Lewes council election, 2023
Most seats
17
Green Party
Seats contested
41
across 21 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 17 | +7 | 20,785 | 32.4% | +3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | +7 | 17,610 | 27.5% | +5.3 |
| Labour Party | 9 | +6 | 10,522 | 16.4% | +6.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 0 | -19 | 13,893 | 21.7% | -5.0 |
| Independent | 0 | -2 | 1,163 | 1.8% | -8.1 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 129 | 0.2% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 41 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 42 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 41 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 35 | |
| Labour Party | 20 | |
| Independent | 5 | |
| Reform UK | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 41 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Joa Saunders Elected | 990 | 53.7% | +28.9 |
| Green Party | Mark Slater Elected | 914 | 49.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sharon Davy | 686 | 37.2% | -9.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Isabelle Linington | 640 | 34.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Joyce Hughes | 247 | 13.4% | -12.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Edward Spain | 212 | 11.5% | — |
| Majority | 228 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,844 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Ditchling & Westmeston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Anthony David Mellor Elected | 377 | 34.3% | -5.7 |
| Green Party | Edward Elford | 365 | 33.2% | +20.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan Tom Jones | 356 | 32.4% | -15.1 |
| Majority | 12 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,098 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Christine Robinson Elected | 1,132 | 70.0% | +28.6 |
| Labour Party | Laurence O'Connor Elected | 1,089 | 67.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Ian Keith Alexander Elected | 1,087 | 67.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Alexander Clark | 538 | 33.3% | -6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Marriot Ackroyd | 328 | 20.3% | +3.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Lee | 180 | 11.1% | — |
| Green Party | Nicky Blackwell | 151 | 9.3% | -23.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Donna Simone Martinez-Claras | 132 | 8.2% | — |
| Green Party | Nick Tigg | 112 | 6.9% | — |
| Green Party | Diana Wilkins | 106 | 6.6% | — |
| Majority | 549 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,618 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Kingston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stella Spiteri Elected | 431 | 47.5% | -4.3 |
| Green Party | David Hoare | 326 | 35.9% | +17.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rosemarie Jeffery | 150 | 16.5% | -6.8 |
| Majority | 105 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 907 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Lewes Bridge 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Zoe Nicholson Elected | 916 | 40.6% | -20.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Baah Elected | 812 | 36.0% | -11.8 |
| Green Party | Adrian Ross | 794 | 35.2% | — |
| Green Party | Adrian Ross | 794 | 35.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy William Halley | 491 | 21.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Matt Kent | 246 | 10.9% | -3.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin French | 168 | 7.4% | -3.3 |
| Labour Party | Amy Electra Battye Wilkins | 147 | 6.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Catharine Margaret Robinson | 144 | 6.4% | — |
| Majority | 18 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,256 | |||
Green Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Green Party
Lewes Castle 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Wendy Maples Elected | 696 | 47.8% | +5.8 |
| Green Party | Nicolas Kortalla-Bird Elected | 600 | 41.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Emily Jane Clarke | 572 | 39.3% | +14.6 |
| Labour Party | Stephen Catlin | 356 | 24.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Wood | 236 | 16.2% | -16.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Parker | 229 | 15.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Diane Kay Burman | 122 | 8.4% | +2.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Karen French | 99 | 6.8% | — |
| Majority | 28 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,455 | |||
Green Party hold
Lewes Priory 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Imogen Makepeace Elected | 1,727 | 54.7% | +12.2 |
| Green Party | Graham Clews Elected | 1,457 | 46.2% | — |
| Green Party | Paul Keene Elected | 1,420 | 45.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin West | 981 | 31.1% | +13.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paddy Henshaw | 927 | 29.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Edwina Jane Francesca Livesey | 870 | 27.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Linda Drabble | 550 | 17.4% | +10.7 |
| Labour Party | Peter Hambly | 515 | 16.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Danny Sweeney | 423 | 13.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Catherine Boorman | 318 | 10.1% | +6.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elizabeth Jane Slater | 283 | 9.0% | — |
| Majority | 439 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 3,157 | |||
Green Party gain from Independent · Green Party hold
Newhaven North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Lyn Carr Elected | 628 | 58.7% | +29.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Macleod Elected | 589 | 55.0% | — |
| Independent | Steve Saunders | 348 | 32.5% | -4.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Chowen | 245 | 22.9% | -2.3 |
| Independent | Andrew Richard Winter | 171 | 16.0% | — |
| Green Party | Tai Ray-Jones | 96 | 9.0% | -2.1 |
| Green Party | Dirk Campbell | 64 | 6.0% | — |
| Majority | 241 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,070 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent · Liberal Democrats hold
Newhaven South 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Roger Amy Elected | 766 | 58.3% | -2.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | James MacCleary Elected | 672 | 51.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Christoph David Von Kurthy Elected | 611 | 46.5% | — |
| Independent | Pinky McLean-Knight | 387 | 29.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bill Giles | 338 | 25.7% | +4.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Linda Wallraven | 263 | 20.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Abdul Shukur Ahmed | 239 | 18.2% | — |
| Green Party | Holly Atkins | 216 | 16.5% | -4.3 |
| Independent | Nick Jones | 189 | 14.4% | — |
| Green Party | Martin Meadows | 140 | 10.7% | — |
| Green Party | Martin O'Brien | 118 | 9.0% | — |
| Majority | 224 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,313 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Newick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Charlotte Keenan Elected | 533 | 56.5% | +39.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nathaniel Delo | 337 | 35.7% | -21.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha Claire Robbins | 73 | 7.7% | -12.3 |
| Majority | 196 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 943 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Ouse Valley & Ringmer 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Johnny Denis Elected | 1,263 | 57.1% | -5.8 |
| Green Party | Emily O'Brien Elected | 1,213 | 54.8% | — |
| Green Party | Lucy Agace Elected | 1,042 | 47.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Turner | 697 | 31.5% | +8.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Matthew Raymond Crisp | 659 | 29.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Katie Sanderson | 595 | 26.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Jane Vincent | 420 | 19.0% | -7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Cathy Bryan | 383 | 17.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Lindsey MacLeod | 367 | 16.6% | — |
| Majority | 345 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,213 | |||
Green Party hold
Peacehaven East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Paul Thomas Davies Elected | 620 | 58.4% | +21.6 |
| Labour Party | Cathy Gallagher Elected | 537 | 50.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel David Enever | 399 | 37.6% | -4.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tara Mary Moore | 324 | 30.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Cecilia Kramers | 73 | 6.9% | — |
| Green Party | Lesley Orr | 65 | 6.1% | -12.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Helena Elizabeth Pickup | 61 | 5.7% | — |
| Green Party | Anthony Shuster | 43 | 4.1% | — |
| Majority | 138 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,061 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Peacehaven North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ciarron Clarkson Elected | 555 | 52.0% | +20.0 |
| Labour Party | Isobel Louise Sharkey Elected | 553 | 51.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keira O'Neill | 409 | 38.3% | -13.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Smith | 389 | 36.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Dixon Bell | 65 | 6.1% | — |
| Green Party | Liz Mansfield | 60 | 5.6% | -18.2 |
| Green Party | Rikki Begley | 56 | 5.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | David Jan Stechler | 49 | 4.6% | — |
| Majority | 144 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,068 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Peacehaven West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Chris Collier Elected | 689 | 72.7% | +18.4 |
| Labour Party | Nikki Fabry Elected | 557 | 58.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keiran Lee Sefton | 390 | 41.1% | +0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Webb | 100 | 10.5% | +7.8 |
| Green Party | Emily Slater | 71 | 7.5% | +4.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Fawzia Catherine Whittuck | 46 | 4.9% | — |
| Green Party | Debra Vice-Holt | 44 | 4.6% | — |
| Majority | 167 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 948 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel James Banfield Stewart-Roberts Elected | 601 | 66.6% | +0.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tam Large | 208 | 23.1% | +0.1 |
| Green Party | John Oughton | 93 | 10.3% | +1.9 |
| Majority | 393 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 902 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Seaford Central 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Gauntlett Elected | 632 | 50.3% | +5.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Freddie Hoareau Elected | 523 | 41.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Geoff Rutland | 411 | 32.7% | -1.6 |
| Labour Party | Elaine Susan Sammarco | 297 | 23.6% | -5.6 |
| Labour Party | Christopher Purser | 276 | 22.0% | — |
| Green Party | Alice McCarthy Sommerville | 188 | 15.0% | -2.3 |
| Green Party | Roy Francomb | 185 | 14.7% | — |
| Majority | 112 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,256 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
Seaford East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Becky Francomb Elected | 774 | 44.8% | +18.7 |
| Green Party | Ezra Cohen Elected | 764 | 44.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sam Adeniji | 695 | 40.3% | -7.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julian Peterson | 583 | 33.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Lindsay James Stirton | 225 | 13.0% | -7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Wearmouth | 215 | 12.5% | — |
| Reform UK | Alan Norman Latham | 129 | 7.5% | — |
| Independent | Lorraine Janet Crawley | 68 | 3.9% | — |
| Majority | 69 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,726 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Seaford North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | James Meek Elected | 584 | 41.9% | +16.5 |
| Green Party | Roy Clay Elected | 566 | 40.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sylvia Lord | 414 | 29.7% | -12.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jim Lord | 409 | 29.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Morag Everden | 409 | 29.4% | -3.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Gwendolen Markwell | 404 | 29.0% | — |
| Majority | 152 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,393 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Seaford South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Anne Brett Elected | 799 | 55.5% | +13.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Olivia Honeyman Elected | 760 | 52.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Frederick Mallin Brown | 422 | 29.3% | -13.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Melvyn George Simmons | 349 | 24.2% | — |
| Green Party | Miranda Suheimat | 218 | 15.1% | +2.3 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Alun Gwyn Tlusty-Sheen | 182 | 12.6% | -2.1 |
| Green Party | Rachel Fryer | 150 | 10.4% | — |
| Majority | 338 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,440 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats hold
Seaford West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christina Kathleen Bristow Elected | 851 | 50.6% | +28.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Boniface Elected | 733 | 43.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Boorman | 663 | 39.4% | -16.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bill Payne | 606 | 36.0% | — |
| Green Party | Robert Burns | 219 | 13.0% | -2.2 |
| Green Party | Gemma McFarlane | 155 | 9.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Martin William Waite | 139 | 8.3% | +1.7 |
| Majority | 70 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,683 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Wivelsfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | William Coupland Elected | 497 | 52.6% | +35.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nancy Bikson | 345 | 36.5% | -19.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Catherine Salmon | 102 | 10.8% | -15.3 |
| Majority | 152 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 944 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party