The 2023 Rother District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England. This would be on the same day as other local elections in England.
Prior to the election the council was administered by the "Rother Alliance", being a coalition of the Rother Association of Independent Councillors, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Greens.
The council remained under no overall control after the election, and the Rother Alliance coalition continued to form the council's administration.
Summary
Election result
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Rother District Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. The results were as follows:
Bexhill Central
Bexhill Collington
Ashan Jeeawon was a sitting councillor for Bexhill St. Stephen's ward
Bexhill Kewhurst
Bexhill Old Town & Worsham
Bexhill Pebsham & St. Michael's
Bexhill Sackville
Bexhill Sidley
Bexhill St. Mark's
Bexhill St. Stephen's
Brede & Udimore
Burwash & The Weald
Catsfield & Crowhurst
Eastern Rother
Hurst Green & Ticehurst
North Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington
Northern Rother
Robertsbridge
Rye & Winchelsea
Sedlescombe & Westfield
South Battle & Telham
Southern Rother
Changes 2023–2027
Sedlescombe & Westfield councillor Beverley Coupar, elected as an unaligned independent, joined the Liberal Democrat group in July 2025.
Bexhill St Marks councillor Jimmy Stanger left the Rother Association of Independent Councillors to join the Liberal Democrat group at the end of September 2025.
Rye & Winchelsea councillor Cheryl Creaser resigned from the Labour Party in late December 2025 to sit as an independent, saying her decision was "unconnected to national politics".
By-elections
Catsfield & Crowhurst
Rye & Winchelsea
References