Rother District Council elections
Local government elections in East Sussex, England
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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 2019 the council has comprised 38 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing one or two councillors.[1]
Council elections
The table below is a summary of the council composition directly after each council election. 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.[2]
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Labour | Green | RAOIC[b] | Independents & Others |
Council control after election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (45 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 9 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 30 | Independent | |
| 1976 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 25 | Independent | |
| 1979 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 21 | No overall control | |
| New ward boundaries (45 seats) | ||||||||
| 1983 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 14 | Conservative | |
| 1987 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | Conservative | |
| 1991 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | No overall control | |
| 1995 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | No overall control | |
| 1999 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (38 seats)[4] | ||||||||
| 2003 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | Conservative | |
| 2007 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | Conservative | |
| 2011 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| 2015 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (38 seats)[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 13 | No overall control | |
| 2023 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | No overall control | |
District result maps
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[6] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
Notes
- Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
- Rother Association of Independent Councillors