2019 Wealden District Council election

Map of the results

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]

Summary

Election result

2019 Wealden District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 44 34 N/A N/A Decrease 16 75.6 45.2 21,377 –10.7
  Independent 11 5 N/A N/A Steady 11.1 11.6 5,484 +1.4
  Liberal Democrats 24 4 N/A N/A Increase 4 8.9 13.7 6,500 +2.3
  Green 25 2 N/A N/A Increase 2 4.4 19.2 9,077 +14.4
  Labour 27 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 8.9 4,227 +3.9
  UKIP 5 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 1.4 680 –11.4

Ward results

Arlington

Arlington [2]
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 41.9
Registered electors 2,444
Rejected ballots 27 2.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Buxted

Buxted [2]
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 39.7
Registered electors 2,782
Rejected ballots 13 1.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron

Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron [2]
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 41.3
Registered electors 2,724
Rejected ballots 28 2.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough Central

Crowborough Central [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Reed 409 51.0
Independent Peter Bucklitsch 225 28.1
Labour Michael Coyne 168 20.9
Majority
Turnout 828 28.7
Registered electors 2,880
Rejected ballots 25 3.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough Jarvis Brook

Crowborough Jarvis Brook [2]
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 30.6
Registered electors 2,970
Rejected ballots 24 2.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Crowborough North

Crowborough North [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay Moss 480 51.9
Green Nigel Fox 293 31.7
Labour Anthony Stevenson 151 16.3
Majority
Turnout 944 33.6
Registered electors 2,807
Rejected ballots 18 1.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough South East

Crowborough South East [2]
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 30.5
Registered electors 2,713
Rejected ballots 34 4.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough South West

Crowborough South West [2]
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 26.8
Registered electors 2,524
Rejected ballots 23 3.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough St Johns

Crowborough St Johns [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Hallett 626 63.4
Green Gabrielle Symonds 362 36.6
Majority
Turnout 1,007 36.5
Registered electors 2,756
Rejected ballots 19 1.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Danehill & Fletching

Danehill & Fletching [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Galley 749 58.9
Green Simon Darlington-Cramond 523 41.1
Majority
Turnout 1,301 40.0
Registered electors 3,249
Rejected ballots 29 2.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Forest Row

Forest Row [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Diana Patterson-Vanegas 1,212 79.1
Conservative Rowena Moore 321 20.9
Majority
Turnout 1,543 53.3
Registered electors 2,897
Rejected ballots 10 0.6
Green win (new seat)

Framfield & Cross-in-Hand

Framfield & Cross-in-Hand [2]
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 39.0
Registered electors 2,556
Rejected ballots 6 0.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Frant & Wadhurst

Frant & Wadhurst [2]
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 36.6
Registered electors 5,141
Rejected ballots 39 2.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hadlow Down & Rotherfield

Hadlow Down & Rotherfield [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Dixon 581 61.5
Green Felicity Thompson 363 38.5
Majority
Turnout 976 38.1
Registered electors 2,564
Rejected ballots 32 3.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham Central

Hailsham Central [2]
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 30.2
Registered electors 2,511
Rejected ballots 22 2.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham East

Hailsham East [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gavin Blake-Coggins 356 59.0
Conservative Amanda O'Rawe 247 41.0
Majority
Turnout 628 20.8
Registered electors 3,012
Rejected ballots 25 4.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hailsham North

Hailsham North [2]
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 29.5
Registered electors 2,584
Rejected ballots 18 2.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham North West

Hailsham North West [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Cleaver 398 54.1
Conservative Kevin Balsdon 338 45.9
Majority
Turnout 775 30.0
Registered electors 2,583
Rejected ballots 39 5.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hailsham South

Hailsham South [2]
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 25.8
Registered electors 2,858
Rejected ballots 52 7.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham West

Hailsham West [2]
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 28.6
Registered electors 2,962
Rejected ballots 52 6.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Hartfield

Hartfield [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Hardy 566 56.9
Green Vania Phitidis 428 43.1
Majority
Turnout 1,023 35.9
Registered electors 2,851
Rejected ballots 28 2.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Heathfield North

Heathfield North [2]
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 30.8
Registered electors 3,053
Rejected ballots 41 4.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Heathfield South

Heathfield South [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Thomas 564 68.4
Labour David Newman 260 31.6
Majority
Turnout 876 29.2
Registered electors 3,001
Rejected ballots 49 5.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Hellingly

Hellingly [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David White 580 62.9
Conservative Stephen Potts 239 25.9
Labour Janet Perez 103 11.2
Majority
Turnout 928 31.6
Registered electors 2,939
Rejected ballots 6 0.6
Independent win (new seat)

Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels

Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels [2]
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
Independent Laurence Keeley 427 20.2
Labour Barry Simons 232 11.0
Majority
Turnout 2,125 39.0
Registered electors 5,445
Rejected ballots 16 0.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Horam & Punnetts Town

Horam & Punnetts Town [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bowdler 989 47.5
Conservative Susan Stedman 913 43.9
Independent 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 38.1
Registered electors 5,546
Rejected ballots 32 1.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lower Willingdon

Lower Willingdon [2]
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 44.2
Registered electors 2,723
Rejected ballots 22 1.8
Independent win (new seat)

Maresfield

Maresfield [2]
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 37.3
Registered electors 2,964
Rejected ballots 29 2.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Mayfield & Five Ashes

Mayfield & Five Ashes [2]
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 35.7
Registered electors 2,819
Rejected ballots 31 3.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Pevensey Bay

Pevensey Bay [2]
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
Independent Dianne Dear 98 10.1
Labour Aaron McConnell 54 5.5
Majority
Turnout 980 40.0
Registered electors 2,448
Rejected ballots 6 0.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Polegate Central

Polegate Central [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Snell Unopposed N/A
Majority
Turnout N/A N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Polegate North

Polegate North [2]
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 32.2
Registered electors 3,076
Rejected ballots 8 0.8
Independent win (new seat)

Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill

Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill [2]
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 36.4
Registered electors 2,865
Rejected ballots 7 0.7
Independent win (new seat)

South Downs

South Downs [2]
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 46.6
Registered electors 2,578
Rejected ballots 18 1.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Stone Cross

Stone Cross [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alastair Douglas 324 52.2
Green Charlotte Cumber 297 47.8
Majority
Turnout 644 24.2
Registered electors 2,662
Rejected ballots 23 3.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Uckfield East

Uckfield East [2]
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 35.6
Registered electors 2,693
Rejected ballots 20 2.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Uckfield New Town

Uckfield New Town [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Dowling 706 37.6
Conservative Helen Firth 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 39.8
Registered electors 4,839
Rejected ballots 46 2.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Uckfield North

Uckfield North [2]
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 29.0
Registered electors 2,417
Rejected ballots 14 2.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted

Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted [2]
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 36.7
Registered electors 1,871
Rejected ballots 14 2.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Upper Willingdon

Upper Willingdon [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raymond Shing 644 56.2
Conservative Douglas Murray 367 32.0
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Dewick 135 11.8
Majority
Turnout 1,166 41.9
Registered electors 2,785
Rejected ballots 20 1.7
Independent win (new seat)

Withyham

Withyham [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Keith Obbard 499 52.7
Conservative Virginia Best 448 47.3
Majority
Turnout 960 39.4
Registered electors 2,435
Rejected ballots 13 1.4
Green win (new seat)

Changes 2019–2023

  • 2020: Kay Moss, councillor for Crowborough North, left the Conservative Party and sat as an independent councillor.[4][5]
  • 2021: Lin Clark, councillor for Pevensey Bay, left the Conservative Party and sat as an independent councillor.[6][7]

By-elections

Hailsham North by-election

Hailsham North: 6 May 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Holbrook 360 40.5 +11.6
Conservative Chris Bryant 293 33.0 −1.0
Independent David Radtke 152 17.1
Green Rachel Chilton 66 7.4 −14.1
SDP Malcolm Richards 17 1.9
Majority 67 7.5
Turnout 899 34.4
Registered electors 2,611
Rejected ballots 11 1.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase12.6

The vacancy affected the seat held at the 2019 election by Conservative councillor Nicholas Collinson.[2]

Hailsham South by-election

Hailsham South: 6 May 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Balsdon 411 45.2 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Blake-Coggins 332 36.5 +7.7
Independent Laurence Keeley 90 9.9
Green Simon Wells 77 8.5
Majority 79 8.7
Turnout 920 32.0
Registered electors 2,873
Rejected ballots 9 1.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.1

The by-election followed the death of Conservative councillor Chriss Triandafyllou.[9]

Heathfield North by-election

Heathfield North: 6 May 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Baker 733 62.1 +2.2
Green Scott Candogan 268 22.7
Labour David Newman 179 15.2 +0.3
Majority 465 39.4
Turnout 1,197 36.5
Registered electors 3,281
Rejected ballots 16 1.3
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.7

The vacancy affected the seat held at the 2019 election by Conservative councillor Richard Angel.[2]

Heathfield South by-election

Heathfield South: 6 May 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Guyton-Day 661 60.0 −8.4
Independent Kevin Benton 441 40.0
Majority 220 20.0
Turnout 1,118 36.7
Registered electors 3,048
Rejected ballots 16 1.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease16.8

The by-election followed the resignation of Conservative councillor John Thomas.

Hartfield by-election

Hartfield: 2 December 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rachel Millward 589 55.8 +12.7
Conservative Bruce Rainbow 467 44.2 −12.7
Majority 122 11.6
Turnout 1,061 36.7
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase25.4
Registered electors 2,894
Rejected ballots 5 0.5

The by-election followed the death of Conservative councillor Chris Hardy in September 2021.[10]

Hailsham South by-election

Hailsham South: 10 February 2022[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Blake-Coggins 394 59.7 +30.9
Conservative Christopher Bryant 254 38.5 −8.1
SDP Stephen Gander 12 1.8 N/A
Majority 140 21.2
Turnout 660 23.0
Registered electors 2,871
Rejected ballots 0 0.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase19.5

The by-election followed the resignation of Conservative councillor Kevin Balsdon.[11]

Maresfield by-election

Maresfield: 22 September 2022[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ian Tysh 651 61.2 +30.3
Conservative Helen Galley 412 38.8 −23.2
Majority 239 22.4
Turnout 1,067 35.7
Registered electors 2,986
Rejected ballots 4 0.4
Green gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election followed the resignation of Conservative councillor Peter Roundell.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "The Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 "Declarations of result of poll for Wealden District Council elections" (PDF). Wealden District Council. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Notice of uncontested election: Polegate Central" (PDF). Wealden District Council. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Changes Log". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Meet your Councillors". Crowborough Town Council. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Councillor Changes Log". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Councillor database: Lin Clark from Wealden". UKPOL. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Election Results". Wealden District Council. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Death of former Hailsham Town Councillor". Hailsham Town Council. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Oxburgh, Huw (17 December 2021). "New Green councillor says concerns at overdevelopment helped spur 'historic' Wealden by-election win". Sussex Express. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Oxburgh, Huw (17 December 2021). "New Green councillor says concerns at overdevelopment helped spur 'historic' Wealden by-election win". Sussex Express. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Maresfield by-election: Meet Ian Tysh". Wealden Green Party. Retrieved 11 August 2026.