Lewes District Council elections

Lewes District council in East Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 41 councillors are elected from 21 wards.

Following the election in May 2015 the Council is composed as follows

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Green Party	Independent	UKIP
2015	24	11	3	2	1

Political Parties

From its formation until 2013 the Council comprised mainly Conservative and Liberal Democrat/Liberal Councillors, with a small number of independents and some Labour coumcillors at different points. However in 2013 two Conservative members of the council crossed the floor and joined UKIP, giving the party its first Lewes District Councillors. This also meant that the Conservatives lost control of the council to No overall control. In 2015 neither of the previous UKIP members were re-elected however a new UKIP District Councillor was elected to the council as well as for the first time in its history, three Green Party Councillors.

Political control

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1976 - 1991
Liberal Democrats	1991 - 2011
Conservative	2011 - 2013
No Overall Control	2013 - 2015
Conservative	2015 -

Council elections

• Lewes District Council election, 1973
• Lewes District Council election, 1976
• Lewes District Council election, 1979
• Lewes District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• Lewes District Council election, 1987
• Lewes District Council election, 1991
• Lewes District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]
• Lewes District Council election, 1999
• Lewes District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 7)^[3][4]
• Lewes District Council election, 2007
• Lewes District Council election, 2011
• Lewes District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Boney Hay By-Election 20 February 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		480	32.0
	Independent		403	26.8
	Labour		324	21.6
	Conservative		211	14.1
	Green		83	5.5
Majority			77	5.2
Turnout			1,501	36.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1999-2003

Peacehaven North By-Election 6 December 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		450	49.3	+10.1
	Labour		293	32.1	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat		169	18.5	-20.7
Majority			157	17.2
Turnout			912	16.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2003-2007

Peacehaven North By-Election 15 December 2005[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chistopher Bishop	406	64.6	+12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Carla Butler	113	18.0	-12.0
	Labour	John Carden	109	17.4	-0.8
Majority			293	46.6
Turnout			628	18.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ouse Valley and Ringmer By-Election 17 August 2006[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Gardiner	715	43.7	+21.6
	Conservative	Paul Gander	521	31.8	+6.5
	Seagulls	Edward Bassford	359	21.9	+21.9
	Labour	Trevor Hopper	41	2.5	-10.7
Majority			194	12.9
Turnout			1,636	33.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Lewes (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
2. legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
3. "Lewes". BBC Online. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Lewes (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
5. "Lib Dem infighting sees mixed byelection results". guardian.co.uk. 2005-12-16. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
6. "By-election - Lewes District Council" (PDF). Lewes District Council. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

• By-election results

External links

• Lewes District Council