2019 Wealden District Council election
The 2019 Wealden District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Wealden District Council in England. Due to new ward boundaries, the number of total seats was reduced to 45 seats, elected from 41 wards.[1]
Results[]
From the election, the seats were allocated to the following parties:[2]
Conservative: 34 seats
Independent Democrat: 4 seats
Liberal Democrat: 4 seats
Green Party of England and Wales: 2 seats
Independent: 1 seat
Ward Results[]
Arlington[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Watts | 486 | 48.8 | ||
Green | Kay Syrad | 300 | 30.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hall | 210 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,025 | 41.94 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Buxted[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Illingworth | 647 | 59.3 | ||
Green | Caroline Coxon | 357 | 32.7 | ||
Labour | Mark Chapman | 87 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,104 | 39.68 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Draper | 604 | 55.0 | ||
Green | Alison Wilson | 225 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Katrina Best | 150 | 13.7 | ||
Labour | Rupert Wilkinson | 119 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,126 | 41.34 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crowborough Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald Reed | 409 | 51.0 | ||
Independent | Peter Bucklitsch | 225 | 28.1 | ||
Labour | Michael Coyne | 168 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 828 | 28.75 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crowborough Jarvis Brook[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Owen-Williams | 334 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Barry Marlowe | 220 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | David Neeves | 189 | 21.4 | ||
Green | Colin Stocks | 142 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 909 | 30.61 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Crowborough North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kay Moss | 480 | 51.9 | ||
Green | Nigel Fox | 293 | 31.7 | ||
Labour | Anthony Stevenson | 151 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 944 | 33.63 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crowborough South East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Lunn | 368 | 46.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Morris | 302 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | Stuart Snowden | 123 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 828 | 30.52 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crowborough South West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Waller | 336 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Arthur | 152 | 23.0 | ||
Green | Pamela Lysh | 92 | 13.9 | ||
Labour | Brendan Clegg | 72 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 676 | 26.78 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crowborough St Johns[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Waller | 626 | 63.4 | ||
Green | Pamela Lysh | 362 | 36.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,007 | 36.54 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Danehill & Fletching[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Galley | 749 | 58.9 | ||
Green | Simon Darlington-Cramond | 523 | 41.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,301 | 40.04 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Forest Row[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Diana Patterson-Vanegas | 1,212 | 79.1 | ||
Conservative | Rowena Moore | 321 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,543 | 53.26 | |||
Green win (new seat) |
Framfield & Cross-in-Hand[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Newton | 574 | 58.2 | ||
Green | Timothy Parry | 250 | 25.3 | ||
UKIP | Graham Shevill | 84 | 8.5 | ||
Labour | Laura Burstow | 79 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 996 | 38.97 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Frant & Wadhurst[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Johanna Howell | 917 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | Robert Standley | 904 | 49.1 | ||
Green | Beth Martin | 688 | 37.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Meredeen | 404 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | Felicity Harvest | 277 | 15.0 | ||
Labour | Christopher Morris | 148 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,880 | 36.57 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hadlow Down & Rotherfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Dixon | 581 | 61.5 | ||
Green | Felicity Thompson | 363 | 38.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 976 | 38.07 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hailsham Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Coltman | 296 | 40.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Holbrook | 237 | 32.2 | ||
Green | Charlotte Still | 132 | 18.0 | ||
Labour | Kay Coxon | 70 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 758 | 30.19 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hailsham East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Blake-Coggins | 356 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Amanda O'Rawe | 247 | 41.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 628 | 20.85 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hailsham North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Collinson | 247 | 33.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Holbrook | 208 | 28.0 | ||
Green | Rachel Chilton | 175 | 23.6 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Richards | 112 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 761 | 29.45 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hailsham North West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Cleaver | 398 | 54.1 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Balsdon | 338 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 775 | 30.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hailsham South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Triandafyllou | 319 | 46.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Blake-Coggins | 197 | 28.8 | ||
Labour | Joshua Funnell | 169 | 24.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 738 | 25.82 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hailsham West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Grocock | 362 | 45.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Murphy | 288 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Laura Jordan | 144 | 18.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 846 | 28.56 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hartfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Hardy | 566 | 56.9 | ||
Green | Vania Phitidis | 428 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,023 | 35.88 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Heathfield North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Angel | 537 | 59.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Kerr | 226 | 25.2 | ||
Labour | Gregory Savva | 134 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 939 | 30.76 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Heathfield South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thomas | 564 | 68.4 | ||
Labour | David Newman | 260 | 31.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 876 | 29.19 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hellingly[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Description | David White | 580 | 62.9 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Potts | 239 | 25.9 | ||
Labour | Janet Perez | 103 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 928 | 31.58 | |||
No Description win (new seat) |
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pamela Doodes | 823 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Cade | 677 | 32.1 | ||
Green | Eve Ashley | 547 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Coleshill | 502 | 23.8 | ||
Independent | Alistair Slater | 494 | 23.4 | ||
No Description | Laurence Keeley | 427 | 20.2 | ||
Labour | Barry Simons | 232 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,125 | 39.03 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Horam & Punnetts Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bowdler | 989 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | Susan Stedman | 913 | 43.9 | ||
No Description | Andrew Long | 730 | 35.1 | ||
Green | Cornelie Usborne | 700 | 33.6 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Prus | 256 | 12.3 | ||
Labour | Anthony Watson | 199 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,113 | 38.10 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lower Willingdon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Shing | 818 | 69.2 | ||
Conservative | Giselle Bailey | 240 | 20.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Milton | 124 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,204 | 44.22 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Maresfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Roundell | 668 | 62.0 | ||
Green | Ian Tysh | 333 | 30.9 | ||
Labour | George Wilson | 76 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,106 | 37.31 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Mayfield & Five Ashes[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Redman | 562 | 57.6 | ||
Green | Cyril Bolam | 325 | 33.3 | ||
Labour | Jason Scott-Taggart | 88 | 9.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,006 | 35.69 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Pevensey Bay[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lin Clark | 297 | 30.5 | ||
Independent | Daniel Brookbank | 220 | 22.6 | ||
UKIP | Michael Pursglove | 196 | 20.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roanna Brewer | 109 | 11.2 | ||
No Description | Dianne Dear | 98 | 10.1 | ||
Labour | Aaron McConnell | 54 | 5.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 980 | 40.03 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Polegate Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Snell | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Polegate North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lin Shing | 496 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | Eunice Mummery | 175 | 17.8 | ||
UKIP | Bernard Goodwin | 141 | 14.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Watkins | 112 | 11.4 | ||
Labour | Alexius Mthobi | 58 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 990 | 32.18 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Daniel Shing | 752 | 72.6 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Primett | 170 | 16.4 | ||
UKIP | Maureen Goodwin | 114 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,043 | 36.40 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
South Downs[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Lunn | 531 | 44.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Rowlands | 449 | 37.9 | ||
Green | Mark Poland | 204 | 17.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,202 | 46.63 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stone Cross[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alastair Douglas | 324 | 52.2 | ||
Green | Charlotte Cumber | 297 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 644 | 24.19 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Uckfield East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Sparks | 527 | 56.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Broughton-Tompkins | 268 | 28.5 | ||
UKIP | Gareth Stell | 145 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 960 | 35.65 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Uckfield New Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claire Dowling | 706 | 37.6 | ||
Conservative | Helen Firt | 681 | 36.2 | ||
Labour | Ben Cox | 662 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Meakin | 456 | 24.3 | ||
Green | Melissa Petty | 407 | 21.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carole Ridout | 285 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,926 | 39.80 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Uckfield North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Waldock | 305 | 44.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Murray | 136 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | Angela Smith | 124 | 18.0 | ||
Green | Simon Harriyott | 123 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 702 | 29.04 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Johnson | 296 | 44.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Edwards | 203 | 30.2 | ||
Green | Toby Quantrill | 100 | 14.9 | ||
Labour | Anthony Fielding | 73 | 10.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 686 | 36.66 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Upper Willingdon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Description | Raymond Shing | 644 | 56.2 | ||
Conservative | Douglas Murray | 367 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Dewick | 135 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,166 | 41.87 | |||
No Description win (new seat) |
Withyham[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Keith Obbard | 499 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Virginia Best | 448 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 960 | 39.43 | |||
Green win (new seat) |
By-elections[]
Hartfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Rachel Millward | 589 | 55.8 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Bruce Rainbow | 467 | 44.2 | -12.7 | |
Majority | 122 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,056 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.7 |
References[]
- ^ "The Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Council - Wealden District Council". www.wealden.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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