2019 Eastbourne Borough Council Election

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All 27 Council Seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	David Tutt	Tony Freebody	Jake Lambert
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Labour
Last election	18 seats 66.6%	9 seats 33.3%	0 Seats, 0%
Seats won	18 seats 66.6%	9 seats 33.3%	0 Seats 0%
Seat change
Popular vote	36,604	24,396	7,909
Percentage	49.6%	33.1	10.7%
Swing	14.1%	2.9%	0.6%

Council Control before election

(({before_election))}
Liberal Democrats

Subsequent Council Control

Liberal Democrats

The 2019 Eastbourne District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. All 27 members of the council were elected over 9 3 member wards.

The Liberal Democrats maintained majority control of the Council.

Summary

Election result

2019 Eastbourne Borough Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	27	18	0	0		66.7	49.6	36,604	+14.1
	Conservative	27	9	0	0		33.3	33.1	24,396	+2.9
	Labour	23	0	0	0		0.0	10.7	7,909	+0.6
	Green	4	0	0	0		0.0	3.6	2,637	–4.7
	UKIP	5	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	1,715	–12.9
	Independent	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	299	–0.3
	SDP	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	199	New

Ward Results

A * denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Devonshire

Devonshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bannister*	1,637	56.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Holt*	1,521	52.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Wallis*	1,472	51.0
	Labour	Helen Owen	541	18.7
	Conservative	Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty	455	15.7
	Labour	Louis Thorburn	450	15.6
	Conservative	Daniel Evans	433	15.0
	Conservative	Danielle Perry	426	14.8
	Green	Linda Wintle	425	14.7
	Labour	Geri Rolfe	423	14.6
Turnout			2,888	29.81
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hampden Park

Hampden Park (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	James Murray*	1,315	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Swansborough*	1,250	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Sabri	1,133	49.6
	Conservative	Mark Aukett	490	21.5
	Conservative	Brian Liddiard	450	19.7
	Labour	Wendy Lambert	448	19.6
	Labour	Graham Dean	443	19.4
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	389	17.0
	Conservative	Peter Lutterer	373	16.3
Turnout			2,283	29.30
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Langney

Langney (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Shuttleworth*	1,607	67.4
	Liberal Democrats	Harun Miah*	1,333	56.0
	Liberal Democrats	Candy Vaughan	1,333	56.0
	Conservative	Sandra Elkin	363	15.2
	Conservative	Antony Hatton	352	14.8
	UKIP	Ian Garbutt	344	14.4
	Conservative	Sandie Howlett	342	14.4
	UKIP	Michael Mason	317	13.3
	Labour	Lee Comfort	225	9.4
	Labour	Julie Hart	212	8.9
	Labour	Roy Noble	165	6.9
Turnout			2,383	30.21
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Meads

Meads (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Smart	1,702	44.9
	Conservative	Barry Taylor*	1,687	44.5
	Conservative	Jane Lamb	1,671	44.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Durrant	1,162	30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Lintott	1,118	29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Sabri	1,002	26.4
	Green	Dorothy Forsyth	795	21.0
	Labour	Janee Sa	467	12.3
	UKIP	Christopher Holloway	418	11.0
Turnout			3,791	44.44
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Town

Old Town (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Dow*	1,962	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Diplock	1,910	50.6
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Morris	1,566	41.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Ansell	1,022	27.1
	Conservative	Robert Findon	865	22.9
	Conservative	Mozmil Hussain	816	21.6
	Green	Jo Henderson	757	20.0
	Labour	Jake Lambert	597	15.8
	Labour	Sarah Richards	349	9.2
	Labour	Rue Franklin	331	8.8
	SDP	Sally Kitchen	199	5.3
Turnout			3,778	45.53
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ratton

Ratton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Belsey*	1,516	49.9
	Conservative	Tony Freebody*	1,373	45.2
	Conservative	Colin Murdoch*	1,356	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Madell	1,167	38.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Parker	1,023	33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Blash Rassekh Ghaemmaghani	983	32.6
	Labour	Jill Shacklock	303	10.0
	Labour	John Lambert	283	9.3
	Labour	David Bishop	270	8.9
Turnout			3038	40.42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Anthony's

St Anthony's (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Tutt*	1,604	56.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Whippy	1,469	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Burton	1,257	44.4
	Conservative	Anne Angel	547	19.3
	Conservative	Donald Cornwall	489	17.3
	Conservative	Richard Davis	484	17.1
	UKIP	Colin Horscroft	316	11.2
	Independent	Stephen Halbhuber	299	10.6
	Labour	Rachael Norris	292	10.3
	Labour	Dave Brinson	275	9.7
	Labour	Phil Mills	217	7.7
Turnout			2830	33.26
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sovereign

Sovereign (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Ansell	1,749	56.0
	Conservative	Paul Metcalfe	1,613	51.6
	Conservative	Penelope di Cara*	1,551	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Browne	1,035	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Edwards	982	31.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Prime	928	29.7
	Labour	Ian Culshaw	284	9.1
	Labour	Farol Pernet	241	7.7
Turnout			3,124	33.37
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperton

Upperton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sammy Choudhury*	1,701	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Rodohan*	1,638	50.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Maxted	1,496	46.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Henderson	775	23.9
	Conservative	Tom Liddiard	755	23.3
	Conservative	Darryl Gosling	741	22.8
	Green	Alexandra Hough	660	20.4
	Labour	Gill Poole	398	12.3
	UKIP	Amanda Sheehan	320	9.9
	Labour	Paul Richards	306	9.4
Turnout			3,243	39.20
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, 6 May 2021
Replacing Dean Sabri (resigned)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Babarinde	1,080	45.9	-4.8
	Conservative	Luke Borland	857	36.4	+14.5
	Labour	Margaret Robinson	418	17.7	+0.3
Majority			223	9.5
Turnout			2,355
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sovereign

Sovereign, 6 May 2021
Replacing Caroline Ansell (resigned)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kshama Shore	1,996	56.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Ballard	1,160	32.8	-1.1
	Labour	Louis Thorburn	257	7.3	-2.0
	UKIP	Ian Garbutt	124	3.5	New
Majority			836	23.6
Turnout			3,537
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Anthony's

St. Anthony's: 6 October 2022
Replacing Helen Burton (Resigned)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Wayne Parker	972	49.6	-2.9
	Conservative	Nicholas John Raymond Ansell	513	26.2	+8.3
	Green	Rachael Dawn Norris	420	21.4	New
	UKIP	Ian Charles Garbutt	55	2.8	-7.5
Majority			459	23.4
Turnout			1,960	23.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.6

References

^ "Eastbourne Borough Council". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ "BOROUGH OF EASTBOURNE" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. Eastbourne Borough Council. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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