East Sussex County Council elections

East Sussex County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

East Sussex County Council election, 1973
East Sussex County Council election, 1977
East Sussex County Council election, 1981
East Sussex County Council election, 1985
East Sussex County Council election, 1989
East Sussex County Council election, 1993
East Sussex County Council election, 1997
East Sussex County Council election, 2001
East Sussex County Council election, 2005 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 5)^[1]
East Sussex County Council election, 2009
East Sussex County Council election, 2013

Brighton Kingscliff By-Election 17 December 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Radford-Kirby	990	49.0
	Labour	John Stevens	923	45.7
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Jones	108	5.3
Majority			67	3.3
Turnout			2,021
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hollington & Ashdown By-Election 13 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		798	53.4	+15.4
	Conservative		358	24.0	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat		337	22.6	-11.1
Majority			440	29.4
Turnout			1,493	15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Broomgrove & Ore By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		885	59.5	+15.7
	Liberal Democrat		343	23.1	-6.9
	Conservative		259	17.4	-5.5
Majority			542	36.4
Turnout			1,487
	Labour hold		Swing

Hellingly By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,786	54.8	+12.5
	Conservative		1,476	45.2	+2.1
Majority			310	9.6
Turnout			3,262
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Peacehaven By-Election 21 October 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,027	43.9	+5.4
	Labour		773	33.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat		542	23.1	-6.5
Majority			254	10.9
Turnout			2,342	22.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bexhill East By-Election 9 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Kenward	1,117	61.6	+19.6
	Liberal Democrat		695	38.4	+14.7
Majority			422	23.2
Turnout			1,812	23.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pevensey & Westham By-Election 29 September 2005^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Radford-Kirby	1,293	70.0	+20.1
	Liberal Democrat	Cynthia Dewick	406	22.0	-10.6
	Labour	Robert Walker	147	8.0	-9.5
Majority			887	48.0
Turnout			1,846	25.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.4%

Bexhill King Offa By-Election 12 June 2008^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ensor	2,825	62.3	+23.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Kemp	1,191	26.3	-4.3
	Labour	Timothy Macpherson	518	11.4	-18.8
Majority			1,634	36.0
Turnout			4,534	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Council elections in East Sussex

East Sussex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2011 2015

Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished

English County Council Elections

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