Lewes District Council in East Sussex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 41 councillors are elected from 21 wards.
Political parties From its formation, until 2013, the council comprised mainly Conservative and Liberal Democrat or Liberal councillors, with a small number of independents and some Labour councillors 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, putting it in 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, and, for the first time in its history, three Green Party councillors.
2019 saw the Conservative Party return 19 councillors, and the Green Party increase their representation to nine councillors, becoming the second largest party, ahead of the Liberal Democrats, who managed eight. The Labour Party elected three councillors, and they were joined by two Independents.
However in 2021, one Green Party Councillor left the Green Party to join the Liberal Democrats on Lewes Council, making the Liberal Democrats the second largest party. In 2022 the Labour Party gained a seat from the Conservatives in a by-election. Then, in the 2023 local elections for all 41 Council seats, the Conservatives and Independents lost all of their remaining seats of Lewes Council, leaving the Green Party as the largest group, the Liberal Democrats as the second largest group, and the Labour Party as the remaining group.
Council composition
+ Composition of the councilYearConservativeLiberal DemocratsLabourGreenUKIPIndependents& OthersCouncil controlafter electionLocal government reorganisation; council established (47 seats)197329010819763706041979381503New ward boundaries (47 seats)19833940051987341100319911827003199516282002199916300002New ward boundaries (40 seats)200311280002200717230001201122180001201524110312New ward boundaries (40 seats)20191983902202301591700
Results maps
By-election results 1999–2003
2003–2007
2015–2019
2019–2023
2023–2027
See also 1983 Lewes District Council election (New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk – The District of Lewes (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015. 1995 Lewes District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)legislation.gov.uk – The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. 2003 Lewes District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 7)legislation.gov.uk – The District of Lewes (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. 2015 Lewes District Council election 2019 Lewes District Council election (New ward boundaries) 2023 Lewes District Council election
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References
External links Lewes District Council By-election results