Eastbourne Borough Council elections
Local government elections in East Sussex, England
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Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England, is elected every four years. Until 2007 one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without an election.[1] 27 councillors were elected with 3 each from the 9 wards.[2]
Council elections
For a summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for the full details of each election.
Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election which reduced the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.[3] The council then switched from a system of by-third elections to whole council elections in 2007.[1]
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Labour | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (33 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | Liberal | |||
| New ward boundaries (30 seats)[5] | ||||||||
| 1976 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1978 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1979 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1980 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1982 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1983 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1984 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | No overall control | |||
| 1986 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Alliance | |||
| 1987 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Alliance | |||
| 1988 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 1990 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | No overall control | |||
| 1991 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 1992[6] | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 1994[7] | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 1995[8] | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 1996[9] | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 1998[10] | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 1999[11] | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | No overall control | |||
| 2000[12] | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| New ward boundaries (27 seats)[13] | ||||||||
| 2002[3] | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2003[14] | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2004[15] | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| 2006[16] | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Conservative | |||
| New ward boundaries (27 seats) | ||||||||
| 2007[17] | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2011[18] | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2015 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| New ward boundaries (27 seats)[19] | ||||||||
| 2019[20] | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
| 2023 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Liberal Democrats | |||
Borough result maps
2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map- 2006 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[21] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire | 20 June 1996 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | ||
| Langney | 5 December 1996 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Langney | 28 August 1997 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Ratton by-election | 3 September 1998 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | ||
| St Anthony's by-election | 7 June 2001 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
| Meads by-election | 31 May 2012 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
| Sovereign by-election | 24 November 2016 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
| Hampden Park by-election | 6 May 2021 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Sovereign by-election | Conservative | Conservative | |||
| St. Anthony's by-election | 6 October 2022 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Langney by-election | 1 May 2025 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Upperton by-election | 1 May 2025 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Notes
- Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).