robertsbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Prochak* 519 73.1 +5.4
Conservative Paul Redstone 191 26.9 +0.7
Majority
Turnout 710 38
Registered electors 2,019
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Rye & Winchelsea

Rye & Winchelsea (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Cheryl Creaser 608 39.4 +13.7
Labour Co-op Simon McGurk 606 39.3 +19.0
Liberal Democrats Guy Harris 506 32.8 +3.4
Conservative Gennette Stevens* 435 28.2 −6.7
Conservative Jayne Stevens 371 24.0 −2.4
RAOIC Chris Hoggart 335 21.7 −7.5
Majority
Turnout 1,543 39
Registered electors 3,930
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sedlescombe & Westfield

Sedlescombe & Westfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Beverley Coupar 843 57.7 +34.3
Conservative Carl Maynard* 714 48.9 +5.9
Conservative Kate Ludden 647 44.3 +5.1
Majority
Turnout 1,461 35
Registered electors 4,257
Independent gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Battle & Telham

South Battle & Telham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vikki Cook 388 64.8 +1.2
Conservative Bernard Brown 211 35.2 +9.5
Majority
Turnout 599 35
Registered electors 1,736
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Southern Rother

Southern Rother (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Mier* 770 47.5 −0.6
Conservative Tim Grohne 645 39.8 −5.6
Conservative James Bradley 569 35.1 −5.5
Labour Nick Warren 489 30.2 +11.0
Labour Sue Learoyd-Smith 402 24.8 +10.4
Majority
Turnout 1,621 36
Registered electors 3,566
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Carl Maynard". Hastings and Rye Conservatives. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Your councillors". Rother District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Rother District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Rother District Council's new leader confirmed as parties form alliance". Sussex World. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Current and forthcoming elections and referendums". Rother District Council. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ^ Gladstone, Richard (5 May 2023). "Full results from Rother District Council local election results 2023". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 June 2023.