Wealden council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 40 wards · 44 seats contested

Most seats
33
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
44
across 40 wards
Turnout
34.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 33 — 21,377 45.2% —
Independent 5 — 5,484 11.6% —
Liberal Democrats 4 — 6,500 13.7% —
Green Party 2 — 9,077 19.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party 0 — 4,227 8.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 680 1.4% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 44
Conservative and Unionist Party 44
Labour Party 27
Green Party 25
Liberal Democrats 24
Independent 11
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 5

A party standing a full slate could field 44 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.

Arlington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Russell Watts Elected 486 48.8% —
Green Party Kay Gillian Syrad 300 30.1% —
Liberal Democrats Catherine Naledi Hall 210 21.1% —
Majority186
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast996

Buxted

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Toby Holden Illingworth Elected 647 59.3% —
Green Party Caroline Anna Coxon 357 32.7% —
Labour Party Mark Ian Chapman 87 8.0% —
Majority290
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,091

Chiddingly, East Hoathly &Waldron

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Geoffrey Joseph Draper Elected 604 55.0% —
Green Party Alison Jane Wilson 225 20.5% —
Liberal Democrats Katrina Ruth Best 150 13.7% —
Labour Party Rupert Louis Wilkinson 119 10.8% —
Majority379
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,098

Crowborough Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ronald George Reed Elected 409 51.0% —
Independent Peter James Bucklitsch 225 28.1% —
Labour Party Michael Coyne 168 20.9% —
Majority184
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast802

Crowborough Jarvis Brook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gareth Huw Owen-Williams Elected 334 37.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Marlowe 220 24.9% —
Labour Party David Malcolm Neeves 189 21.4% —
Green Party Colin Stocks 142 16.0% —
Majority114
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast885

Crowborough North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kay Jane Moss Elected 480 51.9% —
Green Party Nigel James Fox 293 31.7% —
Labour Party Anthony Stevenson 151 16.3% —
Majority187
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast924

Crowborough South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Malcolm Lunn Elected 368 46.4% —
Liberal Democrats Adrian James Morris 302 38.1% —
Labour Party Stuart Snowden 123 15.5% —
Majority66
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast793

Crowborough South West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Harry Waller Elected 336 51.5% —
Liberal Democrats Alison Clare Arthur 152 23.3% —
Green Party Pamela Joy Sarah Tysh 92 14.1% —
Labour Party Brendan Robert Clegg 72 11.0% —
Majority184
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast652

Crowborough St Johns

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Vaughan Hallett Elected 626 63.4% —
Green Party Gabrielle Alice Symonds 362 36.6% —
Majority264
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast988

Danehill & Fletching

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Galley Elected 749 58.9% —
Green Party Simon Peter Cramond 523 41.1% —
Majority226
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,272

Forest Row

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Patricia Patterson-Vanegas Elected 1,212 79.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rowena Clare Moore 321 20.9% —
Majority891
Turnout53.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,533

Framfield & Cross-in-Hand

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Elizabeth Newton Elected 574 58.2% —
Green Party Tim Parry 250 25.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Graham John Shevill 84 8.5% —
Labour Party Laura Anne Burstow 79 8.0% —
Majority324
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast987

Frant & Wadhurst 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Johanna Christina Dorothy Howell Elected 917 54.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Standley Elected 904 54.2% —
Green Party Beth Suzanne Martin 688 41.2% —
Liberal Democrats Bruce Meredeen 404 24.2% —
Labour Party Felicity Harvest 277 16.6% —
Labour Party Christopher Morris 148 8.9% —
Majority216
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,669

Hadlow Down & Rotherfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Dixon Elected 581 61.5% —
Green Party Felicity Jayne Thompson 363 38.5% —
Majority218
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast944

Hailsham Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Stephan Coltman Elected 296 40.3% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Steven Holbrook 237 32.2% —
Green Party Charlotte Still 132 18.0% —
Labour Party Kay Frances Coxon 70 9.5% —
Majority59
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast735

Hailsham East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gavin Michael Blake-Coggins Elected 356 59.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Carol O'Rawe 247 41.0% —
Majority109
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast603

Hailsham North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicholas Andrew Collinson Elected 247 33.3% —
Liberal Democrats Barbara Holbrook 208 28.0% —
Green Party Rachel Louise Chilton 175 23.6% —
Labour Party Malcolm Peter Denney Richards 112 15.1% —
Majority39
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast742

Hailsham North West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Neil Andrew Cleaver Elected 398 54.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin John Balsdon 338 45.9% —
Majority60
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast736

Hailsham South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chriss Triandafyllou Elected 319 46.6% —
Liberal Democrats Anne Barbara Blake-Coggins 197 28.8% —
Labour Party Josh Funnell 169 24.7% —
Majority122
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast685

Hailsham West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Grocock Elected 362 45.6% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Murphy 288 36.3% —
Labour Party Laura Louise Jordan 144 18.1% —
Majority74
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast794

Hartfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Hardy Elected 566 56.9% —
Green Party Vania Ekaterini Phitidis 428 43.1% —
Majority138
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast994

Heathfield North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dick Angel Elected 537 59.9% —
Liberal Democrats Fraser Kerr 226 25.2% —
Labour Party Greg Savva 134 14.9% —
Majority311
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast897

Heathfield South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Thomas Elected 564 68.4% —
Labour Party David Warden Newman 260 31.6% —
Majority304
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast824

Hellingly

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent David George White Elected 580 62.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Kenneth Potts 239 25.9% —
Labour Party Janet Gwen Perez 103 11.2% —
Majority341
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast922

Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pam Doodes Elected 823 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Raymond Andrew Cade Elected 677 36.6% —
Green Party Eve Ashley 547 29.6% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Nicholas Coleshill 502 27.1% —
Independent Robert Slater 494 26.7% —
Independent Laurence Victor Keeley 427 23.1% —
Labour Party Barry Anthony Simons 232 12.5% —
Majority130
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,851

Horam & Punnetts Town 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Bowdler Elected 989 52.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Stedman Elected 913 48.2% —
Independent Andy Long 730 38.5% —
Green Party Cornelie Usborne 700 37.0% —
Labour Party Jonathan Lech Prus 256 13.5% —
Labour Party Tony Watson 199 10.5% —
Majority183
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,894

Lower Willingdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Stephen Sai Hung Shing Elected 818 69.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Giselle Jay Bailey 240 20.3% —
Liberal Democrats Gillian Milton 124 10.5% —
Majority578
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,182

Maresfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Roundell Elected 668 62.0% —
Green Party Ian Michael Tysh 333 30.9% —
Labour Party George Robert Keith Wilson 76 7.1% —
Majority335
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,077

Mayfield & Five Ashes

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Terence Redman Elected 562 57.6% —
Green Party Jeff Bolam 325 33.3% —
Labour Party Jason Keith Scott-Taggart 88 9.0% —
Majority237
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast975

Pevensey Bay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lin Clark Elected 297 30.5% —
Independent Daniel David Brookbank 220 22.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mike Pursglove 196 20.1% —
Liberal Democrats Roanna Helen Elisabeth Brewer 109 11.2% —
Independent Dianne Janet Dear 98 10.1% —
Labour Party Aaron Paul McConnell 54 5.5% —
Majority77
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast974

Polegate North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Oi Lin Shing Elected 496 50.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Mummery 175 17.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Bernie Goodwin 141 14.4% —
Liberal Democrats Andy Watkins 112 11.4% —
Labour Party Alex Mthobi 58 5.9% —
Majority321
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast982

Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Daniel Dak Yan Shing Elected 752 72.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Donald Primett 170 16.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Maureen Joyce Goodwin 114 11.0% —
Majority582
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,036

South Downs

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Peter Lunn Elected 531 44.8% —
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Cheryl Rowlands 449 37.9% —
Green Party Mark Cameron Poland 204 17.2% —
Majority82
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,184

Stone Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alastair Thomas Douglas Elected 324 52.2% —
Green Party Charlotte Elizabeth Cumber 297 47.8% —
Majority27
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast621

Uckfield East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul John Sparks Elected 527 56.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bruce Broughton 268 28.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Gareth Evan Stell 145 15.4% —
Majority259
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast940

Uckfield New Town 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Claire Barbara Dowling Elected 706 44.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Firth Elected 681 42.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Ben Sebastian Cox 662 41.4% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Meakin 456 28.5% —
Green Party Melissa Anna Petty 407 25.5% —
Liberal Democrats Carole Anne Ridout 285 17.8% —
Majority19
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,598

Uckfield North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Waldock Elected 305 44.3% —
Liberal Democrats Tim Murray 136 19.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Angie Smith 124 18.0% —
Green Party Simon Edward Harriyott 123 17.9% —
Majority169
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast688

Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Peter Johnson Elected 296 44.0% —
Liberal Democrats James Lionel Edwards 203 30.2% —
Green Party Toby Martin Quantrill 100 14.9% —
Labour Party Tony Fielding 73 10.9% —
Majority93
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast672

Upper Willingdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Raymond Dak Wai Shing Elected 644 56.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Douglas Murray 367 32.0% —
Liberal Democrats Kay Dewick 135 11.8% —
Majority277
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,146

Withyham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Keith David Obbard Elected 499 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Giny Best 448 47.3% —
Majority51
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast947

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