Rother District Council is the local authority for Rother District in East Sussex, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 38 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing one or two councillors.[1]
Council elections
Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election reducing the number of seats by 7.[2]
- 1973 Rother District Council election
- 1976 Rother District Council election
- 1979 Rother District Council election
- 1983 Rother District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1987 Rother District Council election
| Year | Conservative | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Green | Rother Association of Independent Councillors | Vacant | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991[4] | 20 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995[5] | 14 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[6] |
| 1999[7] | 28 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003[8] | 23 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | New ward boundaries[9] |
| 2007[10] | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011[11] | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015[12] | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019[13] | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | New ward boundaries[14] |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |
District result maps
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2003 results map -
2007 results map -
2011 results map -
2015 results map -
2019 results map -
2023 results map
By-election results
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[15] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
References
- ^ "The Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/1236, retrieved 25 June 2023
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ The District of Rother (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
- ^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
- ^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Rother". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Rother". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Local elections 2019: full results for English councils". The Guardian. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2016. Retrieved on 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
