2023 Rother District Council election

2023 Rother District Council election
All 38 seats to Rother District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Rother District Council election
Leader before election; Doug Oliver; RAOIC; No overall control	Leader after election ; Doug Oliver; RAOIC; No overall control

The 2023 Rother District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

2023 Rother District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	10	0	4	4	26.3	37.8	16,852	+1.4
	Labour	16	8	5	0	5	21.1	14.3	6,400	+1.7
	Rother Association of Independent Councillors	12	8	8	0	8	21.1	12.6	5,645	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	13	7	2	2		18.4	15.8	7,038	+0.5
	Green	8	3	2	0	2	7.9	6.9	3,064	+2.7
	Independent	8	2	2	13	11	5.3	9.7	4,309	–17.3
	UKIP	10	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	925	–2.5
	Ind. Network	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	406	N/A

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.^[5] The results were as follows:^[6]

Bexhill Central

Bexhill Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Bayliss*	732	63.2	+11.0
	Labour	Ruairi McCourt	579	50.0	+4.1
	Conservative	Nurul Amin	250	21.6	−15.1
	Conservative	Paul Webb	224	19.3	−8.2
	Independent	Andrew Crotty	208	17.9	N/A
	Independent	Andy Voyce	98	8.5	N/A
	UKIP	Colin Sullivan	76	6.6	−8.4
Majority
Turnout			1,159	28
Registered electors			4,162
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bexhill Collington

Bexhill Collington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RAOIC	Douglas Oliver*	1,148	64.9	+1.4
	RAOIC	Ashan Jeeawon**	1,055	59.7	−6.5
	Conservative	Bridget Hollingsworth	560	31.7	+15.3
	Conservative	Balwinder Khaira	397	22.5	+9.8
	UKIP	Jill Davies	176	10.0	+3.1
Majority
Turnout			1,768	45
Registered electors			3,928
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing

Ashan Jeeawon was a sitting councillor for Bexhill St. Stephen's ward

Bexhill Kewhurst

Bexhill Kewhurst (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RAOIC	Brian Drayson*	671	42.7	−17.4
	RAOIC	Andrew Hayward	637	40.6	−25.6
	Conservative	Gillian Johnson	528	33.6	+2.6
	Conservative	Martin Kenward	469	29.9	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Goddard	440	28.0	N/A
	UKIP	Alison Phillips	140	8.9	+0.4
Majority
Turnout			1,570	40
Registered electors			3,994
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing

Bexhill Old Town & Worsham

Bexhill Old Town & Worsham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Polly Gray*	535	54.1	+21.7
	Labour	Mark Legg	374	37.8	+23.8
	RAOIC	Chris Madeley*	323	32.7	+4.3
	Conservative	Barbara Clark	282	28.5	+6.7
	Conservative	Hannah Fisher	190	19.2	+1.6
	UKIP	Michael Phillips	79	8.0	−7.6
Majority
Turnout			989	30
Registered electors			3,248
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bexhill Pebsham & St. Michael's

Bexhill Pebsham & St. Michael's (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Clark*	754	60.6	−9.3
	Labour	Gareth Delany	429	34.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Jay Brewerton*	391	31.4	−19.1
	Independent	Charles Rustem	268	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	Geoffrey Robertson	180	14.5	−6.6
	UKIP	John Dicker	90	7.2	−5.0
Majority
Turnout			1,244	31
Registered electors			3,956
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bexhill Sackville

Bexhill Sackville (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RAOIC	Hazel Timpe*	643	48.4	+3.8
	RAOIC	Terry Byrne*	629	47.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Shaji Thomas	392	29.5	−1.6
	Labour	Brian Basham	313	23.6	+5.0
	Conservative	Christopher Rawdon-Mogg	293	22.1	−4.2
	UKIP	Sheila Allen-Rodgers	122	9.2	−6.1
Majority
Turnout			1,328	33
Registered electors			4,064
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing

Bexhill Sidley

Bexhill Sidley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Coleman*	507	52.1	+8.6
	Labour	Fazlul Chowdhury	420	43.2	+10.0
	Conservative	Jimmy Carroll*	377	38.7	+0.5
	Independent	Sharon Blagrove	209	21.5	−11.8
	Conservative	Brett McLean	203	20.9	−12.4
	UKIP	John Zipser	61	6.3	−18.6
Majority
Turnout			973	23
Registered electors			4,249
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bexhill St. Mark's

Bexhill St. Mark's (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Connor Winter	630	37.3	−34.7
	RAOIC	Jimmy Stanger	527	31.2	−35.0
	Conservative	Tony Foster	474	28.0	+9.1
	Ind. Network	Nigel Jacklin	406	24.0	N/A
	Conservative	Nathaniel Lake	315	18.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Dash	241	14.3	+6.7
	Labour	Peter Hillier-Palmer	239	14.1	+8.3
	Labour	Justin Pierce	191	11.3	N/A
	UKIP	Christine Zipser	99	5.9	−1.0
Majority
Turnout			1,691	41
Registered electors			4,091
	Independent hold		Swing
	RAOIC gain from Independent		Swing

Bexhill St. Stephen's

Bexhill St. Stephen's (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Arren Rathbone Ariel	561	45.3	+18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas*	548	44.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Abul Azad	462	37.3	+16.4
	Conservative	Richard Carroll	425	34.3	+11.5
	UKIP	Gillian Ammoun	139	11.2	−4.4
Majority
Turnout			1,238	31
Registered electors			3,961
	Green gain from Independent		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brede & Udimore

Brede & Udimore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Gordon	414	58.3	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Griffiths	239	33.7	+26.0
	Labour	Sandra Margaret	57	8.0	−2.3
Majority
Turnout			710	39
Registered electors			1,809
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burwash & The Weald

Burwash & The Weald (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Barnes*	610	47.7	−4.3
	Conservative	Eleanor Kirby-Green*	605	47.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Varrall	541	42.3	+10.0
	Independent	Heather Love	448	35.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,279	36
Registered electors			3,583
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Catsfield & Crowhurst

Catsfield & Crowhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chas Pearce	403	48.4	+21.2
	Conservative	Gary Curtis*	275	33.1	−5.3
	Labour	Tim MacPherson	154	18.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			832	43
Registered electors			1,928
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastern Rother

Eastern Rother (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lizzie Hacking*	605	44.3	−15.0
	Conservative	Paul Osborne*	578	42.3	−14.6
	Green	Dominic Manning	563	41.2	N/A
	Green	Catherine Glover	466	34.1	N/A
	Labour	Linda Whymark	300	21.9	−2.0
Majority
Turnout			1,367	36
Registered electors			3,804
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hurst Green & Ticehurst

Hurst Green & Ticehurst (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Killeen	740	54.1	+15.4
	Conservative	Mary Barnes*	635	46.4	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hardy	611	44.7	N/A
	Conservative	Graham Browne*	603	44.1	−8.8
Majority
Turnout			1,368	33
Registered electors			4,137
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Battle, Netherfield & Wallington

North Battle, Netherfield & Wallington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Field*	1,092	73.3	+8.1
	Green	Sue Burton	939	63.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Mark Beaumont	305	20.5	−3.5
	Conservative	Kirsty Curtis	266	17.9	−3.0
	UKIP	Bernard Mabon	65	4.4	−5.8
Majority
Turnout			1,489	39
Registered electors			3,848
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Northern Rother

Northern Rother (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ganly*	881	52.1	−6.7
	Conservative	Tony Biggs	880	52.0	−3.2
	Independent	Peter Vine-Hall	851	50.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,691	42
Registered electors			4,086
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Robertsbridge

Robertsbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Prochak*	519	73.1	+5.4
	Conservative	Paul Redstone	191	26.9	+0.7
Majority
Turnout			710	38
Registered electors			2,019
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rye & Winchelsea

Rye & Winchelsea (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Cheryl Creaser	608	39.4	+13.7
	Labour Co-op	Simon McGurk	606	39.3	+19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Harris	506	32.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Gennette Stevens*	435	28.2	−6.7
	Conservative	Jayne Stevens	371	24.0	−2.4
	RAOIC	Chris Hoggart	335	21.7	−7.5
Majority
Turnout			1,543	39
Registered electors			3,930
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sedlescombe & Westfield

Sedlescombe & Westfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Beverley Coupar	843	57.7	+34.3
	Conservative	Carl Maynard*	714	48.9	+5.9
	Conservative	Kate Ludden	647	44.3	+5.1
Majority
Turnout			1,461	35
Registered electors			4,257
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Battle & Telham

South Battle & Telham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Cook	388	64.8	+1.2
	Conservative	Bernard Brown	211	35.2	+9.5
Majority
Turnout			599	35
Registered electors			1,736
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southern Rother

Southern Rother (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mier*	770	47.5	−0.6
	Conservative	Tim Grohne	645	39.8	−5.6
	Conservative	James Bradley	569	35.1	−5.5
	Labour	Nick Warren	489	30.2	+11.0
	Labour	Sue Learoyd-Smith	402	24.8	+10.4
Majority
Turnout			1,621	36
Registered electors			3,566
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Carl Maynard". Hastings and Rye Conservatives. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ "Your councillors". Rother District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Rother District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "Rother District Council's new leader confirmed as parties form alliance". Sussex World. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ "Current and forthcoming elections and referendums". Rother District Council. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ Gladstone, Richard (5 May 2023). "Full results from Rother District Council local election results 2023". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

[1] "Carl Maynard". Hastings and Rye Conservatives. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[2] "Your councillors". Rother District Council. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[3] "Notice of Election" (PDF). Rother District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[4] "Rother District Council's new leader confirmed as parties form alliance". Sussex World. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[5] "Current and forthcoming elections and referendums". Rother District Council. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[6] Gladstone, Richard (5 May 2023). "Full results from Rother District Council local election results 2023". Sussex World. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

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