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Rother District Council elections

Rother District Council elections

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Rother District Council is the local authority for Rother District in East Sussex, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 38 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing one or two councillors.[1]

Map showing the composition of Rother District Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election reducing the number of seats by 7.[2]

  • 1973 Rother District Council election
  • 1976 Rother District Council election
  • 1979 Rother District Council election
  • 1983 Rother District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
  • 1987 Rother District Council election
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District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[15] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.


References

  1. "The Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/1236, retrieved 25 June 2023
  2. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. The District of Rother (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  4. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  5. "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. "Rother". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
  9. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. "Rother". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  11. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  12. "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. legislation.gov.uk - The Rother (Electoral Changes) Order 2016. Retrieved on 20 February 2024.

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