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East Sussex County Council election, 2017
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All 50 seats to East Sussex County Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 22 9
Seats won 30 11
Seat change Increase8 Increase2
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Labour UKIP
Seats before 7 8
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease8
Map showing the results of the 2017 East Sussex County Council election.
Council control before election

No Overall Control

 Council control after election

Conservative Party (UK)

The 2017 East Sussex County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All councillors were be elected from electoral divisions by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions will take effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[2]

Results

The Conservatives took control of the council, with all UKIP's seats lost. Labour had a 3-seat loss, and the Liberal Democrats took 2 seats.[3]

Election Results

East Sussex County Council election, 2017[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 10 0 +10 60 45.6 69,748 +14
  Liberal Democrats 11 1 0 +1 22 22.8 34,893 +8
  Labour 4 0 3 -3 6 14.7 22,488 +0.3
  Independent 3 0 0 ±0 6 4.2 6,381 -1
  No description 2 0 0 ±0 4 2.4 3,724 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 7 -7 0 3.6 5,479 -23.7
  Green 0 0 0 ±0 0.0 5.8 8,803 +2.8

Eastbourne

Devonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Wallis 1,424 49.2
Conservative Robert Whippy 657 22.7
Labour Paul Howard 463 16
UKIP Rachel Large 232 8.1
Green Linda Wintle 117 4
Majority
Turnout 2,893 32.00
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ "East Sussex County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ "East Sussex County Council - BBC News". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ "East Sussex In Figures". [1]. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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