2019 Lewes District Council election

2019 Lewes District Council election
	2 May 2019
	2 May 2019
All 41 seats to Lewes District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 2019 Lewes District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Lewes District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.

Before the 2019 election, the Council was composed of 20 Conservatives, nine Liberal Democrats, three Greens and nine Independents.[1] To take control of the council, 21 councillors out of 41 would be needed. Although the council remained under no overall control, the Conservatives remained the largest party with 19 councillors.[2]

Council composition

After the previous election the composition of the council was:

↓
24	11	3	2	1
Con	LD	G	I	UKIP

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:[1]

↓
20	9	9	3
Con	LD	I	G

After the election the composition of the council was:[3]

↓
19	9	8	3	2
Con	G	LD	Lab	I

Results summary

Lewes District Council election, 2019[3][2]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	41	19	–	–	5	46.3%	27.1%	16,683	7.4%
	Green	39	9	–	–	6	22%	27.9%	17,169	17.4%
	Liberal Democrats	30	8	–	–	3	19.5%	22.5%	13,583	1.3%
	Labour	26	3	–	–	3	7.3%	10.5%	6,455	0.5%
	Independent	11	2	–	–		4.9%	10.1%	6,212	3.6%
	UKIP	5	0	–	–	1	0%	2.0%	1,261	11.6%

Ward results

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Chailey, Barcome & Hamsey

Chailey, Barcome & Hamsey (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sharon Davy *	706	44.2
	Conservative	Isabelle Linnington	639
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Edward Spain	389	24.3
	Green	Holly Atkins	375	23.5
	Green	Brenda Barnes	343
	Liberal Democrats	Michael James Percy	340
	Labour	Nicholas George Belcher	129	8.1
	Labour	Jack Curham	102
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ditchling & Westmeston

Ditchling & Westmeston[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tom Jones *	455	47.7	–19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Byrne	384	40.1	+23.3
	Green	Anthony Shuster	119	12.4	+1.9
Majority			71	7.4	–42.8
Turnout			966
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Saltdean & Telscome Cliffs

East Saltdean & Telscome Cliffs (3 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Sandra Robinson	786	27.0
	Conservative	Ron Maskell *	747	25.7
	Labour	Laurence O'Connor	721
	Conservative	Andy Smith *	692
	Conservative	Cathy Smith	672
	Green	Helen Thoms	621	21.4
	Independent	Wayne Colin Botting *	438	15.1
	Independent	Cathy Neave	382
	Independent	David Neave	328
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Robert Boxer	316	10.9
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Kingston

Kingston[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	William David Meyer	424	51.8	+7.4
	Conservative	Susan Chowen	191	23.3	–9.3
	Green	Dirk Campbell	148	18.1	–4.8
	Labour	David Michael Hallett	56	6.8	N/A
Majority			233	28.4	+16.6
Turnout			830
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lewes Bridge

Lewes Bridge (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Zoe Nicholson	929	45.5
	Green	Adrian Ross	810
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Baah	733	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Tregea Lamb	609
	Labour	Matt Kent	216	10.6
	Labour	Joy Beverley Mercer	175
	Conservative	Frances Tufnell	165	8.1
	Conservative	Colin French	152
Turnout
	Green hold
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Lewes Castle

Lewes Castle (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Milly Manley	630	36.8
	Green	Roy Clay	560
	Liberal Democrats	Oli Henman	482	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Wood	437
	Labour	Emily Jane Clarke	370	21.6
	Labour	Louis Robert Blair	194
	Independent	Susan Jean Murray *	139	8.1
	Conservative	Rosemarie Jeffery	92	5.4
	Conservative	Karen French	90
Turnout
	Green hold
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Lewes Priory

Lewes Priory (3 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ruth O'Keeffe *	2,041	45.9
	Green	Imogen Makepeace	1,445	32.5
	Green	Matthew Bird	1,318
	Green	James Herbert	1,087
	Independent	Graham John Mayhew	930
	Independent	Stephen Alfred Catlin *	834
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Dixon Bell	597	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin James West	504
	Liberal Democrats	David Jan Stechler	421
	Labour	Paul Grivell	227	5.1
	Labour	Trevor Hugh Hopper	225
	Labour	Tony Adams	212
	Conservative	Jane Slater	140	3.1
	Conservative	David Charnock	128
	Conservative	Tam Large	85
Turnout
	Independent hold
	Green hold
	Green gain from Independent

Newhaven North

Newhaven North (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Steve Saunders *	393	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Lynn Carr *	311	26.0
	Independent	Paula Bridget Woolven	305
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Carr	280
	Conservative	Tony Bradbury	269	22.5
	Conservative	Bill Giles	239
	Green	Nisha Vesuwala	118	9.8
	Green	David John Keymer Hoare	110
	Labour	Steve Floor	107	8.9
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newhaven South

Newhaven South (3 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Roger Amy *	751	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christoph David Kurty	628
	Liberal Democrats	James Neville MacCleary	609
	Labour	Jan Wooding	322	20.2
	Conservative	Peter Charlton	261	16.4
	Green	Annabella Ashby	257	16.2
	Green	Elaine Bolt	251
	Conservative	Dave Argent	215
	Conservative	Linda Wallraven	212
	Green	Martin O'Brien	210
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Newick

Newick[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roy Burman	443	57.0	–8.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Guy Earl	156	20.1	–6.7
	Green	Susan Jappie	135	17.4	+9.4
	Labour	Jo Chamberlain	56	5.5	N/A
Majority			287	36.9	–1.5
Turnout			792
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ouse Valley & Ringmer

Ouse Valley & Ringmer (3 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Johnny Denis	1,447	54.2
	Green	Emily O'Brien	1,135
	Green	Sean Macleod	1,023
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Bowers	599	22.4
	Conservative	Richard Turner *	520	19.5
	Conservative	Clare Herbert	518
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Jane Vincent	504
	Conservative	David Terry	498
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Lawrence Welsh	468
	Labour	Derek Roger Brown	104	3.9
	Labour	Peter Stephen Hambly	94
Turnout
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Peacehaven East

Peacehaven East (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynda Margaret Duhigg	426	35.6
	Labour	Chris Collier	376	31.5
	Conservative	Nigel David Enever *	352
	Labour	Alan Alfred Milliner	330
	UKIP	Deborah Holt	207	17.3
	Green	Sylvie Bouhier	186	15.6
	Green	Lesley Orr	164
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Peacehaven North

Peacehaven North (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Davis	454	40.1
	Conservative	Keira Dawn Rigden	448
	Labour	Dawn Paul	278	24.6
	Green	Katie Hawks	207	18.3
	UKIP	Ian Buchanan	193	17.0
	Green	Rikki Begley	158
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Peacehaven West

Peacehaven West (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joe Miller	329	26.0
	Conservative	Nicola Kim Papanicolaou	323
	Independent	Lyn Mills	270	21.4
	UKIP	Phil Howson	233	18.4
	Green	Marisa Guthrie	222	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Zac Stephenson	209	16.5
	Green	Debra Vice-Holt	164
	Independent	Robbie Robertson *	152
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John (Without)

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John (Without)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Alan Banks	617	65.8	+21.6
	Conservative	Stephen Morris	215	22.9	–18.2
	Green	Brendan Carroll	79	8.4	–6.3
	Labour	Frank David Forman	27	2.9	N/A
Majority			402	42.9	+39.8
Turnout			949
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Seaford Central

Seaford Central (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Gauntlett *	575	35.9
	Conservative	Geoff Rutland	435	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Wearmouth	393
	Labour Co-op	Penny Lower	371	23.2
	Conservative	Bill Webb	340
	Green	Veronica Sanz	219	13.7
	Green	Johannes Hirn	204
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold

Seaford East

Seaford East (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Boorman	651	40.7
	Conservative	Julian Peterson *	631
	Green	Mary De Pleave	353	22.1
	UKIP	Pete Leeming	332	20.8
	UKIP	Eric Woodward	296
	Green	Steven Guthrie	265
	Labour Co-op	Alun Gwyn Tlusty-Sheen	264	16.5
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seaford North

Seaford North (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jim Lord	505	36.1
	Conservative	Sylvia Lord	472
	Liberal Democrats	Morag Everden	400	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nazish Adil	381
	Green	Rebecca Francomb	308	22.0
	Labour	Graham Andrew Coates Lower	184	13.2
	Green	Rachel Fryer	169
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Seaford South

Seaford South (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sam Adeniji *	598	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Anne Brett	588	37.3
	Liberal Democrats	Olivia Honeyman *	581
	Conservative	Chris Sumners	496
	Labour	Christine Mary Platford	208	13.2
	Green	Geoffrey Cox	182	11.5
	Green	Richard Ford	175
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Seaford West

Seaford West (2 seats)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian White	769	46.4
	Conservative	Liz Boorman	749
	Green	Zoe Ford	566	34.2
	Green	Michael McCoy	365
	Labour	John Edward Edson	321	19.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wivelsfield

Wivelsfield[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nancy Bikson	361	56.4
	Liberal Democrats	Iantha Kirkup	167	26.1
	Green	Patti Broome	112	17.5
Majority			194	30.3
Turnout			645
	Conservative win (new seat)

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References

"Lewes District Council remains with no overall control". www.sussexexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
"Full Results Notice" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2019.
"Election results in maps and charts". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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[council_composition-1] "Lewes District Council remains with no overall control". www.sussexexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[results-2] "Full Results Notice" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[bbc-3] "Election results in maps and charts". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

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