2019 Wealden District Council election

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	16	75.6	45.2	21,377	–10.7
	Independent	11	5	N/A	N/A		11.1	11.6	5,484	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	24	4	N/A	N/A	4	8.9	13.7	6,500	2.3
	Green	25	2	N/A	N/A	2	4.4	19.2	9,077	14.4
	Labour	27	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	8.9	4,227	3.9
	UKIP	5	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.4	680	–11.4

Ward Results

Arlington

Arlington
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	41.94
	Conservative win (new seat)

Buxted

Buxted
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	39.68
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron

Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
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	41.34
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough Central

Crowborough Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Reed	409	51.0
	Independent	Peter Bucklitsch	225	28.1
	Labour	Michael Coyne	168	20.9
Majority
Turnout			828	28.75
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough Jarvis Brook

Crowborough Jarvis Brook
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	30.61
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Crowborough North

Crowborough North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kay Moss	480	51.9
	Green	Nigel Fox	293	31.7
	Labour	Anthony Stevenson	151	16.3
Majority
Turnout			944	33.63
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough South East

Crowborough South East
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	30.52
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough South West

Crowborough South West
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	26.78
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crowborough St Johns

Crowborough St Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Hallett	626	63.4
	Green	Gabrielle Symonds	362	36.6
Majority
Turnout			1,007	36.54
	Conservative win (new seat)

Danehill & Fletching

Danehill & Fletching
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Galley	749	58.9
	Green	Simon Darlington-Cramond	523	41.1
Majority
Turnout			1,301	40.04
	Conservative win (new seat)

Forest Row

Forest Row
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Diana Patterson-Vanegas	1,212	79.1
	Conservative	Rowena Moore	321	20.9
Majority
Turnout			1,543	53.26
	Green win (new seat)

Framfield & Cross-in-Hand

Framfield & Cross-in-Hand
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	38.97
	Conservative win (new seat)

Frant & Wadhurst

Frant & Wadhurst
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	36.57
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hadlow Down & Rotherfield

Hadlow Down & Rotherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Dixon	581	61.5
	Green	Felicity Thompson	363	38.5
Majority
Turnout			976	38.07
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham Central

Hailsham Central
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	30.19
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham East

Hailsham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Blake-Coggins	356	59.0
	Conservative	Amanda O'Rawe	247	41.0
Majority
Turnout			628	20.85
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hailsham North

Hailsham North
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	29.45
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham North West

Hailsham North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Cleaver	398	54.1
	Conservative	Kevin Balsdon	338	45.9
Majority
Turnout			775	30.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hailsham South

Hailsham South
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	25.82
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hailsham West

Hailsham West
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	28.56
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hartfield

Hartfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Hardy	566	56.9
	Green	Vania Phitidis	428	43.1
Majority
Turnout			1,023	35.88
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heathfield North

Heathfield North
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	30.76
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heathfield South

Heathfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Thomas	564	68.4
	Labour	David Newman	260	31.6
Majority
Turnout			876	29.19
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hellingly

Hellingly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David White	580	62.9
	Conservative	Stephen Potts	239	25.9
	Labour	Janet Perez	103	11.2
Majority
Turnout			928	31.58
	Independent win (new seat)

Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels

Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
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	39.03
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Horam & Punnetts Town

Horam & Punnetts Town
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	38.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lower Willingdon

Lower Willingdon
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	44.22
	Independent win (new seat)

Maresfield

Maresfield
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	37.31
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mayfield & Five Ashes

Mayfield & Five Ashes
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	35.69
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pevensey Bay

Pevensey Bay
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	40.03
	Conservative win (new seat)

Polegate Central

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

Polegate North

Polegate North
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	32.18
	Independent win (new seat)

Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill

Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
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	36.40
	Independent win (new seat)

South Downs

South Downs
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	46.63
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stone Cross

Stone Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alastair Douglas	324	52.2
	Green	Charlotte Cumber	297	47.8
Majority
Turnout			644	24.19
	Conservative win (new seat)

Uckfield East

Uckfield East
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	35.65
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Uckfield New Town

Uckfield New Town
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	39.80
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Uckfield North

Uckfield North
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	29.04
	Conservative win (new seat)

Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted

Uckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted
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	36.66
	Conservative win (new seat)

Upper Willingdon

Upper Willingdon
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	41.87
	Independent win (new seat)

Withyham

Withyham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Keith Obbard	499	52.7
	Conservative	Virginia Best	448	47.3
Majority
Turnout			960	39.43
	Green win (new seat)

By-elections

Hailsham North by-election

Hailsham North: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holbrook	360	39.6	11.6
	Conservative	Chris Bryant	293	32.3	−1.0
	Independent	David Radtke	152	16.7
	Green	Rachel Chilton	86	9.5	−14.1
	SDP	Malcolm Richards	17	1.9
Majority			67	7.3
Turnout			908
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	12.6

Hailsham South by-election, May 2021

Hailsham South: 6 May 2021
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			910
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Heathfield North by-election

Heathfield North: 6 May 2021
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			1180
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Heathfield South by-election

Heathfield South: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Guyton-Day	661	60.0	−8.4
	Independent	Kevin Benton	441	40.0
Majority			220	20.0
Turnout			1102
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.8

Hartfield by-election

Hartfield: 2 December 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rachel Millward	589	55.8	12.7
	Conservative	Bruce Rainbow	467	44.2	−12.7
Majority			122	11.6
Turnout			1,056
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	25.4

Hailsham South by-election, February 2022

Hailsham South: 10 February 2022
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
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	19.5

Maresfield by-election, September 2022

Maresfield: 22 September 2022^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ian Tysh	651	61.2	30.3
	Conservative	Helen Galley	412	38.8	−23.2
Majority			239	22.4
Turnout			1,063
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "The Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Maresfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[1] "The Wealden (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project — Maresfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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